Who needs, math,science, history? You will always promote what's most important in your life. Thinking most people are like their reflection,they say to themselves LGBTQ is good for me, surely it must be good for your children. What goes on in in the privacy of one's own bedroom is just that private they scream, as they display their bedroom (openly) in the classroom. UNLIKE the line from the movie tombstone "MY HYPOCRISY ONLY GOES SO FAR" Their hypocrisy has no limit.
Dear friend at the risk of offending you (in order) to help you I asked you that question about the nativity scene. I asked you with purpose. READ: Matthew chapter 2 in your Bible (and you will see) that Jesus was (NOT) a baby when the wise men came, and Jesus was (NOT) in a manger at that time. Jesus was a (young child) and was in a (house) when the wise men came. NOTICE: what (Matthew 2:10-11) says.It says"When the wise men saw the star (again) they rejoiced with exceeding great joy and when they came into (THE HOUSE) they saw the (YOUNG CHILD) with Mary his mother and fell down and worshiped him and when the wise men had opened their treasures they presented to Him gifts: Gold and Frankincense and Myrrh" Do you see it? The Bible says the wise men came into the house, (NOT) the manger. And in Matthew 2:11-23 God refers to Jesus as the YOUNG CHILD (NOT) the babe (six times) in 13 verses, so that we couldn't get it wrong, yet tradition still has gotten this simple matter wrong. Jesus was around 2 years old (young child), when the wise men came, according to the time that the wise men first saw the star (Matthew 2:16) that's why Herod wanted to kill every child 2 years old and down. My point in telling you this is, the Bible teaches clearly the wise men came to the house (NOT) the stable, so if something (SO SIMPLE) as to where the wise men came, has been mistaken(have gotten that wrong) by the church and by priests relying instead on tradition, how much more are they wrong about? In other words if they can get something this simple wrong, don't you think it's possible, that they have also misunderstood much more complicated things, like the purpose for communion, baptism, and salvation by grace not by works? Of course they could, and they have, because what they teach is tradition, handed down from the fathers, but it is not scripturally correct, I tell you this not because I am bashing any religion, much less the Catholic religion, as I was an altar boy, most of my aunts and uncles are Catholics, but since I began studying the Bible for myself, I have found out, that much of what I've been taught is wrong and contrary to the scriptures. I'll give you just one example(there are many). Proverbs 49:8 says "There is not enough wealth in all the Earth to buy eternal life for just one soul to keep it out of hell" yet we are told, that we can pay money for a mass to pray and get someone out of purgatory. But that's exactly the opposite of what Proverb i49 says OR, 1 Peter 1:18 to 20 which says "Know YE NOT THAT YOU (ARE NOT) REDEEMED WITH CORRUPTIBLE THINGS LIKE SILVER AND GOLD FROM YOUR AIMLESS CONDUCT RECEIVED (BY TRADITION) FROM YOUR FATHER'S BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST AS A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH AND SPOT"" And if you think about it, if you could pay for a mass to get someone out of purgatory, why would you need Jesus? Can you see how mixed up this is, AND WHAT A DANGEROUS DOCTRINE caused by relying on tradition instead of what the Bible (actually) says. Didn't you ever notice in the scriptures, Jesus always said to us (according to the scriptures) or Jesus said (have you never read) (did you not know) Jesus always asked (what says the scriptures) ( did the prophets not write?) Jesus always taught us to study the scriptures for ourself, so we wouldn't be deceived, by religion, and church tradition. (2 Timothy 2:15) Says "Study to show (YOURSELF) approved unto God, a Workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of Truth" (Notice) God says we are to study the scriptures(OURSELVES), so that we will not be deceived. And God gives us His Holy Spirit to help usunderstand the scriptures, that's why the Holy Spirit is called our helper. Read (John 16:13). WARNING:realize (on that day) when you face God, you will not be able to say, but that's what the priest told me to do, for you have the scriptures, you have the Holy Spirit to teach you, and it's up to you to study the Bible yourself, to find out for sure what the scriptures really say, and not what your church or tradition teaches. There is much to say, about what the Bible (actually) teaches about communion, baptism, prayer, faith, and the promises of God, that are contrary to WHAT IS TALK TO US by tradition. But I will leave you with these thoughts. If you go to a garage, does that make you an auto mechanic? Of course not. So why do people think that if they belong to a church that makes them a Christian? And as far as good works is concerned, the lion roars because he is a lion, he does not roar to become a lion. In the same way, we do good works because we are already God's children (are already saved) we do (NOT) do good works to be saved, or to become God's children. Ephesians 2: 8-9 says "FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH AND THIS IS NOT YOUR OWN DOING IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD NOT THE RESULT OF WORK SO THAT NO ONE MAY BOAST" "Salvation is the(GIFT) of God (NOT) of works" (so that no one can boast). A gift is received it is not worked for. Should a Christian do good works, the answer is yes, but the Christian does good works, because he ( is) a Christian.(he is already saved) he does (NOT) do good works to be saved. There is a big difference between these two. Those who think they can work to earn their salvation,are saying (I CAN DO IT MYSELF) So then what do they need Christ for? It would be good to pray about these things and think long and hard about it, because unlike whether or not the wise men came to the stable or not, that has no effect on your salvation, these things were sharing is the difference between truly being saved, and those who think they can work for their salvation. I hope these things I've written unto you, you find helpful and not offensive. May the Lord bless you, may the Lord, keep you may the Lord make his face to shine upon you. In Jesus name. 🙏
