|
|
|
G'Day
& Welcome
to
Grantz Church FORUM
page.
We will paste any relevant posts from the
YellBox, or that are sent to US, on to
this Forum Page. So chick the bird to
Send
an Email
about Christian Things that concern
you.
This page can be used to Discuss
Doctorine- Debate Separation- Post a
Prayer request (for so our team to pray
for you) or just tell us about how God the
Father has Blessed you this week.
Grant
|
Click
here to Email me
|
Grantz
Thought
for The Week
31
DEC - 15 JAN
|
My
mother taught me Drive careful and always
wear clean underware in case you have an
accident. 
|
|
|
Questions
Possed and Ponderings
Pasted!
|
Ponder
This POST- Selah
|
|
What
do you Think?.....
|
|
Which
version do you prefer? &
Why?
|
|
.
|
|
I
was recently informed on
BigChurch that the T.NIV has been
translated "Gender Neutral" Which
would mean NO- Our Father which
art in Heaven..
(so
I had a look at one in Koorong
and It's just not SO) don't
believe everything you hear
without checking it out for
yourself!...
Where does the stupidity
end?
|
|
Many
LIKE the New Versions while some
claim that the King James Bible
is the only one that's 100%
reliable.
|
|
I'm
a New King James guy. Its
accurate like the king but not
missing any of the verses like
the NIV. If I used a Bible that
is infalliable I might be
inclined to build a doctorine
upon one verse & may not seek
out all the truth I can find.
GB
|
|
Some
say The KJ Bible says it so just
DO IT but I believe that GOD
Would want us to Test All Things
and Hold Fast to what is
Good.1Thes 5:21...GB
|
|
If
a person blindly follows, without
question, he could be led
anywhere and do anything. (This
is how cults begin) Selah
|
|
Does
it Bother you that there are 17
whole verses left out & many
words removed from Your
NIV.???
|
|
..
|
|
Just
look up Acts 8:37- Mark 11:26 or
Matt 18:11 if these verses are
not in your bible ask yourself
why!
|
|
It
Would Drive ME Crazy IF I read an
N.I.V. and found out that there
we Verses Omitted from what I
believe to be the Word of GOD.
I'd want to Know WHY and who was
getting rich selling these
books....grant
|
|
For
me, the answer is no, it doesn't
bother me in the slightest. If
the King James Version was known
and proved to be a totally
accurate translation of the
original Greek texts, then I
would be extremely disturbed, but
as it has not been so proved, and
in fact has been proved to be one
of the most inaccurate versions
in terms of the change in meaning
over the years of some of
the words and phrases it uses,
then I have no problems with the
NIV, especially since I know why
it is like it is.
StephenY.
(Link to his Whole
answer)
|
|
Do
you believe in Once Saved Always
Saved? and
Why
|
|
If
in the whole History of the World
One was Saved and then fell away
and perished. (It must be
possible.)
|
|
I
am inclined to belive that If a
person is truely filled with the
Holy Spirit They will not fall
away. Grant
|
|
Surely
God The Father Decides whose who
Belong to HIM & have been
bought with Blood!
Amen
|
|
."Once
Saved, always saved?"- the Bible
says an emphatic 'No'. Perhaps
because, as we remain in the
process of being saved during the
course of our lives, we never
actually have it to lose. It is
only when we reach the other
shore and our feet are firmly on
Heavenly ground that the process
will be completed, a judgement
(determination based on the
evidence) reached and a decision
made. Those who have overcome sin
in their lives, who have endured
in God's will, obeying His
commandments unto the end, those
with whom God has already
established a relationship with -
to them will salvation, the crown
of life, be given (James 1:12).
