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Ask the Author / Re: Daily Psalms via a Python Script and a Demo of Encryption and Decryption ...

« Last post by David on February 18, 2024, 05:33:10 AM »

Scramble it ...

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# holdIttoholdIt2.py

shifts = '31415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679'
size = len(shifts)

with open("holdIt.txt") as fin:
    with open("holdIt2.txt", "w") as fin2:
        i = 0
        for item in fin:
            for c in item:
                if c.islower():
                    fin2.write( chr((ord(c) - ord('a') + int(shifts[i%size]) ) % 26 + ord('a')) )
                elif c.isupper():
                    fin2.write( chr((ord(c) - ord('A') + int(shifts[i%size]) ) % 26 + ord('A')) )
                else:
                    fin2.write( c )
                i += 1
                   
input("Done writing holdIt to holdIt2.txt... ")

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Ask the Author / Re: Daily Psalms via a Python Script and a Demo of Encryption and Decryption ...

« Last post by David on February 18, 2024, 05:31:13 AM »

Now place this .bat file in same folder ...

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:: RunItDailyVerses.bat
::

@ECHO OFF
echo PRESS Enter key to see today's texts in text editor Notepad...

DailyPsalms.py > holdIt.txt
notepad holdIt.txt

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Ask the Author / Re: Daily Psalms via a Python Script and a Demo of Encryption and Decryption ...

« Last post by David on February 18, 2024, 05:02:12 AM »

Ok ... here is the text you need for the running Python code above ...

OOPs!!! TOO long for this page ... go to site at link below and copy text  there .... and save as:

1To150PsalmsFixed.txt

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pCrJVR87k5GR5xhoaeEEsiivNotIU5MDp83_tvWF3bU/edit?usp=sharing

or

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT2a9UqM3fx5MKPNiQIU5b35UYpH6otGQpU3DdBHugt0y6159eJaxuIUmIDTwKjIz1swQ8X4Sqmzyvl/pub

The first part of this file so that you might see how it is structured ...

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Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. (Ps 1:1 AV)
But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. (Ps 1:2 AV)
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (Ps 1:3 AV)
The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away. (Ps 1:4 AV)
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. (Ps 1:5 AV)
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. (Ps 1:6 AV)
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? (Ps 2:1 AV)
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying], (Ps 2:2 AV)
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. (Ps 2:3 AV)
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. (Ps 2:4 AV)
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. (Ps 2:5 AV)
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. (Ps 2:6 AV)
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee. (Ps 2:7 AV)
Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession. (Ps 2:8 AV)
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. (Ps 2:9 AV)
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. (Ps 2:10 AV)
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. (Ps 2:11 AV)
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him. (Ps 2:12 AV)
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me. (Ps 3:1 AV)
Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him in God. Selah. (Ps 3:2 AV)
But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. (Ps 3:3 AV)
I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. (Ps 3:4 AV)
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. (Ps 3:5 AV)
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set [themselves] against me round about. (Ps 3:6 AV)
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies [upon] the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. (Ps 3:7 AV)
Salvation [belongeth] unto the LORD: thy blessing [is] upon thy people. Selah. (Ps 3:8 AV)
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me [when I was] in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. (Ps 4:1 AV)
O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah. (Ps 4:2 AV)
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. (Ps 4:3 AV)
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. (Ps 4:4 AV)
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. (Ps 4:5 AV)
[There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. (Ps 4:6 AV)
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their corn and their wine increased. (Ps 4:7 AV)
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. (Ps 4:8 AV)
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. (Ps 5:1 AV)
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. (Ps 5:2 AV)
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up. (Ps 5:3 AV)
For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. (Ps 5:4 AV)
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. (Ps 5:5 AV)
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. (Ps 5:6 AV)
But as for me, I will come [into] thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. (Ps 5:7 AV)
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. (Ps 5:8 AV)
For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. (Ps 5:9 AV)
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. (Ps 5:10 AV)
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. (Ps 5:11 AV)
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield. (Ps 5:12 AV)
To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. (Ps 6:1 AV)
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. (Ps 6:2 AV)
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? (Ps 6:3 AV)
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. (Ps 6:4 AV)
For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? (Ps 6:5 AV)
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. (Ps 6:6 AV)
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. (Ps 6:7 AV)
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. (Ps 6:8 AV)
The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. (Ps 6:9 AV)
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return [and] be ashamed suddenly. (Ps 6:10 AV)
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: (Ps 7:1 AV)
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending [it] in pieces, while [there is] none to deliver. (Ps 7:2 AV)
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; (Ps 7:3 AV)
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) (Ps 7:4 AV)
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. (Ps 7:5 AV)
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment [that] thou hast commanded. (Ps 7:6 AV)
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. (Ps 7:7 AV)
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me. (Ps 7:8 AV)
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. (Ps 7:9 AV)
My defence [is] of God, which saveth the upright in heart. (Ps 7:10 AV)
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked] every day. (Ps 7:11 AV)
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. (Ps 7:12 AV)
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. (Ps 7:13 AV)
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. (Ps 7:14 AV)
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made. (Ps 7:15 AV)
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. (Ps 7:16 AV)
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. (Ps 7:17 AV)
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. (Ps 8:1 AV)
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. (Ps 8:2 AV)
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; (Ps 8:3 AV)
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? (Ps 8:4 AV)
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. (Ps 8:5 AV)
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet: (Ps 8:6 AV)
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; (Ps 8:7 AV)
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas. (Ps 8:8 AV)
O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! (Ps 8:9 AV)
To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. (Ps 9:1 AV)
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. (Ps 9:2 AV)
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. (Ps 9:3 AV)
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. (Ps 9:4 AV)
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. (Ps 9:5 AV)
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. (Ps 9:6 AV)
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. (Ps 9:7 AV)
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. (Ps 9:8 AV)
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. (Ps 9:9 AV)
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. (Ps 9:10 AV)
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. (Ps 9:11 AV)
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. (Ps 9:12 AV)
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: (Ps 9:13 AV)
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. (Ps 9:14 AV)
The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. (Ps 9:15 AV)
The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. (Ps 9:16 AV)
The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God. (Ps 9:17 AV)
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever. (Ps 9:18 AV)
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. (Ps 9:19 AV)
Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah. (Ps 9:20 AV)


