LOOSED BY LOVE OR BOUND BY UNFORGIVENESS, WHICH DO YOU PREFER FOR ETERNITY?

Edward O’Hara In Mat.18 Jesus says “Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” When taken out of context, as from what I have heard taught on this before seems to be the norm, it can mean almost anything. Most have the idea that this means we can bind anything and it is bound in heaven. And lose anything and it is loosed in heaven. But, when understood in context we see a very specific issue that Jesus was referring to here. And that issue is love. And more precisely the love of God.  From the beginning of this chapter, Jesus speaks of offenses and forgiveness saying of little children, “At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is…

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Watchman: Daily Devotional, It’s Better to Confront Danger Beside the Lord Than to Run and Hide From It

Devotional: Acts 9:1-20 How risk-averse or daring are you while making decisions? Because of the potential for loss or other unfavorable outcomes, many Christians avoid taking risks. The elimination of risks makes intuitive sense from a human perspective. Uncertainty, however, is a normal aspect of the Christian life of faith. Obedience may seem hazardous to us, but God sees no such thing since He is in complete charge of everything and will use it for His good. In the Bible, we read of actual individuals who trusted God even when faced with the unexpected. Ananias is one of them; he is a disciple whom God has sent to help the freshly converted Saul. By paying a visit to this well-known antichrist, Ananias put his life in danger. After his conversion, Saul too faced danger on a daily basis as he diligently…

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IF SAVED BY GRACE IT CAN NOT BE BY WORKS!- Rom.11

As in all of Paul’s letters, here too he is emphasizing that salvation is by grace and not by works. Doing so because the flesh naturally gravitates toward works when trying to attain anything. So the problem with the flesh is that it works to attain what it wants. And not that it is evil in and of itself as so many falsely proclaim. And this works oriented nature is why Paul says in Rom.8 the flesh is at enmity with the spirit. And why in Rom.9 Paul cites where God said Jacob have I loved but Esau have I hated to illustrate this enmity. So in vs.1 what causes Paul to ask whether God has forsaken Israel in the first few verses of this chapter? It is because he is following up on what he said in ch 10.…

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Watchman Says Once the Events of the End Times Begin, They Will Happen Quickly During the Tribulation Period, The World Will Be Ruled by a Godless Man Presiding Over an Evil Governmental System

Update 3/11/24: The Coming War of Gog and Magog The passage in Ezekiel 38 through 39 details an imminent invasion of Israel by a significant coalition of neighboring nations. Considering the current news and conflicts in the Middle East, it’s fascinating to think about how ancient prophecies might be coming to pass. In Ezekiel 36–37, a prophecy discusses the gathering of the Jewish people to the nation of Israel, which will be followed by a major invasion. For almost 2000 years, the Jewish people were scattered around the world, and it was only on May 14, 1948, that Israel was established as a nation. With the nation of Israel now established, the stage appears to be prepared for a significant conflict that will mark the beginning of a period of turmoil and the emergence of a powerful figure—a conflict that…

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Watchman: The Antichrist Spirit Has Begun to Move, the Rule of Law Has Collapsed

HNewsWire: The AntiChrist Will Make His Appearance Soon, The World Stage Has Made Preparations He will be strong-willed and reckless in his determination to have his way. He will show contempt for human traditions and will, of course, change even the calendar so that it will no longer be related to the birth of Jesus (Daniel 7:25). The Word of God Is Quick and Powerful, Sharper Than Any Two-Edged Sword, the Word of God Has Been Subject to Almost Continuous Attack by Its Enemies, (the Un-goldy ) but they have not been able to censor or destroy it. “The Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”—Heb.…

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WE DO NOT IMPUTE SIN WHEN WE LOVE AS GOD DOES

Edward O’Hara Do you believe that God is love as John says in 1John4:7,8? And that because He is love He loves just as He instructs His children to? If you do then you must also believe that His forgiveness is given as freely as He tells us to forgive. Because to forgive is an expression of His love. That He does not hold trespasses against us just as He instructs us not to hold them against one another. The reason I ask is, if we have believed that God is only able to express His love for us because His requirement of a penalty being paid for our offenses has been met by the torturous and bloody death of Christ as so many teach, then to love as God does shouldn’t we require the same “pound of flesh” God did,…

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Watchman Warns: The Push for New Laws Against Christianity

The help you provide is greatly appreciated. Maintaining the websites and videos streaming requires an important financial commitment. We welcome contributions of any size. Please consider making a monthly contribution of an affordable amount. Please Give You can also send a check to PO Box 127, Pontotoc, TX 76869. The HIMEDIA Group. I Chose to Obey God Rather Than Man, Christian Teacher Imprisoned After Refusing to Call Male Student ‘They’ — Christian Persecution By StevieRay Hansen | September 14, 2023 | 0 Comments HNewsWire: God says something interesting when He tells the prophet Jeremiah to tell His people off. God says in Jeremiah 6:15 that even though His people should have been ashamed of what they did and how they lived, “They didn’t even know what blushing was.” Now, too many people in our culture have forgotten what it was like…

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THE GARDEN- ISOLATION? OR OPPORTUNITY?

By Edward O’HARA When God placed Adam in the garden did He tell him he was to live only in the garden? Were there boundaries for the garden that he was not to pass? Is there any place in the Bible that says Adam had to stay in the garden when God placed him there? Or was Adam able to go anywhere in the earth he chose? Is there in the Genesis account, or anywhere else in the Bible, anything that tells us that Adam had access to the whole earth? The answer is yes. Because in Gen.1:29 God told Adam and Eve they were to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. He said, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl…

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THE BELIEVER’S GUIDE FOR SHARING GOD’S LOVE WITH THE WORLD

Edward O’Hara In witnessing to the unbelieving world we can come to know how to read the Bible for all it’s worth. And how to take what we read and apply it to our witness when we are trying to help someone understand their need for Jesus. And how that when we do all of this we learn that it is not about bringing them under the condemnation of the devil by telling them that they are guilty before God for anything they or someone else may have done. Because Paul taught that it is the goodness of God, not severity, that leads a man to repentance. To do this, 1st We need to understand that it is because Adam was natural, not spiritual when God made him that creates our need for Jesus.  “And so it is written, The first man Adam…

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“The Fall”? “The Curse”? What Does The Bible Really Say? A “Curse”? A “Fall”?

Edward O’Hara Why is it that we hear so many using such hyperbole? Is it hyperbole? Or is it Biblical language? Is this language found anywhere in the Bible from which we may conclude anything like this? When we read the Genesis account do we ever see God using this language? Do we see God using “The curse” or “The fall” in connection to what happened to Adam and Eve? Does God say Adam and Eve were cursed? Or that they “fell” from anything? Do any of the writers of the scriptures use these terms to describe what happened to Adam and Eve? Let’s take a look. You may be surprised at what we find. We’ll start with Genesis and then also see what Paul says about this.  But first, let me give you something to consider that will be answered later…

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