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Keep in mind that we are here on a forum, with limited scope for interaction. Some people do have different gifts and emphasis, some for pastoring, some for counselling, some for evangelizing, others for dropping the plumbline and calling the church to line up with it.....declaring to "Israel"...

"...with the rod of His mouth..." when appropriate. Do you believe the bible? 2Ti 4:1-3 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove...

Ouch! And here's me trying to toughen up the church, not emasculate it, lol. I agree.....we're allowed to be "real" and straight up in the Holy Ghost....."speak truth to your neighbour". Rebuke, admonish, exhort, correct as well as encourage, comfort and be kind etc when it is called for...

I was just trying to make a point, not bullying anyone.....just to toughen us up a bit in case we need it. But listen, I don't think you are a snowflake, since you have no trouble rebuking the heck out of us here when someone says something you don't agree with. The thing is why don't you turn...

Jesus is a Person and thus His Body has many gears, not just one. And we should apply whatever is appropriate to the situation, of course. But I have to disagree on this point.....He does employ His servants, His Body, to do His work.

Yes, we are His Temple, and Jesus was and is no milque-toast snowflake Christian. We all better make up our minds whether we are going to get behind HIM, the real Jesus, or be one of the ones He drives out of His Father's house. Have a look at what the two witnesses are doing in the book of...

You didn't ask me but I'll tell you what I think. I think all the parts of the body are needed, as the word says. Remember JESUS going into the temple and turning their tables upside down and driving out all the money changers with a whip? Yeah. He sure did accuse them right and proper...

? Do you mean like you are here accusing me of accusing? You'll have to point out specifically where you see me accusing someone, brother. I just try to bring and share what the word of God says as best I can.

Brother, I don't know how you can think that I think that I have arrived. Something must have been misunderstood. I only said we should AIM for perfection. I believe we certainly should aim not to sin, rather than aiming to sin sometimes. We shouldn't set a bar that is any lower than the one...

I'm only a disciple of Christ, at least I try to be. I guess I will never get why some people equate the word of God to condemnation....is it because some of it is hard to hear?....or which part of His word do you think should be held back? We need to be under the sway of HIS Spirit and HIS...

Don't underestimate the sneaky subtlety of the devil who is always seeking who he may devour....appearing as an angel of light, seducing and flattering and sugar coating his bait. Especially when we are warned of a falling away. There are Christians being sucked into his vortex every day...

Amen. "Sin not", and "go and sin no more" is foundational. That's the first thing we learn and get established in us after the Cornerstone is laid in our temple. We're not going to get very far and grow if we don't first get that settled.

I believe we need to aiming for perfection and that the perfect plumbline of His word needs to be held up and preached that we may be brought more and more into line with it. We're being transformed into His likeness as we keep our eyes fixed on Him and the plumbline of His word. He is the...

The seed that liveth and abideth forever is Jesus Christ and the word of God. It does seem to me that there are those in the parable that do receive the word (and what does it mean to receive it/Him?)...but unfortunately they didn't endure to the end, or got sidetracked by cares of life etc...

It says they were bought with a price, and the spirit is in them, so they must be born again.

The seed is incorruptible, but as Christophany brought up the parable of the farmer sowing seed, it is the soil of the heart that can be the problem, not the seed itself.

Together they signify the bride of Christ, the church, that is made up of many members. Apparently, not everyone who make up the church is going to be ready for His return.

There are false brethren as well, however, the bible talks about the deceitfulness of sin, how it can harden hearts, how the conscience can be seared, how a dog can return to its vomit, etc. If we think that true believers can't be deceived and seduced by sin or false doctrines, then we are...

A lampstand, ie, menorrah, has seven lamps on it, which as scripture says need to be put on a lampstand, not hid under a bushel.....there are seven churches, seven "spirits" of God (manifold wisdom of God?) Removing their lampstand essentially means to remove the Spirit upon which those seven...

"keep on willfully sinning...no more sacrifice for sins" Brother, it makes me think of those Catholics who wilfully sin all week long knowing they can just "have communion" and "go to confession" on Sunday or whenever, to have their wilful sins absolved. Even Italian Mafia gangsters do that...