Shaila Touchton's Prayer Ministries Bible Study Blog

"What is the difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming?" Answer: The rapture and the second coming of Christ are often confused. Sometimes it is difficult to determine whether a scripture verse is referring to the rapture or the second coming. However, in studying end-times Bible prophecy, it is very important to differentiate between the two. The rapture is when Jesus Christ returns to remove the church (all believers in Christ) from the earth. The rapture is described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-54. Believers who have died will have their bodies resurrected and, along with believers who are still living, will meet the Lord in the air. This will all occur in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye. The second coming is when Jesus returns to defeat the Antichrist, destroy evil, and establish His millennial kingdom. The second coming is described in Revelation 19:11-16. The important differences between the rapture and second coming are as f

Lust and temptation is a choice and it has various forms. Many people have destroyed their marriage, families and their reputation because of lust, adultery, flirting and extra marital affairs. Of the seven deadly sins, lust is the most shameful. Lust is a problem because it perverts godliness, corrupts our soul, our virtues and holiness. The lust of the flesh is contrary to the desire to do the will of God. Not everyone gets tempted in the world. People who are according to the flesh, who are worldly set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit of God which is Holy Spirit fix their eyes on the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is always brings death, but the mind set on the Spirit is always life and peace. Paul instructs us in Romans 13:11-14 to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh. Lust maintains power over us only when we submit to its worldly desires. God commands us to have our hearts to ha

Did Catholic Church added 7 books to the Bible? The true church was founded by Christ which is the Holy Catholic Church. Christ entrusted the Church to Peter and not to Martin Luther to divide. Martin Luther, Calvin, Henry protested against Catholic church and brought division among the church. The protestant reformation from catholic church can be traced back to 16th century. Based on their teachings, in 1517 Martin Luther of Germany named his denomination as Lutheran Denomination, Henry VIII of England in 1534 named his denomination as Anglican, John Calvin of Switzerland founded Calvinism etc. and now there are many churches which are divided into macro and micro denominations. Every 38,000 plus denominations among protestants claim that they are truly bible based and each denomination claims correct interpretation and more correct than other denominations and they cannot agree with other denominations. Even after 1000s of years we still have one Holy catholic and Apostolic church.

By Shaila Touchton Jesus didn't beg for money or demand that people to support Him financially. When Jesus commissioned his disciples to go into the world and make disciples he never sent them to go make wealth on the side by asking support from the disciples or people they preach. Jesus never said promote the gospel by tricks. All he said Go ye and Preach the Gospel without expecting material profit. True preaching of Gospel don’t need marketing strategies, advertisement of men, it is simply preaching with Gods power unto salvation and conviction. Pastors/Preachers often live a wealthier lifestyle than their congregation. These Pastors have rich life styles having big mansions and properties, Armani suits, and luxury cars, luxurious vacation trips etc. and some even have Jets to fly wherever they want . I am not against tithing if any wants to give. I'm simply saying that most of the money given to ministries today is not used wisely or honestly. Most of the church Ministr