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Hi, Thanks for joining me in reading the Bible.

Each day I will have posted the reading portion first then comments will follow. Please feel free to ask questions or leave comments.

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Kim: Hi kerri, thanks for dropping sweet notes in my site. So sorry to hear your parents passed away too just like mine. I know how you feel because I have lose mine too. I like your site here it is refreshing to read. Thanks!

Joseph - Director: Hey, just wanted to say hi, im new to blogging so im just trying to get around and make some friends. i hope to hear from you!

Leticia: Yes, I can change it back, sorry. I was gettin anonymous commenters.

Kerri: LETICIA I hope you will see this. I would like to comment on your blog but it got changed where only those with certain accounts can post. Can you change it back?

Chloe: Hello, Kerri. I guess we're both missing our mothers. I don't think we'll ever forget our mothers. We can meet so many people and have as many friends but we will only have one Mother. You are also in my thoughts. And, Kerri, I just want you to know that I already think of you as a good friend of mine. Thanks for coming into my life. They say that WHEN GOD WANTS TO BLESS US, HE PUTS A PERSON INTO OUR LIVES. God bless you!

Kerri: Thank everyone for their kind words and prayers. The funeral will be Wed. so it is going to be a long week, but so far it is going well. Church was a nice oasis today.

Chloe: Hello, Kerri. Remember me? Well, I thought I'd visit your blog today and when I did, I read about your mother-in-law. If it's any comfort, please know I will keep her in my prayers. Take care always.

Kris: Hi Kerri, thanks so much for stopping by my spot. I enjoyed stopping by here as well. I'm sorry to hear about your mother-in-law, I'll keep your family in my prayers

Linda: hi! Lets exchange links! ;)

Bits & Pieces: hi there

Marianne: Hi! That Museum its just right here in Arlington, TX Thanks for the compliments for my kids.. hope to see you again in my place.. TC always..

liz: hi there..thank you so much for the greetings. you take care...

Sally Ferguson: Kerri,Reiman Publishing is top-notch! We have had many great fundraising events with their calendars!But Taste of Home is my favorite of all.Wishing you an Easter full of blessings.

Connie: Sorry I never got back to you on the Ron Paul questions. I tried searching his sites for a link , but didn't come up with good content. He;s out now anyway. I hope you have a Happy Easter!

lisa: Hello, thanks sa visit and have a nice wqeekend.. I like this blog...

Chloe: Hello, Kerri. I added you to my list of friends. Hope that's okay

God bless you.

Bless: thanks for the visit :-) have a great weekend ahead :-)

Chloe: Hi, Kerri! I posted a new entry in my Blog and it's for you. I hope you don't mind but I was touched by the things you said. Thanks.

Chloe S.: Kerri, thanks for visiting my blog and for your comments. It is indeed a blessing to have a profession I love. God be with you always.

Maui: Thanks for the visit to my bravenet blog. Blessings!

Mira: Hi tks for the visit and your comment. This is a very unusual blog but I like it. When most blogs now are all about earning money, this one is something to nourish the soul. Keep up the good work.

juliefe: thanks for the comment, I agree with you. SO thankful that GOD is always there for us for better or worst..Hod bless.

PrairieMama: Hi Kerri, thanks for your comments at my journal. I added you to my blogroll, i hope that's ok?

ashlee: so yeah...i just recently started this web page but i need a little help...Please?

liz: hi there..thanks for dropping by my page. anyways, my hubby will be home today and I'm so happy about it. can we exchange link?

Sally Ferguson: Happy Valentine's Day!

Heart: happy valentines day

Kerri: hehehe :) Thanks for letting me know and hope they do well. Wish I could see their pretty eggs. I have heard them referred to as Easter eggs.

RazorFamily Farms: Hi Kerri! I loved you comment about naming the chickens! I agreed with you but I did open it for the majority. Great minds think alike -- and you and I certainly were on the same wavelength! Great hearing from you and Happy Valentine's Day!

PAm: Kerri, the oral was here long before the written, and the written only collected and canonized (in the late 4th century) to combat Gnosticism. Don't pretend to know what I believe. Your ideas of the teachins of my faith are wooly at best.

Kerri: Yes, I see Pam where you have been in the archives commenting. Before you worry about any "word of God" that isn't written - I think you should worry more about believing what is written!

Pam: Kerri, I answered you in a couple of places on my blog. I wanted to post, too, that the "Word of God" isn't just the Bible.

