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Hello  Brother Tom
I have discoverd today that Jesus Christ resurrected in Glory is the Holy Spirit Head of the Church of God. very very clearly
Acts 20:21
ACTS 20:28
i have been studying the book of Acts in and out
Reading every syllables and listening at the same time .over and over because i wrote some notes so i had to come back again and again.
Marvelous there is no words  I can explain the Power of that Book
by the way i have compare with other version  of the bible  and only (KJV_-NKJV_-and NASBV are the same..the  other is blasphemy
they do not write  that the resurrected Jesus Christ in His Glory is THE Holy Spirit
I am very tire but very humble and previledge  and bless  by this experience that i am going throu
Love in Jesus Def

Abraham is the key
and Melchizedek

Good night Brother Tom
.Love you.

Hello Sister Def,

There are many excellent translations of the Holy Bible, much more than just three. Some are old and some are relatively new, and each have their strengths and weaknesses. This is why we still use the Hebrew and Greek for serious Bible Study. This is also why we don't try to bash various translations of the Bible, except the worst ones that are intentionally false (i.e. the gay so-called bible, the gender neutral so-called bible, and so-called bibles written for and by false cults). The better and best translations all contain errors, but that doesn't hint that they are blasphemies. The worst ones that are intentionally false and for cults could be considered to be blasphemies. Sister Def, there is a fairly substantial list of excellent Bible translations that are definitely being used by GOD, and that's why we don't argue things like this here.

In the meantime - sleep well and

Love In Christ,
Tom

 

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Hello Sister Def,

There are many excellent translations of the Holy Bible, much more than just three. Some are old and some are relatively new, and each have their strengths and weaknesses. This is why we still use the Hebrew and Greek for serious Bible Study. This is also why we don't try to bash various translations of the Bible, except the worst ones that are intentionally false (i.e. the gay so-called bible, the gender neutral so-called bible, and so-called bibles written for and by false cults). The better and best translations all contain errors, but that doesn't hint that they are blasphemies. The worst ones that are intentionally false and for cults could be considered to be blasphemies. Sister Def, there is a fairly substantial list of excellent Bible translations that are definitely being used by GOD, and that's why we don't argue things like this here.

In the meantime - sleep well and

Love In Christ,
Tom

 

Got you Brother Tom and thank you
Love in Jesus Def

2 Corinthians 3:16-17 KJV
16:Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord,
the vail shall be taken away.
17:Now the Lord is that Spirit:
and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.

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Another stick to heat hell

(Thomas Watson, "The Mischief of Sin")

See what vast treasures of wrath are laid up for unrepentant
sinners. "Because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant
heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day
of God's wrath, when His righteous judgment will be revealed."
    Romans 2:5

As guilt increases—so does wrath. Every sin committed, is
another stick to heat hell—and make it burn the hotter!

It is a thing to be lamented—that men should live in the
world, only to increase their torments in hell. While they
commit new sins, they are burdening themselves with
more iron chains, which will be so heavy at last, that
they will not be able to bear them—or avoid them.

Oh, sinner! Know that for every sin, you are only adding
to your torment! Every dish Satan serves you—will
only increase your fatal reckoning, and make your
condemnation heavier.

Every sin is a drop of oil upon hell's eternal furnace!

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Linked together with adamantine chains!

(Thomas Watson, "The Mischief of Sin")

Sin is the womb of sorrow—and the grave of
comfort! Sin turns the body into a hospital.
It causes fevers, ulcers, and cancers.

Sin is the Trojan horse, out of which a
whole troop of afflictions come.

Sin drowned the old world, and burnt Sodom.

Sin and punishment are linked together with
adamantine chains! Sin as naturally draws
punishment to it—as the magnet draws iron!

Sin is a coal which not only blackens—but burns!

Sin draws hell at its heels. "The wicked shall
be turned into hell." Psalm 9:7

Sin lays men low in the grave, and in
hell too—without repentance.

Sin first tempts—and then damns!

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When you were marching to hell!

