Prayer Circle

[Yaroslav]

Romans 12

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Amen!



Greetings dear brothers and sisters!
Prayer is our power!
Let us join all together in prayer for Ukraine.
I also ask you to pray about my parents. They are not saved. Pray that God can use me to change their lives. (Their names are Lyuda and Nikolay)
Thank you for thinking of Ukraine. Some of them (Ukrainians) do appreciate it.
May God bless you all.

Love in Christ,
Yaroslav

[Nonson]

Yaroslav,

You have my prayers.

Now as to the use of the Epistle to the Roams (Pauline Doctrine) it can cause problems due to its admixture of Greek myth, Gnostic beliefs, and pharisaical teachings. There are many difficulties found in it, and these problems can war against one's understanding of Christic teachings. Saul of Tarsus never fully understood the doctrines of Jesus, probably due to his heavy leaning on the Pharisee's culture. There are many parts of the Epistle which Jesus condemned outright, but was later included in the Scriptures by corrupt priests.

If you seek to follow the line of teaching glossed over by Paul then the third Synoptic Gospel, St John, is a most perfect exposition of it. It is highly recommended to all who would come to know the true depths of spirituality of the Christic teachings. Too, it can be of considerable assistance in the bringing of others to the Word.

Nonson

[Yaroslav]

Greetings!
At last I have passed all my tests. Praise the Lord! I just wanted to thank you for your prayers. May God bless you!
Nonson have you ever been hungry? Well, you see, of course you know a lot. You have a lot of experience. You are a great psychologist and you know much of philosophy. It impresses. I may say that you know Bible better than anyone on this forum. You are unusual but in the same time you are like other people. You also may have problems. And you still have problems with you son. Right? Why not try to talk to him. Try to understand him also. You see you don't want to listen to people. You think they can't teach you anything. If you think you know the truth why not to tell people about this truth. Here is the place where you can share your thoughts with others but you will not be able to convict people of that they are not right until you learn to respect them. Respect their thoughts.
Well, you know there are many people that are not so smart as you are. They don't understand a lot of things. But let's go in the village. Let's visit a little village near my native town Zhitomir. Let's go in Kameniy Brid. There are approximately 5000 people live there. They don't even have access to the phone line. I'm not talking about Internet. You know some of those people are hungry. Some of them are really poor. They can't read all your posts. They don't know that Ukrainian translation of the Bible is different then English. You know in our Bible there is no place where you may dance like in English: Psalm 150:4. And some of doctrines are not the same in Ukraine as in your country. In our country women have to cover their heads. So what? May those people be saved without totally right translation of the Bible? What do you think? May they find the truth without knowing that "using message of the Epistle to the Roams (Pauline Doctrine) can cause problems due to its admixture of Greek myth, Gnostic beliefs, and pharisaical teachings. As there are many difficulties found in it, and these problems can war against one's understanding of Christic teachings"?
Yes, of course. God has made salvation simple so even a child may accept it. So even a man who has never read the Bible may have it. Remember a thief? And as we live in time of God's grace and preaching of glorious Gospel of Christ instead of Gospel of the kingdom that was preached before Jesus Christ we understand that we don't need to know and keep all those doctrines and old commandments to be saved. Right? Jesus wants only two things from us: To love God and each other. And this happens only after we accept Him, after we begin to believe Jesus, begin to trust Him. Agree?
If not don't tell me that I'm wrong and so on. I told you what I think and certainly I respect your thoughts and would like to know what do you think about this.
Answer quickly, please!
Keep in touch!
John 15:1-27

[Nonson]

Yaroslav,

I was educated. I became a minister. Then I became un-educated. Coming to grips with my utter ignorance of that which I asked others to accept I spent the next several decades becoming educated once more. Now I publish the truth as it is gleaned from the ancient records. Whether it is accepted or not is of no consequence to me. My services are absolutely free.

Nonson
1.22.01