You're right about that ego, it is a specially difficult with sensitive individuals it's a virtue to make one more empathetic towards people it also plays on our own emotions, stepping back is something I am in constant practice of, especially on OPP! What a great practice place. , and stretching is a good thing

Yes, that now makes perfect sense, and with that said, I happen to disagree with you, I think you would've made and still could be, an excellent minister. You seem to have a real compassion to reach out to others with human compassion and brotherly love, that directed by an open heart of good intention to help and guide. Also while having the capacity to be patient to listen to others perspectives. You sell yourself short my friend the ministries need more people as yourself, rather than the ...well I'll stop there. What I see stopping you is your own fear that you won't live up to it. Knowing your own virtues and faults, is a strength and only keeps you human and a person of the people. I am sure if you spoke to any clergyman who had been doing it for years, he would also tell you he's learned along the way, I mean isn't that what life is all about anyway. I believe we are here to deepen the knowledge of our soul. We strive through every plateau to raise ourselves up...yes?

FYI: This is an online forum intended for the exchange of opinions and online informational resources.

I first read the entire Bible through at the age of nine, when I was in the 4th grade, over sixty years ago.

There is absolutely no need for me to give any unknown 3rd party referred by another forum member my private post office box address in order to receive information that is supposedly not readily available through God´s written word!!!

That sounds VERY CULTISH!!! This is what you wish me to do? No, thank you.

All of the Apostles Words in the Scriptures are ¨Jesus words,¨ - for just as He promised them in John 16:12-15, the Holy Spirit would give them, through inspiration, the words of Jesus, who is the Living Logos, enabling them to write the entire New Testament, which was still future at that time.

John 16:12: “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

15 All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.¨

ALL Jesus words are KEY words.

The Bible, in its composition, is a beautiful mosaic.

To understand any subject in the Scriptures, it is necessary to consider every verse pertaining to that subject, omitting not one word, and thereby receiving a complete picture of God´s instruction on the matter under consideration.

Key words alone give only a vague outline, signifying nothing actionable.

In an earlier post on this Topic, I recited the major verses of inspired Scripture which teach the Pre-Tribulation Rapture of all God´s redeemed in Jesus Christ.

The Scriptures say what they say. They will not change.

We each choose what we believe, which is as intended, for God will not violate our free will.

Feel good religion verses conditioned traditional feel bad, guilt ridden religion? maybe we should think of the reasons that make us feel good. If it is loving and forgiving, and doing for others, as you were trying to do with your homeless man, and a very honorable thing to do,well does that put us on the wrong track? No of course not . Feel good religion as you say doesn't make anyone immune to hardships and difficulties, but it does have to do with understanding, as was quoted by Wolf a few posts ago.

Feeling good and bad is a discipline tactic, when we do good we the expansion of oneness with the whole, and we feel good, we like feeling good about ourselves, so we are apt to do it again, and again, soon a new way of life(pattern) is formed one out of goodness; when instead if we act out in bad and selfish intention, that goes to our inner core, deep down to our inner soul which than has a dark cloud and we feel badly about ourselves, even when we don't show it to the outside world. All this is already set by our divine source without raising a hand of punishment, we've already done it to ourselves through self infliction and negative action.

These are the words of Jesus that have been cut into splintered partial sentences???? To what end?

Matthew 24:24: ¨For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.


24:29: Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’


24:31: And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds,from one end of the heavens to the other.…


There are thousands of books written by devout, sincere Christians arguing in favor of either pre-trib, mid-trib or post-trib.

Very few have changed their mind, based on someone elses opinion, after seriously studying the scriptures for themselves, and very few ever will.

Most intelligent individuals, do, however, read the entire sentences, paragraphs, chapters...

Your opinion is your own.

They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand. Isaiah 44:18

You´re laboring under two false impressions:

1. I am not a man, never have been, never will be, and consequently not addressable as ¨Sir.¨

2. Since the birth of Christianity on the day of Pentecost, Salvation is through Jesus Christ, and only Jesus Christ. I recommend nothing else, nor have I ever.


Acts 2:14-42 is the sermon of the Apostle, Peter on the day of Pentecost. It is strategically important because it is the first Christian sermon ever preached, and it changed the world forever.

22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, da man attested to you by God ewith fmighty works and wonders and signs that gGod did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— 23 this Jesus,4 hdelivered up according to ithe definite plan and jforeknowledge of God, kyou crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. 24 lGod raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because mit was not possible for him to be held by it. 25 For David says concerning him,
n“ ‘I saw the Lord always before me,
for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;
26 therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
my flesh also will dwell oin hope.
27 For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,
or let your Holy One see corruption.
28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

29 “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about tthe patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God raised up, band of that we all are witnesses. 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.

In the ministry of Jesus the Bible says that Jesus came preaching. And in Luke Chapter 4, Jesus' view of His own ministry says in verse 16, "He came to Nazareth ... where He'd been brought up and as His custom was Jesus went into the synagogue on the Sabbath Day and stood up to read.

And it was delivered unto Him the book of the prophet Isaiah and when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He hath anointed Me to," what, "to preach." "To preach the gospel to the poor. He had sent Me to heal the broken-hearted. To preach deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and He closed the book and gave it to the minister and sat down."

The priority of Jesus Christ repeated three times and the prophecy of Isaiah was that He came to preach. John writing many years after that looked back and said, "Jesus cried in the temple teaching and saving." Jesus boldly preached. His preaching was powerful. His preaching was urgent, but His preaching was at the same time compassionate. Preaching involves the gospel proclamation and it also involves theological instruction.