Square in the Eyes
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if we have to be perfect?
let's se: the ten commandments: (they still apply, don't they?) You shall not lie.... you shall not envy your neighbours (...) ... you shall keep the sabbath holy.. I know I've broken those, several times
"he who says to his brother "raka" shall be condemned to the fires of hell"
Don't most of us do that kind of stuff now and then? or perhaps even often? without meaning to
let's se: the ten commandments: (they still apply, don't they?) You shall not lie.... you shall not envy your neighbours (...) ... you shall keep the sabbath holy.. I know I've broken those, several times
"he who says to his brother "raka" shall be condemned to the fires of hell"
Don't most of us do that kind of stuff now and then? or perhaps even often? without meaning to
I’m sorry, wwjd_kilden, I was short with you, wasn’t I? “Repent” to me means “to change”—that is: “stop sinning.” The verse I quoted for you tells us we have to be perfect. In practical terms, perhaps, I think we need to be able to look everyone square in the eyes. If something you are doing makes it difficult to always look everybody square in the eyes, then you have to repent of that behavior.
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Kilden, you're magnifying a couple verses of scripture to a point it out-weighs the rest of the bible. Alot of people do that, but if you keep reading that epistle it says this: 'saved by grace through faith, and this not of ourselves it is the gift of God; not of works lest anyone boast. For you are his workmanship created unto (or for) good works...' people have made a habbit of stoping with the first part of that and ignoring that we were made to do good works...yes were not saved by them, but that doesnt mean we dont have to do them. Now that's not neccisarily the point here...we have to repent...Christ says that first, before he says believe the gospel. This means that we have to stop doing evil works...so you see that repentance is not salvation by works, its the opposite, it's required to STOP working, but this isnt inclusive, were to stop doing EVIL...refreaining from evil, and repenting from the evil weve already commited is not a work.
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"I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
Doesn't that mean they enter heaven WITHOUT stopping what they are doing? (if they stopped, they would no longer be prostitutes or tax- collectors)
Doesn't that mean they enter heaven WITHOUT stopping what they are doing? (if they stopped, they would no longer be prostitutes or tax- collectors)
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The leading door into sin is our inability to stay focused on our Lord Jesus Christ. For once we change our attention to the distractions of this world we are tempted by the desires of our flesh. In which case we are indeed in need of his Grace, over and over again. Does it HAVE to be this way? no. The choice is ours and it is far too easy to flip on "the simpsons" and watch as little Lisa Simpson, who is never wrong establish that evolution is proven by science and Christianity is another myth of the ages. Then comes the commercial with a woman with an incredible body, and amazing cars that we would love to drive. Then a boy gets stuck in a balloon that fly's across Colorado and when it is over, where is our attention.. its a scary world we live in and the stakes are of the highest sort. I reccommend that all of us focus on Jesus Christ in with our entire attention, lest we be caught sleeping on the day of his great banquet
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I only partially agree with you. coz if we don't pay ANY attention to the world we won't know what's happening, and then we can't guide those that go astray to the Lord... We're not OF this world, but we ARE in it, and there must be a reason for that. Otherwise He could just have put us in heaven in the fist place. Right?
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I see what you are saying, and I'm not saying we should sit in a corner and pray non stop until we starve to death. The problem is that while we are focusing on this world there are works to be done for Jesus our Lord, there are those who thirst for the truth and need you to deliver it to them. There are those you love who are in dire need of the Salvation that only comes through Jesus Christ. There is more for us to learn, more for us to seek. If this were a football game and you were the quarterback during the superbowl, at what point could you walk over and get an icecream cone? The stakes are just too high.. and the time is near, when the Lord will come and judge the world.. there is nothing that we should do other than learn, love and spread the Word expectantly watching and waiting for his arrival. While we focus on the worldly things, what if there is one soul that we could have lead to salvation, but we missed the opportunity, will that persons blood be on our hands?
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