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It doesn't help you to get we ALL chose to stay in the darkness! You weren't born born again. You became born again through God's wroughting. (I'm not a fan of KJV, but I sure like that word "wrought." Powerful word.)
So, think back. You can do this. What was your darkness that you liked so much to avoid the light? (You don't have to answer. I'm just asking you to remember it.) Did it seem worth it at the time?
Does it now?
Yeah, really. That's not on us. That's on God. I still remember my darkness. I can see the appeal, but it's kind of like bubble gum to me. I like the taste of bubble gum, but I really hate chewing it, it gets stuck in my teeth, and the taste disappears so quickly. And, over the course of years, it rots my teeth, they fall out, and I get to gum my food. So, I do remember the appeal. The advantages not to chew gum so outweigh the advantages to chew it, that I've come to think I don't like gum.
The same thing has happened in God's light. I remember why I liked the darkness. Nowadays it all seems so very stupid. Given the choice, I'd stay. God chose better.
So, think back. You can do this. What was your darkness that you liked so much to avoid the light? (You don't have to answer. I'm just asking you to remember it.) Did it seem worth it at the time?
Does it now?
Yeah, really. That's not on us. That's on God. I still remember my darkness. I can see the appeal, but it's kind of like bubble gum to me. I like the taste of bubble gum, but I really hate chewing it, it gets stuck in my teeth, and the taste disappears so quickly. And, over the course of years, it rots my teeth, they fall out, and I get to gum my food. So, I do remember the appeal. The advantages not to chew gum so outweigh the advantages to chew it, that I've come to think I don't like gum.
The same thing has happened in God's light. I remember why I liked the darkness. Nowadays it all seems so very stupid. Given the choice, I'd stay. God chose better.
I'm praying you will not stir up the flesh of any of us with this behavior! I'm praying HARD! 
And that's one reason why we ignore them and don't interact with them. People just believe certain things differently and if you don't see it like "I and my group" does - then it means I can insult you and have malice towards you all I want and then slander you.
I ignore these types of posts like I do the porn ads that pop up on my PC from time to time.
Speaking of "pop up"...I wonder if I have any "pop-tarts" seeing that it is "International Bruce re-feed day!"...lol
The sky is beginning to go all chocolate on me now....
Take a look at this beautiful chocolate one with the chemically laden white frosting..
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And that's one reason why we ignore them and don't interact with them. People just believe certain things differently and if you don't see it like "I and my group" does - then it means I can insult you and have malice towards you all I want and then slander you.
I ignore these types of posts like I do the porn ads that pop up on my PC from time to time.
Speaking of "pop up"...I wonder if I have any "pop-tarts" seeing that it is "International Bruce re-feed day!"...lol
The sky is beginning to go all chocolate on me now....
Take a look at this beautiful chocolate one with the chemically laden white frosting..
And that's one reason why we ignore them and don't interact with them. People just believe certain things differently and if you don't see it like "I and my group" does - then it means I can insult you and have malice towards you all I want and then slander you.
I ignore these types of posts like I do the porn ads that pop up on my PC from time to time.
Speaking of "pop up"...I wonder if I have any "pop-tarts" seeing that it is "International Bruce re-feed day!"...lol
The sky is beginning to go all chocolate on me now....
Take a look at this beautiful chocolate one with the chemically laden white frosting..
In studying this representation of your language, & the possible excitement in your writing, I'd say "Too late"
We are not without discernment. We know what fruit looks like. Even if we disagree with someone, we know fruit when we see it.
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i never used an endearment with our kiddos when they were in trouble.
i used their first AND middle names, as prescribed in the mom handbook.
i know this isn't what you're talking about here, but i do at times call some of the young people on the site "honey" or "sweetheart"...
because i'm really quite fond of them. and i suppose it's a bad mom habit?
i wonder if i should cease and desist?
i used their first AND middle names, as prescribed in the mom handbook.
i know this isn't what you're talking about here, but i do at times call some of the young people on the site "honey" or "sweetheart"...
because i'm really quite fond of them. and i suppose it's a bad mom habit?
i wonder if i should cease and desist?
Step one: Give minor hint that behavior is unacceptable. (Sweetie, go clean your room.)
Step two: Be more direct. (I'm not kidding. Go clean your room.)
Step Three: Clarify who you're talking to. (Caroline Louise McLaughlin, go clean your room now.)
Step Four: If all else fails, go nuclear.
Kid's handbook:
Never let Mom or Dad go to nuclear stage.
And, yeah, really. Words of endearment work for people who know you and you know them. But it is assumed the other, if the person doesn't know you yet. (Right, Mom? lol)
Originally Posted by wsblind
You believe in double election. Just that you have never thought about any farther than the theology you are defending.
You were born a sinner and elected to condemnation.
Now you claim that you were elected to salvation.
You were born a sinner and elected to condemnation.
Now you claim that you were elected to salvation.
you just don't understand election.
What do you mean by a sinner? We are all sinners, elect or non-elect.
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Okay, don't get mad at me please, please - I love you sweetheart.
I want to say that in my opinion, you could have spoken more gently. You could have found a gentler way to speak with a sister than to say she was lying. She bristled a little at the way you said that. And she isn't trying to be intentionally deceitful. She's discussing how she sees and understands. She doesn't appear to me to be one of those who charges into a thread and starts spouting off meanly or arrogantly. Please remember that I love you sweetie! Remember that I love you if what I said makes you mad at me. I'm giving my opinion.
I want to say that in my opinion, you could have spoken more gently. You could have found a gentler way to speak with a sister than to say she was lying. She bristled a little at the way you said that. And she isn't trying to be intentionally deceitful. She's discussing how she sees and understands. She doesn't appear to me to be one of those who charges into a thread and starts spouting off meanly or arrogantly. Please remember that I love you sweetie!
Remember that I love you if what I said makes you mad at me. I'm giving my opinion.
As for the lying part? I'm thinking we're disagreeing here.
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This is how G777 purposely twists what you say to mean something perverted.
I only used King Saul as an example to show how someone can be given a new heart & still become corrupted again.
Getting a new heart is a great thing..... but it's no guarantee that it will stay pure. We have to watch our hearts & keep ourselves in the love of God to stay pure.
G777 says Christ's righteousness can't be "tainted" in us. But the Bible says there will be a "falling away" of the saints in the last days, & here we are.
Multiple judgments are listed in Revelation concerning some of those churches..... because pure hearts got corrupted with sin.
I only used King Saul as an example to show how someone can be given a new heart & still become corrupted again.
Getting a new heart is a great thing..... but it's no guarantee that it will stay pure. We have to watch our hearts & keep ourselves in the love of God to stay pure.
G777 says Christ's righteousness can't be "tainted" in us. But the Bible says there will be a "falling away" of the saints in the last days, & here we are.
Multiple judgments are listed in Revelation concerning some of those churches..... because pure hearts got corrupted with sin.
1. If King Saul had been given a new heart.
2. If you didn't stalk Grace to scold him every single time you talk to him!
yeah.. um, what makes people think King Saul was regenerated??
i'm not saying he wasn't (though i doubt it, yet only God knows).
i'm just saying scholars have debated it for ages. commentaries differ for this reason.
apostasy warnings are to be taken seriously. it's the Word of God.
but God uses the means of the warnings to keep His own. His sheep will hear His voice and follow Him.
i'm not saying he wasn't (though i doubt it, yet only God knows).
i'm just saying scholars have debated it for ages. commentaries differ for this reason.
apostasy warnings are to be taken seriously. it's the Word of God.
but God uses the means of the warnings to keep His own. His sheep will hear His voice and follow Him.