(Thomas Watson, "The Mischief of Sin")

"Even though I was once a blasphemer and a
 persecutor and a violent man, I was shown
 mercy." 1 Timothy 1:13

Literally, "I was bemercied." Christians, why might not
you have been in the number of those who persist in
sinning? Because God has bemiracled you with mercy!

See what cause you have to admire the stupendous
goodness of God, who has wrought a change in you
—and checked you in your full career of sin!

Christians, you who are vessels of election—were by
nature as wicked as others—but God had compassion
on you and plucked you as brands out of the fire! He
stopped you in your course of sinning—when you
were marching to hell! He turned you back to
Him by sincere repentance. Oh, here is the banner
of love displayed over you!

Behold sovereign grace! Let your hearts melt in love
to God. Admire His royal bounty. Set the crown of all
your praises, upon the head of free grace! "By the
grace of God I am what I am!" 1 Corinthians 15:10

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A private back door to hell

(Thomas Watson, "The Mischief of Sin")

"Can anyone hide in secret places so that I
 cannot see him? Do not I fill heaven and
 earth? declares the Lord." Jeremiah 23:24

Let me not only speak to scandalous sinners,
who seem to have 'damnation' written upon
their foreheads—but to secret sinners.

"Cursed is he who makes an idol and puts it
in a secret place." Deuteronomy 27:15. Some
of the Jews would not be seen openly bowing
to an idol—but they would put it in their closet
or some other secret place and there worship it.

There are many in like manner who will not
sin on the balcony, or be like Absalom and
sin in the sight of all Israel, 2 Samuel 16:22.
But they shut up their windows, and commit
their sin in secret. They have a private back
door to hell—which nobody knows of!

Perhaps they live in secret adultery, or secret
envy and malice, or secret neglect of duty. God
knows that they are living in secret sins. What
an aggravation of sin is this! These desperate,
heaven-daring sinners, though they see the
flaming sword of God's justice before them,
resolvedly venture on in sin!

"I have been watching!" declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 7:11

"I have seen your detestable acts! Woe to you!
 How long will you be unclean?" Jeremiah 13:27

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It will soften a stone!

(Thomas Watson, "The Mischief of Sin")

"The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin!"
    1 John 1:7

Christ's blood is a SOFTENING blood.

There is nothing so hard, that it cannot be softened
by this blood. It will soften a stone! Water will
soften the earth—but it will not soften a stone; but
Christ's blood mollifies a stone. It softens a heart of
stone. It turns a flint into a spring. The heart, which
before was like a piece hewn out of a rock, being
steeped in Christ's blood—becomes soft, and the
waters of repentance flow from it.

"They will look on Me whom they have pierced and
 mourn for Him as for an only son. They will grieve
 bitterly for Him as for a firstborn son who has died."
    Zechariah 12:10

How was the jailer's heart dissolved and made tender
when the blood of sprinkling was upon it! "Sirs, what
must I do to be saved?" Acts 16:30. His heart was
now like melting wax. God might now set whatever
seal and impression He desired, upon it.

"I will give you a new heart with new and right desires,
 and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your
 stony heart of sin and give you a new, obedient heart."
     Ezekiel 36:26

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The Heavenly Gardener

(James Meikle, "Converse with the Unseen World")

The wisdom of the gardener is seen in the cultivation of
his plants; some he sets in the sun, others in the shade;
some in a rich, fertile soil, others in a dry and barren
ground; and thus the gardener's skill is conspicuous,
for each thrives best in its own soil. Then, since Infinite
Wisdom has allotted a great part of my life to sorrow and
solitude (not that I complain)—I realize that I could not
grow well in another soil.

Behind the high wall of adversity, and in the shade of
affliction, the saints will bring forth fruits of humility,
self-denial, resignation and patience. These graces
cannot grow so well in the sun-beams of prosperity.

Now, if another soil would be more agreeable to my
spiritual growth—the Heavenly Gardener would
soon transplant me there.

