Can any believers please help me to understand what 1 John 5:16-17 means?
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there is a sin leading to death....\n\nthe bible speaks of a certain type of person in this way...in 2 Peter 2:21 "For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them"\nthis could be used to categorize the "Judas, Balaam, Annanias and Saphira, and many others..."\n\nsuch a person from 2 Peter 2:21 is either in this category or very close to it...Jesus spoke of it in Mark 3:29 "but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation"\n\nThis kind of sin, "leading to death" cannot be done by an unbeliever...its must be someone who KNOWS the LOrd, and knows the WAY...and then turns from it....the End is worse than the beginning...and its better that they never knew God than to know Him and still turn away....\n\n\nNext we have the sin that is not leading unto death\n\nthis is speaking of a "believer", a born again/born of the spirit believer....i have to clarify that before continuing....the sinner's sins are leading them to death, ignorantly...we have already viewed the believer sinning a sin leading to death willfully, which you should not bother praying for because they have jumped into a pit, not fallen...\n\nnow the sin that is not leading to death is best seen in Leviticus 4...it speaks of "unintentional sins"...sins not leading to death...hypothetical1---lets say you do not know its a sin to litter, and i see you littering, then this verse is saying that i should pray for you that you stop committing that sin...it doesnt say to tell you to stop doing what you are doing...i believe the point is, the Lord will show it to the you as i pray for you about such a thing...\n\nhypothetical2---but lets say you KNOW without the shadow of a doubt that you shouldnt steal, and i know you are born again and believe in Jesus, but also that you are the beighborhood cat burglar....i shouldnt even pray for you because you have known the way and turned away from it...your sin is leading you to death.....\n\ni believe this is spiritually speaking....thought i should add that...death as in, the second death read about in revelation 2:11; 20:6; **20:14**; 21:8\n**20:14**<--especially this one\n\nprayer is for the ignorant that they may obtain mercy....not for the "wicked" because they will receive their just reward\n\n...this is also spoken about in Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries \n\nThis is such a wonderful verse and if we follow it, very shortly there will be more and more believers living and walking daily in the Spirit and not sinning at all; yea, i said "at all"....people think we are sinful natured and expected to sin...thats only for the ones who havent been born again...if you came down from heaven you are expected to grow up into the FULL stature of Christ...therefore living a sinless life, as an example to those weak in the faith and those ouside of the faith..."be ye Holy, for i am Holy"-God\n\ni pray this was a blessing to you, and if there is anything i left out...feel free to contact me, i trust you know how...
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John 3:16 or || Corinthians 1:19
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That's a hard question to answer.  Christians are generally split when it comes to the teaching of the Rapture.  Some Christians interpret a verse in Thesselonians to mean that there will be a rapture, while others (myself included) believe that Christ will return one more time, and one more time only...and when that happens, that's it.  There will be no second chances.\n\nHowever, even those who believe that the Rapture will occur believe that it has not occurred yet.  So, therefore, a logical answer to your question is, we're somewhere BEFORE the beginning of Book One.
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Mat 11:12 - \n\n     And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence,  and the violent take it by force. \n\n     [The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence.]  And these words also make for the praise of John.  That he was a very eminent prophet,  and of no ordinary mission or authority,  these things evince;  that from his preaching,  the kingdom of heaven took its beginning,  and it was so crowded into by infinite multitudes,  as if they would take and seize upon the kingdom by violence.  The divine warmth of the people in betaking themselves thither by such numberless crowds,  and with so exceeding a zeal,  sufficiently argued the divine worth both of the teacher and of his doctrine.
