Willing or Not?

[Sue J Love]

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’” (Luke 13:34-35 ESV)

If we apply this to today then we have to acknowledge that “Jerusalem,” spiritually speaking, is no longer a physical city in a physical country. So the physical city of Jerusalem in physical Israel is no longer the Holy City of God, but she, representing the Jewish nation, is of Hagar, the slave woman, and not of Sarah, the free woman, because she is still in slavery with her offspring. So she is the same as the Arab nations in the eyes of God.

[John 8:18-19,38-47; Romans 9:4-8; Romans 11:17-25; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:14-18; Ephesians 3:6; 1 John 2:22]

And God’s chosen people, his holy nation, are now those who have believed in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of their lives, whether they are of Jewish descent or not. So, to apply this to today we must apply this to the church at large, and I can say with confidence that I believe this applies to the church at large here in America, but I don’t know about in other nations, and I am certain this does not apply to every believer in Jesus Christ.

So today this would be like Jesus saying, “O Church, the people who profess my name but who deny me and my name because they reject the truth of the gospel and they shun and despise my messengers who are bringing them the truth of the gospel.”

For the gospel message which is permeating the market-driven “churches” of America is not the same gospel that Jesus taught and that his NT apostles taught. For what most are teaching is a diluted and altered gospel message which also alters and dilutes the divine character and will of God for our lives. And so those who are teaching the full gospel message are largely being rejected, shunned, ignored, or rebuked and falsely accused of being legalistic, self-righteous, crazy and/or of teaching works salvation.

The gospel message that is largely permeating the church here in America is teaching that we can “believe” in Jesus Christ (not usually defined biblically), and now all our sins are forgiven and heaven is our eternal destiny and nothing can take it away from us, but regardless of how we live. But “regardless of how we live” is not part of the gospel taught by Jesus and by his NT apostles. For Jesus said that not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one doing God’s will.

And Jesus taught that if anyone would come after him that he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin and to self) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to our old lives of living in sin and for self we will lose them for eternity. But if for the sake of Jesus we die to our old lives of sin so that we can now walk in the ways of the Lord, then we have eternal life in him. So if sin is our practice, and if righteousness and obedience to God are not our practice, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; cf. Romans 6:1-23; Galatians 5:16-21]

Now I feel with great passion what the Lord said here about how often he would have gathered those who professed his name under his wings but they were not willing. And I see this on a regular basis when I share the truth of the gospel with people who are believing the lies of the enemy and I get ignored or rejected or cast aside. Most don’t want to hear the truth of the gospel but they prefer the lies for the lies coddle them in their sins and do not demand repentance nor obedience to the Lord.

And I do believe that these “houses” (buildings called “church”) are forsaken, empty, abandoned spiritually, because so many professers of faith in Jesus Christ are following the ways of man and not the ways of God, and so they are abandoning the Holy Spirit and the truth of the Scriptures to go after messages which tickle their itching ears and which do not confront them in their sins. But this applies to people’s hearts and lives, too, and not just to the physical gatherings of what is called “church.”

And from a spiritual perspective, I believe we can take this last sentence to say that those who this describes will not see the Lord unless they honor the Lord with their lives, unless they humble themselves before the Lord and truly repent of (turn from) their sinful lifestyles to now follow Jesus Christ in obedience to his commands. Then, when the Lord returns they will see him and they will go to be with him because they repented, and because they obeyed, and because they followed our Lord and no longer walked in sin.

[Matt 7:21-23; Matt 24:9-14; Lu 9:23-26; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14,24; Rom 12:1-2; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 15:1-2; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 1:5; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-17; 1 Pet 2:24; Tit 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-9; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 3:6,14-15; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

Willing or Not
Video Talk

August 10, 2023

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Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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[KingJ]

Why are you posting this and 25 other posts similar in nature in the bible study section?

There is a section for copying and pasting Google search results / message board type posts.

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Is there something you actually want to discuss and have interrogated? Or are you just trolling?

What has your title got to do with the OP?

 

[Sue J Love]

Why are you posting this and 25 other posts similar in nature in the bible study section?

There is a section for copying and pasting Google search results / message board type posts.

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Is there something you actually want to discuss and have interrogated? Or are you just trolling?

What has your title got to do with the OP?

