Bible
I have been asked many things. I have tried to place myself in God's Word with the best answers I could give, and the passages I could offer as the reason for the way I think the way I do. I believe from what I read, from the words of God, to the best he allows me to understand them.
I was asked what matters most:
Matthew 22
36“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’b
38This is the first and greatest commandment.
39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’c
40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
We have heard of John 3:16 why not John 3:17?
John 3
16“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,f that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
As far as Ultimate Reconcilliation.
Philippians 2:10
KJV: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
GWT: so that at the name of Jesus everyone in heaven, on earth, and in the world below will kneel
ASV: that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth,
BBE: So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld,
DBY: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal beings,
DRB: That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth:
WBS: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things on earth, and things under the earth;
WEB: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
YLT: that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow -- of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth --
How should we handle ourselves?
1 Thessalonians 5
9For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
10He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.
11Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
John 5
21 “For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. 22 “For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
John 3
13 “No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.
17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
Revelation 21
4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”
5 And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” 6 Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost.
22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
1 Timothy 2
2 for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. 3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
1 Timothy 4
3 men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.
10 For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers.
Romans 14
1 Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. 2 One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only.
Acts 17
24 “The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;
Revelation 1
7 BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Isaiah 26
13 O LORD our God, other masters besides You have ruled us;
But through You alone we confess Your name.
14 The dead will not live, the departed spirits will not rise;
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
And You have wiped out all remembrance of them.
19 Your dead will live;
Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the dawn,
And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.
