Short Christian Articles in English
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PRAYER
"Living faith is impossible without prayer. It must be admitted that the idea of prayer
of modern people does not express its essence. People think that you need to pray on
holidays, and even in the morning, in the evening, before meals, after meals; and they
do not know that prayer can be unquenchable, eternally warming in the depths of a
human being. Prayer has countless forms and contents, for it accompanies a believer
throughout his life."
One day, I got into a conversation at a bus stop with an elderly woman. We talked
about our problems and also about our relationship with God. She was somehow very
calm, despite her worries of those days. I have often noticed this state in elderly,
deeply religious people. Out of our entire conversation, I was surprised by her story
about her evening prayer. The fact is that she did not have a prayer book, a collection
of prayers, and she was worried about how correct her appeal to God in prayer was.
Regretting this, she told me that she simply talks with God as with the One who is
very close to her, in whom she loves and in whom she hopes. And I understood her
that at this time nothing else exists for her, she only tells Him about her life and
consults with Him about everything that worries her, rushing to Him with all her
thoughts with hope and love. And her words flow easily, as if someone is helping her
with this about the entire past day and its worries. She told Him what she managed to
do and what didn"t turn out the way she wanted. And she asked Him about this,
knowing that God would answer her. And she will wait for His answer and the help
for which she asks Him. Her entire conversation was intertwined with words of
gratitude and sometimes tears. This was her prayer, which left in me the memory of
her warmth and deep trust in God. Our intimacy with God should never be
interrupted. We must ALWAYS REMEMBER that we are connected to God by
LOVE, His love for us and ours for Him.
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LOVE AND MUSIC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB7RHsDA1CQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZqGHTC2gbg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HqmF-B2-3NA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tg9O_R5WHs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgxCWnLBOdU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PvVaYmjlk4
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Should a husband fulfill his wife,s words?
Two interesting notes: At the beginning of the Bible it says that the husband (Adam)
fulfilled the words of his wife and ate the forbidden fruit. Adam committed a sin and
lost salvation, and in the end the husband (Pilate) did not fulfill the words of his wife
and also committed a sin - he handed Christ over to execution. "As he sat in the
judgment seat, his wife sent him to say: "Do not harm the Righteous One, for now I
have suffered much for Him in a dream" (Matthew 27:19).
Therefore, the head of the family must be guided by reason and make a decision
based on the advice of his wife, wisely. This is true? Yes, this is true, because the
head of the family, including for the wife, according to the Bible, is the husband. The
husband must understand that if what the wife says is pleasing to the Lord, then it
must be done with gratitude for God and for the wife. But Pilate still understood that
Christ was from God and the advice from his wife was a reminder to him to do what
was pleasing to God. Eve, however, spoke, unlike Pilate;s wife, what was displeasing
to God. Yes, the wife is an adviser. Sometimes this is a bad adviser, sometimes a good
one. The husband must take into account his wife"s words and make decisions. He
is responsible for these decisions. Consultation is necessary and beneficial: "Discord
comes from arrogance, but wisdom comes from those who consult" (Proverbs 13:10).
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The meaning of baptism, short text.
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"Jesus was about thirty years old when he began his ministry" (Luke 3:23)
"According to Jewish tradition, a man reaches responsibility and spiritual maturity at
age 30, and only at this age can he begin to teach and preach. This means that in
matters of faith, adult society did not respect or listen to the words of a person under
30 years of age. Thus, here too the Lord Jesus Christ demonstrates great humility and
waits for his 30th birthday to legally begin his public ministry"
https://dzen.ru/a/ZCPWaGzpbAqL
Christ performed baptism as a necessary rite for believers in order to become priests
of God for all people on earth. The Son of God showed people, while in the human
body, an EXAMPLE of fulfilling baptism for SERVING believers to God and people
in their upcoming, everyday life. Thus, baptism is a NECESSARY rite of dedication
of a BELIEVER for Christian SERVICE to God and people. And if the Birth from
again can take place up to the age of 30, then baptism is intended to take place at the
age of thirty and older, ACCORDING TO THE EXAMPLE OF Christ. Christ is an
example for believers in everything, including at the age of baptism NOT earlier than
THIRTY years. "Whoever says that he abides in Him must walk as He walked"
(1John 2:6).