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What If The Lord Were To Come Right Now? Would You Know For Sure, Without A Doubt, That You Would Go Heaven? \n\nMay I tell you my story?\n\nMy story relates to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.\n\nWho is this Jesus?\n\nWe can know how to have eternal life!\n1 John 5:13 These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, [even] unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God. \n\nThere was a time in my life when I was confused, because of all the different churches out there. Which one do I believe, because they all teach different things?\n\nJust because I was raised by my parents to believe certain things does that make everyone else wrong? No.\nI got to thinking in life there are life and death statements.\nFor instance let's say your house catches on fire. Someone comes up in the middle of the night and raps on the window and shouts "get out of the house, the house is on fire." Well you know you wouldn't need an interpreter or call a few friends over and ask them what it means when someone says your house is on fire. No you wouldn't do that it is so clear what you should do. You understand you simply have to act on it and get out of the house. Well I got to thinking the Bible talks about there being an everlasting punishment. I believe this is Gods word. I thought God must have some life and death statements. Like get out of the house the house is on fire. Does God have some statements like believe this and you will live do this and you will die? He does. \n\nThen, what has been written? \n\nJohn 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.\n\nWell I know what that means. Unless I believe that Jesus is who he says he is I will die in my sins.\n\nIsn't this a life and death statement?\n\nThen who is this Jesus? \n\nLet's go exploring. \n\nMatthew 16:13-17 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is? 14 And they said, Some [say] John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven. \n\nWhose son is he? "God's son"\nIn other words Jesus says you are right.\n\nWell you know I got to thinking what does it mean to believe he is the son of God? So I kept reading.\n\nIs he being the son of God all we must believe concerning His identity? \n\nJohn 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.\n\nAnd I kept reading.   \n\nJust being the son of God...Is God. Notice here: \nJohn 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth. \n\nWell here Jesus is claiming to be the son of God and God at the same time. \n\nAll Jesus is saying is that he is the same as his parents. Jesus mother was human and father was God. That makes him 100% human and 100% God.\n\nIs that important that Jesus is a 100% God and man? Remember John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.\n\nWhen Jesus came to earth, did he leave his Godhead in Heaven? \n\nColossians 2:9 for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, \nNotice that Jesus is 100% man and 100% God.  \n\nHere God the Father calls his own son God.\n\nHebrews 1:1, 8 God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, \n8 but of the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. \n\nQuote above taken fr
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Hello again Brown sugar.. :)\n\nIn John 11..Jesus wept..\n\n32  Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.\n \n33  When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,\n \n34  and said, Where have ye laid him? They say unto him, Lord, come and see.\n \n35  Jesus wept.\n \n============================================================\n\nIn Jesus Most Precious Name..\nWith Love..In Christ..
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Well friend,\nI am a christian.\nAnd this is what that verse means to me.\n\nThe main problem with christians is that they always like to read such verses from a worldy perspective ignoring the spiritual aspect of it.\n\nLook at the begining it mentions of future and hope. Thats what we should be aiming for NOT earthly fortunes or satisfactions.\n\nSeeking the Lord comes with calling upon our Lord as well as praying to Him NOT just sitting around and trying to "argue" out things in your mind. Honesty is important here.\n\nNow consider, the phrase...\n"will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile."\n\nSome people like to take the that and say, Hey, God will bless me!!\nIt is true but does it mention necessarily EARTHLY blessings? No. I believe its more spiritual blessings that you will inherit one day in the afterlife. For the spiritual blessings are eternal as opposed to the temporary blessings on earth.\n\nWell, dont seek after earthly things as others do, these are all vanity.\n\nAs for me,\n"Jesus is enough"\nNothing else I want.\n\nRegards
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2 Cor 5:21 has always beeen theologically confusing. The first problem is to determine the sense in which Christ was "made . . . sin for us".  There are three major approaches. One approach is to understand made . . . sin as "treated as a sinner."  It seems to be saying Christ came to stand in that relation with God which normally is the result of sin, that is, estranged from God and the object of his wrath.  This is not a particularly good translation.  \n\nThe second approach is to identify "made . . . sin" with Christ's assuming a human nature. Through the incarnation Christ was made "in the likeness of sinful man" (Rom 8:3).  This is a better translation, but still not great.  \n\nThe final approach is to interpret verse 21 sacrificially as "made to be a sin offering." This draws on the Old Testament notion that God made the life of his servant a guilt offering (Is 53:10).