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How like Him are we to be? Perhaps the perfection that God expects of us is in doing all that we can with what He has given us. What did He give David? What did you give Job? What has He given us that neither of them always had? How about the Holy Ghost dwelling in us ever ready to lead us...

This is bringing it back to behavior and proper action on the part of the moderator. Christians should all be Christ-like but different people have very different ideas about what Jesus was like. These very questions are why some people like certain forums and dislike others. By the way, I do...

I agree with this. I also agree with this. The problem is having a set of rules with teeth without being too quick to exclude people because they belong to a group considered a cult by most members or the moderators. Also we should have moderators willing and able to make fair rulings even if...

It is really better, as I see it, to allow as many people as want to be members to do so. The purpose here should be discussion and interaction and growth toward God. There must be as you indicate limitations [rules]. I have seen some forums with no moderation at all effectively become extremely...

In serving God, it is not a 'majority rules' way that will get us to where He wants us to be. Whatever others 'buy into' is their choice, but how often is the majority right in the things of God? How many natural Israelites died in the wilderness? How many of the adults saved out of Egypt made...

This point of view may also be a problem. It is certainly one reason there are so many different supposedly Christian denominations. Who is to decide what is "nothing of value". You might decide it rightly or I might or some others, but what if any of us are wrong in our understanding of them...

People have their own definition of perfection [completion?] which they are quick to apply to what they read in scripture and to their own expectations or plans as they walk through their time here. Even without a more complete definition or better translation such our provided by our friend...

Welcome to the forum. Be ready to receive attacks no matter which side you take and no matter how careful you are. I have used the KJV since I started to read the Bible in English and I'm not about to change now in spite of anyone's arguments against it. But... if you are on God's side will He...

Paul wrote this: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." Rom 12:1 This is not special or extraordinary service, but only reasonable... Given the price methinks for...

I have no pots of gold, but neither am I in debt [discounting my share of the national debt and such as that]. The last time I had a serious problem with money was connected with coming back to God after being backslid for about 10 years. That time after a unbelievable experience [chastisement?]...

So many want do badly to be assured that in the end they will have what? So again many speak strongly against the 'name it and claim it' preachers of what is often called a "properity gospel", but I don't see that as worse than saying 'I've got it and nothing I do now can change that'. Perhaps...

"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." Matt 5:48

It probably would not take too much digging to find that anyone who knew or thought he knew the way either lost his way or did not know it as well as he thought he did. I've lost my way and had to change my direction too many times since I began my walk with God to be very critical of anyone...

It is too bad that you believe only those who understand such things are as you say, "well established". To me it would seem infinitely more important to know the Lord as one we can talk to and trust whether or not we can understand all of the little details of theology which may or may not...

May God richly bless you as you continue walking with Him!

My family arranged for me to be baptized in an old Catholic mission in San Juan Bautista, Calif. I was 6 years old. I was doing what my mother wanted me to do. I knew it was important but understand little of nothing about God. During that baptism for the first time ever I recognized that God...

I recall a young minister speaking on this once with regard to his own walk with God. [His father had been a minister and pastor before him.] He spoke of the reason he served God and mentioned the difference between him and his mother. His mother served God simply because she loved Him. She...

Unless of course he was told by God that it was or would an authoritative guide to correct interpretation of the scriptures. If he indicates that to be the case, then we should check with God.

Do I know their hearts? Do you? When you seek to make criticism or judgment against them consider what Jesus said here: "But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom...

That everyone has a portion of truth is an indefinite since I don't know everyone nor even every church group. I believe that they all have a portion, but until I have it all myself how complete is my knowledge likely to be about others. I did not say that we cannot completely know the truth. I...