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> @Stephen Will I am not white. The political correct term is to call me pale face.

Haha

Malachi 4:6
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

***__ How does one develop true faith? __*** is this week's biblical question! @everyone

By putting the one true God above all things. Trust truth.

You start with the little faith you have, the size of a mustard seed, and you take action. Try it for yourself and do what Jesus commanded, like forgiving others, get rid of all anger, hold every thought captive. Even if you have next to no faith at all, if you try these things, you're seeking God. And if you seek God, he will reveal himself. True faith is there when you find yourself seeking, and witnessing yourself growing stronger in the truth. And over time you start to realize that these things you were worried about before don't scare you like they used to. God's peace and strength is so staggering, and when it becomes a part of you, you'll never be the same, it's like being a new person.

starting with the Truth is probably a pretty good place to start in building the True Faith

oh boy

@gorgonzhola I believe if one does not follow the mind but the heart instead, it will encourage actions of Faith.

> if you died today and stood before the Messiah in heaven and was asked WHY should you be allowed in, what would your answer be??
@Shalom You wouldn't dare ask to come in, seeing Christ you instantly see yourself in comparison to him and you know you aren't deserving of anything and you can see he will not be moved by your pleading

haha least someone answered it

> **__*Is it good to love your weakness?*__**
I know Jesse already answered this, but I haven't heard his answer yet so I want to give my interepretaton.
Loving your weaknesses is to love the darkness within and its your love for the darkness that keeps you from seeking God and allowing him to clean you out. So, no you shouldn't love your weaknesses, but you also don't have the ability to change the darkness in your heart and its up you to open yourself up to God's light and the love for your weaknesses will be swept away just like the darkness can't endure the light.

i do believe there is one answer and one answer only to this question, but i cant disagree with what you said

@Shalom what is Jesse's answer to this one?

no idea tbh, never heard someone ask him this, and never heard him ask another so

> ***__ How does one develop true faith? __***
i had another thought on this from earlier...
- Romans 10:17 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
- so it comes from hearing the word of God. then the next verse:
- (v. 18) "But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world."
- So it's not just by hearing a physical word of God (like what we have with the Bible), but it's also by listening to God's Word as revealed across the whole world, which is related to what I believe Jesse talks about with the "kingdom of heaven" being "within" our hearts.
- then finally (v. 19) "But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you."
- so even people who have been given a physical and clear revelation of God's word (like the children of Israel in their Hebrew Bible) can lose faith, and in so doing be provoked to jealousy and wrath when they see Gentile nations listening to God's word as written in their hearts and not by the book.

***__What does the cross symbolize to you?__*** well??? @everyone (sorry posted it in the wrong section earlier)

Jesus paying the fine for our sin.

Execution

It's a slightly raised t so the horizontal line means it's all encompassing and since its raised its above humanity. Sort of like an embrace also

It is the ultimate symbol of love. Sacraficial love which is the purest of all things anyone can do. It reminds us what Jesus did for us so that we can return the favour and love him as he loves us!

It represents the identification of christians that the son of god sacraficed so that man can be forgiven and can look up to god for guidance

Sacrifice.

The cross is a reminder of the sacrifice that Jesus made for us so that sins may be forgiven and ultimately why we are known as Christians without him dying on the cross we would not exist as Christians

It represents Balance/Order to me, BUT when people wear it I immediately see it as EGO showing off their belief, like to say my religion is better than yours. That part I don't like. The cross is nice by itself and can show you where your third eye is if you put it over your face.

Crucifixion was an execution method, particularly brutal and painful and a very public execution method as the crucified would be displayed outside of cities, easily seen by any passing by. It is a particularly accursed death sentence due to its brutality, the slow suffering it inflicts, and the public spectacle it makes.

In the Bible, the Lord God puts his own Word, which is also God, into the flesh of the virgin by his Holy Spirit, this is Jesus. Jesus lived a perfect and sinless life, and being condemned in a succession of legitimacy first by the wicked jews whom defer their authority to Caesar of Rome whom control the world then defer their own authority upon Jesus proclaiming in writing "King of the Jews" upon the crucifix, to which the wicked jews mourn and attempt to change it, but which Pilate replies what he has written has been wrote.

Jesus is ultimately crucified for the accusation that he is indeed the Truth, the Messiah, and even God himself. Jesus is publicly mocked by the Romans whom plait upon him a crown of thorns and the symbolic purple robe of royal authority, and lead him out to be crucified under the auspices of Caesar's duly appointed Governor Pilate and the Priest class of the jews.

This episode only fulfills numerous fulfills numerous prophecies about Jesus and confirms that he is the God even more as the act continues. With Jesus are crucified two others. One man tempts Jesus saying if he is the son of God to come down off the cross and take them off also, much like the taunts of the wicked jews. The other man notes that they deserve to be upon the crucifix for what they have done, but that Jesus really hasn't done anything worthy of such an extreme punishment, and believing Jesus, asks him to remember him when Jesus comes to his duly appointed Kingdom, to which Jesus affirms he shall.

The cross ultimately symbolizes Fulfillment of the Promise of God. Symbolized many ways; the sacrifice, the chain of authority, and prophecy

The cross is what the Garment dipped in blood hangs on

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The cross to me symbolize Jesus dying for our sins

the cross nowadays is an egotistical way of showing that they are a "christian" via tattoo, jewelry, etc

keep seething

^lol has cross tattoos

and jewelry

Left-to-right represents connection between the church (the people).
Top-to-bottom represents connection between man and God.

At least that's what we were taught in my youth group at the time.

***__Did Jesus come to unite or divide?__*** is this week's biblical question! @everyone

Divide all those that do not follow in Jesus' path.

Dividing the spiritual kingdoms by truth, a Sword that proceeds from the mouth of Lord Jesus at the Apocalypse and slays the ancient dragon called Liar and Enemy and his whole host of the Fallen State of the last generation of Man.

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Jesus came to divide the saints from the sinners.

He definitely divided us from our Sin if we believe in Him

Jesus came to divide us from the world and unite us as believers.