The question of the Lord;s decision to be baptized at the age of thirty remains OPEN
and here;s why: "Whoever says he abides in Him must DO as He DID" (1 John 2:6).
Every believer who decides to perform baptism must FIRST repent before God!
Only repentance before God must be performed by every believer. Otherwise the
baptism will not be true. CONFESSION of sins to people and church ministers
CANNOT BE CONFUSED with repentance.
Baptism is intended only for the believer;s ministry in his life with people, only for
the fulfillment of his upcoming priesthood. The Apostle Peter admonishes Christians,
saying: "build yourselves into a spiritual house, a holy priesthood." (1 Peter 2:5). The
priesthood designates a ministry for every believer. Repentance and Birth again
always occur at the same time. The Holy Spirit carries out the Birth from above and
participates in repentance, helps the believer, but the beginning of repentance is
carried out by the believer himself. Baptism is also carried out by the Holy Spirit, but
only for those who have fulfilled repentance and received the Birth from above.
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Of course, ministry includes bringing the Word of God to people, but not only, since
our actions in life often tell people more than just our explanation of Bible truths.
Therefore, the age of the believer who is baptized is of great importance when
serving people, so people trust more adult preachers of the Word of God. Therefore,
the question of the Lord"s decision to be baptized at the age of thirty remains OPEN
and here"s why: "Whoever says he abides in Him must DO as He DID" (1 John 2:6).
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Why does God need people?
Why did God create people and why does God need people? Here is my answer:
FIRST reason LONELINESS is alien to God. The feeling of loneliness is a very sad,
bad state. Apparently, therefore, at the beginning of all eternity, God created His Son
and the Holy Spirit through the separation of His essence. So God never had
loneliness. Later God created angels, and later the first people.
The SECOND reason is the joy of CREATIVITY. I realized this when I worked as an
engineer (designer).
THIRST for mutual love is the THIRD reason. If we love someone, we always want
to have love in return, that is, to be loved too. Mutual love brings the highest
happiness: both for God and for man. And all this is inherent in God. Only people
who love God, that is, those born again, can be with God in eternity. The article "You
must be born again. The main commandment of God" speaks about this.
http://proza.ru/2022/11/07/276
Those who are born again receive the Holy Spirit from God into their spirit, and
therefore love. The Bible states that love is the Divine state of man, the presence of
God by His Spirit in us, the presence of the Holy Spirit in man. "The love of God has
been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us" (1
John 5:5). The born again are children of God who love God and their love for God
is MUTUAL love for God, giving God joy and happiness.
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PARABLE
I would like to give you a human parable. This parable is about our lamentation and
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grumbling: One man came to God with a complaint that his cross, his fate, was too
heavy...The Lord takes him to the barn, opens the locks, and there is a huge number
of crosses - very different: metal, wooden, carved , big, small and says: "Choose
which
one you like." The man was delighted, chose for a long time, tried it on, tried it for
weight, and finally brought out the thinnest and lightest one and joyfully shouted:
"Here, this one, why didn"t you give it to me right away?" To which the Lord replies:
"So this is your cross." At first I was delighted by the beautiful parable, but upon
coming to my senses I immediately realized that this parable was about my entire
past life. And bitter memories came and engulfed me, from which there was no
escape and nowhere to hide...
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On the attitude of Christians towards non-believers and people of other faiths
The Bible verse is very important for the relationship of Christians with people: "Try
have peace with everyone and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord."
(Heb. 12:14). Two questions about peace are addressed here: peace with everyone
and peace with God and what it is.
1) In the relationship of Christians to people non-believers and people of other faiths
should be guided by the words Gentlemen. In Mark 9:40, the Lord says to the
disciples: the Lord tells the disciples, "For whoever is not against you is for you."
Any person who is not against me can treat me in two ways: either he treats me
friendly or indifferent. Both in this and in Otherwise this person is not against me. He
can be my friend and comrade. People may not be close to each other, but they are
not enemies either.
2) For God, a person who don;t need God, cannot be with God together. Jesus talks
about this in The Gospel of Luke (11-23) says: "Whoever is not with Me is against
Me." That is, a person of any other faith is responsible for the correct your choice in
life before God. Moreover, we understand that no one will be condemned without
hearing he Word of Salvation from God, including children from abortions. Despite
all the bad things that the media gives to the people of the land, through them,
through the mass publication of Bible books, through missionaries of the Word
Salvation extends "to the ends of the earth."
