Hi from Plymouth England

I think God is in all of us from the moment we're born, but as we get older he's stifled by the polluting influence of the world.
I'm lucky in that respect because I've always had a rebellious anti-world nature, so he was never stifled in me..
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world" (Rom 12:2)
"As a soldier of Christ, please only God and not the world" (2 Tim 2:3/4)
"Do not love the world or the things in it, otherwise the love of God is not in you" (1 John 2:15-17)
"Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth" (Col 3:2)
"A friend of the world is the enemy of God" (James 4:4)
"You were dead when you followed the ways of the world" (Eph 2:1/2)
"You died with Christ from this world, so don't keep submitting to its rules" (Col 2:20)
"For we look at things unseen rather than the seen, for the seen are temporary, but the unseen are eternal" (2 Cor 4:18)

PS- Who exactly has been banned, and why?

How did you become a Christian? Am sure by the same way we all do?

Thanks and incidentally when I was filling in my profile this seemed to be the nearest compulsory description for me- "small group leader" , but I want to make it clear I'm not a leader at all, I'm just a member of a group and we have no leader except Jesus..

Jesus said:-"Call nobody teacher except me" (Matt 23:8-10)

The poster who had the username of I_am_what_I_am.

I do not know why that poster was banned, but I knew that poster was "off" right from the outset.

Hi, Dropship, and a sincere, yet belated, welcome to you.
Not to be contentious, but I would have to disagree with your two opening statements....

If you mean these two-
1- I think God is in all of us from the moment we're born, but as we get older he's stifled by the polluting influence of the world.
2- I'm lucky in that respect because I've always had a rebellious anti-world nature, so he was never stifled in me..

When the deaf-blind Helen Keller learnt to communicate with people by tapping on their fingers she was asked "What was it like to be told about Jesus for the first time?", she replied "I always knew he was there", which indicates she sensed him within her from a very early age.
Like many kids, I always sensed he was there too, but the world (parents and schoolteachers) tried to bully him out of us by filling our heads with worldly values, and many kids were therefore spiritually polluted and lost sight of Jesus, but I never lost sight of him..

I'm just an ordinary bloke who likes mixing with other Christians so that our mutual spiritual strength will rub off on each other..
"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another" (Proverbs 7:17)

Hi Dropship I don't know how this works, I am trying to get into CC, how long have you been with CC, lesley Jones God bless you. 💐 🌹 💐

I'm just an ordinary bloke who likes mixing with other Christians so that our mutual spiritual strength will rub off on each other..
"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another" (Proverbs 7:17)

Hi, Dropship, and a sincere, yet belated, welcome to you.

Not to be contentious, but I would have to disagree with your two opening statements.

Ephesians 2:1-3

"And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others."

Prior to being quickened or made alive in Christ, we all walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, or the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience. We all also had our conversation or behavior in times past in the lusts of our flesh, or in fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and we were all, by nature, children of wrath. This is precisely why Jesus said that we must be born again (John 3:7).

I hope that you understand what I am saying.

I'm just an ordinary bloke who likes mixing with other Christians so that our mutual spiritual strength will rub off on each other..
"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another" (Proverbs 7:17)

I'm just an ordinary bloke who likes mixing with other Christians so that our mutual spiritual strength will rub off on each other..
"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another" (Proverbs 7:17)

Hi, Dropship, and a sincere, yet belated, welcome to you.

Not to be contentious, but I would have to disagree with your two opening statements.

Ephesians 2:1-3

"And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others."

Prior to being quickened or made alive in Christ, we all walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, or the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience. We all also had our conversation or behavior in times past in the lusts of our flesh, or in fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and we were all, by nature, children of wrath. This is precisely why Jesus said that we must be born again (John 3:7).

I hope that you understand what I am saying.

I'm just an ordinary bloke who likes mixing with other Christians so that our mutual spiritual strength will rub off on each other..
"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another" (Proverbs 7:17)

I think everybody is born as a christian

I'm just an ordinary bloke who likes mixing with other Christians so that our mutual spiritual strength will rub off on each other..
"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another" (Proverbs 7:17)

Just because someone senses Jesus, this does not necessarily mean that he dwells within them. In other words, God strives with us by his Spirit, and he has also given each of us a conscience which either accuses or excuses us. None of this negates the fact that Jesus said we must be born again (John 3:7).

Hi Dropship I don't know how this works, I am trying to get into CC, how long have you been with CC, lesley Jones God bless you. 💐 🌹 💐

Hi sorry 🙏 lost you on Facebook lol 😂 I am from England for got to put that

Hi sorry 🙏 lost you on Facebook lol 😂 I am from England for got to put that

I'm not on Facebook or any other social media thing.
PS- I'm in Plymouth but was born in Leicester and lived there for about 50 years..