Four things Acts 2:38 tells us about water baptism: (1) it comes AFTER REPENTANCE, (2) the command pertains to EVERY BELIEVER on His death, burial & resurrection (3) baptism should be INTO THE NAME (not titles) of Jesus Christ, (4) baptism is FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS
What fascinates me about the UFO conversation isn't the technology. It's the spiritual implications behind it.
Jesus said the last days would mirror the days of Noah. When I look at the growing obsession with UFOs, transhumanism, AI, and the merging of man with technology, I see questions that go far beyond science. The deeper issue is whether humanity is being drawn toward something that appears advanced and enlightened, but is actually spiritual in nature.
Paul said if the rulers of this age had understood what they were doing, they never would have crucified the Lord of glory. Death could not hold Jesus because He had never sinned, and Sheol had no legal claim on innocent blood. What looked like the enemy's greatest victory was actually the mechanism of his own defeat. They handed God exactly what He needed to redeem everyone who would call on His name.
When a professing Christian says "you only go to heaven if you SURRENDER", what are they actually trying to say?
Surrender what exactly?
What does the "surrendered life" look like to them?
Genuinely curious 🤔
@JustusPeccator1@Truth_matters20 100%! If He has truly saved us, then He has taken possession/ownership of us by sealing us into Himself.
LORD means OWNER 🙌
No one can [really and truly] say JESUS IS [their personal] LORD except s/HE BE [sealed] IN [by] the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12.3)
What happens the moment you die?
Most Christians have a vague idea involving clouds and harps.
The Bible is far more specific and far more extraordinary than that.
It also completely dismantles several things most people believe about heaven, hell, and the resurrection.
Here's what Scripture actually says happens after death, step by step. 🧵
Did you know why the inhabitants during the Tower of Babel period spoke only one language? Because they were the breakaway civilization that survived the Geophysical Event. The next global language after the event will likely be either English or Chinese.
Fun fact: The Book of Jubilees mentions that the tower's height was 5,433 cubits and 2 palms, which is approximately 2.48 km (8,150 ft, or about 1.54 miles). It also says that it took 43 years to build.
I made a little simulation showing what the Tower of Babel would look like in today's modern cities.
God Himself is coming to RESCUE YOU from the greatest hour of horror this world has ever witnessed!
Death and Hell are about to be unleashed upon a Christ-rejecting planet — but the saints of the Most High shall be caught up to meet Him in the air, delivered from the wrath to come!
In baptism, we the sinners have been washed clean. We the unrighteous have put on Christ. We the disobedient have been adopted as heirs.
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are!” 1 John 3:1
Christ for you.
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"When you are walking with the Lord, x, y, and z will happen and you'll be happier and holier and God will shower you with His blessings."
This kind of thinking is prevalent. It may be presented in a more subtle manner but the reality is that transactional Christianity has always been popular and still is.
The truth is that no one walks with God. God walks with us in the midst of our broken self focused lives. He forgives our sin and keeps us in lifelong repentance and faith. Happiness may be fleeting at best..but holiness in Christ Jesus is a gift of God to all those who believe and are Baptized into His death and resurrection. Jesus will never leave you nor forsake you. God will shower you with His blessings all throughout your life. At times this is hard to believe. In our faithlessness Jesus remains faithful..to us.
That's the gospel.