I don't understand what you mean. I am sharing what the Lord is teaching me through his word each day, and it is not just one post per day. I am sharing my Bible study times that I have with the Lord on a daily basis. And the Bible repeats the same message over and over and over again all throughout the Scriptures, and as Christ's followers we are to be sharing the gospel of our salvation. What is the purpose of this site if it is not for us to share our Bible study times with the Lord and what he is teaching us through his word each day? And if it is not for us to share the message of the gospel of our salvation with the people of the world? And the title of this post is taken from the passage of Scripture where it says, "And you were not willing." So the question is "Are you willing or not?" They were not willing to submit to the Lord as Lord of their lives. Are we, as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ today, willing to submit to Christ as Lord and come under his wings?

 

[KingJ]

I don't understand what you mean. I am sharing what the Lord is teaching me through his word each day, and it is not just one post per day. I am sharing my Bible study times that I have with the Lord on a daily basis. And the Bible repeats the same message over and over and over again all throughout the Scriptures, and as Christ's followers we are to be sharing the gospel of our salvation. What is the purpose of this site if it is not for us to share our Bible study times with the Lord and what he is teaching us through his word each day? And if it is not for us to share the message of the gospel of our salvation with the people of the world? And the title of this post is taken from the passage of Scripture where it says, "And you were not willing." So the question is "Are you willing or not?" They were not willing to submit to the Lord as Lord of their lives. Are we, as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ today, willing to submit to Christ as Lord and come under his wings?

You are spamming like a bot. Are you new to discussion forums? Copy pasting nonsense from Google. Why not make one thread with all your links?

This site has a section for devotionals, maybe flood that area. Here we have a few discussions going. Actual bible study.

 

[KingJ]

If you are not here to spam, then please give a detailed explanation of what your thread title has to do with your OP and what the purpose and relevance of your thread is? IE Why should I care that you just discovered Jerusalem is a city?

If you don't show effort in your threads, you are a spamming bot! This sort of thing kills a discussion site. Unless of course you do it in a message board type section.

 

[Sue J Love]

You are spamming like a bot. Are you new to discussion forums? Copy pasting nonsense from Google. Why not make one thread with all your links?

This site has a section for devotionals, maybe flood that area. Here we have a few discussions going. Actual bible study.

Not true. These are my original writings, but I do post on other sites, too. The Lord called me to this ministry 20 years ago to write down what he is teaching me from my times with him in his word each day and to post them on the internet so I have been doing that for 20 years. Bible study is the study of the Bible, and so I am sharing my personal Bible study times I have with the Lord which includes songs, and sometimes video talks.

 

[Sue J Love]

Not true. These are my original writings, but I do post on other sites, too. The Lord called me to this ministry 20 years ago to write down what he is teaching me from my times with him in his word each day and to post them on the internet so I have been doing that for 20 years. Bible study is the study of the Bible, and so I am sharing my personal Bible study times I have with the Lord which includes songs, and sometimes video talks.

The video talks, many of the songs, the poems, and the memes, as well as the Bible studies/devotionals are my original works from my times with the Lord in his word each day unless otherwise specified as another's works. On the internet I go by Sue J Love and/or Christsfreeservant. This is my full-time job (assignment, gifting) from the Lord which I am sharing with the world as a faithful steward of God's grace in my life, in its various forms. And Talk Jesus says that they need my help to grow and reach ALL people, as much as possible. So, I am doing that as directed by the Lord and by Talk Jesus.

 

[KingJ]

Not true. These are my original writings, but I do post on other sites, too. The Lord called me to this ministry 20 years ago to write down what he is teaching me from my times with him in his word each day and to post them on the internet so I have been doing that for 20 years. Bible study is the study of the Bible, and so I am sharing my personal Bible study times I have with the Lord which includes songs, and sometimes video talks.

Helping the site is not spamming random stuff you find on the net in a section called bible study.

 

[KingJ]

''Willing or not'' - Jerusalem is a city

What a silly post!

Sue, help grow site = Sue proceeds to spam silly threads and drown out all other discussion.

 

[Sue J Love]

Helping the site is not spamming random stuff you find on the net in a section called bible study.

 

[Twistie]

If we apply this to today then we have to acknowledge that “Jerusalem,” spiritually speaking, is no longer a physical city in a physical country. So the physical city of Jerusalem in physical Israel is no longer the Holy City of God, but she, representing the Jewish nation, is of Hagar, the slave woman, and not of Sarah, the free woman, because she is still in slavery with her offspring. So she is the same as the Arab nations in the eyes of God.

