Posts Tagged ‘GOD’
A NATION OUT OF CONTROL, NO GOD, NO PEACE
Peace is something everyone wants, yet few seem to find. What is peace? It can be defined as “tranquility, harmony, or security.” Depending on the situation, it could mean “prosperity” or “well-being.” Various forms of the word peace are found 429 times in the King James Version of the Bible. There are different types of peace, including…
Read MoreIndeed, All Their Tables Are Covered with Vomit; There Is No Place Without a Stench
A FLOOD OF MORAL FILTH… We may not like the idea that God allows certain kinds of evil. And, logically, there is nothing invalid about a person choosing to say, “I reject obedience to God because I don’t agree with His morality.” But theodicy is not a question of making God agree with our whims.…
Read More“The Fall”? “The Curse”? What Does The Bible Really Say?
Edward O’HaraSat 1/25/2020 1:25 PM… A “curse”? A “fall”? 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…
Read MoreAmericans Have a Long History of Breaching Laws in the Name of a Higher Law or God-Given Rights
The Birth Pains Are Growing Stronger…. One of the signs of ruling class collapse is when they can no longer enforce the rules that maintain them as a ruling class. When the Romans started making exceptions to republican governance, it was a matter of time before someone simply decided the rules no longer applied to…
Read MoreWe Have All Suffered Injustices in Life
Every human being is prone to self-pity. We are born self-centered, with a powerful drive to protect our egos and our “rights.” When we decide that life has not treated us as we have the right to be treated, self-pity is the result. Self-pity causes us to sulk and obsess over our hurts, real or perceived.…
Read MoreHOW THE “MYSTERY HID FROM ALL AGES PAST” TELLS US WHEN
THE CHURCH WILL BE “CAUGHT UP”… Edward O’Hara Wed 3/11/2020 4:45 PM… Did you know that Paul’s teaching that he calls “the mystery that was hidden from ages past” in Col.1 speaks of the church leaving this place for heaven? We can only see this when we understand correctly who the “he who withholds” is that…
Read MoreWHY DOES DEATH STILL REIGN EVEN AFTER MEN ARE CLEANSED FROM ALL SIN?
Edward O’Hara Mon 2/10/2020 1:14 PM… In 1John1:9 John says that when Israelites confess their sins Jesus is faithful and just to forgive their sins and cleanse them from all unrighteousness. In Heb.9:15 we read that Jesus “is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under…
Read MoreTHE SOWER SOWS THE WORD
In Mark 4 and Mt.13 Jesus tells of a person who plants a seed in the ground. He describes the kind of ground the seed is planted in. And how it is the condition of the ground that is the critical factor that determines whether the seed germinates, grows, and bears fruit. This message can be…
Read MoreSANCTIFIED AND PURIFIED… BUT NOT FORGIVEN? HUH!?
Edward O’Hara Thu 2/6/2020 5:11 PM To understand the letter to the Hebrews we always need to keep in mind that this letter is written to well… the Hebrews, and not the whole world. This means that whatever it says, it says to those who were under the law to show them a better way. This is in contrast to the…
Read More“They That Are In The Flesh Can Not Please God” Rom.8
Edward O’Hara Wed 1/29/2020 5:01 PM Is Paul telling us this so that we will know that the flesh is evil? Is this verse telling us that because the flesh is evil man must be punished with death because it makes him the enemy of God and that this is why men go to hell?…
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