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1 | Hebrew idioms? | Luke 14:26 | GeorJoy | 101444 | ||
Lord Forgive him! For his words have finally labeled him... Till having read this post, I was not aware of the full extent of truth contained in my previous post to you, dear sole. I reference the note in which I used the word "REPROBATE." Per Mr Webster 1 : to condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil *reprobating the laxity of the age* 2 : to foreordain to damnation 3 : to refuse to accept : REJECT synonyms see CRITICIZE –reprobative \*re-pr*-*b*-tiv\ adjective –reprobatory \-b*-*t*r-*, -*t*r-\ adjective After having read this admission from this individual who desecrate the words "seeking4truth;" any who would now say that I have "crossed the line" should consider where their line lies. For what I have said and quoted to this person, I make no appologies. For the post which contains the words to which I apply this note, does not "seek4truth." It admittedly seeks to twist and distort truth. To those who would feed his flames, I would say; open your eyes. and consider closing your mouth. I will follow my own advise . I ask that all who read would join me in prayer for this poor soul. No profound amount of truth dirrected at such an individual will do anything other than confuse and confound the dirrector. Words dirrected in prayer will accomplish what we can not. It is apparent that what this person calls humility is pure arrogence in a poor disguise! No doubt this will fool many. Exortating in its fullest and in Christ. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. George |
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2 | Hebrew idioms? | Luke 14:26 | seeking4truth | 101449 | ||
Yes, George, do pray for my poor soul. "Blessed are the poor in spirit" as Jesus once said. But you misunderstood my post. I was NOT saying that I would interpret all scripture as idiomatic. I am asking by what guidelines do we decide when/what scriptures should be taken at face-value and when they should be interpreted as idiomatic. I am sorry that you feel that I am here to fool anybody. That is not my intent. And if we have the Spirit of God, I would think that we could rest assured that He would lead us into all truth. I have posted my questions and sought help. I have not threatened anyone with fire and brimstone if they don't agree with me. Not everyone is going to be comfortable with my questions. That is fine. If not, then there are quite a number of threads on this forum that may be more according to the gifts that we each posess. I admit that I have doubt. But, George, is it possible that God could use my doubts (and others' help to me) as a stepping-stone to greater faith and trust? If I thought that the answer to this was "no", I never would have considered posting here. I have some dealings with ex-Christians, my friend. It is not pretty scenario. Some sincere folks are leaving Christianity because of all the infighting and judgementalism that exists under the umbrella of Christianity. Instead of pointing out sin and error for the purpose of restoring such a soul, Christians are pointing out sin and error in order to judge a soul. And these people who have doubts are leaving because Christianity is often seen as a blind faith whose followers can quote plenty of scripture but cannot offer any solid reasoning. This despite the fact that, I believe, God created the reasoning process to begin with. It is easy, George, to categorize and label many of these folks who desire a sincere, reasoned faith as "reprobate" and to shake the dust from your feet. But Jesus seemed to have a penchant for going after even one lost sheep. Is this only the unsaved? It is much more difficult and time-consuming to try to understand WHY we believe what we believe. C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite Christian authors. His book, "Mere Christianity", more than any other (except the Bible) has influenced me to give serious consideration to the concept of one God who has chosen to reveal Himself to humanity. I wish to God that He would raise up another C.S. Lewis in THIS generation who could help people to understand that God and His ways could be known experientially, not just recited. seeking4truth |
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3 | Hebrew idioms? | Luke 14:26 | GeorJoy | 101461 | ||
Please forgive me, my dear friend, but you make it appear as though you are searching for something God alone can provide. Without at least a minute amount of faith, you are not going to see that something when you run head long into it. We Christians are far from perfect. Some are further than others. Still yet, some are so far away that they are only "called" Christians, for lack of calling them what they really are, hypocrites. If you are really searching for truth, don’t depend on others. You can learn from others, but don’t depend on anything but the Spirit for truth, for “all man are liars.” In a confounded way, you remind me of myself many years ago. Perhaps this is why I have come down so hard on you. Every time I have ever reached out to anyone, I have been let down, disgraced and discouraged. I finally realized that there is no one I can depend on other than the Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. One has to believe in something before he can believe in anything… I noted what you consider the discrepancies in the bible very early in my “pre Christian” life. Even then, I knew that there was much that I did not know. I did not allow those “doubts” to mature. From your posts, you seem to be feeding and nurturing your doubts. Again, I will have to tell you that there MUST be at least a grain of faith before there is a chance. Yet, HE can do anything, and perhaps your time simply hasn’t come yet. Wait patiently. Don’t be discouraged. It took nearly 49 years for me to call myself a Christian, for I knew myself and I refused to become a hypocrite such as those of whom you make note. . READ MY PROFILE.” “poor in spirit” is not what you depicted, and most assuredly not what I was referring to. Wicked and evil would be better suited. Just a thought you may want to consider. The post that I responded to, made it appear as though you were simply looking for fuel for a fire. I am sure you have heard of "the wolf in sheep’s clothing." In Christ George |
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4 | Hebrew idioms? | Luke 14:26 | seeking4truth | 101469 | ||
George, thanks for your note of encouragement. I will endeavor to take to heart what you say. You may be right about God alone being able to provide what I seek. Isn't that one of the axioms of the Christian faith - that God has created us for Himself and we are restless until we find Him? At the same time, I believe that no man is an island and that while God is perfectly capable of revealing His truth to me without any other human interaction, I find that He frequently does use fallen vessels to contain and convey divine truth. And, to the best of my knowledge and conscience, I DO have some faith. To think that my 3 pounds of brain could completely understand the infinite mind of God would be extremely presumptous. But I am not so sure that it is the amount of my faith that is important as it is the object of my faith that is key. Some things may be meant to be known. Other things may be the secret things that belong to God. Either way, I do acknowledge that we must come to Him and then walk by faith. But again, it is not a blind faith, it is faith in seeing that (the inverse of what you stated) God is not a man that He should lie. If that is true, then we should find something of that assertion put forth in the Bible. If God is God, then His truth does not depend on me. Nor is there one thing that I can say or do to change it. I only seek to understand it better. Grace and peace to you, George. seeking4truth |
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5 | Hebrew idioms? | Luke 14:26 | GeorJoy | 101486 | ||
SFT, are you real, a nightmare, or a dream? George |
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