The promise of salvation is sure,
but so, too, are the conditions
under which it can be gained or
lost. StephenY's
(Link for his whole
answer.)
|
|
|
Readers
Remarks.......
|
|
Does
your Church still use a hymn
book?
|
|
We'd
Like to Know
|
|
.
|
|
Some
say singing about the Blood is
offensive. I believe removing the
Blood or doing away with Hymns
has been the DownFall of todays
Churches...Grant
|
|
What
are Your 3 Favourite
HYMNs???
|
|
What
Hymn do you want
sung.....
|
|
I
like 65- Over in the Glory Land-
Tim.
|
|
My
Fav is 178- Jesus Loves Even Me-
CB.
|
|
I
like 55-Roll Up Yonder. 22-Washed
in the Blood & 66- At
Calvary. Singing Hymns implants
Truth in our
Heart.GB
|
|
Eph
5:19 & Col 3:16 Tells Us to
sing Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual
Songs..
|
|
What
do you think it is that makes a
person Saved, a Christian and
therefore headed for
Heaven??
|
|
2Cor
1:22- 2Cor 5:5- Eph 1:14 all tell
us we have a GuaRANTee of
Salvation and we are Sealed with
His Holy Spirit when we Repent,
Believe and Receive that gift.
God Grant you the wisdon to
Know His assurance
:)
|
|
2Tim
1:12 tells us GOD ....keeps what
we have commited unto Him against
that day.
|
|
..
|
Delight
yourself also in the LORD, And He shall
give you the desires of your heart. Psalm
37:4
Severe
DROUGHT has affected churches in
Alabama,Tennessee, and
Georgia.
Did you know that because of the
drought in these areas, church
budgets are greatly affected?
Baptist churches are having to
sprinkle for baptisms, the
Methodists are using wet wipes
for their baptisms, and the
Catholics are praying that God
will turn the wine back into
water....
|
|
=======
Johnny and the Cat ======
Johnny's mother looked out the
door and saw Johnny reading the
Bible to his cat. She thought to
herself, "Isn't that sweet? I
will not disturb him and will let
him continue to play with the
cat." Sometime later, Mom heard
an awful noise and looked out the
door to see Johnny trying to
force the cat into a bucket of
water. She loudly said to Johnny,
"Johnny, what are you trying to
do with the cat?" Johnny replied,
"I am trying to baptize him!" His
mom said, "Cats don't like to be
in water." Johnny replied, "Well,
then he shouldn't have joined my
church."
|
|
For
the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper
than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the
division of soul and spirit, and of joints and
marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart. Heb
4:12
|
UpDated
4Sept
|
EMAILS
Send into the Church- FORUM
Page.
|
Grantz
Answer
|
|
This
Email came in and I'm not sure how to
answer it?
|
jake
clarke
<jakes4monique@hotmail.co.uk> to me
i
was once a Christian for, roughly round 2
year's. so I'm really not trying to put
the mocha's on your beliefs. i hope this
does not turn you away from your belief! i
believe in do what ever, when ever for how
ever. Is it wrong to be thinking this
way... il explain soon, like know :D They
say God does not make mistakes... but he
did if you read the book of job. Jesus
says 'don't test the lord your God' (math
5:4 < i think) and he also says
"do to other's as you would want done to
your self". i would of loved to give you
the versus but i ain't read the bible in a
long time and so I've 4gotten where they
are. sorry! hopefully you will know what
I'm talking about though. There for God
made a mistake. A being so powerful making
mistakes (by my accounts is very
dangerous) people are believed to
have faith in a God that will never forget
you or never hurt you. It kinda does so
Ive believed in nothing but il take
KNOWLEDGE from them because i think it is
VERY well thought out... i just happened
to find a crack in it. if you could clear
it up, please reply. im sorry if its came
out as a "haha your religions full of
****" sort of story (i know what its
like).
|
Would
one of the Review TEAM like to field an
answer for Jake Please GB
|
|
If
you find TYPO's on this page then FANTALEs
to you. Mat 6:3
|
On
a Personal note This week God has blessed
me considerably and for those who might
like to know or care- I was Born Again on
Sept 10 in 1982 while attending Moree
Baptist Church. so next week I will have
been "In the WAY" for 26 years. The Bloke
who led me to the Lord passed away a
couple of years ago and he was only 49 (my
age now) If Frank's Family or Friends are
reading this then- i want to say to you
"Remember the Good times and What a
great meeting that will be in the
Sky:)" & Hi to all the Good
Folks at Moree.
|
as
we say at 'BigChurch' "Forgive
us or Typos as we forgive those who Typo
against US."
|
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in
all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with
grace in your hearts to the
Lord.
