Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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A Christophany!
The Limiting of a Limitless God
By Pastor Ricky Kurth
How many times have you heard it? You tell someone that God is no longer giving men the power to speak in tongues or heal the sick, and you hear the response: “You’re limiting God. God can do whatever He wants.” If you’re not sure how to reply to this accusation, here’s an approach you may find helpful:
God limits Himself. He limits Himself in a couple of ways. First, He is limited by His holiness. God can do anything He wants, but He cannot sin (cf. Tit. 1:2). The righteousness of His holy nature prevents Him from doing anything that even remotely approaches unrighteousness. Thus our limitless God is limited by His own holy nature.
But God also limits Himself by His Word. While He can do anything He wants, He cannot flood the world again because He has given His Word that He won’t. Remember the promise He made to Noah?
“…I will establish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth” (Gen. 9:11).
After three thousand years passed with no additional worldwide flood, God compared His faithfulness to this promise to His faithfulness to Israel:
“For this is as the waters of Noah unto Me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
“For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness shall not depart from thee…” (Isaiah 54:9,10).
All those who teach that God washed His hands of Israel after they murdered His Son, and will never have anything further to do with her, and took all her promises and gave them to us, are guilty of charging Him with breaking this most solemn vow (Cf. Isa. 49:15; Jer. 31:35-37). God can do anything He likes, but He cannot forsake Israel, for He has given His Word that He won’t, and someday they will once again be His people (Hosea 1:9-11 cf. Rom. 9:25,26).
And He cannot give anyone spiritual gifts, such as prophecy and tongues, after vowing that these gifts would “cease” and “vanish away” in the present dispensation once the Bible was complete (I Cor. 13:8-10). So don’t let anyone tell you that you are limiting God when you insist that these gifts, which are conspicuously absent in this dispensation anyway, are gone. In so saying, we are simply acknowledging a dispensational limit that God has placed on Himself.
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/the-limiting-of-a-limitless-god/
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Genesis 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Isaiah 54:9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Isaiah 49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Jeremiah 31:35 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Hosea 1:9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
Romans 9:25 ¶ As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
1 Corinthians 13:8 ¶ Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
Bin…. 🙁
Ad rem, always on the watch! ??
“And He cannot give anyone spiritual gifts, such as prophecy and tongues, after vowing that these gifts would “cease” and “vanish away” in the present dispensation once the Bible was complete (I Cor. 13:8-10).”
1 Cor. 13:8-10 — “Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.”
We are evidently left to guess what vow if any was made in those verses regarding “these gifts”, let alone a vow from God. There’s a reference to prophecies ceasing at some point, though when exactly that is appears not as specific as alleged. Are we supposed to surmise that as far as the “vowing“, the completion of the Bible is what the writer gives as the time “when the perfect comes”?
Further context from the two subsequent verses (11 and 12) may prove illuminating:
“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways. Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.”
Evidently, this introduces a second now-versus-later scenario added to the previous one, which appeared to reference doing something at present but later having that cease. This second scenario appears to have elements pointing to a future time beyond now and related to perfection / completion.
Paul writes extensively about necessary changes to come for man two chapters: “For it behooves this, the perishable to put on the imperishable; and this, the mortal to put on immortality” (1 Cor. 15:53). The chapter contains further contrasts including on the former / latter theme:
1 Cor. 15:47 – “However, the spiritual was not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. The first man was made of dust from the earth, the second man from heaven. As the one was made of dust, so also are those of the earth; and as is the heavenly one, so also are those of heaven. And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.”
More about seeing face to face:
Job 19:26-27 “Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!”
1 John 3:2 “Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.”
Rev. 22:4 “And they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.”
Found in the bin… 🙁
Ouch! Both D I and TM in the bin ??
Starting to think conspiracy thoughts. ?
I think in the early years the Christian Apostles were given the spiritual gift of tongues for instance, so they could communicate the message of the Christ with others from different lands.
Jesus could perform many miracles, but even these were meant as a tutorial for mankind. Lazarus raised from death was an act of mercy but also a lesson. God can and will restore life, even from death .
Forbid not to speak in tongues
Israel limited God by their unbelief…just as we do today.
Amen.
May the Lord shower His blessings upon all those who inhabit the Treehouse. Have a new year filled with grace and joy!
