I noticed you said nothing about PennEd..... I copied his words.
Ok I have just seen PennEd post
Stephen, I will gladly humble myself. Whether I am right or whether I am wrong on various issues like the ones discussed here is completely secondary to the fact that YOU are my brother in Christ. You trust in the Blood of Jesus Christ to wash away your sin. As do I, AND Bruce. So I love you both Stephen.
Further, I think you are right in saying that Bruce's posts have taken a slightly harsher tone of late. Frankly, I'm surprised it has taken this long for his patience to wear thin, when day after day he is verbally assaulted and demeaned by many here.
For a year and a half he has displayed the kind of love and patience I pray to God to attain.
But think Stephen of the power YOU possess! Just imagine if you were to display love and grace to those that you disagree with on issues here. YOU have the power to change the whole attitude and direction of the BDF.
Actually every ONE of us here has that power. But to show others that the love of Christ burns in you, I'd implore you as your brother in Him to use that power!
May God Bless you and your family.
So my response to you was before I saw that.
But look at his response to you and compare it to your response to him which I posted my repsonse.
Look at what he has said about you.
But think Stephen of the power YOU possess! Just imagine if you were to display love and grace to those that you disagree with on issues here. YOU have the power to change the whole attitude and direction of the BDF.
Actually every ONE of us here has that power. But to show others that the love of Christ burns in you, I'd implore you as your brother in Him to use that power!
May God Bless you and your family.
You, me, and everyone on this site have the opportunity to show love and grace and walk accordingly and we are commanded to do so by Jesus.
To love each other.
To me with regards to the thread we all agree that faith saves, the issue is how that works out.
No one is denying that works as a result of faith should follow.
But to me if one builds on works that are deemed to be wood, Hubble and so on it will be burned up but the person will still be saved through the fire.