[John 8:18-19,38-47; Romans 9:4-8; Romans 11:17-25; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:14-18; Ephesians 3:6; 1 John 2:22]

And God’s chosen people, his holy nation, are now those who have believed in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of their lives, whether they are of Jewish descent or not. So, to apply this to today we must apply this to the church at large, and I can say with confidence that I believe this applies to the church at large here in America, but I don’t know about in other nations, and I am certain this does not apply to every believer in Jesus Christ.

So today this would be like Jesus saying, “O Church, the people who profess my name but who deny me and my name because they reject the truth of the gospel and they shun and despise my messengers who are bringing them the truth of the gospel.”

For the gospel message which is permeating the market-driven “churches” of America is not the same gospel that Jesus taught and that his NT apostles taught. For what most are teaching is a diluted and altered gospel message which also alters and dilutes the divine character and will of God for our lives. And so those who are teaching the full gospel message are largely being rejected, shunned, ignored, or rebuked and falsely accused of being legalistic, self-righteous, crazy and/or of teaching works salvation.

The gospel message that is largely permeating the church here in America is teaching that we can “believe” in Jesus Christ (not usually defined biblically), and now all our sins are forgiven and heaven is our eternal destiny and nothing can take it away from us, but regardless of how we live. But “regardless of how we live” is not part of the gospel taught by Jesus and by his NT apostles. For Jesus said that not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one doing God’s will.

And Jesus taught that if anyone would come after him that he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin and to self) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to our old lives of living in sin and for self we will lose them for eternity. But if for the sake of Jesus we die to our old lives of sin so that we can now walk in the ways of the Lord, then we have eternal life in him. So if sin is our practice, and if righteousness and obedience to God are not our practice, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; cf. Romans 6:1-23; Galatians 5:16-21]

Now I feel with great passion what the Lord said here about how often he would have gathered those who professed his name under his wings but they were not willing. And I see this on a regular basis when I share the truth of the gospel with people who are believing the lies of the enemy and I get ignored or rejected or cast aside. Most don’t want to hear the truth of the gospel but they prefer the lies for the lies coddle them in their sins and do not demand repentance nor obedience to the Lord.

And I do believe that these “houses” (buildings called “church”) are forsaken, empty, abandoned spiritually, because so many professers of faith in Jesus Christ are following the ways of man and not the ways of God, and so they are abandoning the Holy Spirit and the truth of the Scriptures to go after messages which tickle their itching ears and which do not confront them in their sins. But this applies to people’s hearts and lives, too, and not just to the physical gatherings of what is called “church.”

And from a spiritual perspective, I believe we can take this last sentence to say that those who this describes will not see the Lord unless they honor the Lord with their lives, unless they humble themselves before the Lord and truly repent of (turn from) their sinful lifestyles to now follow Jesus Christ in obedience to his commands. Then, when the Lord returns they will see him and they will go to be with him because they repented, and because they obeyed, and because they followed our Lord and no longer walked in sin.

[Matt 7:21-23; Matt 24:9-14; Lu 9:23-26; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14,24; Rom 12:1-2; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 15:1-2; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 1:5; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-17; 1 Pet 2:24; Tit 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-9; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 3:6,14-15; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

Willing or Not
Video Talk

August 10, 2023

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Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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We must find whom we are in Him is what I been saying I think so many are confused cause so many running around claim Im filled with the Holy Spirit and don't even seek to find who they r in Him..
How can one know what to do when one don't even know whom they r..

I may sound a bit batty to many people with the things that come to me and how I now see them verses when I was in the world and I was pretty deep in it smh.. but Glory to Abba He pulled me aside put me in His rest and gave me a place of my own so He could whisper the Love He has for me in my once deaf ears..

But ya I believe if people would seek Him and ask Him whom they r in Him there be alot less division of people and we would finally start coming together

But yep that what I think..
Anywho

Hope all's well with you and yours

＼⁠(⁠◎⁠o⁠◎⁠)⁠／

 

[Sue J Love]

These writings, which include Original Works Bible studies/devotions, songs, poems, memes, and video talks, were all given to me by God to write, compose, and/or record and to put on the internet to go out to the world. The last that I checked my statistics, they were being viewed by hundreds of people in at least 131 nations throughout the world on a daily basis. Since this past July, the Lord has been having me include some older documents and to write and plan out weeks in advance what will be posted each day. So each day's posts are already pre-decided and so all I have to do is to proofread them again and then post them. If anything I post is from a different author, it should be noted that it is, such as any songs that I did not write. Sue J Love

 

[Sue J Love]

We must find whom we are in Him is what I been saying I think so many are confused cause so many running around claim Im filled with the Holy Spirit and don't even seek to find who they r in Him..
How can one know what to do when one don't even know whom they r..

