Church of Love in Jesus Christ

Church of Love in Jesus Christ http://christiansite.multiply.com/ Peace be with you, sons and daughters of peace. "As gold is tested by fire, we will be, like a sword refined in a furnace." Mighty Bear Sat, 17 May 2008 07:43:09 -0000 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:23:49 -0000 Church of Love in Jesus Christ http://images.christiansite.multiply.com/logo http://christiansite.multiply.com 100 100 e-Sword - the Sword of the LORD with an electronic edge Free Bible study software plus free Bibles as add-ons. Compare Bible translations with Hebrew and Greek dictionary to aid in correct interpretation, with powerful search, can search the Bible with multiple words. See http://christiansite.multiply.com/links/item/9/e-Sword_-_the_Sword_of_the_LORD_with_an_electronic_edge Fri, 16 May 2008 18:23:49 -0000 Christianity Board Christian Forum :: Christian Bible Study :: Christian Blogs :: Forums List - Christianity Board Christian http://christiansite.multiply.com/links/item/8/Christianity_Board Sat, 10 May 2008 16:25:27 -0000 Praise and Worship It is not God who needs our praise but it is us who should be seeking the praise that comes from God. "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?go=Go&q=Genesis+3:15">Genesis 3:15 (ESV)</a> "The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything." <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?go=Go&q=Acts+17:24-25">Acts 17:24-25 (ESV)</a> "I do not accept human praise." <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+5:41&version=77">John 5:41 (ISV)</a> "How can you believe when you accept each other's praise and do not look for the praise that comes from the only God?" <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+5:44&version=77">John 5:44 (ISV)</a> "Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy th... http://christiansite.multiply.com/journal/item/14/Praise_and_Worship Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:57:58 -0000 Friends <A href="http://melatidesa.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R5FhqAoKCCYAAHZrGfc1"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.melatidesa.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R5FhqAoKCCYAAHZrGfc1/christAnimBlessing.gif?et=GP2cj2PvFMSUe9MW1ppVfQ&nmid=" border=0></A>Worth reading from forward email. ~ati~ Friends, come in many shapes and sizes. It's very important when making friends that you really get to know the person. Make sure you have some things in common with them like your Faith in God. You want to pick friends that will keep you spiritually motivated and list you up in times of need. You may have many friends but how many of them do you really trust to tell your deepest secrets? You may find yourself counting in reverse now (20,17,12,9,4.....). Let's face it, most of us only have maybe at most three or four True (Best) Friends! The Bible says in Proverbs 17:17 "A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need." Some Friendships are short and some are lasting. True friendships are glued together with bonds of loyalty and commitment. They remain intact despite the ever changing circumstances that arise. True friends can grow stronger together by praising God together! (Matthew 18:20) There are many things that get ... http://christiansite.multiply.com/journal/item/12/Friends Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:33:00 -0000 The Gospel of John http://christiansite.multiply.com/links/item/7/The_Gospel_of_John Mon, 7 Jan 2008 00:37:12 -0000 The Lord's Supper "And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.'" <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?go=Go&q=Luke+22:19">Luke 22:19 (ESV)</a> Our Lord said that to emphasize that He came as a human being. Because we all know that human beings eat and drink, and we also know that human beings bleed and die, and that He gave up His life for us. So when you eat, remember what He did for you so that you may have life. http://christiansite.multiply.com/journal/item/11/The_Lords_Supper Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:41:40 -0000 Does love have room for discussion? I would like to know what is the meaning of love? Does the meaning of love share the value between religion A from religion B? Is there such thing as graded-love? What kind of love does Jesus have? The reason you believe in Jesus is because of God, or because of love? Does God have love? The reason you have the feeling of love.. is because of God? or your experience? http://christiansite.multiply.com/journal/item/10/Does_love_have_room_for_discussion Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:36:00 -0000 Suffering for Christ's sake "And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it." <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?go=Go&q=Revelation+12:1-4">Revelation 12:1-4 (ESV)</a> "Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, 'If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.'" <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?go=Go&q=Matthew+4:1-3">Matthew 4:1-3 (ESV)</a> "Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, pro... http://christiansite.multiply.com/journal/item/9/Suffering_for_Christs_sake Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:58:57 -0000 Jesus as co-Creator Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=Genesis+1%3A26" title="Bible Gateway">Genesis 1:26</a>) "The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old. Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth, before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world. When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep, when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep, when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the ... http://christiansite.multiply.com/journal/item/8/Jesus_as_co-Creator Sun, 9 Dec 2007 00:39:39 -0000 Divinity of Jesus Our Father is Holy, therefore anyone who is holy is a son of God. Jesus being only the first born and eldest. Jesus is our brother and he is Holy, He existed with God in the beginning before the earth was formed. Without our Lord Jesus, we would not exist, He is the reason why our Father created the universe. "He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high," (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=Hebrews+1%3A3" title="Bible Gateway">Hebrews 1:3</a>) "And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, 'Let all God's angels worship him.' ” (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=Hebrews+1%3A6" title="Bible Gateway">Hebrews 1:6</a>) "For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers," (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=Hebrews+2%3A11" title="Bible Gateway">Hebrews 2:11</a>) "All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made." (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=John+1%3A3" title="Bible Gateway">John 1:3</a>) "yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and f... http://christiansite.multiply.com/journal/item/6/Divinity_of_Jesus Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:13:22 -0000 Body and Blood of Christ We are told by our Lord Jesus to drink his blood, So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you." (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=John+6%3A53" title="Bible Gateway">John 6:53</a>) and that means to share in His sufferings. But in the absence of pain, what we can do is to fast or to abstain from worldly pleasures. Inflicting pain on oneself is a sin. "If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple." (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=1+Corinthians+3%3A17" title="Bible Gateway">1 Corinthians 3:17</a>) But he answered, “It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=Matthew+4%3A4" title="Bible Gateway">Matthew 4:4</a>) so the word of God is flesh or bread. Something we eat. We are told by our Lord to love God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind, And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=Matthew+22%3A37" title="Bible Gateway">Matthew 22:37</a>) But how can we love God whom we c... http://christiansite.multiply.com/journal/item/5/Body_and_Blood_of_Christ Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:15:42 -0000 The Gospel "Good News" Grow in Faith, know the qualities of God, because God wants us to be like His Son, and that would not be possible if we do not read the Bible. I suggest that you read first the Gospel of John, then continue on Matthew, Mark and Luke. Ask the Father for the Holy Spirit to come to you, ask for the Spirit in the name of Jesus. Pray always. Assuming you already have the Spirit, You should change your ways. Be one with God. First of all, God is humble, honest, able to live just on water (Fasting), has self-control, not easily angered, merciful, gentle, joyful, He endures sufferings, not selfish, selfless and loving. "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=Ephesians+4%3A30" title="Bible Gateway">Ephesians 4:30</a>) We should know what it means to be Holy for God is Holy. "For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.” (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=Leviticus+11%3A45" title="Bible Gateway">Leviticus 11:45</a>) "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels... http://christiansite.multiply.com/journal/item/4/The_Gospel_Good_News Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:59:53 -0000 Holy Spirit In the Old Testament, God has not fully revealed Himself through the Holy Spirit. "Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me." (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=Psalm+51%3A11" title="Bible Gateway">Psalm 51:11</a>). Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’ ” (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=Hebrews+10%3A5-7" title="Bible Gateway">Hebrews 10:5-7</a>) In the New Testament, God has revealed Himself through our Lord Jesus Christ, making the Holy Spirit one with God. "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you." (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=John+14%3A26" title="Bible Gateway">John 14:26</a>). The Holy Spirit will not speak on His own but what He hears, He will speak. "When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own author... http://christiansite.multiply.com/journal/item/3/Holy_Spirit Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:52:39 -0000 The Temple of God and His Spirit <a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=1+Corinthians+3%3A16-17" title="Bible Gateway">1 Corinthians 3:16-17</a> "Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is Holy, and that is what you are." <a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=John+14%3A15-17" title="Bible Gateway">John 14:15-17</a> "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 'And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; That is the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not Behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you." <a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=John+14%3A23" title="Bible Gateway">John 14:23</a> "Jesus answered and said to him, 'If anyone Loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him." <a rel="nofollow" href="http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=ESV&passage=John+14%3A26-27" title="Bible Gateway">John 14:26-27</a> "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. 'Peace I leave with you; not as the world gives, do I give to ... http://christiansite.multiply.com/journal/item/1/The_Temple_of_God_and_His_Spirit Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:42:04 -0000