I’ll break the ice. Lin Wood just tweeted that Pence has announced he’s leaving politics. Could someone also please explain to me the whole yellow envelope story at the Bush memorial???
I dunno….. bu bu but, he got one along with some questionables.
Is he the 5 lettered Trump whisperer?
Let’s see if (how soon) Justice –spit– Roberts leaves too,
Wray to go Patience.
Perhaps we can start a wish list of the soon-to-be-gone from the second Trump Administration.
Yeah, Lin talking Epstein alive and naming names, among them Pence. Epoch Times just posted Pence fighting Gohmert’s suit;
https://www.theepochtimes.com/pence-asks-judge-to-reject-push-to-expand-his-powers-to-decide-electoral-college-votes_3640007.html
Then you have SecDef Miller praising Pence for the military operation they were involved in…
who knows at this point what is and what will happen? God alone! Keep praying.
I notice Barr made a hasty retreat when he saw the fight ensuing. Nothing to see here. Move along.
Just as credible as what CNN spouts every day.
No explanation for the envelopes but here are Lin Wood’s predictions. He is like a one man National Enquiror, but what if he is right?
?https://voxday.blogspot.com/2020/12/bill-gates-is-going-down.html
“The Road Less Traveled” – George Strait
You gotta know I love both the song and images in this video, Stillwater! Reminds me of some of the photos I’ve taken while on vacation. And of course one of my fine art photos is called “Road Less Traveled” …
Glad you like it phoenix ~
Sundance’s “A New Year Awaits” post reminded me of this video.
Well, shucks. I was gonna post something else (at least I was looking for something else) but then I came across this video of Guy Clark at a BBC “Translantic Session” where they brought together American country musicians and teamed them with British and Irish traditional musicians. If you watch many of these videos you’ll see the cultural connect is there. No surprise about that: Much of the South and a good portion of the Southwest is Scots-Irish. . . .
This is video a little bit loose but it catches Guy at his best. We get to see really good musicians pickin’, and singin’ and generally having a great time in a way that you seldom seeiin their professional performances. if you ever had the pleasure of sitting in on a picking sessions with talented musicians, you’ll recognize this immediately.
In particular, this is Guy Clark at his best, before his wife, Suzanne, died and before his own physical ailments began to take a toll of this wonderfully creative musician’s abilities. This is Guy Clark picking with people he really enjoys playing with. RIP Guy. When the songs are sung and the stories told, you will be remembered.
Definitely worth a look and a listen!
I went outside just before midnight to gauge the New Year gunfire and fireworks. A few firecrackers went off and three or four gunshots.
Back on July 4 the celebratory gunfire and fireworks was off the charts. It went on all day and night.
Is anyone’s spirit being crushed? Nothing scientific just an observation.
A broad smattering of fireworks at midnight in the suburbs of Northeast Ohio diminishing to a smaller smattering that continued for about 20 minutes. Not as many fireworks as on July 4, but definitely more than usual for New Year’s fireworks at midnight.
So much is going off around me right now, you can smell the gun-powder in the air. Lot’s of noisey celebrations!
From Texas…..it has been a wet day …. but the volley of explosions have been steady as the evening went on…
Texas brought in the new year with a bang…..unlike our poor American brothers and sisters in NYC.
Nah. Keeping powder dry.
From the sounds of expolosions here in NW NJ I’d say there’s lots of spirit and lots of rebellion being circulated in the PDRNJ this morning ! I expect local cops and NJSP are going to be slow to respond to any Karen’s calls too !
I’d have to say even more fireworks than usual around my Montana stomping grounds, and at least the usual amount of gunfire. (a fair bit)
Yes indeed. From a mountain town in Colorado. Wife and went out on the deck last night and it was silent and still. Wife said gosh its so strange. I said because this a Trump county and we all went all in for DJT and we are crushed by this situation we are in. Wife say’s I still picture Trumps hand on the bible on the 20th, So we keep praying.
I’m in Central Florida. The fireworks went off for about six hours constantly before midnight and for an hour after.
North Charleston, SC. Plenty to keep the kids awake until about 2 AM… after that, I didn’t hear anything.