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Ask the Author / Daily Psalms via a Python Script and a Demo of Encryption and Decryption ...

« Last post by David on February 18, 2024, 04:40:10 AM »

Here is the Python script that extracts daily 5 Psalms ... Psalm 1 to 5 for day 1 of each month, 6 to 10 for day 2 of the month, 11 to 15 for day 3 ... etc...

Save this as a text file as: DailyPsalms.py file in a folder ...

and also save the text file it needs ... see it on the next page ... save that text in the same folder as: 1To150PsalmsFixed.txt

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#DailyPsalms.py
#2024-02-15

from datetime import date
from sys import exit

fNameFixed = "1To150PsalmsFixed.txt"
try:
    with open(fNameFixed) as f:
        lines = f.readlines() # get lines into Python list called lines
except:
    print("Can't find file", fNameFixed, "... ")
    input("PRESS Enter key to exit ... ")
    exit()
   
#get current date
now = date.today()
day = now.day

print("Today is: {:4d}-{:02d}-{:02d}".format(now.year, now.month, day))
if day == 31: # there are only 150 Psalms
    day = 30
end = day*5
beg = end-4

these = [] # get a Python list of these ...
for x in range(beg, end+1):
    these.append( '(Ps ' + str(x) + ':' )

verses = [] # get todays 5 verses into Python list of verses
for line in lines:
    for text in these:
        if text in line:
            verses.append(line)
           
for line in verses:
    print()
    count = 0
    for ch in line:
        count += 1
        if count <= 40:
            if count == 1 and ch == ' ':
                count = 0
            else:
                print( ch, end = '' )
        else: #count here is > 40
            print(ch, end = '')
            if ch in " .,?!":
                print()
                count = 0
            if ch == '\n':
                count = 0
                   
input("\nPress 'Enter' to quit ... " )


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Ask the Author / Re: Are we ‘there’ ... yet?

« Last post by David on March 25, 2023, 07:30:21 PM »

Update for 2023-03-25


In a court, as evidence ... we DO use credible witnesses ... to establish an event ... the true history.

The character of the witness is also a ‘witness’ to validate their testimony.

So the character of the disciples of Jesus who recorded his life, death, resurrection on the 3rd day, ascension on the 40th day, the giving of the Holy Spirit on the 50th day (at Pentecost) ... the continued events as foretold ... these all serve as ‘witnesses’ ...

Also, forensic evidence is used ‘to rule in’ ... or to ... ‘rule out’ ... an event.

For example, when the top of a building falls for the bulk of its transit at essentially free fall acceleration due to gravity ... we can assert that any idea of ‘pancaking’ from upper stories causing that collapse on its footprint ... that is nonsense!!!

