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✨✨✨here to sprinkle some JEWISH JOY into your inbox✨✨✨

Am Yisrael Chai! May the blessing of the Lord God be upon you, in the name of Messiah Yeshua!

#Israel #God bless the Jewish People #God bless Israel #Christianity #Jesus #Yeshua

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Breastplate of Righteousness: put on

Shield of Faith: taken up

Belt of Truth: fastened

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#christianity #jesus #truth #end times

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#christianity #jesus #truth #salvation

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Mike Winger:

"The cross was an unspeakably brutal method of slow torture and execution.

"The device was so horrific and the social shame of experiencing crucifixion was so bad that the body of a crucified person couldn’t be buried in a Jewish tomb alongside the bodies or bones of other people. The Romans had perfected this cruelty and used its public display to give nightmares to anyone who dare challenge the empire.

"Writers from the first century sometimes avoided using the term “crucified,” preferring “the extreme penalty” or some other euphemism. The word itself carried such weight of terror that it was, perhaps subconsciously, dodged.

"It’s hard for us to easily grasp something that people in the first century would have understood immediately. If Jesus, the Son of God, was crucified for us then the shame and suffering that he went through was such that we can’t overstate how bad our sin is or how much love he has for us. This, this is how extreme my sin is. And this, this is how incredible God’s love for me is.

"Nor can we hesitate to endure any measure of suffering or loss for his name. He took up the cross and called us to take up our cross and follow him.

"All the way to the grave and to eternal life."

#christianity #jesus #crucifixion #salvation #Mike Winger

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Isaiah 12:2

“Behold, God is my Savior;

I will trust, and will not be afraid;

for YHWH God is my strength and my song,

and He has become my salvation.”

#praise #God is good! #christianity #jesus #Trust the Lord always #No matter what your life looks like

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I’m so afraid I’m not saved. People keep telling me I must be, because an unsaved person wouldn’t care if they were saved or not, but I don’t know. I can’t stop thinking about the part of the Bible where it says ‘many will say Lord, Lord’ and God will say ‘I never knew you, depart from Me’ (paraphrased Matthew 7:22-43).

I know only God can save me. I know that everyone who truly calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. I just keep feeling like… what if I haven’t truly called on God? What if I haven’t really repented? What if I’m just deluding myself into thinking I love God and that I’ve really repented. I know I can’t trust myself, so I can’t know if I’ve really honestly in my heart of hearts turned to God, or if it’s all fake. And I know I’ve seen changes in my life, I’ve turned away from sins that used to hold me captive… can unsaved people do that? I know there must be unsaved people who stop doing things they shouldn’t because of their conscience, aren’t there? And I just keep sinning so much, all the time, and I hate it, and I know I can’t be perfect but my brain tells me I have to be perfect or God won’t love me.

I know it’s wrong and sinful but I keep trying to prove that I love God enough for Him to save me, that I’m trying enough and that I genuinely want to be saved and I’m not faking the desire. I know salvation is through grace alone and it’s sinful to pretend otherwise or to try to save yourself, but that’s what I kind of keep trying to do, or at least, trying to prove I’m worthy to be saved when I know I’m not worthy

I just feel like I have to be able to trust that I’m not faking wanting to be saved before I can believe that God has saved me, but I know that’s wrong. I know there’s nothing in me I can trust. I rarely go to church because I’m afraid, isn’t that a sign against salvation?

I just wanna love God and be saved, but I can’t see how that’s possible for me

Heya.

I understand the fear. But you have to surrender the fear and accept instead what the Word of God says.

As you've noted, salvation is by grace through faith and not of works; no works of righteousness can merit salvation. We must depend completely on the finished work of Jesus Christ on the Cross.

Second, although unbelievers can of course modify their behavior to an extent, they can't mimic the total effect of the Holy Spirit in their lives. The Holy Spirit breaks the power of sin over us, empowers us to repent and turn to the Lord with our whole hearts, and motivates us towards personal holiness, not because of a desire to become self-righteous, but out of a deep, sincere love for the Lord. And that love for the Lord will manifest in several ways, not just in a deep desire to obey Him and do good works. Our goals will change to conform with God's will, as will our interests. In the life of a truly born-again person, literally all areas will be affected by the Holy Spirit's presence, causing us to, over time, conform more and more to Christ.

As for sinning, well, even after coming to Christ, we all still contend with the fallen nature. Our new natures in Christ are at war with our old fallen natures, and we aren't always victorious in every skirmish. We sometimes give in to temptation or fall to old habits in the heat of the moment. And God gives us all the grace and mercy in those times. Our goal every day is to honor God and avoid sin, and we apply real grace-enabled effort to that end.

What shouldn't be in the life of a real Christian is deliberate, premeditated, purposeful sin. No Christian should ever plan to sin, or embrace sin as part of their lifestyle. That kind of thing is a big red flag. That proves that we don't love God at all, we don't respect Him, we aren't interested in worshipping Him or doing His will.

