I met @Jason Strickland through his community "The Art of Poetry". He is truely one of the best poets I have ever come across I will let him share his story with you all but I am so pleased that he has joined us. Please welcome him to the community. Jason feel free to share here and introduce yourself.

Everyone, please say hello to our newest member @Mike Vid

It is Long but true.The other day, while studying and spending time in the word, it occurred to me that in Deuteronomy 31:8 and also in Hebrews 13:5, where it says that God will never leave us or forsake us it means he will not do so in the face of constant rejection. Google shows the meaning of these to words for forsake as: "The Hebrew word ’azab fundamentally means to loosen, relinquish, or leave behind, while the Greek word egkataleipo carries the literal meaning of leaving someone down in a situation, abandoning them, or leaving them in the lurch." So, why is there, then, an unforgivable sin mentioned in the bible. Why are there those that will be forsaken and not forgiven. This is the understanding and report from Google: "The "unforgivable sin" spoken of in the Bible is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which is the willful, persistent, and lifelong rejection of the Holy Spirit's testimony about Jesus Christ and His message of salvation. It is not a single accidental mistake, a bad word, or a momentary doubt. Instead, it is a final, hardened state of unrepentant rebellion against God." It is found in Matthew 12:31-32, Mark 3:28-29 and Luke 12:10 Notice it says "lifelong". This is the evidence that after we die it is too late. And the reason for this is that when we die we shall know the truth and accepting the truth in the literal sense of the word when it is irrefutable is not acceptance it is acknowledgement. We must accept God's love and forgiveness in the face of that doubt, that unsureity, in order to be able to encact and make God's ever present forgiveness and HIs faithfulness to never leave us or forsake us true. We must, while we still have breath in our lungs, accept and depend on God's grace and forgiveness. And that means we have to ask for him to never leave us or forsake us by our faith in the truth that He is our salvation and none else. There are those who trust in themselves, or someone else to find their way into heaven or whatever their religion calls it but they will be truly lost unless they have faith in God.

When I was younger I wondered why everyone says Jesus is the only begoten sun of God. If God is all powerful, why couldn't He have another son, if He wanted to? I thought that it was because a second son would make the first that much more trivial and unimportant. The reality is much more deep than that. Here is why John 3:16 says "only begotten son" and why it is a misnomer (information is from Google search): The phrase translates the original Greek word monogenēs. While traditionally translated as "only begotten," modern biblical scholars note that monogenēs literally means "one of a kind" or "unique". In the context of the New Testament (such as in John 3:16), this highlights that Jesus holds a singular status and relationship with God the Father that no other being shares.