@NRowe041726@TheCatholicDef@bannedpastor Leviticus 26:1 (KJV) also names statues directly: Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
@NUKE2019@MrCasey62 The Catholic Church was formed in the 3rd century. The Church of Acts was formed by the Apostles. Jesus and the Apostles were Jews, not Catholic.
Peter preached baptizing in Jesus name, not titles.
All ten in the parable were virgins. All ten took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. That means all ten were saved. Paul used the same picture of a virgin for the church.
Matthew 25:1 (KJV) Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 Corinthians 11:2 (KJV) For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
A lamp cannot give light without oil. Throughout Scripture, oil represents the Spirit of God. When Samuel anointed David with oil, the Spirit of the Lord came upon him.
1 Samuel 16:13 (KJV) Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward.
Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost and with power.
Acts 10:38 (KJV) How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
In the tabernacle, God commanded pure olive oil to keep the lamp burning always.
Exodus 27:20 (KJV) And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
In Zechariah, the golden candlestick was fed by oil, and God explained what it meant.
Zechariah 4:6 (KJV) Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
We are the lamp, and the Holy Ghost is the oil. Our light comes from the Spirit of God living in us.
Matthew 5:16 (KJV) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
All ten virgins had lamps, but only the wise took extra oil.
Matthew 25:3-4 (KJV) They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
The foolish virgins had light at first, but they did not keep their lamps full, and their light went out.
Matthew 25:8 (KJV) And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
The wise could not give them their oil. Each person has to be filled for themselves. While the foolish went to buy more, the bridegroom came and the door was shut.
Matthew 25:10 (KJV) And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
Being filled once is not enough. We have to keep being filled with the Spirit.
Ephesians 5:18 (KJV) And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Keep your lamp full and be ready for His coming.
Matthew 25:13 (KJV) Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
@TNTJohn1717 There is one God, and that one mediator is the man Christ Jesus. Salvation is in His name alone.
Acts 4:12 (KJV) Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Training young people for the work of God still matters.
Paul told Timothy to commit what he had learned to faithful men who would teach others also.
2 Timothy 2:2 (KJV) And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
@texandnola@Zachly What exactly is your point?
You hate Elon and the trucks that his company produces, so you whine about it on x, which his company owns.
God deals with a child in the womb as a person, and Scripture names three people He knew or called before they were born.
Jeremiah, known before he was formed in the belly.
Jeremiah 1:5 (KJV) Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
John the Baptist, filled with the Holy Ghost from his mother's womb.
Luke 1:15 (KJV) For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
Paul, separated from his mother's womb.
Galatians 1:15 (KJV) But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
David wrote Psalm 22 long before Jesus was crucified, and the Gospels show it fulfilled at the cross.
The cry from the cross.
Psalm 22:1 (KJV) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Matthew 27:46 (KJV) And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
The mocking words of the crowd.
Psalm 22:8 (KJV) He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Matthew 27:43 (KJV) He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
His hands and feet pierced.
Psalm 22:16 (KJV) For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
John 20:25 (KJV) The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
Lots cast for His clothing.
Psalm 22:18 (KJV) They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
John 19:24 (KJV) They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
John said plainly that the soldiers did this so the Scripture would be fulfilled.
Go to church today and worship God with His people.
Hebrews 10:25 (KJV) Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
The church in the Book of Acts gathered often. They kept on in the apostles' doctrine, in fellowship, in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Acts 2:42 (KJV) And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
They met daily with one accord, they praised God, and the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Acts 2:46-47 (KJV) And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.