So, if the sin you're talking about is the first kind, then don't worry, you're in good company. It's very good that you recognize the sin as a problem and that you hate it. Keep fighting it. Change your daily habits to avoid circumstances where you're tempted to sin. Keep reading the Bible and applying what you learn to your life. Keep seeking the Lord in private prayer and worship. And get your butt back in church, no matter how you feel.

However, if the sin you're talking about is the second kind, you need to repent. Confess it to the Lord, reject it, start fighting against it. Fall down on your face and cry out to God for salvation, and don't stop until you know you're in Christ.

Repentance is a change of mind about sin that leads to a change in behavior. Real repentance causes real change in a person's mind and life. If you're heartbroken over sin, and you really hate it and want to be free of it, and you're taking real grace-enabled steps to avoid it and fight against it, your repentance is genuine. If you simply acknowledge that sin is bad but you don't really feel badly about it, and you want to keep the sinful things from your life before Jesus in your life, you want to keep practicing those things and engaging in those behaviors, and you don't really try to avoid temptation, and you don't resist at all, and especially if you defend the sin and embrace it as part of your lifestyle, your repentance is fake.

I hope this helps. I'll keep you in prayer. Be blessed!

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Hi there! I have been seeing that the eclipse next month I think is the start of the 7 year tribulation because it’s predicted in the Bible. Where is this specific eclipse mentioned in the Bible that would occur over Texas?

Heya!

So, short answer: No, the Tribulation (probably) doesn't start on Monday.

Longer answer: There is a prophesied event that could be a solar eclipse in the Revelation towards the beginning of the Tribulation (Revelation 6:12-14), but it's more than a solar eclipse. The moon also "turns to blood," and a *global* earthquake occurs at the same time. Also, there's something like a meteor shower that happens. All of these things occur with the breaking of the 6th seal. Depending on your eschatological position, this would be a series of literal events that take place either just before or in the beginning of the Tribulation. But unless all of this happens together on Monday, then the eclipse on Monday is just an eclipse.

Also, Texas isn't mentioned anywhere in the Bible. A good thing to keep in mind when looking at these sorts of prophecies is that they usually happen with reference to Israel. If an astronomical event is supposed to be prophetic, find out whether that event will be prominently visible from Israel.

The prophesied "signs in the heavens," as well as all the other end-times signs Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 are "birth pains," but not evidence of the immediate end of the age. Jesus attached one event directly to the end of the age, in Matthew 24:14, and that's the completion of the Great Commission. If you want to gauge how far from the end we are, investigate how close we are to having all people groups everywhere in the world properly evangelized.

Hope this helps!

#christianity #jesus #truth #Revelation #end times #eclipse

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I am more of a Trump fan than Joshua Haymes, but I agree with what he said here:

"Christian, as you consider your vote…

"Remember that one candidate celebrated the risen Christ on Easter Sunday, while the other candidate celebrated the abomination of Transgender ideology on Easter Sunday.

"Our choice is a binary one in our two party system.

"I do not claim that Donald Trump displays the fruit of The Spirit in his personal life, but many of his policies are righteous and in accordance with The Word of God (many, not all. He certainly is not sufficiently pro-life).

"I am not a Trump fan myself. I believe that the fact that these are our choices speaks to the fact that we are a nation under judgement.

"Trump has many flaws. But Biden has built his entire platform on promoting rank perversion, tyranny, and all manner of wicked sins that God hates.

"One of these men will be FAR worse for our country than the other.

"As you vote, remember that Trump, for all his flaws did in fact claim on Easter Sunday, that Christ the Lord is risen."

-- Joshua Haymes

#election 2024 #Donald Trump #politics #truth #Joe Biden is a wicked man #The Democrat platform is evil #Joshua Haymes #Christian Nationalism

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#christianity #jesus #truth #salvation #resurrection #He Is Risen

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Tetelestai

This word is what's translated as "completed" in John 19:28 and "It is finished" in John 19:30. These are the only times this word is used in the Bible, and it means that something is done, and done forever. It can't be undone, in the same way that if you complete a race you can't unrun it, or if you bake a cake you can't unbake it.

Tetelestai is also the word that was written on receipts in New Testament times to indicate that the amount owed was paid in full.

We don't have to bear the separation from God that our sin causes. We don't have to bear the punishment we so richly deserve. Jesus paid our debt. He took it all on himself because he loves us.

He is God, and he loves us.

(It boggles my mind to think about - I'm like David, sitting down and saying in complete bewilderment, "who am I, that you would do this?")

The forces of evil cannot undo what Jesus did on the cross. We cannot earn or add to what Jesus did on the cross.

Tetelestai.

It is finished.

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HE IS RISEN!

Happy Easter!

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