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Like the tares...you will know them by their fruit....

It is just the way that you come across. Hard and harsh. I think Jesus was firm, and did not pull His punches, but I believe He let His love shine through even to the worst of them. You remind me of my brother...he always sound hard and harsh. When I say something about it..his eyes get big...

But my dear...I think your discerner got broken...it took you too long to 'get it', ..that wearing us down is all part of her game... I had to learn the hard way, as have many others. I stupidly through that the questions were genuine in the beginning...and fell into the same trap. But...

< Evil never surrenders its hold without a sore fight. We never pass into any spiritual inheritance through the delightful exercises of a picnic, but always through the grim contentions of the battle field. It is so in the secret realm of the soul. Every faculty which wins its spiritual...

" I have always felt so sorry that in that walk to Emmaus the disciples had not said to Jesus , “We still trust”; instead of “We trusted.” That is so sad— something that is all over. If they had only said, “Everything is against our hope; it looks as if our trust was vain, but we do not give...

haha! That made me smile. :)

I get you there...with the either v Or ... As long as you allow a period of grace to give time for change and the Holy Spirit to work. If she is kicked out of the fellowship immediately, then she is not given time under the word for it to sink in and change her mind. Does a Homo or prostitute...

Core..lighten up!! :rolleyes: Your literal is showing. Think outside the box. My post was a tongue in cheek..as Jane only just got that Mary plays silly games. @Jane_Doe22 will know why I wrote what I wrote in that post!! She has 1374 posts...it's OBVIOUS that she has not only just got to...

True. And I am in #1

That really is a blessing. Our old pastor taught us that heap burning coals, as a kind of revenge. Only years later , when reading about customs of the East...I learned that without someone 'heaping burning coals ' in a container on your head..your fire could not be re-lite . If you need...

Hahaha!! You just 'got here'...welcome to the forum Jane. :D We have all had 'our turn'...but, ...nice try. :)

How about the thing which seems so strange to some.." Hearing the word of the Lord." It is the work of the Holy Spirit to tell us where and what we lack in making the grade. We look at our self through rose coloured glasses, but we look at the growth of our brother with a magnifying glass...

Cant agree with you there Stranger. We are not in the OT, there are not big and little sins.

Amen brother. Q = Just for Lent...or as a commitment and permanent choice? :) God also put relationship above doctrine. Correct doctrine is not a heart thing...I know too many who boast of the perfect doctrine yet know nothing about relationship or fruit. 22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is...

I have forgotten what that is like :D

That's about it!

Agree. It doesn't seem like wisdom was their most prominent talent. But, who knows what we would have really done! I can always be wise after the event. Ha!

Haha! Whatever you say. But, for myself...as I read the book, from Gen to Rev..the ONLY dwelling Place God shows us is Himself! Everything is in God...there is nothing outside of God Himself. ( not quite sure why you referenced Scott ...o_O ) But bless you, and be happy. ....H

Agree. The Enemy done it!! Sadly I read not long ago that the court case cost them the bakery, their house, and now they are in debt. :(

No way...in the sixties we were in a Holiness Mission. Most of our friends were missionaries. None of them established churches...neither did many travel around ...the built or established school and hospitals. But actually all of them worked in mission station which they may have built, or...