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Mercy! Be's remindin me! Figgerin you know'd Elduh Floyd got big head, bein 144,000 'n all. Thing be, Elduh Floyd also gettin big rear, mercy! Ever sints ah git King James Bible, Floyd ain't hearin me. As uzual, he show'd up liken ta bad pennee, all wayz rite 'bout time yoo thinkin may be's normal day.
Ah runs inta him et da Mini Mart, gettin me sum Gummi Worm. I's tellin him he need stop ettin whole box 'o them wide yellow stripe, 20% mo free jumbo Snicker bar 'fore lunch, else needin mo changin New Wurld Tranzlayshun to be sayin 144,001 chozen few, Floyd lookin liken big as two! I wuz also insistin no place, nowhere, nohow King James Bible says gate ta heaven be widen, case Floyd gits mind ta havin Watchtower Gran Panjandrum git dis wide gate writ in New Wurld. (Dats "nippin it in da crud," as sayin goez, iffin yoo wunder.) I also says he needs be stoppin bedtime snackins, stop sayin, "Oh me! I jus be's sooo tired! Time to et famlee size bag ripple chip, wit 2 leeter root beer." Try ta be tellin Floyd yoo go sleep when tired, hain't no signal ta emptee Mini Mart Lays dizplay!
Now, dis time I pays fer mah Gummi Worm, checkin mah shoo lase 'n gits all set, 'fore tellin Elduh Floyd, fer hiz own good, he ain't got no King James Bible, 'n he one clog artree from havin barberque chip in hell, dat der will be no gallon Rockee Roads ice creem 'fore soul sleepin, no sireee! Elduh Floyd gits all red in face 'n ah jus takes off, gits half block ways down hard road pert near sure, 'fore Elduh Floyd reackted liken ta Pentecostal unda LSD infloooense, wich I dint want ta be seein dis here day, wantin ta hav me sum Gummi Worm in peece. Hope da Mini Mart got insurrense.
Ah runs inta him et da Mini Mart, gettin me sum Gummi Worm. I's tellin him he need stop ettin whole box 'o them wide yellow stripe, 20% mo free jumbo Snicker bar 'fore lunch, else needin mo changin New Wurld Tranzlayshun to be sayin 144,001 chozen few, Floyd lookin liken big as two! I wuz also insistin no place, nowhere, nohow King James Bible says gate ta heaven be widen, case Floyd gits mind ta havin Watchtower Gran Panjandrum git dis wide gate writ in New Wurld. (Dats "nippin it in da crud," as sayin goez, iffin yoo wunder.) I also says he needs be stoppin bedtime snackins, stop sayin, "Oh me! I jus be's sooo tired! Time to et famlee size bag ripple chip, wit 2 leeter root beer." Try ta be tellin Floyd yoo go sleep when tired, hain't no signal ta emptee Mini Mart Lays dizplay!
Now, dis time I pays fer mah Gummi Worm, checkin mah shoo lase 'n gits all set, 'fore tellin Elduh Floyd, fer hiz own good, he ain't got no King James Bible, 'n he one clog artree from havin barberque chip in hell, dat der will be no gallon Rockee Roads ice creem 'fore soul sleepin, no sireee! Elduh Floyd gits all red in face 'n ah jus takes off, gits half block ways down hard road pert near sure, 'fore Elduh Floyd reackted liken ta Pentecostal unda LSD infloooense, wich I dint want ta be seein dis here day, wantin ta hav me sum Gummi Worm in peece. Hope da Mini Mart got insurrense.
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it is almost funny.
They want us to prove it to them, They do not want to discuss anything. nor do we feel the need to prove anything to them
We are secure in our faith, and have no need or desire for them to try to prove they are right (they can;t tell us anything we have not heard before) yet they want to try to continue to prove it anyway.
it is almost funny.
They want us to prove it to them, They do not want to discuss anything. nor do we feel the need to prove anything to them
We are secure in our faith, and have no need or desire for them to try to prove they are right (they can;t tell us anything we have not heard before) yet they want to try to continue to prove it anyway.
I just want to cut in and ask, Let's say this person does have violent and perverted thoughts but never acts on them...have they committed a sin of violence or perversion? Would God claim they're guilty of violence and perversion without the act?
Sin is a "work of evil"; an action of breaking God's law. If one doesn't do the work of evil one hasn't sinned right? Consequently, there's a difference between a temptation and a sin. James - an elder of the faith - says this...
James 1:13-15
14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.
Order of evil:
1) Temptation
2) Sin
3) Judgment (of Death)
Scripture says Christ was tempted in *all ways* like we are, yet he didn't commit sin. So that means he indeed had thoughts of violence and perversion also...but he resisted acting on them. With his strength, he never allowed those temptations to birth into sin.
So for me, yes I'm going to praise a man who finally is able to live a sin free life because he's living like Christ lived, which is what Christ expects. That man did it. And I know such is only possible because the Spirit of God and the mind of Christ must be in that man doing the work.
Well...the thief never actually repented. Rather he saw the sinless lamb ("he shouldn't be up here with us"). Remember (as you guys often remind believers on this forum) there was *nothing* that man (or we) can do to become justified in the eyes of God. Christ/God, with his mercy alone, forgave the thief. The thief didn't do anything to earn forgiveness.
I would only ask, what about those devout believers for years who lose their faith one day and become atheists and also denounce Christ? Is their salvation kept?
Sin is a "work of evil"; an action of breaking God's law. If one doesn't do the work of evil one hasn't sinned right? Consequently, there's a difference between a temptation and a sin. James - an elder of the faith - says this...
James 1:13-15
14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.
Order of evil:
1) Temptation
2) Sin
3) Judgment (of Death)
Scripture says Christ was tempted in *all ways* like we are, yet he didn't commit sin. So that means he indeed had thoughts of violence and perversion also...but he resisted acting on them. With his strength, he never allowed those temptations to birth into sin.
So for me, yes I'm going to praise a man who finally is able to live a sin free life because he's living like Christ lived, which is what Christ expects. That man did it. And I know such is only possible because the Spirit of God and the mind of Christ must be in that man doing the work.
Well...the thief never actually repented. Rather he saw the sinless lamb ("he shouldn't be up here with us"). Remember (as you guys often remind believers on this forum) there was *nothing* that man (or we) can do to become justified in the eyes of God. Christ/God, with his mercy alone, forgave the thief. The thief didn't do anything to earn forgiveness.
I would only ask, what about those devout believers for years who lose their faith one day and become atheists and also denounce Christ? Is their salvation kept?
J
Something I've commented on before, the even half mature believer of the gospel of scripture isn't fooled. It's much a wasted effort, if your receptive audience, if they even exist, is already lost in error. This is one big reason why I believe it's more trolling than anything else, trying to push buttons, seeking a bickerfest. Notice how they make every thread about them.
IDK...can't the same be said for a god that knows his adopted children are wholly incapable of ever maturing in the stature and image of his firstborn? Why chastise them at all? It's like beating on a mentally handicapped child who can never understand and whose development is forever arrested. Why worry about it at all if the goal of "doing no wrong" can never be reached? Why make them suffer if it will never affect a change? Such a god would be sadistic wouldn't you agree?
So there's a very thin middle ground here between the two extremes described.
Matthew 7:14
14"For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
So there's a very thin middle ground here between the two extremes described.
Matthew 7:14
14"For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.