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I don't jst understnd why when we come togeda as Christians especially @d beginning of a service or meeting, we spend kiloJoules of energy praying to invite the presence of God into our midst. You hear the person leading d prayer, in his most pious voice, say smtn like "Let us now begin to invite the presence of God into our midst this evening to fellowship with us" &u'll hear ppl (including me, in d past) screaming @d top of our voice &sweating inviting Him. Uuuuhn, Which presence again abeg Sebi Scriptures tell us the Spirit of God abides IN us &also dt wia two or three of us are gathered in His Name, HE IS THERE WITH US!!! Biko, y do we have to spend hours "inviting" Him again wen He is already there with us??? I'd rather spend that time thanking Him for His ever-abiding presence with us.. Let us rub minds on this &oda common prayer points dts unscriptural. God bless us.
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However, I believe that we can ask God questions when we want Him to reveal the deep things to us. And I believe God will gladly answer us. Moreso, I believe it is our responsibility to ask God of the deep things and to search them out by the Holy Spirit freely given to us (Pro 25:2 - It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the honour of kings is to search out a matter). And since we are kings and priests (Rev 1:6), I believe we should search out all of the deep concealed things of God with the help of His Holy Spirit.
The secret to searching them out is simply to ask God because who can know the mind of God, if not, the Spirit of God; And we have the mind of Christ (1Cor 2:16 paraphrased).
1Cor 2:10 - But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
#UnquestionableGod #DeepThingsOfGod #SearchOutTheDeep #SpiritReveals ...
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In the Old testament, the Hebrew language used the word "Sheol" and it is translated as "Hell" on English language. In the New Testament, in Greek language, "Hades" is interpreted as "Hell". So, what then is "Sheol/Hades"? Sheol/Hades is simply the land of the dead; the world of the dead. Several parts of Scripture, including the Psalms described Sheol as a place underneath the eatth (Ps 55:15, 86:13, etc Amos 9:2, Eze 31:16, Deu 32:22, etc etc).
In the old testament, the available standard was the law of Moses and anybody that dies goes to the land of the dead (Sheol) whether he/she was righteous or not; good or bad. In the land of the dead (Sheol/Hell), there happens to be seemingly two partitions, something called the "Bossom of Abraham" and the other part is "Hell torment (punishment part of hell)" as described in Jesus parable of rich man and lazarus (Lk 16:22&23). They were both in hell/sheol/hades/land of the dead but in different parts of the the world of the dead.
But, God didn't like the fact that any man went to Sheol because in the first place, man wasn't meant to die, but, the tree of knowledge of good and evil caused it. So, God created a plan, which is Jesus Christ to bear all our sins (past, present and future) and to give us "Eternal Life"; the life that never dies; God's life Himself through Jesus Christ. To tripple seal the deal, Jesus descended and collected the keys of death and hell when He went on His 3-day journey under in Sheol after He died on the Calvary Cross (Rev1:18).
Hence, no Christian would taste death (I mean the spiritual death that leads to Sheol). Jesus had to redeem those in "Abraham's bossom", ie, those that lived according to the law of Moses before He died. That is why after Jesus died and resurrected, the saints of old who had died/fallen asleep, arose and people in the city saw them (Matt 27:52). Definitely, those were the captives Jesus took with Him as He ascended (Eph 4:8, AMP). Beyond these captives, Jesus took captivity, itself, and the death + hell, HE took them captive and that is when truly all powers in Heaven and on earth and under the earth belongs to Jesus and at the mention of His Name (Matt 28:18). Jesus took these last powers of death and hell/sheol/hades so that we, new testament christians, wont have to taste death or see hell anymore... what a complete finshed work Christ did? Hallelujah!
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I am opened up for more clarity in the Bible. ...
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That's why were are called a royal priesthood and A CHOOSEN GENERATION!!! Even though they died before they received the promise, They share in the manifested promise of God(Jesus christ) that we are walking in!! ...
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