\n\nOn the whole, this last interpretation seems the likeliest one.  The equivalent Hebrew term "hatta't" can actually mean either "sin" or "sin offering" (as in Lev 4:8-35). Also, the logic of verse 19 almost demands it.  If our debts are not posted to our account, it is because someone else has legally assumed them--much as the scapegoat did on the Day of Atonement (Lev 16) and the guilt offering did on other occasions (Lev 4--5). This is why God can make overtures of friendship and forgiveness toward those who are otherwise his enemies.\n\nIf the exact point of "made sin" is lost to us, the thrust is clear.  In 1 Peter 2:24 Christ himself bore our sins in his body up onto the tree. Paul may well be thinking of Isaiah 53:12, where the servant of the Lord is to be numbered with the transgressors and bear the sin of many.\n\nThe genitive can be subjective ("the righteousness that God gives"--that is, a righteous character), objective ("the righteousness we have before God"--that is, a right standing) or possessive ("the righteousness that God possesses"--that is, we share the righteousness that characterizes God himself). In Paul's writings the noun dikaiosyne typically is used of character. It is not merely that we acquire a right standing or do good works; we actually become righteous--although the latter may well presume the former. This is no legal fiction. \n\nPaul is the only New Testament writer to use the noun katallage (reconciliation) and verb katallasso (to reconcile).  In Greek social and political spheres the term denoted a change in relations between individuals, groups or nations, while in the religious arena it was used of relationships between gods and humans.  In Paul's writings, God is always the reconciler.\n\nThe bible is not just about sin, it is about forgiveness.  My best advice is: don't study sin, study forgiveness.  Sin comes pretty naturally to us, forgiveness does not.  It stands to reason that forgiveness is the more important of the two.
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We will see him one day SOON. For right now he is in our hearts and in our souls. With full trust and faith in Him that is all we need until He comes to take us home. Read John chapter 16 1 thru 6 .
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Did you know that John 3:16 perfectly sums up the entire message of the Bible? http://tinyurl.com/ojljl\n\nIf I were to try and rewrite it, it would be imperfect.\n____________________\nYou sent me an email but I cannot reply as your email address has not been "confirmed".
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First of all, I am a child of God because He says so. Secondly, there is no "eternal" fight.\n\nJohn 1:12  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:\n\nRevelation 21:1  And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.   2   And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.   3   And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.   4   And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.   5   And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.   6   And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.   7   He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
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Hello..\n\nRevelation 20:11-15\n\nThe Judgment at the Great White Throne \n\n11  ¶ And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.\n \n12  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.  \n \n13  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.\n \n14  And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.\n \n15  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.\n\n====================================================\n\nRevelation 21:1-8\n\nThe New Heaven and the New Earth\n \n1  And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.\n \n2  And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. \n \n3  And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.\n \n4  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.\n \n5  ¶ And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.\n \n6  And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Ome'ga, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.  \n \n7  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. \n \n8  But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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Hi!Jorn\n\nNice glasses!\n\nAnyway...if you read what happened before Jesus said these words you will see that Jesus said these words after He invited someone to follow Him for evanglism and he excused himself by saying "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."\n\nIt seems the guy's family,as in mother, cousins, sisters etc were not born-again...cause in the bible "dead people" are SOMETIMES refered to "Unbelievers" or people who do not want receive Jesus or people who are not born-again...\n\nSo the first "dead" refers to the unbelieving people who seem to think that attending ceremonies or funerals is more noble than being available for winning souls for Jesus Christ.\n\nThis is not new, many give excuses like "I'm invited to a party on Sunday, so I can't come to church" as if being nice enough to attend people's parties will grant them favour before the Lord.God is not pleased with ceremonies and activities that do not glorify Him...What will glorify Him is when man decides to choose Him over his important earthly meetings\n\n...Indeed before all these man-made ceremonies and meetings where started, was the WORD, Jesus the Lord...\n\n(John 1:1 and 14)  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God)\n\nHug!
