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You sure like being the hammer don't you? Throw those stones man, and be prideful in your 'perfection.'
I love that instead of understanding something like the gothic style, you immediately run to wiki and use it as a factual source. The level of ignorance this shows is mind numbing. You're so quick to bible bash and judge others; it makes me sad.
I love that instead of understanding something like the gothic style, you immediately run to wiki and use it as a factual source. The level of ignorance this shows is mind numbing. You're so quick to bible bash and judge others; it makes me sad.
To fit in? Sunshine, I've got news for you; I've been categorized as 'goth' for years. It has nothing to do with acceptance or old culture. It's comfy and it works. I've been in youth ministry for years and guess what? I've reached more people in a pair of tripp pants than you'd think. Do I wear jeans and t-shirts too? Sure. Christians don't need to be these cookie cutter creatures who dress up on Sundays and walk around like robots. We should be free to be expressive and embrace creativity. Why do we have to categorize people by how they dress when what's really important as what is written on our hearts!?
Styles don't make a christian...... but they have been proven to break them because of the repercussions from them. You won't be able to change all those naysayers........ but you can change your style & shut them down. I guess it depends on the value of these little ones, doesn't it?
1 Corinthians 8:7-13 (KJV) [SUP]7 [/SUP]Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. [SUP]8 [/SUP]But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. [SUP]9 [/SUP]But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. [SUP]10 [/SUP]For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; [SUP]11 [/SUP]And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? [SUP]12 [/SUP]But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. [SUP]13 [/SUP]Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
If our style causes the stumbling of others, our fault or not, we shouldn't do it. If we are able to get those little ones to change their style, we could take a huge load off of their shoulders from the critics. They need that. They're the ones that count, right?
1 Corinthians 8:7-13 (KJV) [SUP]7 [/SUP]Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. [SUP]8 [/SUP]But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. [SUP]9 [/SUP]But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. [SUP]10 [/SUP]For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; [SUP]11 [/SUP]And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? [SUP]12 [/SUP]But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. [SUP]13 [/SUP]Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
If our style causes the stumbling of others, our fault or not, we shouldn't do it. If we are able to get those little ones to change their style, we could take a huge load off of their shoulders from the critics. They need that. They're the ones that count, right?
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Absolutely beautiful. But there's one thing wrong; We're all human. It's who we are. There's this saying; You can't teach an old dog new tricks. That's us. No matter what we say, or do, we end up doing the total opposite sometimes. I know, ecause I've been there.
"Don't judge someone just because they sin differently than you"
I think we can all learn something. Guess that's why we all need Jesus. If we try ourselves, to change who we are, we'll fall flat on our face. Instead, we should surrender to the Lord. In the end, isn't He all that matters?
God bless.
"Don't judge someone just because they sin differently than you"
I think we can all learn something. Guess that's why we all need Jesus. If we try ourselves, to change who we are, we'll fall flat on our face. Instead, we should surrender to the Lord. In the end, isn't He all that matters?
God bless.
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Some tidbits for those who are rocking those religious, judgmental and hateful mindset and bible bashing:
Matt 6:14 If you forgive people for their offenses, God will also forgive you.
Matt 7:3-4 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?1 Peter 3:9 Don't repay evil for evil. Don't snap back at those who say unkind things about you. Instead pray for God's help for them, for we are to be kind and loving to others. God will bless us for this.
Luke 18:9-12 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Matt 6:14 If you forgive people for their offenses, God will also forgive you.
Matt 7:3-4 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?1 Peter 3:9 Don't repay evil for evil. Don't snap back at those who say unkind things about you. Instead pray for God's help for them, for we are to be kind and loving to others. God will bless us for this.
Luke 18:9-12 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”