Col 3:16
|
From...
|
Suggestions
From Christians Who have
Contacted
US.
|
Grantz-answer
|
|
YOU
|
Do
You Know of another Site that would
Encourage US?
|
..waiting
to hear
|
|
Clare
Bear-
|
Could
you please add the teaching of
Ps
Twim from CMI Faith
Connection
|
Done
TY Clare
|
|
Jason-Qld-
|
Informed
me of a kool site about- Johnny
The Bagger
|
TY-Jason
It's Added
|
|
Phylis-Can-
|
Email
me This Site about- Ecclesiastes
Three
|
Loved
& Linked -Phylis.
|
|
This
just in from GCLG.net."
|
There
was once a handyman who had a dog named
Mace.
Mace was a great dog except he had one
weird habit: he liked to eat grass -- not
just a little bit, but in quantities that
would make a lawnmower blush. And nothing,
it seemed, could cure him of it. One day,
the handyman lost his wrench in the tall
grass while he was working outside. He
looked and looked, but it was nowhere to
be found. As it was getting dark, he gave
up for the night and decided to look the
next morning. When he awoke, he went
outside and saw that his dog had eaten all
the grass in the area, around where he had
been working, and his wrench now lay in
plain sight, glinting in the sun.
Going out to get his wrench, he called the
dog over to him and said,
"A grazing Mace, how sweet the hound, that
saved a wrench for me." 
|
|
A
new pastor was visiting the homes of his
parishioners. At one house it seemed
that someone was at home because of a car
in the driveway. The pastor continually
knocked, but no one answered the door. So
the pastor took out a card and wrote
"Revelation 3:20" (which reads:
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock.")
on the back of the card, leaving it in the
door. Next Sunday, he found that his card
had been returned in the offering plate.
Underneath where he had written
"Revelation 3:20" was written "Genesis
3:10." Getting his Bible to check the
passage, he laughed to find that Genesis
3:10 reads, "I heard your voice in the
garden and I was afraid, for I was
naked."
|
|
|
This
Weeks...
|
Wonderful
WORDs of Wisdom.
|
from-
GCFL.net
|
|
|
..25
Things Worth Thinking
About
1)
Give God what's RIGHT - not what's
LEFT.
2) Man's way leads to hopeless end; God's
way leads to endless hope.
3) A lot of kneeling will keep you in good
standing.
4) He who kneels before God can stand
before anyone.
5) In the sentence of life, the devil may
be a comma, but never let him be the
period.
6) Don't put a question mark where God
puts a period.
7) Are you wrinkled with burden? Come to
the church for a faith-lift.
8) When praying, don't give God
instructions -- just report for duty.
9) Don't wait for six strong men to take
you to the church.
10) We don't change God's message; His
message changes us.
11) All churches should be
prayer-conditioned.
12) When God ordains, He sustains.
13) WARNING: Exposure to the Son may
prevent burning.
14) Plan ahead -- it wasn't raining when
Noah built the ark.
15) Most people want to serve God, but
only in an advisory position.
16) Suffering from truth decay? Brush up
with your Bible on a daily basis.
17) Exercise daily! Walk with the
Lord.
18) Never give the devil a ride -- he will
always want to drive.
19) Nothing else ruins the truth like
stretching it.
20) Compassion is difficult to give away
because it keeps coming back.
21) He who angers you controls you.
22) Worry is the darkroom in which
negatives can develop.
23) Give Satan an inch, and he'll be a
ruler.
24) Be ye fishers of men -- you catch
them, and God will clean them.
25) God does not call the qualified; he
qualifies the called.
Received theough -GCFL.net -from Rick
Widdison
|
|
THE
YELLOW SHIRT- had long sleeves, four
extra-large pockets trimmed in black
thread and snaps up the front. It
was faded from years of wear, but still in
decent shape. I found it in 1963
when I was home from college on Christmas
break, rummaging through bags of clothes
Mom intended to give away. 'You're
not taking that old thing, are you?' Mom
said when she saw me packing the yellow
shirt. 'I wore that when I was
pregnant with your brother in 1954!' 'It's
just the thing to wear over my clothes
during art class Mom. Thanks!'
