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Christ is the final sacrifice for the remission of our sins. The Temple animal sacrifices were only temporal being made at certain times during the year under the old covenant. The sacrifice of Christ with the shedding of His blood under a better covenant is the ultimate atonement for sin securing redemption for believers once and for all. Hebrews 10:1-29.
So animals do not have to die for us? Is it just an object lesson plan? It is confusing because we are told there will be no more death, but death is so much a part of our world today. I have spiders and ants that get in the house, and I have to kill them, but I would rather not have to kill anything. Even people think they have to eat dead animals, and I do a little, but I try to avoid that, even though that is not always possible.
This sounds very serious if we are to be His Bride. That is a very close relationship. I mean, I would be happy to be roommates with my wife, but she expects a lot more than that. Then we are told the Hebrew people are married to God the Father. As John the Baptist refers to himself as the friend of the Bridegroom in John 3:29.
My wife has reminded me that a major increase of HOA cost is not the arbitrariness of groups who use their majority to win votes for their own projects. Rather, it's been the huge increase of insurance costs, caused by the destructive storms that have been costing billions of dollars. Before you buy into a condo I suggest you find some form of legal assurance that HOA fees cannot rise too quickly.
Bless you!I do read and hear what you are saying as sometimes we agree and sometimes we disagree, which is alright as we are ever learning. One thing about me is that I will never argue the word of God with another and tell them flat out they are wrong, but like you and everyone else, I will always give my understanding within replying back whether we agree or not. Our common ground is that we are brothers and sisters in Christ through the Spiritual rebirth through Christ Jesus.
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Amen and amen!
My mom had a condo in flordia that my aunt took over. They ended up selling it because of the high cost of repairs. A few people maybe effected by a storm but everyone had to pay. It was a nice community. My mom had lots of friends there. But my aunt was very investment conscious and it just was not a good investment for her.
Yes, and recently an insurance agent informed us that even if the storms take place in the Deep South, insurance costs will go up across the country. Apparently, that's the way it works. I'm happy to hear your relatives are "investment" conscious. Too many folks have not been preparing for downturns in the economy, and get stuck living paycheck to paycheck.
We are told God will make us the lender and not the borrower. Was it Larry Burkett that taught we are not to borrow. We are to trust God to provide what we need without going into debt.
There are a lot of Christians who advised against remaining in debt. Some financial wizards, however, recommend using debt to obtain investment money, and make millions.
When My dad died I sold his office and bought a house. The office would have been divided but I asked my brothers and sister to give it to me and they were glad to do that. I took care of both my parents when they got older. Everyone else was busy making money and did not have time to do anything for them.
Yes, it seems that on many occasions God selects the one sibling able and willing to care for the parents. In my family it was like this but a bit different.
My dad had everything in a trust fund because of insurance issues. He lost privileges at one of the hospitals because he did not have insurance. My BIG mistake was giving his condo to his second wife after my mom died. So then when she died it went to her children. What I should have done was tell her we would give her an allowance and let her stay in the condo. But when she died it should have come back to us. As it turned out the gold digger daughter died from cancer within a year, so it did not go well with her. She never got to enjoy the condo she stole from us. But it was my fault for not getting the trust fund straighted out when he was still alive. We had to sign off on everything. Which turned out to be big mistake.
Funny, my wife and I were talking about trusts, etc. this morning. I really don't have down all of the legal terms yet, but I'm trying. We already have a lawyer for this.
My grandmother was always big on the story of the little boy who cried wolf. Because of that, I learned early not to ask for help unless I truly needed it—and the truth is, I rarely did. On the few occasions when I did reach out, they responded immediately and gave me what I ask for. And I was always there for them too. It was the James Taylor song about—all you have to do is call and I will be there.
If you were Jewish I would be happy to oblige you on any and all subjects. But when you claim to be a Christian and yet promote the Law of Moses, I have to draw a line. It is either Christianity or Judaism for me.
So you reject the Old Testament? You do not accept it at all or you just have not put any effort into understanding where we get the Old Testament from.
Just so you know: John Wesley saw the Law of Moses as having three parts: ceremonial (for Israel's temporary use), civil (for Israel's society), and moral (the Ten Commandments and core ethics), which remains eternally binding for all people. He taught that believers are freed from the ceremonial law but remain under the moral law, which points to our sin, convicts us, and drives us to Christ for grace to live holy lives, establishing a harmony between Law and Gospel, not opposition. This is the Holiness tradition found in more then just the Methodist Church.
There is no Temple today in which to offer sacrifices, so what I’m doing is simply teaching the Bible. I’m not claiming to be a Rabbi; I’m a student who learns from the Rabbi. Because of that, I don’t “keep” the sacrifices the way they were practiced in ancient Israel.
Let's define the "Law of Moses''--not by Wesley, not by Pentecostals, but by what I understand from God's written word. It is a limited Covenant, directed exclusively at the Hebrew People, and mandating not just moral laws but all of the 613 or so requirements.