It does not matter, though I grow in the shade—if the
Sun of righteousness shines on my soul, and makes
every grace to flourish. He knows better what lot is
best for me, than I do myself. In choosing it for me,
I should rather admire His wisdom, than complain of
His conduct; the more so, when I consider that on a
barren soil, and in a lonely shade—He can cultivate
plants that shall bask in the eternal beams of glory!

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One second of glory!

(Arthur Pink, "Comfort for Christians")

"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth
 comparing with the glory which will be revealed in us."
     Romans 8:18

Paul here weighed the "sufferings" of this present time,
over against the "glory" which shall be revealed in us;
and as he did so, he declared that the one is "not worth
comparing" with the other. The one is transient—the other
eternal. As, then, there is no proportion between the finite
and the infinite—so there is no comparison between the
sufferings of earth, and the glory of heaven.

One second of glory will outweigh a lifetime of suffering!
What were the years of toil, of sickness, of battling with
poverty, of sorrow in any or every form—when compared
with the glory of Immanuel's land! One draught of the river
of pleasure at God's right hand; one breath of Paradise;
one hour amid the blood-washed around the throne—shall
more than compensate for all the tears and groans of earth!

May the Holy Spirit enable us to lay hold of this with
appropriating faith, and live in the present possession
and enjoyment of it—to the praise of the glory of
Divine grace!

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A never-fading beauty!

(Thomas Watson, "The Loveliness of Christ")

Here is comfort to those who are by faith, married
to Christ. This is their glorious privilege—Christ's
beauty and loveliness shall be put upon them! This
is the apex and crown of honor—the saints shall not
only behold Christ's glory—but be transformed into
it! "We shall be like Him!" 1 John 3:2. That is, we
shall be irradiated and enameled with His glory!

Moses married a black woman—but he could not
make her complexion white. But whoever Christ
marries—He alters their complexion! He makes
them altogether lovely!

Other beauty causes pride—but no such worm   
breeds in heaven. The saints in glory shall admire
their own beauty—but not become proud of it.

Other beauty is soon lost. The eye weeps to see its
furrowed brows, and the cheeks blush at their own
paleness; but this is a never-fading beauty! Age
cannot wither it; it retains its luster to all eternity!

Think of this, O you saints, who mourn now for
your sins and bewail your spiritual deformities!
Remember, by virtue of your union with Christ,
you shall be glorious creatures! Then shall you
be brought unto the King in glorious raiment—
and you shall hear Christ pronounce that blessed
word, "You are all beautiful, My love—there is no
spot in you!" Song of Solomon 4:7

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Nine evils which death will put an end to

(Thomas Watson, "The Saint's Desire to be with Christ")

"I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far!" Philippians 1:23

It is the desire of a true saint to be gone from this present world, "I desire to depart." What a wicked man fears--that a godly man hopes for! The worldling desires to live in this present world forever; he knows no other heaven but earth--and it is death to him to be turned out of his heaven. A wicked man does not go out of this world—but is dragged out!

But a soul enlivened and ennobled with a principle of grace, looks upon the world as a wilderness wherein are fiery serpents, and he desires to get out of this wilderness!

The bird desires to get out of the cage, though it is made of gold. Just so, the saints of God have looked upon themselves as imprisoned in the body, and have longed for a jail-delivery. "Oh, that I had wings like a dove, that I might fly away and be at rest!" (Psalm 55:6).

It is no wonder that a true saint is so earnest to be gone from this present world--if we consider how beneficial death is to a child of God. Death puts an end to all his evils! In particular, there are nine evils which death will put an end to:

1. Death will put an end to a believer's SINS.

2. Death will put an end to a believer's TEMPTATIONS.

3. Death will put an end to a believer's FEARS.

4. Death will dry up a believer's TEARS.

5. Death will put an end to a believer's TROUBLES.

6. Death puts an end to a believer's CARES.

7. Death will put an end to all our NATURAL imperfections.

8. Death will put an end to the imperfections of GRACE.

9. Death will put an end to a weary PILGRIMAGE.

Though death is a bitter cup, there is sugar at the bottom. Death is the believer's best friend; for it brings him to Christ, which is far better. "I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far!"