Please do NOT watch the video (language alert)
The (formerly) well respected (and now likely the former) Finance Minister of Ontario got busted for trying to pretend he was home by the fire sending a Christmas message of solidarity and sympathizing with all his constituents who are currently locked down. Turns out he was soaking up the sun in St. Barths when the tweet was sent……
Lockdowns for thee, but not for me.
Ok, friend just sent me this, for a bit of levity;
Funny & thought worthy shit!…
Here are 12 things to consider as we get closer to closing the door on one of the most horrible years of our lifetime:
1. The dumbest thing I ever bought was a 2020 planner.
2. I was so bored I called Jake from State Farm just to talk to someone. He asked me what I was wearing.
3. 2019: Stay away from negative people. 2020: Stay away from positive people.
4. The world has turned upside down. Old folks are sneaking out of the house & their kids are yelling at them to stay indoors!
5. This morning I saw a neighbor talking to her dog. It was obvious she thought her dog understood her. I came into my house & told my cat. We laughed a lot.
6. Every few days try your jeans on just to make sure they fit. Pajamas will have you believe all is well in the kingdom.
7. Does anyone know if we can take showers yet or should we just keep washing our hands?
8. This virus has done what no woman has been able to do. Cancel sports, shut down all bars & keep men at home!
9. I never thought the comment, “I wouldn’t touch him/her with a 6-foot pole” would become a national policy, but here we are!
10. I need to practice social-distancing from the refrigerator.
11. I hope the weather is good tomorrow for my trip to the Backyard. I’m getting tired of the Living Room.
12. Never in a million years could I have imagined I would go up to a bank teller wearing a mask & ask for money.
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If it has some swearing at the beginning it’s beca I can’t see what I post on this new system to delete expletives. ?
Here’s a thought about the new year … one thing already great about 2021 is that it started on a Friday and ends on a Friday. Still, it’s the days in between that I’m worried about.
Happy New Year Johnny Boy…..wherever you are out there! ILU4
I’d like to add to that – banked cord blood. Also has stem cells, and has been used for ‘miracle’ cures.
Chicago ends 2020 with 792 homicides.
https://heyjackass.com/2020-year-to-date-totals/
Random think lodged in my noodle: If this vote fraud evidence and the attempts to squelch it keep coming, Illinois is going to have to box up the corruption crown and ship it to Georgia.
How humiliating!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/pr_prayer.aspx
Amen… deliver us from evil and open the hearts and minds of We The People to recognize evil now infesting our country and government.
Mornin’ infidels!
You Had One Job! on Twitter: “Drive carefully people. ? https://t.co/aVczqx8rzg” / Twitter
Good afternoon, WeeWeed!
Verse of the Day for Friday, January 1, 2021
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“For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.”
Proverbs 2:6 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
LET US KEEP TO THE POINT
“My eager desire and hope being that I may never feel ashamed, but that now as ever I may do honour to Christ in my own person by fearless courage.” Phil. i. 20 (Moffatt.)
MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: “My eager desire and hope being that I may never feel ashamed.” We shall all feel very much ashamed if we do not yield to Jesus on the point He has asked us to yield to Him. Paul says – “My determination is to be my utmost for His Highest.” To get there is a question of will, not of debate nor of reasoning, but a surrender of will, an absolute and irrevocable surrender on that point. An overweening consideration for ourselves is the thing that keeps us from that decision, though we put it that we are considering others. When we consider what it will cost others if we obey the call of Jesus, we tell God He does not know what our obedience will mean. Keep to the point; He does know. Shut out every other consideration and keep yourself before God for this one thing only – My Utmost for His Highest. I am determined to be absolutely and entirely for Him and for Him alone.
MY UNDETERREDNESS FOR HIS HOLINESS: “Whether that means life or death, no matter!” (v.21) Paul is determined that nothing shall deter him from doing exactly what God wants. God’s order has to work up to a crisis in our lives because we will not heed the gentler way. He brings us to the place where He asks us to be our utmost for Him, and we begin to debate; then He produces a providential crisis where we have to decide – for or against, and from that point the “Great Divide” begins.
If the crisis has come to you on any line, surrender your will to Him absolutely and irrevocably.
Oswald Chambers
January 1st Devotional
I can’t believe that a whole year of “My Utmost For His Highest” devotionals have been typed out and posted here in our Treehouse. The learning experience for just me has been phenomenal and I hope it has been for each of you too.