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God and fate
In one of the conversations about life, my reader asked me:
"According to my concepts, the years of life on Earth are determined by Fate. "CAN
a person decide for himself or at someone else direction to live or die if the heart
stops working?"
ANSWER: Only God can. "Are not two little birds sold for an assar? And not one of
them will fall to the ground without the will of your Father; but even the hairs of
your head are all numbered"(Matth10:29-30). God knows everything, including the
future of man according to His Divinity and foreknowledge. No other DIVINE exists
except God. The word fate was invented by people when they could not understand
the reasons for what was happening in their lives.
Wikipedia: "Fate is the totality of all events and circumstances that are
predetermined, the predetermination of events, actions; fate, a higher power that can
be thought of as nature or a deity, rock, fate, fortune". As I understand it, this word
arose during the period of paganism, when the sun was recognized as a deity, etc.
Everyone who believes in fate, by their concept, denies the existence of God the
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
"The main features of Slavic paganism as a worldview are considered to be the
spiritualization of nature, cults of ancestors and supernatural forces, the idea of the
constant presence of the latter and their participation in human life, developed lower
mythology, the idea of the ability to influence the state of affairs through primitive
magic.
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Foundation of the Christian Faith
When a person does not need God, then he cannot become a believer. Believers build
their relationship with God on the basis of love, not self-interest. All believers were
non-believers for some time, but became believers and changed their faith towards
God. If a person realizes that he has made a mistake in his beliefs, then he should not
be afraid to abandon them.
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To say that a person changed his beliefs because of gain when he became a believer is
this is of course disgusting. So, THOSE WHO NEED God become children of God.
This is understandable based on the earthly family, when children love their father.
Likewise, among Christians, faith is not based on profit, but is the result of love for
God.
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Reincarnation theory
Gennady: I once asked a follower of the theory of reincarnation, what does the
transmigration of souls give a person? He answered me: perfection. I asked: How can
you tell me that I was someone else?
He: According to individual memories: you accidentally hit your head against the
wall and start remembering whether this happened to you somewhere in a past life.
Gennady: Yes, I hit myself somehow, but I don"t remember anything like that in a
past life, and I don"t remember anything about this life, maybe I need to hit myself a
few more times?
He: this is not given to everyone, but only to the gifted.
I realized that I was not one of the gifted, but still asked again: If I do not have the
memory of the entire past, and therefore the past mind, then this speaks of the death
of a person, but you assure that the person continues to live. However, why does a
person need to die every time in order to become better? Maybe it would be better to
improve during life? Then may your God simply lengthen your life for this. He: don"t
do too much philosophy, remember more, maybe you"ll remember something, not
everyone is given this.
Gennady: then I have one more question for you. A person can turn into an animal
after death: a mosquito or a pig? He: yes, why not?
Gennady: Here is a man who was a professor during his lifetime, and then he was
reincarnated as a pig, and now he will receive more perfection?
He: maybe a person will correct his shortcomings during his life as a
pig.
Gennady: will being a pig help him do this? He: I don"t want to talk with you,
because your examples are somehow bad, since a professor can become not only a
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pig, but also another animal, and he can also remain a human.
Gennady: Thank you very much, I liked your last words, that the professor may not
be a pig and will remain a man. At this point we parted.
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Why did God give birth to the Son, but why did he not give birth to the Holy Spirit?!
We have a misconception about the birth of the Son of God and the time of His life in
the unknown former eternity, and this happens to us when we read the Gospel of John
3:16, where it is said that the Son of God is the "only begotten" Son. Much, of
course, is unattainable for our understanding, but what is necessary for us to
understand everything contained in the Bible is explained by this word. And we say
that God has only one Son and that the Heavenly Father begat His Son. The word
BIRTH explains to people the relatedness with God, but does not say at all that God
gave birth to the Son like the birth of a human woman.
It is difficult for people to understand how a father can give birth to a child, since a
woman-mother gives birth to children. The answer to this is given to us by the Bible,
its beginning, where it is said that God created woman from the rib of a man. God
took part of a man's flesh and from that part he created another man. Nothing is
impossible with God, and therefore we can say that this part helped the creation,
since it contained the necessary data for this. God created His Son from Himself. God
the Son is a part separated by God. Likewise, the Holy Spirit is a part separated by
God from Himself. The essence of Everyone has its own direction in being. But all
Three are separate Persons, united in Their actions according to the Will of the
Heavenly Father.
