amigo de christo
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My friend has arrived . Time to praise and thank the Lord . Point to Christ till the last breath my friend .
HE is our hope and our salvation .
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thelord's_pearl
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I kind of disagree. I think what I meant when I wrote that post you quoted was that you can't trust just any Christian, but you can trust certain Christians, genuine, faithful, truly "born again" Christians, not in dead-faith. Even moreso, you can't trust non-Christians, they're not stable, they can tell a secret, just for example, while a faithful born again Christian who is now a new creature on the mission and road of repentance as Jesus instructed and following Jesus with the help of the Holy Spirit in them will not tell any secret of yours but just to be safe, we can fail so it's best not to trust anyone with a secret, for example, if you really want it to be kept a secret.
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What I find is that everyone struggles with the difference between an opinion and an appeal to the Law.
Frequently, someone will say "I don't trust homosexuals" or some such thing, which is just their opinion; whereas if they had said "they should pass a law that homosexuals be put to death" then that would be an appeal to the Law. People should be allowed to have their opinion; but those that appeal to the Law, should be vulnerable to prosecution (preferably for the sake of a penalty, but in extreme cases - that is, where threats are made - for the sake of compensation). I'm not saying someone should be prosecuted at the first insult, if someone wants to rephrase their appeal to the Law, they should in most cases be allowed to. I'm just mindful, that in most cases, what is offered is an opinion and nothing more. For example, I did not have to use homosexuality as a case where correct interpretation is needed, but I made it clear that that was just an example of the difference between an opinion and an appeal to the Law (which should be used to defend homosexuality). The reality is that the Devil has a field day, whenever we drop our shield (of faith) and start to ignore the difference between our opinion and an appeal to the Law.
It would be great if we could enforce this, rather than just canning people who don't capitulate to the accepted norm.
Frequently, someone will say "I don't trust homosexuals" or some such thing, which is just their opinion; whereas if they had said "they should pass a law that homosexuals be put to death" then that would be an appeal to the Law. People should be allowed to have their opinion; but those that appeal to the Law, should be vulnerable to prosecution (preferably for the sake of a penalty, but in extreme cases - that is, where threats are made - for the sake of compensation). I'm not saying someone should be prosecuted at the first insult, if someone wants to rephrase their appeal to the Law, they should in most cases be allowed to. I'm just mindful, that in most cases, what is offered is an opinion and nothing more. For example, I did not have to use homosexuality as a case where correct interpretation is needed, but I made it clear that that was just an example of the difference between an opinion and an appeal to the Law (which should be used to defend homosexuality). The reality is that the Devil has a field day, whenever we drop our shield (of faith) and start to ignore the difference between our opinion and an appeal to the Law.
It would be great if we could enforce this, rather than just canning people who don't capitulate to the accepted norm.
That's just me-I trust wholly in the Lord-but not man.
Johann.
ButterflyJones
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thelord's_pearl
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oh, I'm sorry to hear that but I want to add or clarify, there are people who can really keep things confidential but you just don't ever really know who. It's hard to say so that is the problem, not that you can't trust anyone with confidentiality.
Read this in my quiet time this morning and I was thinking about it’s application in my own life but also was considering some of the threads here that I have been reading and asked ‘ is the communication refreshing ‘ ‘ are the attitudes refreshing ‘ ………
‘ A generous man will prosper : and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed ‘
Proverbs 11:25
Do we refresh others …….
I was thinking about the opposite to refresh, to drain maybe !
It’s quite interesting to meditate on ……
‘ A generous man will prosper : and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed ‘
Proverbs 11:25
Do we refresh others …….
I was thinking about the opposite to refresh, to drain maybe !
It’s quite interesting to meditate on ……
I play all Matt' songs on my guitar and grew up listening to the Gaither Vocal band.
Love Jason Crabb and his family.
It is wonderful waking up and listen to praise and worship music-Matt have a special place in my heart.
At the moment teaching myself guitar scales as this Forum is not really "active"-that, or maybe I'm on "ignore" by most-Lol!
But hey, If we don't find encouragement here-we can always encourage ourselves IN our Lord Christ Jesus-since He will never disappoint us.
Stay strong sister.
J.
amigo de christo
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Lift those hands and praise the LORD , our salvation is far nearer than when we first believed .
amigo de christo
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Thats right my friend . We march onward in the LORD .
Looking forward to the promise of HIS Coming , new heavens and a new earth wherein dwells righteousness .
Where all lambs will one day be forever with the LORD . Now that sounds like paradise to me . OH WAIT IT IS .
LET the KING be praised , just a few more days in this life and this ol world and then ONE DAY WITH HIM FOREVER .
The LORD is with the lambs . What a wonderful home awaits the lambs .
BarneyFife
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That's odd. I don't think I've ever gotten a nasty PM about my views. Folks prefer to roast me out in the open. Actually, I've been treated pretty well here, even by dissenters. Must be my winning ways.
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