I am planning to start another series from a book called “Scenes Beyond the Grave” by Marietta Davis, a young woman in her early 20’s. This book was written and first published in 1859. It has been kept in print all these years after researching for accuracy pertaining to the Holy Scriptures. This book is a first person account of a visit to heaven and the language is old English from that period.
I planned on starting today, but as with everything else that has happened over the last year, what we plan doesn’t always pan out. Hopefully, I can get it started within this first week of 2021.
I just wanted to give you guys a heads up!
Trusting God for Wisdom and Truth to be presented from Sundance and all posters in a way that all Treepers can benefit from in 2021.
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juststevie ~ your posts have prompted me to share Oswald Chambers with a group of fellow believers ~ thank you for your faithfulness! God bless you!
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Happy New Year!
THE LONG ROAD – Mark Knopfler 7:19 minsEnjoy!
https://twitter.com/TomHall/status/1344856918578274304
I was reading this article and found it interesting.
My belief is These issues were all but lost from cheating. And the very fact we see these issues now as not before proves we have a corrupt government who cheats to get elected and pass legislation. The only thing changed is our voice and belief is heard and projected by President Trump. They hate us, they hate freedom, they hate justice, righteousness, truth. Difference is we see them as they are. Never can this return to as before.
I will add this: All of President Trumps effort, if he knows it or not I’m not sure, comes down to this 2020 election. The corruption and fraud were skinned back with great effort (still being accomplished) I give that credit to God.
Also, people may want to fault Trump on vocabulary choices? It is just that narcissism and braggadocio that pushes him farther than any man in history to succeed in this war. He gets all the credit for
‘willing and able’.
Glory to God in all things!
One tough hombre, to be sure. He comes directly from some of the same stock of our founders; we are experiencing history in real time and it is a thrilling ride. Thank God for bringing us PDJT!
Just say’n… 😉
Just say’n… 😉
Hmmmm… 😉
It’s stuff like this that is why Donald Trump was elected.
Feds taxed micro-breweries stepping-up to make hand sanitizers.
https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/fda-slaps-14k-fee-on-distillers-that-made-hand-sanitizer-in-pandemic/
Happy New Years everyone… I’m hoping 2020 was just JYNXED in some way, and we’re done with that now. (And yeah, I get the whole “president elect” stuff, but I’m hoping 2021 fixes even THAT! 😉 )
Anyway, I rarely post on this thread, but I had something weird I needed to say, to get it on the record so to speak. A few days ago my wife and I were talking, and for some reason Gilligan’s Island came up. And of all the people on that show that we could have talked about, for some odd reason we focused on Mary Ann. And now yesterday I hear that Dawn Wells had just died, the day after we were discussing her. I just told my wife about it, and she said “We were just talking about her!”… and I was like, yeah. 🙁
But the reason I’m mentioning this now, is that last night I had the strangest dream about someone else I hadn’t even thought about for a long time… Sandra Day O’Connor. We were in an empty banquet hall, and she was just sitting there by herself. My wife and I tried to talk to her, but she just kept looking down at the table, half-asleep. Then I realized she had lost her hearing aid (???!!!) and so went looking for it. I found it, but it was broke so I was trying to fix it. But then I heard someone saying they were looking for it, and assumed someone had stolen it, so I started to worry whether they’d think I was the thief. So the rest of my dream was trying to decide whether to just leave it laying there, or try to fix it and give it back to her, or whatever. Like I say… WEIRD dream.
So… I just wanted to put this out there in the hope that Sandra continues to live a long, happy life. Because considering some of my past record (with dreams etc) I’ve gotten to the point where I have a kind of superstition where if I tell someone else about my dreams/thoughts then anything bad will then NOT come to pass. Sort of the opposite of the old baseball jinx where if a pitcher is on the verge of a no-hitter, you do NOT talk about it. (Anyway, yeah, what can I say? I’m just a bit goofy. 🙂 )
If there’s anything better than sniping starlings off the birdfeeder in the snow I don’t know what it is.
“2021: Let us live in hope”
An article with candor about the world’s situation, but ultimately Hope-filled.
http://www.orthodoxtruth.org
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen.
Amen. And Lord please protect General Flynn and his family, and all patriots and freedom loving people around the world.
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