I may sound a bit batty to many people with the things that come to me and how I now see them verses when I was in the world and I was pretty deep in it smh.. but Glory to Abba He pulled me aside put me in His rest and gave me a place of my own so He could whisper the Love He has for me in my once deaf ears..

But ya I believe if people would seek Him and ask Him whom they r in Him there be alot less division of people and we would finally start coming together

But yep that what I think..
Anywho

Hope all's well with you and yours

＼⁠(⁠◎⁠o⁠◎⁠)⁠／

Twistie, thank you. Yes, but before we can find who we are in Christ, we need to first of all understand biblically speaking what it means to be "in Christ." And when we understand that, then we can examine our own hearts to make certain that we truly are in Christ, and if we are, then we can learn who we are in Christ, according to the Scriptures taught in context, and what that is supposed to look like in our daily lives. And then, in the power of God within us, we can walk in the ways of the Lord that he has chosen for those of us who are in Christ. And thank you for sharing your thoughts on this subject. Much appreciated. And I am well, thank you! I hope you are, too. Sue

 

[Twistie]

Twistie, thank you. Yes, but before we can find who we are in Christ, we need to first of all understand biblically speaking what it means to be "in Christ." And when we understand that, then we can examine our own hearts to make certain that we truly are in Christ, and if we are, then we can learn who we are in Christ, according to the Scriptures taught in context, and what that is supposed to look like in our daily lives. And then, in the power of God within us, we can walk in the ways of the Lord that he has chosen for those of us who are in Christ. And thank you for sharing your thoughts on this subject. Much appreciated. And I am well, thank you! I hope you are, too. Sue

Problem is man can't teach spiritual lessons only the Holy Spirit can reveal I'm finding it's just a pride stage many go through n many stay when we don't realize whom we r in Him..

Why so many follow blindly after man for answers

Things of the flesh sound foolish to the Spiritual and things of the spirit sounds plum crazy to those of the flesh..

Why we must ask the Lord for discernment and why we must stay near to Him

 

[Sue J Love]

''Willing or not'' - Jerusalem is a city

What a silly post!

Sue, help grow site = Sue proceeds to spam silly threads and drown out all other discussion.

If we apply this to today then we have to acknowledge that “Jerusalem,” spiritually speaking, is no longer a physical city in a physical country. So the physical city of Jerusalem in physical Israel is no longer the Holy City of God, but she, representing the Jewish nation, is of Hagar, the slave woman, and not of Sarah, the free woman, because she is still in slavery with her offspring. So she is the same as the Arab nations in the eyes of God.

[John 8:18-19,38-47; Romans 9:4-8; Romans 11:17-25; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:14-18; Ephesians 3:6; 1 John 2:22]

Under the Old Covenant God had with his people Israel, the physical city of Jerusalem was the Holy City and the physical temple was the temple of God. Under the New Covenant God has with his people Israel (Jew & Gentile by faith in Jesus Christ), the Holy City is a city without walls, i.e. it is spiritual, not physical, i.e. we Christians are that city just like the temple of God is now the body of believers in Jesus Christ, so it is spiritual, not a physical building. I acknowledged that Jerusalem is a physical city in physical Israel but that it is no longer spiritual Jerusalem. And the Scriptures teach that physical Jerusalem is of Hagar, the slave woman, because she is still in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem that is from above is of Sarah, and she is our (believers in Jesus Christ) mother (spiritually speaking) - read Galatians 3-4 and the other noted Scriptures. God's holy nation today is comprised of all who believe in Jesus Christ.

 

[Twistie]

Under the Old Covenant God had with his people Israel, the physical city of Jerusalem was the Holy City and the physical temple was the temple of God. Under the New Covenant God has with his people Israel (Jew & Gentile by faith in Jesus Christ), the Holy City is a city without walls, i.e. it is spiritual, not physical, i.e. we Christians are that city just like the temple of God is now the body of believers in Jesus Christ, so it is spiritual, not a physical building. I acknowledged that Jerusalem is a physical city in physical Israel but that it is no longer spiritual Jerusalem. And the Scriptures teach that physical Jerusalem is of Hagar, the slave woman, because she is still in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem that is from above is of Sarah, and she is our (believers in Jesus Christ) mother (spiritually speaking) - read Galatians 3-4 and the other noted Scriptures. God's holy nation today is comprised of all who believe in Jesus Christ.

Ya I know why again one should seek who the r in Him

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.”

Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; Therefore she is removed: All that honoured her despise her, Because they have seen her nakedness: Yea, she sigheth, And turneth backward. Her filthiness is in her skirts; She remembereth not her last end; Therefore she came down wonderfully: She had no comforter.

Like here if one reads and ponders with the Lord one may ask how can a physical city sin?? It's His people He is talking about because brick n mortar can't well do much of anything unless man makes it into to do something

Yet not all will grasp n many will look at ya like ya got two heads it like tell some Christians that

Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

Abba speaking to them they claim He ain't He talking about Jews

Not all can Hear Him because not all are of Him difference of being created by Abba and being of Abba


＼⁠(⁠°⁠o⁠°⁠)⁠／

 

[Sue J Love]

Ya I know why again one should seek who the r in Him

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.”

Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; Therefore she is removed: All that honoured her despise her, Because they have seen her nakedness: Yea, she sigheth, And turneth backward. Her filthiness is in her skirts; She remembereth not her last end; Therefore she came down wonderfully: She had no comforter.

Like here if one reads and ponders with the Lord one may ask how can a physical city sin?? It's His people He is talking about because brick n mortar can't well do much of anything unless man makes it into to do something

Yet not all will grasp n many will look at ya like ya got two heads it like tell some Christians that

Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

Abba speaking to them they claim He ain't He talking about Jews

Not all can Hear Him because not all are of Him difference of being created by Abba and being of Abba


＼⁠(⁠°⁠o⁠°⁠)⁠／

Twistie, thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful response. You have made some good points here. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and beliefs with me. With regard to the quote from Revelation 3:9 which says, "Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you," I believe that can be speaking of literal Jews who rejected Jesus Christ as their Messiah (the Christ) who were persecuting the Christians who were following Jesus Christ with their lives. So they weren't true Jews because they rejected Jesus as the Christ, for he is God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But in our world today, that can apply to anyone who professes faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and/or who professes faith in Jesus Christ, but is not a true follower of Christ (of God) but who claims to be. For if we are not followers of the Lord, then our lives are given over to Satan, according to the Scriptures.

 

[Twistie]

Twistie, thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful response. You have made some good points here. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and beliefs with me. With regard to the quote from Revelation 3:9 which says, "Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you," I believe that can be speaking of literal Jews who rejected Jesus Christ as their Messiah (the Christ) who were persecuting the Christians who were following Jesus Christ with their lives. So they weren't true Jews because they rejected Jesus as the Christ, for he is God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But in our world today, that can apply to anyone who professes faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and/or who professes faith in Jesus Christ, but is not a true follower of Christ (of God) but who claims to be. For if we are not followers of the Lord, then our lives are given over to Satan, according to the Scriptures.

I so love talking and sharing what the Lord tells and shows me but there seems to be so few that get what I'm saying I'm not the best with my words I suck at being able to sugar coat words to make them seem a bit softer the Lord is working within me tho I'm just one of them hard headed ones it seem but then again seems most of His are lol

His children should be gathering n sharpening but so many rather talk at and teach idk I'm just sitting patiently spending time with the Lord in His rest that He called me into too..

Still boggles me when I think where I was just a few yrs ago to where I am now amazes me the Doors He opens to get what we need on a day by day bases I'm just in Awe most the time

He is a Good Father..

Hope all's well with ya!

⊂⁠(⁠◉⁠‿⁠◉⁠)⁠つ

 

[Sue J Love]

I so love talking and sharing what the Lord tells and shows me but there seems to be so few that get what I'm saying I'm not the best with my words I suck at being able to sugar coat words to make them seem a bit softer the Lord is working within me tho I'm just one of them hard headed ones it seem but then again seems most of His are lol

His children should be gathering n sharpening but so many rather talk at and teach idk I'm just sitting patiently spending time with the Lord in His rest that He called me into too..

Still boggles me when I think where I was just a few yrs ago to where I am now amazes me the Doors He opens to get what we need on a day by day bases I'm just in Awe most the time

He is a Good Father..

Hope all's well with ya!

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Twistie, thank you for sharing your thoughts. I am in awe of God all the time, too. He amazes me continually! I am not where I was before because the Lord is continually changing me and growing me in him. We are all works in progress, mere clay in the Potter's hands for him to shape and mold us into his likeness. But we must cooperate with his work of grace in our lives. And, yes, God is an excellent Father, the very best I have ever had. And I am so thankful for the relationship that he has given me with him. Again, thank you for sharing. Sue Love