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Dear friends,
I want you to explain this to me without reading the extra books.
1st Jude 1:9 (King James Version)
9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about th…
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Hello QT_PA_2T,
God does not allow anyone to commit a sin. the word Allowing looks like He is collaborating or He is giving them persmission which is totally wrong.
God gave us total free will and that fre…
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The punishment after repentance is actually part of the repentance. God has two Characters which cannot be separated. Love and Justice. God is both Love and Just.
H..H Pope Shenouda has described this looking at the Cr…
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baladoos,
First of all u should know that this earth is not like for a million years for those who r flesh. Second of all as a christian u have to be careful not to turn anything adored into an object of id…
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Dear friends,
All the posts are edifying. God bless you all. I knew only the last one though.
The whole journey represents a christian life. Moses, Israelites, The promised land, Pharoa representing Jesus, christi…
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Dear friends,
Elijah and Enoch are not heaven but there is a place where saints like Elijah who has escaped death b/c of their holiness and the will of God. IN the Revelation do u remember the 2 saints that would fight the coming a…
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Dear friends,
If I am not mistaken there are frequently such Qs that is seen in this forum lately. U really need to be careful of not abusing other ppl's pure faith. If u really love God He will surely reveal Himself to u in any…
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This is one out of the many list of problems that arise when u live in this world as a christian. Most Traditions and cultures are defined indirectly based on the moral laws that spring from the Church. Now these days Globaliz…
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Dear friend,
Matthew 10 (King James Version)
40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
41 He that receiveth a prophet in the…
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“Why are you weeping, my children?” We replied, “Because you are leaving us orphans”. He responded to us, “Do not weep for that, because God will not abandon you. Weep rather for your brethren who will succeed you, because the end i…
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Dear friends,
Let me correct some of the reasons that I pointed out to defend the rules. I refered a book yesterday and found some reasons.
1. You do not genuflect touching ur forehead on the ground (prostrate, bow down) for repentan…
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Dear friends,
Don't say that you are skeptic but how can we be sure if this is the true face of Jesus?
Who is this person who painted it? is the person even Orthodox?
I am sorry but I wish there is a way we could prove this to be …
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Dear friends,
I said u should not shower on the day not before. It is true u should shower and be clean both in body and heart as much as u can before the holy Communion.
This is not about distra…
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Hello mahraeel,
I have been taught in sunday school these rules. I wrote what is been practicing in the Ethiopian churches. Some differences might be there in the Coptic churches.
The honour of the holy Communion is the center of al…
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Dear bigeee,
First of all I am sorry that u r in such condition. May God prepare ur heart to accept what has happened and give u hope, humility, endurance, fortitude to shield u against the trouble u r in.
You did not actually te…
http://www.ethiopianorthodox.org/english/dogma/faith.html#communion
This is the link from which I copied half of my post starting with...
During the service of the Holy Liturgy,...
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Hello friends,
Here we fast from 16 to 18hrs before partaking the holy Communion in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. This is for the honour of the holy Communion as fasting is humbling oneself infront of God.
After you partake the ho…
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Dear friends,
The Ans for Q1 is the land under the Eriterian Sea which the holy prophet Moses has split it up by the power of God. It looked the sun light only at a time when the Israelites were passing on it.
May God be with us al…
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Dear friends,
God is Love and Merciful...
Lamentations 3 (King James Version)
22It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
but we have also this much strong…
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Hello friends,
I just wanted to comment on this. First let us try to pin point the use of white in the Holy Bible. 1. As white as snow...Jesus's clothes on the Mountain. 2. In Revelation...Those who are wearing white chlothes, the hol…
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epchois_nai_nan,
I have read that this was written for the Jews at a time of persecution. After they have received Jesus as God, they were on a dilema to return back to their former ways being afraid of the Jews who were after Christi…
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Dear friends,
What I wanted to say is what has Valetine got to do with the Love of God?
As far as I know Christmas will remember us the first Light for us in darkness, The Holy Communion will remember us that the Prince of Live has bec…
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Dear friends,
I don't know how u viewed it but I see almost no reason why we try to find a verse to affirm our worldly love. God's love is way different than the so called love we see in valentines.
Is this valetine even spiritual i…
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Dear John_S2000,
You are right about loving others and it is truly Christian to be concerned with the fate of others beside us. Actually I am no person to answer u this big Q as to how to bring the lost back to the real Ship.
This i…
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Dear friends,
You said about loving others. Love has 2 big parts. The first is loving God. The second is loving all human beings who are created in the image of God.
How do u express ur love towards someone who is heretic? by tell…
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John_S2000 and my friends,
History of St Dioscorus - Theopiste
CHAPTER 17 - 20
17. After this Father Paphnutius, abbot of the monks of Tabennisi, of the sons of Pachomius, came to the gate. At thi…