QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

The King James Version is my favorite Bible translation, although I do like to go to the Greek and Hebrew to get a ‘feel’ for what was originally intended. Other translations and commentaries are very helpful to clarify the sometimes obscure meaning behind the Old English of the rather poetic KJV.

Re. TONGUES : Since my use of tongues is a private affair, my wanting to share it is not an endorsement of some of the strange goings on in groups. But, even I can’t grasp why tongues is anything to debate!! It’s like choosing chopsticks or a knife and fork: What’s the big deal? Use what works for you and get on with your life!

But here’s a final takeaway on the topic: don’t let the naysayers rob you of something truly precious.

THIS IS A -h-e-a-r-t- MATTER !!
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YOU CAN WALK IN HEALING AND HEALTH AND PROSPERITY !! . FIND THEM FIRST IN THE WORD OF GOD. FOR EXAMPLE, BASED ON THE SCRIPTURE BELOW, WHERE DOES GOD LOOK WHEN HE SEES YOU ?

1 Samuel 16:7 KJV
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

IF
YOU
WANT
THE
FRUIT,
DON’T
NEGLECT
THE
ROOT,
I.E.,
THE WORD
OF GOD !!

IS “PERFECT” GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU ? . CAN YOU MEASURE PERFECTION ?
2 Timothy 3:16-17 KJV
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: [17] That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
P E R F E C T

HERE IS A LIST OF SOME OF PAUL’S LIGHT AFFLICTIONS:
2 Corinthians 11:23-28 KJV
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. [24] Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. [25] Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; [26] In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; [27] In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. [28] Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

The mathematics is astronomical!
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HOW MANY YEARS DID PAUL SUFFER ?? 5? 10? 15? HE HAS BEEN IN HEAVEN NOW FOR 2,000 YEARS …!
Romans 8:18 KJV
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.

Have you a “light affliction” too?
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WHEN YOU ARE PERSECUTED FOR DOING GOD’S WILL FOR YOU , GOD HIMSELF MINISTERS UNTO YOU !!
Remember Paul’s description of his light affliction? And, yet he was always so joyous! You don’t have to be overcome by all the negativity either