2 Corinthians 5:11-21 (New Living Translation)
New Living Translation (NLT)Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers.
We Are God’s Ambassadors
11 Because we understand our fearful responsibility to the Lord, we work hard to persuade others. God knows we are sincere, and I hope you know this, too. 12 Are we commending ourselves to you again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us,[a] so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than having a sincere heart. 13 If it seems we are crazy, it is to bring glory to God. And if we are in our right minds, it is for your benefit. 14 Either way, Christ’s love controls us.[b] Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.[c] 15 He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.
16 So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now! 17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” 21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin,[d] so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
Note: Durring Jesus day there were several religeous groups one was very strict about keeping laws but continued to comit core sins due to lack of love. There was another group that was not skilled at knowing the truth concering God's word or his power, they tended to conform to the culture. There were others but these represent alot of what we see here in the USA today. I speak several dialects of english used to separate the people groups in the USA. I speak american english-buddhist, engish-christianese, and some english-new age. It is hard to start trusting God in every area if things are kept secret but once exposed you must choose to change. Lately I have been realizing why "the best things in life are free" and how we rich americans have such a hard time entering the kingdom of heaven. The more we get used to paying for things the harder it is to except the highest level of spirituality and that is the free gift of eternal life and the humility it takes to realize we are all at the same level when it comes to that. The more we surrender to him the higher God can take us. What an amazing adventure it is indeed!
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 (New Living Translation)
New Living Translation (NLT)Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers.
The Temple of the Living God
14 Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? 15 What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil[a]? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? 16 And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:
“I will live in them
and walk among them.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.[b]
17 Therefore, come out from among unbelievers,
and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.
Don’t touch their filthy things,
and I will welcome you.[c]
18 And I will be your Father,
and you will be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.[d]”
Note: i guess the satanists are trying to create an alternate reality of lies reguarding adultry or a mistress of sorts. The "magic" number they need is 6.5" or 7"ish depending on environmental and emotional/spiritual factors. That way they do not have to average it out or pick the wrong one. Sorry if my blogs are out of date a bit I usually take hand written notes and then put them in a blog later. Even now I have lots of info still in notes, do not worry it will get out there eventually. When only the top level programmers know the bugs in software I guess hacking gets exspensive and backups get more valuable. I highly reccommend local hosting and companies that release bug fixes quickly before the bugs get released to the hackers.
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