Blain... why should WE have confidence in anything you say?
Why?
Why should we?
YOU admit you have brain damage, YOU have said it's severe.
YOU say you can't even remember simple daily things.
YOU have even admitted in other threads you're a fairly new believer, and a BABE in Christ.
This means that on top of having brain damage, you've had no TIME to gain any EXPERIENCE or WISDOM.
- You have little experience in your walk with Christ,
- You have little experience in studying the scripture.
- You have little experience in applying scripture to your own life.
- You have little experience in ministering scripture to others.
WHY should we have any confidence in anything you say?
Why should we?
It would be WRONG and UNBIBLICAL for us to believe anything you say WITHOUT PROOF!
The bible says to PROVE all things.
1Thessalonians 5:21 "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."
We should PROVE, and TEST things... to see if they're true.
We are NOT to believe whatever someone says WITHOUT PROOF
God doesn't tell us to be stupid, and believe anything someone says,
God COMMANDS US to be wise, and careful, and prudent.
God says we're IDIOTS if we believe you without proof.
Proverbs 14:15 "The simple believeth every word:"
The word "simple" here means a "simpleton", an "idiot".
Only an IDIOT believes whatever somebody says without PROOF.
Why?
Why should we?
YOU admit you have brain damage, YOU have said it's severe.
YOU say you can't even remember simple daily things.
YOU have even admitted in other threads you're a fairly new believer, and a BABE in Christ.
This means that on top of having brain damage, you've had no TIME to gain any EXPERIENCE or WISDOM.
- You have little experience in your walk with Christ,
- You have little experience in studying the scripture.
- You have little experience in applying scripture to your own life.
- You have little experience in ministering scripture to others.
WHY should we have any confidence in anything you say?
Why should we?
It would be WRONG and UNBIBLICAL for us to believe anything you say WITHOUT PROOF!
The bible says to PROVE all things.
1Thessalonians 5:21 "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."
We should PROVE, and TEST things... to see if they're true.
We are NOT to believe whatever someone says WITHOUT PROOF
God doesn't tell us to be stupid, and believe anything someone says,
God COMMANDS US to be wise, and careful, and prudent.
God says we're IDIOTS if we believe you without proof.
Proverbs 14:15 "The simple believeth every word:"
The word "simple" here means a "simpleton", an "idiot".
Only an IDIOT believes whatever somebody says without PROOF.
[SUP]19 [/SUP] He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
[SUP]20 [/SUP] And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
[SUP]21 [/SUP] And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
[SUP]22 [/SUP] And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
[SUP]23 [/SUP] Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
[SUP]24 [/SUP] And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
[SUP]25 [/SUP] When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
[SUP]26 [/SUP] And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
[SUP]27 [/SUP] But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
[SUP]28 [/SUP] And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
[SUP]29 [/SUP] And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
It's a bit disconcerting that a Christian can't relate to a visitation from an angel even in these days. I've realized such visits after the fact, never realizing that until later. Many Christians have reported such encounters.
A group of us church men took on a man that had a stroke about the time he became a believer in Christ. We decided to help him rather than speculate over what was going on spiritually in relation to an almost total collapse in health. He needed help changing Depends and ridding them from the place, as he couldn't carry trash out. We MEN cleaned his apartment weekly. NO, he had not had training in the word of God, but was studying it nonstop. While there he delighted to bless us with his new-found knowledge of the Lord. It made our work more pleasant. We already knew most of what he had to say, but sometimes we learned some things we had passed over.
I would not judge a person's spiritual situation by how long he has been a Christian. I would not diminish his position with the Lord by his health situation.