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The best Physician

(Thomas Watson, "The Soul's Malady and Cure")

Christ is the best Physician.

Christ  is the most skillful Physician. There is no disease too hard for Him. Psalm 103:3: "Who heals all your diseases." He can cure the gangrene of sin—even when it comes to the heart. He can melt a heart of stone, and wash away black sins in the crimson of His blood! There are no desperate cases with Christ. He has those salves, oils, and balsams which can cure the worst diseases.

Christ is the cheapest Physician. Sickness is not only a consumption to the body—but the purse! (Luke 8:43). Physicians charge fees—but Jesus Christ gives us our medicine freely. He takes no fee. Isaiah 55:1: "Come without money and without price." He desires us to bring nothing to Him but broken hearts; and when He has cured us, He desires us to bestow nothing upon Him but our love—and one would think that was very reasonable.

Christ heals with more ease than any other. Other physicians apply pills, potions, or remedies. Christ cures with more ease. Christ made the devil go out with a word spoken (Mark 9:25). So when the soul is spiritually possessed, Christ can heal with a word, nay, He can cure with a look. When Peter had fallen into a relapse, Christ looked on Peter—and he wept. Christ's look melted Peter into repentance; it was a healing look.

Other physicians can only cure those who are sick—but Christ cures those who are dead. Ephesians 2:1: "You has He quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins."

Christ cures not only our diseases—but our deformities. The physician can make the sick man well; but if he is deformed, he cannot make him lovely. Christ gives not only health—but beauty. Sin has made us ugly and misshapen. Christ's medicines do not only take away our sickness—but our spots. He not only makes us whole—but lovely. Christ not only heals—but adorns.

Last, Christ is the most bountiful Physician. Other patients enrich their physicians—but here the Physician enriches the patient! Christ advances all His patients. He not only cures them—but crowns them! (Revelation 2:10). Christ not only raises from the sick-bed—but to the throne! He gives the sick man not only health—but heaven!

Oh, the love of this heavenly Physician! Christ Himself drank that bitter cup which we should have drunk, and by His taking the bitter potion—we are healed and saved. Thus Christ has shown more love than any physician ever did to the patient.

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Medicines

(John Newton)

"I know, O Lord, that in faithfulness You
 have afflicted me." Psalm 119:75

Trials are medicines which our great and
wise Physician prescribes because we need
them. He proportions the frequency and
weight of them to what our case requires.
Let us trust in His skill, and thank Him for
His prescription.

"It was good for me to be afflicted so that I
 could learn Your statutes." Psalm 119:71

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What would you ask for?

(Joseph Alleine, "Alarm to the Unconverted" 1671)

That night God appeared to Solomon in a dream and
said—What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!"
    2 Chronicles 1:7

If God would give you your choice, as He did to Solomon,
what would you ask for? Go into the gardens of pleasure,
and gather all the fragrant flowers there—would these satisfy
you? Go to the treasures of mammon; suppose you may carry
away as much as you desire. Go to the towers, to the trophies
of honor—and become a man of renown. Would any of these,
would all of these satisfy you, and make you to count yourself
happy? If so, then certainly you are carnal and unconverted.

Converting grace turns the heart from its idols—to the living
God. Before conversion, the man minded his farm, friends,
pleasures more than Christ. He found more sweetness in his
merry company, worldly games, earthly delights—than in Christ.
Now he says, 'But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss
for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss
compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus
my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them
rubbish, that I may gain Christ!' Philippians 3:7-8

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What her tender infant may grow up to be

(J. C. Ryle)

"Every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood."
    Genesis 8:21

"Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time
 my mother conceived me." Psalm 51:5

Remember that children are born with a decided bias
toward evil, and therefore if you let them choose for
themselves, they are certain to choose wrong.

The mother cannot tell what her tender infant may
grow up to be—tall or short, weak or strong, wise or
foolish—all is uncertain. But one thing the mother can
say with certainty—he will have a corrupt and sinful
heart! It is natural for us to do wrong. Our hearts are
like the earth on which we tread—let it alone, and it
is sure to bear weeds.

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