Principles To Live By

Friday, October 4, 2024

Church Lingo

Adultery - Being unfaithful to one's spouse. Having sex with another outside of the marriage.

Appoint - arrange - God a. a whale to swallow Jonah - jonah

Angel - messenger, good and bad, lesser than humans, no free will, like the wind - heb 1

Ark of the Covenant - a box containing the 10 commandments, Covenant between God and Moses

Babylon - confusion - rev

Belief - attitude towards, superstition

Belief - trust, confidence, fidelity - rom 3.24

Belief - faith - rom. 3.24

Blessed - happy

Blessings - praise, gift, elegance of language - rom 3.24

Bloodshed - sacrifice - rom 3.24

Bondservant - you be my God, I'll be your people - Cox, Latter Rain

Commit - to practice evil, sinful things

Compassion - to have mercy

Compassion - sympathy and concern for others, desire to alleviate suffering

Confess - To pray to God, and say how you have sinned.

Confess - to lance the boil, to pop the pimple - Cox

Covenant - Testament, Old and New, 1st covenant was between Abraham and God. God promised land and descendants. The first covenant is outdated, obsolete. The 2nd covenant is everlasting (jer 31.31-34)

Covet - crave, to want someone else's wife

Crucifixion - Jesus' death on the cross

Deliver - to send, to another realm

Deliverance - salvation

Deliverance - welfare, prosperity, preservation - rom 3.24

Delivery - hand over responsibility to - business 101

Faith - belief - rom 3.24

Faith - confidence, trust - heb 11.1 - courage, the opposite of fear

Faith - unlocks the door, the key, to heaven - Cox

Fear - awe, the opposite of faith, trust, courage

Fear - danger, calamity, risk - jonah

Fornication - spiritual worship of idols - Rafferty

Fornication - sex outside of marriage

Furnace - fiery trials, Jesus is always with us - daniel, Rafferty

Forsake - abandon, to leave you, to walk away from a relationship, to die

Glorification - future, in the presence of God, in the kingdom of God - heb 11, Chuck Missler

Glory - honor, splendor, character of God - rom 3.24

Glory - brightness

Glory - halo around a person

Glory - heavy, majesty, judgment, reputation

Glory - showing God's presence

Glory - righteousness - Cox

Grace - charming, kind

Grace - God's favor, salvation

Grace - blessings for Jesus Christ - rom 3.24

Grace - is a free gift - rom 3.24

HP - Higher Power, High Priest - Al Anon, Rafferty

High Priest - Jesus

Holy - sacred - rom 3.24

Holy - separate from impurity and sin - rom 3.24

Holy of Holies - The most sacred area in the tabernacle and the temple, contains the ark

Jesus - high priest, higher power - Rafferty

Jesus - son of God

Jesus' blood - wine - mark 14.23, Rafferty

Jesus' glory - the sun - Cox

Jesus' righteousness - the sun - malichi 4.2

Jonah - fled from God, 2nd chance - jonah

Josiah - good king, save the Bible - Josiah

Jude - creepers, false teachers go to hell - jude

Justification - past, salvation - separation from the penalty of sin - heb 11, Chuck Missler

Justified - plead for innocence - rom 3.24

Justify - justice, legal, scales, balance, the scale is justified when both sides are equal and balanced. Declared righteous, balanced.

Kingdom of God - Return of Jesus Christ - rom 3.24

Kingdom of God - in the hearts of believers - rom 3.24

Mercy - forgiveness, paid the price, wages

Mercy - God gives 2nd chances, undeserved - jonah

Mercy - compassion, pity - rom 3.24

Mercy seat - lid of the ark of the covenant - rom 3.24

Moon goddess - queen of Babylon, Ishtar - Cox, Babylon

Propitiation - sin offering, covering - rom 3.24

Propitiation - appease the wrath of a god - rom 3.24

Propitiation - atoning sacrifice. Atonement. At-one-ment. via Jesus on the cross and Easter. Jesus' sacrifice ONCE FOR ALL. We become AT-ONE with God. The relationships among Christians and God is mended. The WRATH of God is satisfied by Jesus' sacrificial death. Jesus took humanity's punishment, that was inflicted in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. This REDEEMS our lives and we are RECONCILED with God.

Reconcile - to move from hurt and brokenness in a relationship to a place of healing, wholeness, forgiveness and reunion.

Redeem - Adam and Eve sinned, so humans became slaves to sin (rom 6.23). Jesus died then rose from death to pay the price, to redeem us, from the slavery of sin.

Redemption - ransom paid. release happens - rom 3.24

Redemption - buy back something, that was forfeited, lost - rom 3.24

Redemption - repurchase, win back - rom 3.24

Redemption - distance from idols - rom 3.24

Redemption a - God's grace - rom 3.24

Redemption b - purchased from debt of sin

Redemption c - brought to being in Christ

Redemption x - metaphor DELIVERANCE by Jesus' crucifixion

Redemption y - wrath of our Holy God

Redemption z - we deserve to be punished

Redemption - Jesus paid the price of our sins. He sacrificed his blood by death. The new covenant, the New Testament, the new law, made the Old Testament obsolete. This is like an executive order by the President. A will can be replaced by the Last Will and Testament and becomes effective upon the death of Jesus. Then Christians INHERIT the Kingdom of God, and have the opportunity to go to heaven. The INHERITANCE is FORGIVENESS --- ONCE FOR ALL (Christians).