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Rev.17:1-6, 1014[This is the world that Satan is in From Eden, most especially after the flood. # 1 to # 5 had fallen when Jesus was crucified and ascended in Rome #6, John was on Patmos to write the book of Revelations in Rome #6, the world would get the Word of truth for the last days and it would have to be over 300 years old, KJV 1611 + 303 = 1914 and this Word is an excepted translation to the second coming of christ to end the 8th for Satan as he is cast out of heaven after #7, he has a short time in the 8th Rev.12:7-12]; Matt.24:3,7,14,15,22,36[Jesus tells us about the end of this world and only God knows the day and the hour];\nThe bible gives 6,130 yers after Eden and Satan faces Rev.20:1-6; The 1000 year reign of Jesus. Eph.3:21; the world of Jesus never ends.\n\nRev.18:1-6; Make sure not to be a part of Babylon.\n\nHeb.2:9,14,16; John 17:3; 1 John 2:22; With these scripture, one will be no part of any antichrist.\n\nMatt.22:37-40; The great commandment as Jesus gives. Rom.13:8-10; 14:9-12;\n\nAvoid 2 Tim.3:1-7; for next Gal.5:19-22[the fruits of the spirit]; Take up your cross and follow Jesus and Identify those that do not as Matt.10:34-38; They will let you know.\n\nYou may think you are in Babylon. That is a mass of confused persons.\n\nTHESE TWO WEMON ARE OF OLDEST PROPHECY Gen3:15;\n\nRev.17:1-6[Satan's woman Babylon]; Rev.21:1-5,9,10[The lamb has a Bride]; Gal.4:26[new Jerusalem is the mother of us all]; Rev.3:12[Heb.12:22-24[new Jerusalem];
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This Hebrew word means firm, and hence also faithful (Rev. 3:14). In Isa. 65:16, the Authorized Version has "the God of truth," which in Hebrew is "the God of Amen." It is frequently used by our Saviour to give emphasis to his words, where it is translated "verily." Sometimes, only, however, in John's Gospel, it is repeated, "Verily, verily." It is used as an epithet of the Lord Jesus Christ (Rev. 3:14).\n\nIt is found singly and sometimes doubly at the end of prayers (Ps. 41:13; 72:19; 89:52), to confirm the words and invoke the fulfilment of them. It is used in token of being bound by an oath (Num. 5:22; Deut. 27:15-26; Neh. 5:13; 8:6; 1 Chr. 16:36). In the primitive churches it was common for the general audience to say "Amen" at the close of the prayer (1 Cor. 14:16).\n\nThe promises of God are Amen; i.e., they are all true and sure (2 Cor. 1:20).\n\nYou might have noticed during "The Passion of the Christ" that if you listened to the aramaic, Jesus said "Amen" when speaking to his disciples. If you've read the Gospels, you'll remember the "Verily I say unto you..." or "Assuredly" that often begin Jesus' statements. The movie translated these as "Amen".
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What exactly are you asking? What am I agreeing with? If it's a matter of whether I think this verse sets forth biblical doctrine, then yes. I believe in a physical resurrection (for everyone--though only those who are covered by the atonement get to go to heaven). I also believe in a spiritual atonement and an entrance into the Kingdom of G-d, both made possible through the work of Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ) on the cross. And I believe that the only reason we can approach Him to praise Him is "through grace divine," because I certainly don't deserve to be in His presence. Only the blood of an innocent Man allows me to come near Him.\n\nWhat is the reference, by the way? I tried to find the verse...not sure what translation you are using.
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John 3:17 (New International Version)\nFor God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.\n\nMatthew 10:34 (New International Version)\n[Jesus speaking] Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.