The Son of God and the Holy Spirit are each God in their essence, but all creating
according to the will of the Father. However, the Bible does not say that God
BEGOTTEN the Holy Spirit and here is why this is so: God separated the Holy Spirit
differently from the separation of the Son.
The Son, upon separation from the Father, received His Body, Soul and Spirit of God.
Holy Spirit upon separation from the Father received part of His body and part of His
Soul, but God"s Spirit remained common with the Father and the Holy Spirit, not
separate. The Son of God is completely separated from the Father, not only by Body
and Soul, but also by the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit, as a Person, is known to us
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according to the Scriptures by many of His actions, including these:
1) The Spirit intercedes for believers, demonstrating independent activity, which
means it thinks and has reason. Example: Rom.8:26,27.
2) The Spirit gives Gifts to believers (1 Cor. 12:11), "dividing as He pleases," that is,
according to His MIND and WILL, which He has.
3) Has emotions, may be upset by our insults, and the Apostle calls us not to do this
(Eph. 4:30.
4) An unbeliever can reject the Spirit, resist Him (Acts 7:51) and quench Him (1
Thess. 5:19). He is offended (Heb. 10:29). He teaches, instructs, leads and directs,
and is a COMFORTER for believers (John chapter 16).
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About loneliness and unrequited love.
I once wrote down some texts on this topic from the Internet, with my comments. So,
let's read their revelations to their loved ones:
1. "Mistakes? We've both done plenty of them. But, tell me, are there really such
mistakes that a truly loving heart cannot forgive?.. Soul. I told you that everything I
did for the two of us, I invested a piece of my soul, energy and love. And this part
remains with you. When you left, it was as if you took with you a part of my soul, a
part of my heart, a part of me.
I have come across so many different life stories in books and in life. So little time to
live this life. I so want to be important, needed, to give care, affection, tenderness and
warmth to my only loved one who will always be there and will never betray. And
only bewilderment about why suddenly this should end at the very moment when it
seems that I have found that very person... Believe me, I"m not looking for a reason
to hurt you. And if you made a decision, I must respect it. But quite a lot of time has
passed. And I just can"t understand why the pain doesn"t subside..."
MY ANSWER: The pain will subside only in the upcoming meeting with HER in
eternity with God. Then only we, having freed ourselves from the feelings and
sensations of the previous physical body, will unite with our loved ones in spirit,
which will bring us more joy and will eclipse previous experiences and their pain and
previous feelings. Love never ends, and therefore in eternity God has no unrequited
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love, and for single human love there will be a continuation of it with God. Only
there, who did not respond to us in love, will love us, and it simply cannot be
otherwise.
2. "Loneliness is when you are alone. This does not necessarily mean that there is no
one nearby. It"s just that everything that happens inside you is only yours, and for
some reason you cannot or do not want to share it with anyone. They say that a
person comes into this world and leaves it completely alone. But is it? There is
always a lot of medical staff in the maternity hospital. Throughout life, a person
is surrounded by many other people. And often a person also dies surrounded by
other people.
Still, is loneliness good or bad? Alone, you can take a break from the hustle and
bustle, think about your life, concentrate on reading or studying something, meditate,
dream.
So why do many people run away from loneliness? Because it creates a feeling of
lack of demand, uselessness, unimportance, unfulfillment, isolation. And not
everyone is able to overcome this feeling, because a person is essentially a social
being. And for those who are accustomed to always being the center of attention,
loneliness is tantamount to death.
They say that a person gets used to absolutely everything. Is it possible to get used to
loneliness? You don't need to get used to it. It needs to be ACCEPTED. Loneliness
can be an important life stage, a lesson, a challenge. No, not a punishment, but a
break deliberately given to a person so that he realizes what he has lived through,
assimilates the experience, turning it into wisdom, and prepares for the next step of
his destiny. And everyone has their own period. Someone has a day, someone has a
life...
It seems to us that there are people who never experience loneliness. Maybe. But we
don"t know what experience they went through. Perhaps they have already learned
their lessons and it is time for them to enjoy life. Or maybe they are only joyful on
the outside when they are with friends and family, but inside there is emptiness...
