[Samwise Gamgee]

Greetings I am Samuel I go to church every Sunday morning and night and Wednesday night as well I love Jesus and his father God

[Basilissa]

Originally Posted by Samwise Gamgee

Greetings I am Samuel I go to church every Sunday morning and night and Wednesday night as well I love Jesus and his father God

to our Godly forum, Sammy! Say, why not introduce yourself. Tell us what church you go to and what your favorite Bible verse is and how you came to find Jesus.

[Samwise Gamgee]

oh dear I have forgotten my password

[Basilissa]

Originally Posted by Samwise Gamgee

oh dear I have forgotten my password

Why don't you pray to Jesus to solve your problem?

Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them].

I hope that was helpful.

[Samwise Gamgee]

Originally Posted by Basilissa

to our Godly forum, Sammy! Say, why not introduce yourself. Tell us what church you go to and what your favorite Bible verse is and how you came to find Jesus.

I go to a very old fashion church that uses the 1611 only, I was raised in Jesus, and gods word and family. my favorite verse is 2 Corinthians 7:1 having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. It sends shivers down my spine.

[Samwise Gamgee]

Originally Posted by Basilissa

Why don't you pray to Jesus to solve your problem?

Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them].

I hope that was helpful.

I was trying to log in with my phone so I wasn't always on my laptop

[Faith_Machine]

Friend, if you're already going to a church you're happy with, then why do you need us to teach or guide you?

[Phil Ander]

Originally Posted by Samwise Gamgee

I go to a very old fashion church that uses the 1611 only, I was raised in Jesus, and God's Word and family. my favorite verse is 2 Corinthians 7:1 having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. It sends shivers down my spine.

Well hello there young Samwise,


I'm pleased to read that your Church (by the way...what is its name?) adheres to KJV 1611. I would personally not call your Church "old fashion", but use a word like "steadfast". A Church which does not feel the need to change itself to every time some new fang dangled nonsense becomes popular, like the NIV bible or same sex marriage, is my kind of church


I changed your words a little in the quote. I always capitalize the name God, when I am writing about the One True God, and always capitalize the word "Word", when I'm referring to The 1611 KJV Bible.


Phil

[Mary Etheldreda]

Originally Posted by Samwise Gamgee

I go to a very old fashion church that uses the 1611 only, I was raised in Jesus, and gods word and family. my favorite verse is 2 Corinthians 7:1 having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. It sends shivers down my spine.

That's a wonderful passage! Tell us more about why it moves you so! Did Jesus break through the filth of your own flesh to make your acquaintance?

[Faith_Machine]

I have terrible news. A friend of mine has informed me that "Samwise Gamgee" is a character in "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit," both of which are apparently novels and movies related to the "Dungeons and Dragons" board game, and which promote a belief in witchcraft and demonism.

I want to think the very best of our new friend here, but I have to wonder why he would choose a username that glorifies demonism?

I am very sad right now.

[Samwise Gamgee]

Originally Posted by Faith_Machine

I have terrible news. A friend of mine has informed me that "Samwise Gamgee" is a character in "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit," both of which are apparently novels and movies related to the "Dungeons and Dragons" board game, and which promote a belief in witchcraft and demonism.

I want to think the very best of our new friend here, but I have to wonder why he would choose a username that glorifies demonism?

I am very sad right now.

I assure you I have never seen it nor do I wish to. My name is Samuel Smith Gamgee

[Samwise Gamgee]

Originally Posted by Mary Etheldreda

That's a wonderful passage! Tell us more about why it moves you so! Did Jesus break through the filth of your own flesh to make your acquaintance?

its a reminder that the unclean is not worthy of Jesus' love.

[MitzaLizalor]

Hi Sam. Somewhere I've heard the name Samuel Smith before but I can't quite place it. Maybe in England? You're not related to the Joseph Smiths are you?

[Mary Etheldreda]

Originally Posted by Samwise Gamgee

its a reminder that the unclean is not worthy of Jesus' love.

Yes dear, I do know that. I asked you why it moved you so.

[MitzaLizalor]

Originally Posted by Mary Etheldreda

Yes dear, I do know that. I asked you why it moved you so.

I was reading Ezekiel this morning Mrs Etheldreda and half way through, in chapter 24, I was reminded of just how scum we all were before we accepted Jesus. When God created the world and everything in it, what a fantastic week that must have been! And even though He knew we were all going to turn into scum as God describes it in Ezekiel, knew that He'd need to create a realm of everlasting torture where we'd wail and gnash our teeth forever, knew that He'd need to have Himself tortured too after several thousand years aghast at the filthiness of our whoredoms chasing after idols and that still most people would decide to stick with the scum and reject Salvation, He went ahead and created us anyway.

Israelite behaviours, their attitude to God and to their Holy City, typify the path to Redemption we've all trodden except that of course we actually accepted Deliverance when it was offered rather than having God nudged off to a kangaroo court and murdered out-of-hand.

JONAH 2 . KJV . look up . context
8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

The Israelites decided not to sacrifice appropriately which is the same as not sacrificing at all which made them scum. Even when God prepared Himself as a suitable sacrifice they sniffed. If they'd bothered to understand Ezekiel they would have recognised what was taking place:

SCUM

EZEKIEL 24 . KJV . whole chapter
3 [God speaking] Utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it

So for the visually challenged here God is comparing a city with a pot in a parable. The pot represents the city. What is inside the pot represents what is inside the city. People. These people are scum because they don't follow God.

COLOSSIANS 3 . KJV . whole chapter
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth..
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

. . . . . . . .AN IDOL

AN IDOL. . . . . . . . . .

Idols are not only grotesque little statues.

The Bible is plain. Idolatry includes being (or chasing after) trollops, not washing and therefore smelling like tramps, obsessing over Johnny Depp or Hedy Lamarr, longing for better pie recipes than her-across-the-road, urgently requiring a better Lamborghini than the twit next door or more de-luxe children: I'm sure you get the idea.

Heathens have no concept of what God wants. That is why heathens are scum.

“What would God like to smell?” is not a question they ever think about. Israelite sacrifices done wrong would produce similar smoke to any other probably so there must be some specific element involved enabling God to distinguish the aromas.

When Jesus was bleeding out for me writhing in agony, how did God feel?

As He hung there all those centuries ago what additional element did He contribute, changing the universe forever?

SWEETSMELLING

EPHESIANS 5 . KJV . whole chapter
1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

It was Jesus’ suffering that appealed to God, the way He'd been whipped and spat upon, mocked and nailed up there and poked with a spear. That is the sweet fragrance contributed by Jesus and it moves me so, when I consider heathen scum and how they are blind to such beauty.

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[Samwise Gamgee]

Originally Posted by MitzaLizalor

Hi Sam. Somewhere I've heard the name Samuel Smith before but I can't quite place it. Maybe in England? You're not related to the Joseph Smiths are you?

No Ma'am, I am not.

[Samwise Gamgee]

Originally Posted by Mary Etheldreda

Yes dear, I do know that. I asked you why it moved you so.

It give me a reason to as God commands, and not end up in hell.