Relent - change mind, God changes his mind

Repent - To be Godly sorry, to stop that behavior and to repair damages.

Repent - Jonah prays inside whale, vows - jonah

Repentance - an honest, regretful acknowledgement of sin with commitment to change.

Righteous - comes by faith. KEY

Righteous - ethical conduct

Righteous - glory - Cox

Righteous - gift from Jesus - Cox

Righteous - honesty and love - 1 john 2

Righteous - freedom from sin - rom 3.24

Righteous - the scale of justice, our good works are so light. God's righteousness is so heavy. Jesus on my side levels the scale with God.

Righteousness - just, the gift of justice

Salvation - to be saved by God and Jesus, to be destined to heaven

Salvation - deliverance, safety - rom 3.24

Salvation - to rescue, to save - rom 3.24

Salvation - from destruction into God's hands - rom 3.24

Salvation - inheritance after the return of Jesus Christ - rom 3.24

Sanctification - now, salvation - power of sin, ongoing process, changes us - heb 11, Chuck Missler

Sin - Mistakes that have injured others, offending others, crimes, behavior, selfish, greedy

Sin - offense, do wrong

Sin - miss the mark, archer. Then forfeit - rom 3.24

Son of God - Jesus

Sun - righteousness of Jesus - malachi 4.2

Sun God - king of Babylon - Cox

Tabernacle - tent, made to exact specifications for worship. Used by Moses.

Truth - fidelity

Walk in the light - honesty - 1 john

Wine - blood of Jesus - mark 14, Rafferty

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Monday, August 12, 2024

Evolution of God

The Evolution of God

2023jul30

Bible study Josiah, 2 kings 21

El (Eloheim, with god), father of

Baal, (Zeus, sun god, God of fertility, storms, rain)

Asherah (Ishtar, moon goddess, wife of Baal)

Medium.com by Nathan Fifield 2022may02

https://medium.com/@nathanfifield/the-evolution-of-god-fb114a9ec99f

/2023jul30, 2026jul30, PRINC, Evolution, God, El, Eloheim

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Demons

Binsfeld's classification

Lucifer: pride
Mammon: greed
Asmodeus: lust
Leviathan: envy
Beelzebub: gluttony
Satan: wrath
Belphegor: sloth

King James classification

Comparisons between magic, sorcery, and witchcraft.

Lemures or Spectra: Spirits that trouble houses or solitary places
Obsession: Spirits that follow upon certain people to outwardly trouble them at various times of the day
Possession: Spirits that enter inwardly into a person to trouble them
Fairies: Spirits that prophesy, consort, and transport

Ref:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_demons

/2022jul12, GP

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Duplicate Names in the New Testament

How many Marys are in the Bible?

https://www.gotquestions.org/how-many-Marys.html

1. Virgin Mary - Mother of Jesus Christ, wife of Joseph of Nazareth. Mother of James, the author of the Gospel of James. Mother of Jude, the author of the Gospel of Jude.

2. Mary Magdalene - of Magdala. Jesus cast 7 demons from her. She traveled with Jesus.

3. Mary of Bethany - sister of Martha and Lazarus

4. Mary, wife of Jacob/Clopas/Alphaeus, mother of James the Younger

5. Mary the mother of John Mark, the author of the Gospel of Mark

6. Mary a member at the church at Rome.

7. Mary Salome/Salome, sister of Virgin Mary, wife of Zebedee, mother of James the apostle and John Beloved Disciple, apostle

The Main Characters Named Mary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Marys

Which Marys were at the crucifixion?

1. Virgin Mary - Jesus' mother.

2. Mary Magdalene - Jesus' faithful disciple.

4. Mary of Jacob - Jacob was Joseph's brother.

Which Marys were at the tomb?

2. Mary Magdalene

4. Mary of Jacob

7. Mary Salome, wife of Zebedee

https://www.gotquestions.org/virgin-Mary.html

https://www.gotquestions.org/Mary-Magdalene.html

https://www.gotquestions.org/life-Mary-Bethany.html

https://www.gotquestions.org/Salome-in-the-Bible.html

Twelve Disciples of Jesus Christ

Names of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ

Simon (also known as Peter)
Andrew (Peter's brother)
James (son of Zebedee and John's brother)
John (son of Zebedee and James’ brother)
Philip (friend of Bartholomew/Nathanael)
Bartholomew (friend of Philip; the Gospel of John refers him as Nathanael)
Matthew (the publican, or Levi son of Alphaeus^[6])
Thomas (also called "Didymus" (lit. "twin"), a Greek calque of his Hebrew name)^[7]
James (son of Alphaeus to distinguish him from James son of Zebedee)
Simon (the Canaanite)
Judas Iscariot (son of Simon Iscariot;^[8] the characterization "Iscariot" is used to distinguish him from Jude the Apostle)
Jude (also Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus;^{[citation needed]} sometimes called "Judas of Jacob";^{[citation needed]} "Judas the Zealot" in some translations^[9])