We often say that we feel lonely when a loved one passes away. We close ourselves
off and hide all our thoughts and feelings, not believing that there will be someone
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who wants to share them with us. But is it? Perhaps we are replacing concepts,
masking our own fear, shame, dissatisfaction, disappointment, jealousy, pain with
loneliness... After all, life goes on and it is beautiful! And all the problems are only
within us..."
MY ANSWER: The worst, most difficult loneliness is when you want to talk at least
a little with someone, even about nothing, but there is no opportunity for this, but
even then loneliness is not scary if God is with you. "The Lord is with you when you
are with Him; and if you seek Him, He will be found by you; if you forsake Him, He
will forsake you" (2 Chronicles 15:2). If a person believes God and unites with God
through His Calvary and His suffering, and understands his guilt before God in them,
then the person"s heart will be kindled with love for Christ. And the person who was
previously far from God will begin to talk to God about his life and about all the
painful things. And THEN a person will begin to receive answers to his questions and
requests, and then the loneliness of a person will end.
3. I found "my" letter on the Internet, not written by me. Its title is: "No one can
forbid loving!" I liked this letter, although it was written by a person I didn"t know, to
a woman I didn"t know, and I wrote it down and corrected it a little, surprised that
loving people have so much in common.
"You know, I can be strong! I don"t have to write or call... I finally did it! If only you
knew what it costs me... Now, remembering you, I came to that same place again.
This is it in the photo. Did you find out? What does it mean to me? Although, I still
don"t know if you loved me. What could be more beautiful than a spring evening with
your beloved! But you're out there somewhere. And I'm here. They say you need to
learn to let go.
And this morning I went to the area where you lived before. Streets, market, shops.
It's like everything is exactly the same. And as if it was a thousand years ago... But I
loved you and love you! He loved as best he could. I've been through a lot with you.
It"s as if you have become a part of me, my heart. And you know, no one can stop me
from loving you! Love is an amazing feeling! And it defies instructions. And even if
you are not with me now, I still love you and look forward to meeting you!
How long will this last? I don't know. There has been a lot of joy and pain in my life.
People, events, numbers, names came and went. But it was you who became the one
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that is very difficult for me to let go. I don"t want you to "pass" like all other events
that remain only in memories... And let it be as it should be! Today my heart is filled
with love for you. And I'm happy!
MY ANSWER: People, take care of your love for the person you have chosen in your
entire life, with whom you formed a family. And then, even when he is no longer on
earth, your love will not stop and will always warm you, but not only with memories
of the past, but also with thoughts and feelings in life together until the upcoming
meeting now and in the future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdXyCOU2mk4
James Last - The Lonely Shepherd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=8Tg9O_R5WHs
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Old lady and old man. The secret to a happy marriage: borrowed from
https://emosurff.com/post/1258
The husband and wife lived a long, happy married life. They shared all their secrets
and experiences with each other, but there was only one thing the wife asked them
never to do: not to look into the old shoe box that she kept on the top shelf of her
closet. The husband never asked about the contents of the box. He thought there was
something personal, feminine...
But one day the old lady fell ill. When she felt really bad, she asked her husband to
bring that box to her in the hospital - it was time to reveal the secret. The old man
came home, found the box and brought it. Inside were two knitted dolls and a huge
pile of money - 95 thousand dollars!
- Where is this from? How? - asked the dumbfounded old man. "Before we got
married," said the old lady, "my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage:
every time I get angry with you, you need to sit down silently and crochet one doll."
The old man was happy - there were only two dolls in the box. In 50 years of
marriage, she only got angry on his behalf twice! He hugged his wife and kissed her.
- But where did the money come from? - he was perplexed.- Oh, this? - she answered
with a smile. - This is the money I earned from selling dolls.
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And this is my answer: Thank you for the parable! Of course, forgiveness is very
important, but it cannot be eternal without love. Only love, that is, the presence of the
Spirit of God in a person, can make forgiveness eternal. A marriage can only become
happy when the marriage was concluded by three people: HE, SHE AND THE
SPIRIT OF GOD that settled in them.
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What is PEACE with God!?
