Leviticus 10:9,10,11; Prov 20:1; 31:4,5;Titus 2; 1 Pet 2:9; Rev1:6 : Do not drink wine nor strong drink , thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: That ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging
Grace and the Gospel
Grace How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. In the Hebrew language of the Old Testament the word for Grace is khane, some synonyms that are used to translate the word khane are Grace and favored. Grace is defined as favor ; a state of being favored or in favor. To regard or esteem to think highly of, that which pleases. So in other words what we are talking about is God’s Love. He Love us, He thinks highly of us. We are in His Divine Favor.
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The Gospel according to ColossiansColossians 1
(The King James Version with study notes in the Bold emphasis)
1 Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
2To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
The saints, the pure, the consecrated, the Holy ones, righteous and shining, bearers of the Light, the True Light that lighteth every man that cometh
... We live with him by the power of God .
So Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you,
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ?
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
... He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
I think this is a good place to start: Matt 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say Repent: for the Kingdom of God is at Hand.
So I ask, what is this Kingdom of God, that is at hand right here and now?
Lets take a look at what Jesus said about this Kingdom In Luke17:21
21Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.Within is from the Greek word entos which is from en which means in or within. When