Connie: Thank you for the congrats! Yes I have read all of Ron Pauls beliefs or I won't have poste4d about him. I agree with his thoughts on Israel.

Pam: Hi, Kerri! I haven't been online in a while (check my blog and you'll see why :D ) I'll be doing a post this weekend that might interest you. :D

PHYLLIS: HII HOPE THIS GOES THROUGH.. HA HA... IT WAS SO NICE THAT YOU DROPPED BY TO PAY ME A VISIT..... YES, I SURE DID HAVE A TIME GETTING ON HER THE LAST TIME.. MAYBE THIS TIME IT WILL BE BETTER...... WILL KNOW IF IT GOES THROUGH. HA'YOU HAVE A JOYOUS DAY, AND A WONDERFUL WEEK. GOD GLESS

Audra: Thanks for visiting my blog. :) I think it's great that you are sharing your thoughts on scriptures. :)

Fran: Some of our favorite singers are The Gaithers and several of the people who sing on their programs with them. We also like Carrol Roberson

Fran: I enjoyed visiting your blog. Stop by and maybe we can exchange links

Razor Family Farms: Hi! Thank you for stopping by the blog! I loved your comments! Thank you so much!

Phyllis: HIIT WAS SO NICE YOU STOPPED BY TO VISIT.. YOUR WELCOME ANYTIME.HAVE A GREAT WEEK, AND A BELATED HAPPY NEW YEAR. GOD BLESS

GK: happy new year..care to exchange link?if so let me know so I can add your link to my blog

Kerri: Do you realize that when Peter said that He was talking about the fact that even greater witness than their eyewitness of seing Jesus transfigured - we have a greater - the Bible, the Word of God.

Kerri: The Lord has given us His Written Word that we can KNOW who He is , who we are and HOW we can be saved and be with Him eternally. Peter said - 2Pe 1:19 "We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:"

Pam: Oh, and no, there is no rebuttal to the "thank God" post. I have gotten a few emails with the opinions of some readers and they are all virtually the same. My querry is whether or not this phrase holds Christian meaning in the eyes of the faithful, or if it's just "a saying" with no supernatural meaning whatsoever.

Pam: Nowhere in the Bible does it say that the Word of God is written only, quite the contrary actually.

Kerri: The Bible is the WORD OF GOD that the Lord has given us in writing. Jesus is the Word of God in the flesh and He is the whole of His Word. I am resting, as I said, on the WORD OF GOD and His written promises!

Pam: Kerri the "Word of God" does not mean writings only. ;) I was wondering, though, how you define the use of the following two words when they are uttered together, uttered in sincerity, not in jest or sarcasm: "Thank God."

Kerri: Pam, I am resting on the promises of the Lord Jesus Christ given to us in writting in HIS WORD! The Roman Catholic church is resting on the shifting sands of man's opinions and will one day fall. My prayer for you is that you will realize it before it is too late.

Pam: Kerri, how sad that you set your soul on interpretations and beliefs that stem from the Post-Reformation period. May God be with you and remove your blinders. In the meantime, have a joyous Advent and Christ's Mass season.

ivy: Hi just surfing around, have a good night

Kerri: You can't change the fact that it was GOD who commanded -"Ge 9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat." Jesus is not going to go opposite that and feed His disciple flesh and blood. It was and is symbolic. It is a picture of how we are saved - by taking Jesus by FAITH.

Saturday, July 26th 2008

12:05 AM

1 John 4

1Jo 4:1 ¶ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4 ¶ Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 ¶ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 ¶ And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 ¶ Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. (KJV)

Looking at verses 1-3 we find one way we can identify false prophets. Two religions come to mind immediately when I read those verses. The Jehovah Witnesses and The Mormons both believe Jesus came, but they do not believe He arose bodily, physically from the grave after He died. They believe He only arose with a spirit body. The Bible records Jesus saying in Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. He makes it very clear He is not just a spirit or spirit body - it is actually Him in His own glorified body. The resurrection of the Lord is an important part of our salvation. Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Next we read about love. We read about God's love to us and that we are to love others. Love is an action word. God saw we were in trouble - we were each one a sinner on our way to eternal separation from Him in torments. God took action to make a way for us to escape - Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, took a body and came to die for us to pay our penalty for our sin. He is our sacrafice that satisfies the sin debt that separates us from God. On the 3rd day He arose in victory and the work necessary to save us was FINISHED.

The best way we can love others is by telling them this good news. It is not love to stand by and let someone go to Hell when you know the way to escape.