Once, when I was standing in line and approaching the ticket office at the railway
station, one woman standing next to the ticket office, having heard the cashier"s
answer about the lack of empty seats on her train, began to be loudly indignant to the
entire waiting room, continuously uttering curses at everything and everyone station
employees, accusing them of all the sins that they might have committed, as well as
those to which they had nothing to do. When she moved away from the cash register
and approached me, I saw a chain with a cross on her neck and said to her quietly:
"Ask God to help you!" "Yes, all this is empty!" she answered loudly, waving her
hand. "Do you have peace with God?" I asked her. And here something unexpected
happened to me, because the woman stopped, looked at me carefully and quietly
asked: "What is peace with God?"
At this time, the person standing in front of me moved away from the cash register
and people from the queue began to loudly say to me: "Man, you are holding up the
queue! Will you take a ticket or not? If not, then move away from the cash register!" I
had no time for answers, since I had already told the cashier the name of my train,
which I had to leave on that same day, but the cashier"s answer stunned me: "There
are no free seats on your train for today." I turn to walk away from the cash register,
saying to the cashier: "Too bad!" And I hear, half-turned from the cash register, the
words of the cashier: "Citizen, wait! You can take a transfer: by train to "Rtishchevo"
station, and there you will change to another train, which also goes to your city, and I
will reserve a ticket for you for this train."
"I agree, thank you," I exclaimed, and the words flashed through my mind and
thoughts: "Lord, I dreamed about this, to travel by train through these places dear to
me since childhood and remember all my distant past connected with it." . People
say: "if there was no happiness, but misfortune would help," but now I already know
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that misfortune cannot help, but only God! The woman who asked me had already
disappeared, but her words sank into my soul: "What is peace with God?"
Years passed and, returning to these words, I found in the Bible the answer to how to
have peace with God: "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ... through whom we have now received
reconciliation" (Rom. 5:1,2,11). We receive reconciliation with God ONLY through
Jesus Christ and nothing else!
What kind of faith should we have in Christ? Only with love for Him: "faith working
through love" (Galatians 5:6) "If you love Me, keep My commandments"; "If you
keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My
Father"s commandments and abide in His love" (John 14:15; 15:10); "and whatever
we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what is
pleasing in His sight."; "And whoever keeps His commandments abides in Him, and
He in him" (1John 3:22,24).
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About intimate relationships according to the Bible. Part 1
All this is very important, since love and passion largely determine many of a
person"s actions in his life. Feelings are all temporary, but love is permanent, both
with God and with man. It can never disappear, and many sincerely believing people
know this from their own lives.
Love CANNOT BE CONFUSED with physical attraction between a man and a
woman, when they like each other and there is a desire to have physical, bodily
intimacy, which is very important for married life and this is laid down by God in
every person for the birth of offspring. For this, God gave people genitals at their
creation, and after the sin of Adam and Eve, God gave them an attraction to each
other, but especially noted the woman: "He said to the woman: I will multiply your
sorrow in your pregnancy; in pain you will give birth to children; and your attraction
will be for your husband, and he will rule over you (Genesis 3:16). However, for
living together, for the normal existence of a normal, happy family, not only joint
PHYSICAL attraction is necessary, but it is very important to have LOVE, which you
must have in themselves BEFORE the marriage.
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If one of the spouses marries (gets married) only on the basis of physical attraction,
but without the presence of love, then at the very first betrayal of his wife, the
husband may say to himself, so what did I find special in my wife? She is the same
ordinary woman. The wife may think and tell herself the same thing. And this is one
of the reasons for many divorces of married couples. From the Internet and from our
own lives, we know examples of married elderly couples, when the spouses love each
other until the end of their lives, although they can no longer have sex. So love can
exist without sex."
I am publishing an important article from the Internet on this topic: "Attraction is
selfish, love is not. When you are in love, it seems as if you are ready to give
everything and more, just to make your lover happy. You don't keep score, you don't
try to find out who is right and who is wrong. Don't fight over whose turn it is to do
the dishes. Don't try to manipulate to get your way. You're just genuinely happy.
Love liberates, passion keeps you in suspense. Mutual love allows your true self to
manifest itself fully, without fear of evaluation, condemnation, or criticism. The
ability of loving partners to accept each other as they are inspires, helps to dream,
follow dreams and change their lives.
