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Amen, we're called to expose the works of darkness, rather than fellowship with it or engage in it. Seeker friendly approach often is fellowshipping with the works of darkness (even if not engaging in it). For the sake of discussion, the question comes to mind, how do we expose it? I think...

Yes but His word is spiritual, it is often deeper and has more dimension than the mere two-dimensional black and white words and facts of it. We need to "hear what the SPIRIT is saying". With scripture we're told to compare spiritual with spiritual. So yes it happened unto apostate...

I would say pre-wrath. The bible says it is through much tribulation that we enter the kingdom of heaven, and that in this world we SHALL have tribulation, but to fear not for Jesus has overcome the world.

It is generally true, but not automatically true for everyone. Not everyone is willing to profit from it....they can ignore His chastening. God doesn't generally override our free agency. We're warned and admonished for our good, that for some their end will be worse than their beginning.

Unfortunately I think it is part of transgression coming to the full, brother. Sin and evil growing up like weeds waiting to be "harvested" (judged and cut down) by the Lord in the end of this age. As well as I believe and hope there will be a harvest of righteousness maturing at the same...

I agree the body has to die first as scripture says....and it will as they are ascending and receiving glorified body at the same time. But for the rest of what you're saying I think we need to look at the context: 1Th 4:14-18 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them...

That is very sad, but not too surprising. Just what this world needs, another TV show normalizing and promoting homosexuality. This is what self-righteousness (virtue-signalling) leads to....it is not the righteousness of God. Can see with these things the truth of why man's righteousness is...

I'm not picking on you sister, just using your post as a jumping off point to have my say and try and try to clarify a could of things, because things often get conflated and confused so easily. I agree it's not our responsibility to finger point or to hate and judge those who don't know the...

Did I misunderstand....? It seemed as though you were saying everyone will automatically be responsive and changed by the chastisements...?

Then you are ignoring what He said about Israel, which was for OUR example and admonition.

I don't think the marred pot analogy is talking about wounded souls brother. It is talking about willful sins. God is looking for those whose hearts are perfect towards Him. I believe that means to be wholeheartedly sincere and sincerely doing our best to seek to be pleasing to Him and to...

Could there not be elements of both perhaps...?....like where it says the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world, yet there was also an appointed day for it to happen in the realm of time...?

Yes He chastens us for our good, but not everyone responds to it. People are not puppets on a string. Sin can harden the heart and sear the conscience....it can make someone into hardened clay, no longer pliable and teachable by the Potter, so in the end that marred pot gets destroyed. God...

Look at the context of Romans 14:14. It is not saying there is nothing that is evil of itself....it is talking about meats and drinks. Because some things clearly ARE evil and impure, as the new testament does confirm. And be careful to look at the context of Titus 1:15 as well: Tit 1:14-15...

I did say I agreed that there was a fulfillment in 70AD, however you are not taking into account or addressing the bulk of my post. I'm saying there seems to be more than one layer to the things prophesied. I will mention also that Jesus said "when you see these things begin to happen, look up...

I agree that much was fulfilled already. Please test these things, but I often seem to see more than one layer to what is being said in spirit in the scriptures. For example, in 2 Peter 3 heaven and earth seems to be talking about the physical cosmos, as well as the "heaven and earth" of the...

ok brother. I do think that caring about one another's life and soul and encouraging and exhorting in the right direction is part of loving, but we'll give it a rest. Take care for now.

With something like THC, I know life can be unspeakably cruel and harsh and people are walking around with so much pain and sometimes feel they need medicating. But I think one should seek the Lord for healing and aim to get off chemicals with His help and rely on Him. And I hope they would be...

ok brother, thank you...... looking carefully at Romans 14:14, it seems to be talking about meat and drink. Under the Law, God had commanded that some things were to be deemed ritually unclean to consume, but under grace all things are considered clean and permissible to consume, as long as...

Will you please explain what you mean by this or why you believe it? It doesn't seem right, since God has a lot to say about evil even in the new testament, for example: Rom 2:9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; Rom...