I slipped it into my suitcase before
she could object. The yellow shirt be came
a part of my college wardrobe. I
loved it. After graduation, I wore the
shirt the day I moved into my new
apartment and on Saturday mornings when I
cleaned.
The next year, I married. When I
became pregnant, I wore the yellow shirt
during big-belly days. I missed Mom
and the rest of my family, since we were
in Colorado and they were in Illinois
But that shirt helped. I
smiled, remembering that Mother had worn
it when she was pregnant, 15 years
earlier. That Christmas, mindful of
the warm feelings the shirt had given me,
I patched one elbow, wrapped it in holiday
paper and sent it to Mom.
When Mom wrote to thank me for her
'real' gifts, she said the yellow shirt
was lovely. She never mentioned it
again. The next year, my husband,
daughter and I stopped at Mom and Dad's to
pick up some furniture. Days later,
when we uncrated the kitchen table, I
noticed something yellow taped to its
bottom. The shirt! And so the
pattern was set. On our next visit
home, I secretly placed the shirt under
Mom and Dad's mattress. I don't know
how long it took for her to find it, but
almost two years passed before I
discovered it under the base of our
living-room floor lamp. The yellow
shirt was just what I needed now while
refinishing furniture. The walnut
stains added character.
In 1975 my husband and I divorced.
With my three children, I prepared
to move back to Illinois . As I
packed, a deep depression overtook me. I
wondered if I could make it on my own.
I wondered if I would find a job.
I paged through the Bible, looking
for comfort. In Ephesians, I read,
'So use every piece of God's armour to
resist the enemy whenever he attacks, and
when it is all over, you will be standing
up.' I tried to picture myself
wearing God's armour, but all I saw was
the stained yellow shirt. Slowly, it
dawned on me. Wasn't my mother's
love a piece of God's armour? My
courage was renewed.
Unpacking in our new home, I knew I had
to get the shirt back to Mother. The
next time I visited her, I tucked it in
her bottom dresser drawer.
Meanwhile, I found a good job at a radio
station.
A year later I discovered the yellow
shirt hidden in a rag bag in my cleaning
closet. Something new had been added.
Embroidered in bright green across
the breast pocket were the words 'I BELONG
TO PAT.' Not to be outdone, I got
out my own embroidery materials and added
an apostrophe and seven more letters.
Now the shirt proudly proclaimed, 'I
BELONG TO PAT'S MOTHER.' But I
didn't stop there. I zig-zagged all
the frayed seams, then had a friend mail
the shirt in a fancy box to Mom from
Arlington , VA. We enclosed an official
looking letter from 'The Institute for the
Destitute,' announcing that she was the
recipient of an award for good deeds.
I would have given anything to see
Mom's face when she opened the box.
But, of course, she never mentioned
it.
Two years later, in 1978, I remarried.
The day of our wedding, Harold and I put
our car in a friend's garage to avoid
practical jokers. After the wedding, while
my husband drove us to our honeymoon
suite, I reached for a pillow in the car
to rest my head. It felt lumpy.
I unzipped the case and found,
wrapped in wedding paper, the yellow
shirt. Inside a pocket was a note:
'Read John 14:27-29. I love
you both, Mother.' That night I paged
through the Bible in a hotel room and
found the verses: 'I am leaving you
with a gift: peace of mind and heart. And
the peace I give isn't fragile like the
peace the world gives. So don't be
troubled or afraid. Remember what I
told you: I am going away, but I will come
back to you again. If you really love me,
you will be very happy for me, for now I
can go to the Father, who is greater than
I am. I have told you these things before
they happen so that when they do, you will
believe in me.' The shirt was
Mother's final gift. She had known
for three months that she had terminal Lou
Gehrig's disease. Mother died the
following year at age 57.
I was tempted to send the yellow shirt
with her to her grave. But I'm glad
I didn't, because it is a vivid reminder
of the love-filled game she and I played
for 16 years. Besides, my older
daughter is in college now, majoring in
art. And every art student needs a
baggy yellow shirt with big
pockets..
|
|
|