Love is forever, attraction passes quite quickly. True love can overcome any obstacles
and does not fade away over time. Agree, if you were once truly in love, this person
and warm memories of him will forever remain in your heart.
But if people are connected by passion, then after breaking up they are more likely to
feel angry, envy or a sense of betrayal, depending on the circumstances. Because
passion is always based on selfishness and possessiveness. Attraction blinds, love
opens your eyes. There are even expressions: "passion clouds the eyes." Those who
have experienced this storm of feelings at least once will confirm: you stop noticing
everything around you except the object of affection. You literally live and breathe
only him alone.
Love, on the contrary, inspires and makes you notice many things in life. And mostly
good things: clear skies, bright sunshine, smiles from passers-by. Love is responsible,
attraction is not. When you are in love, you value your loved one, worry about their
condition and try to protect them from all possible dangers. And therefore you
monitor your words and actions very carefully, assessing the consequences. Well,
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passion has one motive - to possess the beloved undividedly, to spend as much time
with him as possible, without particularly taking into account his plans.
Love is aimed at the future, passion is here and now. People in love feel so good
together that they dream of spending their whole lives together. They make plans,
discuss details, fantasize and look for new furniture for the shared apartment.
NOTE Gennady: Love is from God and is born in a person by receiving the Holy
Spirit. Passion is a derived feeling FROM the human BODY. The Bible states that
love is the Divine state of man, the presence of God by His Spirit in us, the presence
of the Holy Spirit in man. "The love of God has been poured out into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us" (1 John 5:5). God has no
beginning and no end, and love is infinite and has never had a beginning and will
never have an end. There is no love without God. Love is not a feeling, but it evokes
in a loving person, unlike passion, many different feelings.
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About intimate relationships according to the Bible. Part 2
It is impossible to live without love with God and with people in eternity. Many
people know that it is difficult to live together without love even for one day. But you
can live with someone who doesn"t love you this day, but for this you need to have
patience. You can live even 10, 20, 50 years, but it is impossible to live in eternity
with God and with people without love.
We must also understand: can God be with a person in eternity if a person rejects and
does not love God. All this gives us the opportunity to understand the importance of
the existence of love among people. But what is passion for?
Passion is born on the basis of the ATTRACTION that God imparted to man after the
fall of Adam and Eve, which contributes to the reproduction of a large number of
people pleasing to God.
"Wikipedia: Attraction is a mental state of a person. This is the desire to satisfy an
unconscious or weakly conscious need and therefore the primary source of any
mental movement and behavior. Sexual desire is a complex of desires and associated
experiences, which is based on biological instincts aimed at reproducing life.
Passion is a strong human feeling that dominates others, characterized by a strong
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attraction to the object of passion. Objects of passion can be both people and objects
or ideas. Most often, the word "passion" is used to denote a high degree of sexual
arousal combined with emotional attraction to a partner."
Passion has nothing to do with love, since love is not a feeling, but is the presence of
God's Spirit in a person. The optimal solution for a married couple to have love and
passion together. Passion is associated with feelings of upcoming sensations. Love is
not a feeling.
Passion is short-lived, maybe for one night, maybe a little more, but the day will
come when one (one) will say, what exactly did I find in her (him), and therefore all
relationships between partners end and often develop into hatred, and there will
always be reasons for this.
A good example in the Bible is Amnon's relationship with Famar 2Kings13. My
opinion is that Amnon had no love for. There was a passion of intense carnal
attraction based on her attractiveness. Love never turns into hatred, but passion very
often does. And therefore Amnon had no love for Famar. There was a passion of
strong carnal attraction based on her attractiveness, as well as a warming up in the
thoughts of the imagination of sexual possession of her body, which later turned into
hatred.
Here are some more very interesting verses from the Bible (Genesis, chapters 39-40-
41), which tells about the passion of a woman, the wife of a courtier, for her
husband"s servant Joseph, who was "handsome in stature and handsome in face,"
when this woman, MADNESS with passion for Joseph commits meanness for the
death of Joseph because of his disagreement to enter into sexual relations with her. So
passion can become the source and reason for a person to commit meanness.
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What forbidden fruit did Eve eat in Paradise and what does a bitten apple mean?
Apparently, the Lord did not specifically name the fruit of the tree, since it does not
have much meaning. However, many people, without knowing the Bible, believe that
apples grew on the tree. The tree was intended mainly for salvation, but before
salvation it was also intended to remind the first people of the danger of disobeying
God, the danger of not believing His Words, since this would bring death to them.
