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Sorry good folks of the Christian board. I am tired of dealing with the fearful and self-righteous. So I say good-bye.

I wish to thank the responses from those who have supported my desire to express my love for God and Truth through art. However, my posted artwork seems to offend some of the members here. To stop further offense I will, after this post, pull the artwork off this Christianity Board. It seems odd...

Everybody knows right from wrong even if we are in denial, for we had to know what to deny before we could deny it. Whenever we hear the truth about our untruths we always confirm it as true, and even at times say, "I always knew that". Nobody, even satan, can make us accept a suggestion or...

Even in the Garden of Eden there was a serpent. No place is safe, not even this forum.

You too.

I am not acting corruptly. Thank you for your thoughts about this. May God bless you.

How did you change the glory of the incorruptible God into a corruptible man? God made us in His image, yet it is you who sees the corruption. My above example was to show that no drawn image was going to be good enough, yet you chose to see that I am implying that it is. It is relative to how...

Much imaging is symbolic. The symbol reminds those who see it to consider that it conveys. An image of Christ coneys, for a Christian, the way, the truth, and the life. For a non-Christian, it is just another person, and some non-Christians actually think that the Christian worships just a...

A while ago I was curious to know what image I have in mind of the face of Christ, so I drew one. It didn't seem to fit what I hoped for, so I drew another. That too did not help. Then I realized that my ideal image of a perfect human could not be drawn by an imperfect one. No matter how I draw...

Thank you all for your responses. They have stilled my 'old nature' about fearing criticism. I will take up painting sometime early next year. At the moment I am busy with another project. I have painted before, when I was young. Have painted sporadically since then (one or two paintings every...

Recently, on an other forum, I expressed a desire to start painting and create Christian art. Immediately I was warned that any artworks of Christ etc was a form of idolatry. Upon reading the responses I felt, from my old nature, ashamed for wanting to express my love and wonder for the Truth...

Truth is complete and has no needs or wants for itself. That is why it is unconditional. To express Truth, is to also be unconditional. It is the humble and meek (the unconditional) who allow the Spirit of Truth to guide them to all truth. If a person is tense, impatient, unforgiving, and...

Are Beliefs and Faith the Same? They are similar in the sense that they are agreements we have made for ourselves. Both carry the agreement that they are true. There are differences: Belief is mainly to do with what is. Faith is mainly to do with what is yet. Belief is an agreement which is...

I have not searched the bible for "forgive ourselves" and it most probably won't be found. It basically refers to being forgiven (by God) if we forgive. It is our part to forgive to be forgiven. Here is another way of saying what I said: To forgive others is to forgive ourselves for having to...

Hello Miss Hepburn. Good to see you on this forum. This is how I understand Matthew 18:18-20 "Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19. "Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about...

Thank you DPMartin for calling me a phony. Truth and unconditional love. Psalm 46:10 He says, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." Be still, don't struggle. Remain unconditional! Matthew 10:14 If anyone will not welcome you...

Matthew 7:21-23, and others you mentioned, is about those who follow self-will rather than God's-will. God's will is about being truthful, the very source of unconditional love (as I mentioned earlier). Much Scripture, relating between self (flesh) and God (Spirit), often contains paradoxes...

Unconditional love comes from Truth. It cannot come from anywhere else. Truth it itself is pure. It needs or wants nothing for itself to be true, for it is already true. In this regard truth is unconditional. The expression of Truth is also unconditional and pure. Both Truth and Love share the...

It is clear that the word unconditional / unreserved is a threat to those who rely on being in control (self-willed). Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the...

About hope, it is a desired expectation, yet on an unconditional stance all hope leads to contentment. One can be content will all things by accepting all conditions, hence, unconditionality. Philippians 4:11-13. There are many verses about unconditional love. God sacrificed his only Son for...