Similarly, any idea about houses building themselves ... or any idea about any complex functioning system of self replicating systems ... every undergoing ‘self assembly’ ... this can be quickly ruled out as nonsense ... **since** undirected energy (explosions/mutations) in ... ‘these undirected energy events’ ... they **always** degrade!!!

This ‘always degrade’ of code or function can be easily seen in any even very simple already functioning computer program ... any slight **random change** ... the code will crash at that point.

However, if you have some backup copy of the original code to restore the original ... and/or you designed in some very complex checking for errors and built in redundancy... it may continue to function until the accumulation of errors exceeds the design limits ... and ‘life’ stops then.

And this **IS** what we are facing now ... soon extinction because of all the accumulations of errors in code (DNA, etc...) in our original so complex coding with its ‘back up copy/restore’ and ‘much redundancy’ built into the original.

This **reality** of soon extinction seems to be the cause of our mad technocrats now attempting to change to silicon chip integrated/based ... ‘life forms’ !!!


However ...

the character of the disciples of Jesus who recorded His life, death, resurrection on the 3rd day, Ascension on the 40th day, the giving of the Holy Spirit on the 50th day (at Pentecost) ... the continued events as foretold ... these all serve as ‘witnesses’ ...

And since Jesus showed his power of resurrection ... the foundation was solidified for the promise repeated often in the Bible ... all will be raised ... some to honour ... others to shame ...

See Daniel 12 about what was told him to record for us here ... at ‘these days‘ ... the generation to experience what was foretold about 2.5 k years ago ...


1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.


And ... thus the 2nd huge sign ... ‘Are we there yet?’

Certain extinction of all flesh ... unless this madness is interdicted by God ...  yes ... the coverup is not working ... more are seeing now the ‘deaths’ rising up following these global ‘experimental injections’ ... and other vectors of exposure: food, water, air, tests, etc... an ongoing, demon inspired, technocratic madness!!!

But even an unbiased child can see that ‘every house had a builder’ ...

Can you now see ... the absolute impossibility of explosions creating complex working systems ... is totally in the minds of these so zealous technocrats trying to design and build silicon based life?


Footnotes:

1 Peter 1:23,24,25

(We must be) ... born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

Matthew 24:21,22

... then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

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Ask the Author / Re: Are we ‘there’ ... yet?

« Last post by David on March 24, 2023, 06:29:18 AM »

2023-03-24

On the 22nd, I was reading an article that was sent to me to pass on ... which I did even before reading ...

The article was well written and focused on our vital need of a Kinsman-Redeemer - Jesus - who paid the price, in full, for all our debts before an Holy, Holy, Holy God. 

But later, I noticed that the author was using one of the ‘modern’ English translations of the Bible ... and that the text featured had several subtle shift’s in the message there ... the most glaring was to shift the emphasis away from trusting primarily in the power and faithfulness of God.


Can you see this subtle but vital difference here:

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)

vs.

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

What is the Bible’s emphasis?

Is it on ... our power to hold on to Jesus?

Or is it on ... his power and faithfulness to hold on to us?

What does the Bible emphasize ‘cover to cover’?

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Ask the Author / Re: Are we ‘there’ ... yet?

« Last post by David on March 21, 2023, 11:49:08 PM »

2023-03-21

Shalom,

Sent this today to my friend in Pakistan with 25 orphans ... and earthquakes ... 

-/-

I had just sent these 2 texts right before I saw your (earthquakes) updates:

-/-

Hi again my friend in India ... just now I sent this to a young man ... who seems very skeptical of all in the Bible - perhaps because of the so poor examples he sees of us who claim to be followers of Jesus ...

-/-
... since all of us have sinned ... and are still primed/prone to sin ... and so we each continue to fall short of the Glory of God ... that is why God provided a sinless Saviour/Redeemer ... the long promised Son of God ... a miracle of conception given to a woman who had not yet ‘known’ any man ...  Jesus/Emanuel/God-with-us ... to be our substitute representative (our Kinsman-Redeemer) ... so as to have his righteousness to be reckoned to our account ... while we continue to struggle here trusting him to help us to keep pressing on to do his will ... until he comes again from Heaven with millions of Holy Angels all in blazing fire ... to then complete the transformations promised ... and finally ... to be like him.

-/-

Please Note: we are to ... **as much as is in our power** ... to NOT offend (i.e. NOT to be offensive to) anyone ... being equipped by God and made ready, in love, to speak the truth.

However ... **this treasure** (we do have, it’s still in) ... in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. (2 Corinthians 4:7)

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Ask the Author / Re: Are we ‘there’ ... yet?

