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Such practices are certainly deplorable, but this still is not a basis for condemning any one person by name. That job still is not ours. If what they have done is a basis for condemnation, then are they not condemned already? Are they not already dead in their sins?

Well it sounds to me like you may be striving to follow Jesus without regard to any label. Do you know or do you believe you know the purpose of a Christian according to whatever you believe a Christian is? If you do, do you also have scriptures which support or explain your belief on this...

Indeed, the only limitations of God are those that He has imposed on Himself and/or according I would guess because of what He is and what He is not. One limitation God has put on Himself is likely found in His allowing people to decide for themselves whether to follow Him or not. If they...

@pastorjagan I am joining in prayer for God to accomplish His will in this situation.

Give God the glory! Only He gives any increase that is given to anyone!

So then back when the KJV was the primary, or even the only English version available, it would seem that people would have been lost simply because they had no trustworthy Bible. God would be according to that a pretty limited God, wouldn't He?

OK, then you have said that if you singular [ @verzanumi24 ] are a "Christian" you also "have no clue as to what [your] purpose is". Have I understood you correctly? Either you are not a Christian or you along with anyone who is a Christian does not know his purpose according to God. You must...

Many things are wrong, such as murder and adultery. King David committed both but God put away his sin and he was allowed to live although he was according to the letter of the law worthy of death. We should be listening to God so as to know His judgment regarding any real situation where we...

God has a whole single plan and all that we need to know about that plan in order to please Him is written in the scriptures. But to understand what we need to understand requires that we be led by the Holy Spirit. If we are so led and never quench the Holy Spirit then we will be doing...

No helpful insight comes to me on all of these questions. I also believe that the brain and the mind are different, but that is only an opinion. I will be keeping you in prayer.

@Philip James Welcome to the forum PJ!

Anyone can quote scripture and on forums like this one, many do, but they do so coming from all sides of a question using the verses that support their own beliefs. Almost any belief can be supported that way.

That's a hypothetical situation. God's answers are definite to His sheep in real situations according to need... and He decides on the need. For this reason we who are His sheep must always be paying attention to His voice: "To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he...

Absolutely! Jesus overcame the world of his own temptations as a man, but we, each one of us, had now been provided all that is needed to do that same thing in and for ourselves. If we do not properly use what has been provided it is our fault alone. "But he that knew not, and did commit...

Too many things are presumed by people even those who claim to be following God. For me the "lowest room" is always the place to start my day and/or my conversation with God. Before Him what is that I know? By faith it is that I stand before Him, is it not? If I know anything at all correctly it...

Everyday is or should be a day of prayer. Otherwise could we ever attain to Paul's words? "Pray without ceasing." I Thess 5:17 Of course all of those who are already in prayer 24/7 need not be concerned.

It is what you really are doing that matters and the intention of your heart. What I insist or what you insist does not matter. What God knows is what matters. Who else knows all that is in our heart? I would never insist that anyone is going to hell, no matter what they were or were not...

Do you mean, have I ever quenched the Holy Spirit? Yes, everyone who has sinned since they received the Holy Spirit has quenched the Holy Spirit. When a person stops quenching the Holy Spirit, he stops sinning. Quenching the Holy Spirit stops growth toward God for the time the Spirit is...

I especially like the way you expressed what I changed to blue, "Truly if we give God the pen". Give God the glory!

You my friend are often wordier than I am, but if it is spoken from a heart led by God that is certainly OK. I do appreciate your thoughts here. Generally we are in agreement. I would add clarification to your final phrase: "But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer...