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The Biblw says to have nothing to do with fruitless deeds. We won't be able to recognize the fruit if we are not wholeheartedly committed to God ourselves.
Faithful, two cents is always good on a discussion board. :angel5: I see it is important to you, your concern about what goes on in “mainstreams”. For example, one thing that saddens me to watch is the struggles with homosexuality that seems to be going on in some. I mean questions like should active gays be ordained, stuff like that. Anglicans are split from within over this issue. Some of them seem to believe that homosexual joining is just like marriage, and has nothing to do with the bible. Others are adamant and realize the bible condemns it. A child growing up in those congregations, what might they end up learning? There is so much besides homosexuality that could be talked about, but this is one that has saddened me.Your points remind me of something I’ve seen happen, that if a person is not fully committed or maybe not fully mature, they will have a harder time recognizing people by their fruits. Some “teachers” sound very wise and smart, but are really of no use to us. In Proverbs, the woman says to people, “stolen water is sweet.” By this I understand that some teachers or seducers will tell you something wrong, or a half-truth, and you can end up believing lies. Such people prey on those who have no grounding. Here is the full quote:
Proverbs 9:13 The woman of folly is boisterous, She is naive and knows nothing. 14 She sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high places of the city, 15 Calling to those who pass by, Who are making their paths straight: 16 "Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," And to him who lacks understanding she says, 17 "Stolen water is sweet; And bread eaten in secret is pleasant." 18 But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Somehow, this is also coming to mind
2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.