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The tree was a sign that they always saw in paradise, warning about the death of
refusing to obey God (Genesis 2:16,17): "And the Lord God commanded the man,
saying, Of every tree of the garden thou shalt eat, but of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil thou shalt not eat, for in the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt die."
Salvation lay in the fact that the tree, through its fruit, gave (for people who followed
after committing a sin) the opportunity to make the right choice between good and
evil, and for those who wanted to do good to become with God. This made it possible
to identify His future Children (believers) for God, as well as to weed out those who
would commit evil (evil) that is displeasing to God.
As soon as people, after their creation, committed a sin (did not believe God), the
knowledge of good and evil would immediately be inherent in their essence. In
addition, after committing the first sin, Adam and Eve also received a conscience, but
this was already a consequence of their fall and the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil had nothing to do with it.
So: "Let us hear the essence of everything: fear God and keep His commandments,
for this is all for man" (Ecclesiastes 12:13). Unfortunately, not everyone understands
this. Sometimes you can see a bitten apple on a computer or other company product.
Some people claim that this is a symbol of knowledge. However, believers know that
the tree gave only the knowledge of good and evil and did not give any other
knowledge, and therefore a bitten apple is a SYMBOL ONLY OF SIN.
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Happiness, what is this?!
"The horrors rushed towards me; My greatness was scattered like the wind, and my
happiness was carried away like a cloud" (Job 30:15).
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Yes, happiness is not permanent for everyone. Adam and Eve, during the Fall, lost
their happiness of being with God in Paradise, in which they lived happily. But here's
an interesting question: did they know about it, that their life was happy during that
period? Of course not, because they didn"t know what happiness was then. It turns
out that in order to understand that such happiness one must experience the
misfortune that they soon experienced after committing a sin.
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For a normal, healthy person, the presence of air in which he is always located does
not bring happiness from this person until a disease of his lungs, heart or something
else arises. But when a person begins to choke from lack of air in the body, a breath
of clean air makes him happy and joyful. Happiness is what we lack and we receive
it, recognizing its absence as unsatisfactory or even dangerous for us.
In eternity with God there will be no unhappy people, and they, unlike Adam and
Eve, will already know what misfortunes are from their past life. They will feel the
joy of their salvation and eternal presence with God and will receive complete
happiness.
Joy is the sister of happiness. They are always together, where there is joy, there is
happiness. Changes will occur through the perfection of spirit, soul and body in
people. Their needs will change, which will be satisfied in the process of their
creativity, which will lead to new joys and happiness in their lives.
The entire infinity of people"s existence with God will become the infinity of their
finding happiness. Real, complete happiness can only be with God in His eternity, in
contrast to the short-term happiness of people on earth, when they know that at the
end of their lives they must find death, and during life they find sorrows and
misfortunes, illnesses, betrayals and much more, including worries about your
children and loved ones.
While living on earth, people understand happiness in different ways, here are two
examples.
1) Two people decided to gain their wealth by dishonest means, and to do this they
robbed a bank and killed one of the guards and wounded the other. After that, hiding
from persecution, they arrived at their hideout, where, sitting at a table with a bottle
of wine and a snack, while talking about what had happened, they were overcome by
the joy and joy of a successful robbery. "Well, our luck has befallen us!" says one to
the other. "Yes (says another), we are still happy!" The fact that they killed a man
who quite possibly still had a wife and small children - all this turned out to be
insignificant for them compared to the bag of money lying next to them.
2) Here's another example. Once, I casually asked an acquaintance: "What is
happiness for you?" His answer was simple, without any philosophy: "Happiness is
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when I go home after work, where my children and wife are waiting for me, who love
me and are always ready to share with me my failures, grief and joy in life." The
understanding of happiness in these two examples turned out to be different. What do
you think, reader, what is happiness for us in our life on earth?
Once, I was asked the following question: is it possible for a lonely person to be
happy? My answer was: "It"s possible, but only under one condition: you must have
love for people, have God in you. God is love and he who is in love has DIVINE in
himself, has a particle of God in himself, and this makes us happy. Happiness is real
only when we share it with other people, but special joy always comes to a person
when he makes a loved one happy!"