« Last post by David on March 19, 2023, 08:19:54 PM »

2023-03-19

Today I texted a young man I had meet only late last summer/early fall ... he related to me experiences he had ... experiences that many might/would not accept as ‘real’ ...

Our thoughts ... where do they come from?

We all have had a quite unique history ... but also, with much in common - this too:  ‘As a man thinks ... so is he.’ And Jesus made ‘this’ explicitly clear ... so above all, we are instructed to ‘guard’ our hearts.

Thought you all too might like to see ...

-/-

Hey ...,

The Holy Bible is the inspired word of God / authorized by God / promised to be preserved by God ...

There ... we see revealed the true history of Creation and God's plan of redemption ... all planned out even before the foundations of the earth...

What is revealed there is applicable to each and all in every generation ... but especially for this generation ...

So ... we will want to be faithful students and doers of God's Word ... as as to be able to be glad to greet Him at His (very ? soon) return ...

The Lord Jesus then will also stop all the present destructions ...

Please note that:

Every follower of Jesus is commissioned as an ambassador ...

Being born again is a miracle ... kin to our natural birth ... we had no part in it.

If God is calling any to follow Him ... how might our answer be?

Only a fake faith leads to continue (to the end) on as we did before ... if anyone is converted to follow Jesus ... the old has gone ... a new creation born of God begins.

Note: Only a dead person gets buried!!!

That is why ...  ‘the old man’ ... now dead, is buried in the waters of baptism ... then to arise as a new creature to be led by the Holy Spirit of God ... and by the power of the Holy Spirit, to now resist the old fleshy ways that we each did ... (and still are able to do, if we follow the flesh) ... against God.

But note the good news in Romans 8:

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Be blessed,

David

P.S. Time for a coffee together?

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Ask the Author / Re: Are we ‘there’ ... yet?

« Last post by David on March 17, 2023, 05:28:40 PM »

P.P.S.

Today, 2023-03-17, I texted my friend, now back in Gujarat India:

-/-

Hi Sam,

I’m thinking that the pages ... these 3 pages ...

these that I just a few days ago posted here ...

http://developers-heaven.net/forum/index.php/topic,2642.msg3299.html

... that the **there** in the expression:

‘Are we **there** yet?’

... that this ‘there’ needs to be clearly stated ...

and then to show some of the big ‘signs’ that God inspired to be foretold and to be recorded in The Holy Bible ...

to tell us ...

we are near ...

even the generation ...

even right ‘at the door’.


So what are two big recent signs that suggest we are ‘very near’ to this event we were foretold ... the event foretold ... and recorded for us here:

2 Thessalonians 1

6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.


The ‘1st’ big recent sign that we are ...

‘near/at the door’ ...

See what I posted in May 2020:

http://developers-heaven.net/forum/index.php/topic,2587.msg3282.html#msg3282

-/-


See a ‘Copy/Paste’ here:

Has this time arrived?

Luke 21:26-28

Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.


Did ‘this’ ... (a 1st BIG and globally evident SIGN ... an HUGE sign that was foretold to us almost 2k years ago) ... did this happen In 2020 ...

and so ...

are we ‘at the door’ ?


And in 2021 ... a 2nd HUGE sign started to FLASH its warning ... (to be continued ... on next pages?)

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Ask the Author / Re: Are we ‘there’ ... yet?

« Last post by David on March 14, 2023, 08:41:05 AM »

P.S.

If you have got ‘this’ far ... you also might like to see:

http://developers-heaven.net/forum/index.php/topic,2631.0.html
(go to Ask the Author/Breakfast ... it's time to feed at Jesus Feet ...)

http://developers-heaven.net/forum/index.php/topic,2634.0.html
(go to Ask the Author/Poems and writings to encourage)

http://developers-heaven.net/forum/index.php/topic,2641.msg3293.html#msg3293
(Last Days Deceptions ... Yes, We NEED Discernment)

Footnotes:

Mark 12:27 - He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: **ye therefore do greatly err.**

Mark 12:27 Context

24And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? 25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. 26And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 27He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err. 28And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.


And ...

Matthew 22:29 - Jesus answered and said unto them, **Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.**

Matthew 22:29 Context

26Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. 27And last of all the woman died also. 28Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. 29Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. 31But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.


And ...

2 Thessalonians 2:7 - For **the mystery of iniquity** doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

2 Thessalonians 2:7 Context

4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.


And ...

Hebrews 3:4 - For **every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.**