That's good, we need hope. Hope is essential in order to have something to believe for. But if it remains only hope it remains in the future. Hope is always in the future. We are to add Faith to Our Hope, Faith brings the future to the presence. We don't only hope God will bring all the corruption in the pharmaceutical industry to light, we BELIEVE God will. (a world of difference between the two) Hebrews 11:1 says "NOW FAITH IS THE CONFIDENCE IN WHAT WE HOPE FOR AND ASSURANCE ABOUT WHAT WE DO NOT SEE" Food for thought: No where in God's word does God say without hope it's impossible to please Him,but (Hebrews 11:6) does say,"WITHOUT FAITH IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD" Could the reason, many people are not healed (even among God's people) because they only hope to be healed, they never BELIEVE they will be healed. Hope is not faith, and has no substance. Hebrews 11:1 "Faith is SUBSTANCE of things hoped for" (hope alone, has nothing to bring the manifestation of healing to the one that's hoping) until faith is added to it. If you already knew this, it might help someone who reads this who didn't know🙏
Can I ask you something? In your church at Christmas time do they talk about, and have a manger scene, where they show how the three wise men followed the star to the manger, and came to the manger, and gave gifts to the baby Jesus?
Am I understanding you correctly.You're basing your salvation on what you feel has been practiced for 2,000 years of Christian tradition, Versus what the scriptures actually say? Isn't that contrary to the words of Jesus Christ found in (Mark 7:13) where Jesus said "You nullify the word of God and make it of no effect by your traditions handed down by your father's"
Appreciate your response. But I'm not sure if we agree. Or rather I'm not sure the scriptures agree. The church (the bride of Christ), according to God's word, is neither the Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, the Mennonite Church, the Mormons, the anglicans, the Baptist, ETC ETC, so on and so forth. God's church is none of the above in fact the true church is not any of the denominations . God's church is you, its me, God's church is made up of individuals it consists of all those that have truly made Jesus Christ the lord of their life, they are his bride. God's church is wherever they are. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Says "KNOW YE NOT THAT (YOU) ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLETH IN (YOU) IF ANY MAN DEFILE THE TEMPLE OF GOD,HIM SHALL GOD DESTROY FOR THE TEMPLE OF GOD IS HOLY WHICH TEMPLE (YOU) ARE" (1 Peter 2:5) reads "(Ye) also as lively stones ARE BUILT UP A SPIRITUAL HOUSE an HOLY PRIESTHOOD to offer up spiritual sacrifices ACCEPTABLE to God" In John 14:23, "Jesus answered and said "if a man love me he will keep my words and my father will love him and we will come and make (OUR ABODE) (with) him" it is interesting to note that when the promise found in (1st Thessalonians 4:16-17) takes place, the scripture says "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel and with the Trump of God and the (DEAD IN CHRIST)(those who truly belonged to him) shall rise first and (WE) which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord" NOTICE CAREFULLY: it does not say when the trumpet sounds, the dead Catholics shall rise, or the Catholic Church shall rise, or the dead anglicans shall rise, or any other denomination, it says the dead (IN CHRIST) those who truly belong to God , God does not see denominations, he sees individual believers who belong to him, who He calls (in the Bible) his people, his sheep, his bride, his church. Jesus said in Matthew 18:20 "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am among them" it is not where they are gathered, it is that they are gathered together IN HIS NAME, they belong to him, and church is where they are, and where (those that belong to him are) He is. This is confirmed by Revelations 19:5 " Then a voice came from the throne saying praise our God all you (his servants) (who fear Him) both (great and small)" God's Church consists of all, who truly belong to him, both great and small" No one will be saved because they were a Catholic, or a Protestant, rich or poor, King or peasant, they will be saved because they have truly made Jesus Christ the lord of their life, and for no other reason. "In Revelation 3:20 Jesus said "Behold I stand at the door (your heart) and knock If (ANY MAN) (no matter the denomination) open I will come in" ANY MAN. Final witness (John 14:6) Jesus said "I am the truth the life and the way (NO MAN) cometh to the father, EXCEPT BY ME. Never a mention of any denomination, not even the Catholic Church. Someone with their eyes on their denomination does not have their eyes on their savior, "Looking unto Jesus the author and the finisher of our faith" (Hebrews 12:2) 🙏
When you're between a rock and a hard place move the Rock. Get rid of taxpayer funded important things like tampon machines in men's washrooms, or little things like billions of dollars to fund endless wars, while your own vets live on the streets.