QUOTE(dennis mann @ Oct 5 2007, 09:20 PM) [snapback]123471[/snapback]
wow!
you're not going to believe this, but
concerning my new VRS GPS land-surveying-equipment, TODAY, i called my salesman in Greensboro........i was having a problem with my BLUETOOTH wireless gadget,...........the GPS was asking for a PASSKEY,............the salesman said TYPE IN
1111
for the PASSKEY.
that didn't fix the problem, so they told me to mail the BLUETOOTH gadget to them, and they would mail me a new one, FREE.
does 11:11 refer to the last days?.............that we're at the end of the age?............that we're near the midnight hour?.................
the thief never comes in the day.............he comes in the night.
jesus said...........i'll return as a thief in the night.
# Job 24:14
The murderer rises with the light; he kills the poor and the needy, and in the night he becomes as a thief.
Job 24:13-15 (in Context) Job 24 (Whole Chapter)
# Matthew 24:43
But understand this: had the householder known in what [part of the night, whether in a night or a morning] watch the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be undermined and broken into.
Matthew 24:42-44 (in Context) Matthew 24 (Whole Chapter)
# 1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord will come [as unexpectedly and suddenly] as a thief in the night.
http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?searc...;searchtype=allThanks for your input Brother Denis.
Your experience with the 1111 is interesting indeed.
I neglected to qualify in my introductory post about the 11:11 ... and I use this response with some
who exhibit a false sense of fear about it ...
With 11:11 ... I can 'take it' or 'leave it' .... I'm not bound to it, guided by it or influenced by it (except perhaps as a reminder to pray to the Father in Jesus' Name) much the same way as if I saw a movie about the Lord, or His picture ... or whatever .....
so ....... I respond to the 'fearful' who 'warn' me below ..........
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Re: concern
sometimes it's not 11:11 ....... it's 11:17 ...or 11:09
I see it whenever 'I see it' ... sometimes I miss it by a few minutes early or late.
You see, that is why I am a genius .. haha... I never let anything bother me. I never become superstitious or 'fixated' or obsessed about any one thing.
I'm very balanced.
So, if you are seeing it and perhaps are troubled by it, I guess 'that' is your experience of it and so you should follow the advice you gave to me, which doesn't apply to me since my experience of it is not the same as yours.
Again, as Jesus said ... and it cannot be ignored ....
" There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. " Mark 7:15
20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” Mark 7:20-23
Remember, it's not what you can see that can hurt you ... it's what you don't see that can hurt you . Seeing a number cannot hurt anyone. Laughing Laughing
Remembrance Day in Canada and the U.S. ... you better not observe it ...it is on the 11th month of the 11th Day
You better not ever celebrate anyone's eleventh birthday again.
You better not say congratulations to someone celebrating their 11th wedding aniversary.
A barmitzvah is when a Jewish young man turns 13 .... considered a 'good' number by the Jewish people ....... Gentiles consider it unlucky and won't live on the 13th floor of some buildings. Meanwhile the Jewish young man goes on to own the whole apartment building and is the land lord. Laughing Laughing
I guess 9-11 is a bad number because of the 11 ? ... unless the number 9 is now bad too? ....... what about Sept. 11th, 1900? was that bad. And what about someone born on Sept. 11th...bad? or Nov. 11th? Do you know that the Rabbis say that that kind of thinking is basically sinful and is idolatry ... it means one is not realizing the ultimate lordship, sovereignty and protective power of God. The Jewish people have a pretty healthy attitude toward numbers and look at them 'tongue in cheek'.
Try it ... you'll feel a bit 'Jewish'. Laughing Laughing
Don't be so concerned ... as Jesus said ....... through Paul (Rabbi Saul to me)...
Philippians 4:6
6Do not be anxious ('concerned') about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Look at what the Scripture says. The Bible seldom uses the word “worry.” It more often uses the word “anxiety,” which we know is just another word for worry. We might think of anxiety as the underlying mental and emotional condition that results in the activity of worry.
In the New Testament, the two main teachings about anxiety are found in Matthew 6:25-34 and Philippians 4:6-7. The first reference is from what we call the Sermon on the Mount. There Jesus says to his hearers, “For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor for your body, as to what you shall put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?” In Philippians 4:6 we read these words from the Apostle Paul: “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
Obviously, the counsel of the Scripture is “Don’t be anxious; don’t worry.” But we must understand that this is not saying that we are NEVER to worry. In the Greek language, in which the New Testament was written, when the verb is in the present tense it means CONTINUOUS action. So, what these passages are really saying is: “Do not be CONTINUALLY anxious....” and “Don’t CONTINUALLY be anxious about anything….” So, we have to conclude that it is not un-Christian to worry from time to time; but if we worry all the time, being constantly in a state of anxiety, then we really do have to wonder about our position as a Christian.
It is human to worry. Actually, that is another result of the fall of man into sin. Since we are sinners, and will never reach a state of perfection in this life, in the flesh, even though we are born again, it is impossible not to worry at least occasionally.
But, we believe that this is not God’s will for us, and that it is unnecessary for a Christian to be a “worry wart.” So, let’s look back to that passage from Matthew 6 and find the reasons why we don’t need to worry and shouldn’t worry.
1. We don’t need to worry. God is perfectly capable of supplying everything we need. If He takes care of the birds, then, surely, He will take care of us, since we are more precious to Him than the birds.
2. Worry doesn’t accomplish anything. Jesus tells us that we cannot add a single day to our life by worrying—nor can we make ourselves more secure or happier or whatever by worrying. All we do is play into Satan’s hands.
3. Constant worry indicates we don’t really believe in the sovereignty of God; we don’t trust His power and His care for us. If we are in God’s hands, then what can really harm us? As Paul asks in Romans 8:31, “If God is for us, who [or what] is against us?”
4. Constant worry means we don’t have our priorities straight. Jesus tells us, “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be provided you.” If we fill our minds with thoughts of God’s grace revealed in our Lord Jesus Christ, there won’t be any room for worry.
5. Live one day at a time. Don’t borrow trouble by worrying about tomorrow, when we do not know if we will even have tomorrow. Today is God’s gift. Use it. Cherish it. Don’t play God by thinking we can do anything about tomorrow. Oh, it’s okay to look ahead and plan, just so long as we remember to follow the counsel of James 4:15—”Instead, you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we shall live and also do this or that.’”
6. Instead of worrying, PRAY! This is what Paul is telling us in Philippians 4:6. The result is the peace of God that passes all understanding, which will calm and steady our minds in Christ Jesus.
There is one more thing to be said. We need to ask ourselves what it is that is making us worry? Perhaps the answer is given in Psalm 38:18, which says, “For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.” Instead of worrying, CONFESS AND PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS. This we must do continually. But we must NOT WORRY CONTINUALLY.
“Said the Robin to the sparrow, ‘I should really like to know
Why these anxious human beings rush about and worry so.’
Said the Sparrow to the Robin, ‘Do you think that it could be
That they have no Heavenly Father, such as cares for you and me?’”
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so then Denis, thanks again for your input and if you have any other
interesting encounters, let us know.
God loves you in Jesus Name
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