HE WHO does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, 4 he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, 5 useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself. 1 TIMOTHY 6:3-5== TRY not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. 15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. 17 And their message will spread like cancer.==23=avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.
CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS ARE A TOOL OF SATAN! AVOID THEM!
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CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS ARE A TOOL OF SATAN! AVOID THEM! DO NOT ALLOW SATAN TO USE YOU AS HIS TOO,FOOL!!! BEWARE!!!==WHO 4 he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, 5 useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself. 1 TIMOTHY 6:3-5== TRY not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. 15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. 17 And their message will spread like cancer.==23=avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.
YOU SAY=""There's nothing more vain or controversial that trying to predict the "rapture" or as the Bible terms it, the second coming of Christ. What do you say to that, GISMYS? "" GOD'S WORD SAYS TO BELIEVERS YOU ARE TO KNOW WHEN JESUS IS AT THE DOOOR READY TO RETURN!!! THAT TIME IS NOW!!! ARE YOU READY ARE WILL YOU BE LEFT BEHIND ON THE VERY VERY SOON RAPTURE DAY!!!
I think every poster needs to take this to the Lord in prayer. There are people who look to us to learn about God instead of going to scripture. There are people who post terrible things, distorting God's word or giving fleshly ideas as God's ideas. I think posters who have been here a long time could name them, even. There are also sincere Christians who are still babies in the word and are mixed up, or those unaware the devil is using them.
If people who have delved deep in the word so they do the best they can to never give a personal opinion but can report what God wants us to know, if they are doing the best they can to do that, it seems to me that God would want us to.
When Christians understand God's scripture differently, they reason together, and it is often done here. People who the devil is using often use scripture to back up how the devil wants them to oppose God, but always there is fighting, personal judgments, sarcasm, or using a system of theology rather than God's word to fight.
If people who have delved deep in the word so they do the best they can to never give a personal opinion but can report what God wants us to know, if they are doing the best they can to do that, it seems to me that God would want us to.
When Christians understand God's scripture differently, they reason together, and it is often done here. People who the devil is using often use scripture to back up how the devil wants them to oppose God, but always there is fighting, personal judgments, sarcasm, or using a system of theology rather than God's word to fight.
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Jesus was not very "amusing" when He said "unless you eat My flesh and drink my blood" Jesus was mocking the blind unbelief of His hearers. Jesus often exaggerated the true He was teaching, to shame people. If we have God's wisdom we can see the truth in a statement, we will see the hidden truth in Jesus words if we keep listening to Him. In Jh. 6:63 My "words" are spiritual, "spirit", "the flesh profits nothing" SO, in v, 53 Jesus was mocking they unbelief. Parodies are very funny,and funny, try to see the humor in Jesus words. As I have said before the Bible has many paradoxical trues. Love and wrath too all, LOL Hoffco
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Very wise words from Redtent. thank you. One way in which "fools" despise God's word, is to fail to see God's meaning or meanings of a word. God uses "law" to mean several things . God uses the word,"call" to means several things. If one fails to see the contextual meaning which God puts on a word in its context, they make stupid comments, and "enless disputes"; that is how they become the "tools,fools, of Satan". Love Hoffco
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Another KEY word is "ransom"; God gives two meaning to this word: one is general and the other meaning is specific, as in gen. atonement and specific atonement. For whom did Jesus die? Generally, provisionally Jesus died for the whole "all" world; BUT, specifically, Jesus only died for His "Sheep", the "many". selah, think about this, Hoffco
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How about if we engage in controversial questions and refuse to snap at each other, except as a third party to rebuke the snaps?
Haven't seen much of that Christ-like idea on this forum as of yet.
When you become anointed with the power to speak a word and restore a missing limb, then you might have the right and the background wisdom on when to tell a person they come from a den of vipers or satan's loins.
Haven't seen much of that Christ-like idea on this forum as of yet.
When you become anointed with the power to speak a word and restore a missing limb, then you might have the right and the background wisdom on when to tell a person they come from a den of vipers or satan's loins.
FACE THE TRUTH! DON'T LET SATAN USE YOU AS HIS TOOL,FOOL AS THE COST IS TOO HIGH!!!-CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS ARE A TOOL OF SATAN! AVOID THEM! DO NOT ALLOW SATAN TO USE YOU AS HIS TOOL,FOOL!!! BEWARE!!!==WHO 4 he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, 5 useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself. 1 TIMOTHY 6:3-5== TRY not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. 15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. 17 And their message will spread like cancer.==23=avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.
I have seen lots of Christians on this site who disagree with each other but refuse to snap at each other and who are truly trying to understand God's word. I have learned a lot from these Christians on this site, sometimes by their correction of how I understand or write.
I don't think any of us has the right to judge another person in any way. We can judge what they are saying, but we have no right to say they come from a den of vipers.
I don't think any of us has the right to judge another person in any way. We can judge what they are saying, but we have no right to say they come from a den of vipers.