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1 | But can we answer the question? | Eph 2:22 | EdB | 118009 | ||
Nobel You have more than once convinced us you like to dabble in the hypothetical, the philosophical, and perceived rather than the tangible, absolute, and never changing. You asked what we like or dislike about the church. I dislike how the hypothetical, philosophical, and the perceived is invading the church. God is real, constant and absolute as should the church be. We have allowed situational ethics, relative truth and experience replace what God designed to be the standard, the stalwart, the consistent, the fact and the truth. We have done it name of intellectualism, relevance, and just plain keeping up with the times. However the truths God gave us span time, span philosophy, span analytical mumbo jumbo. We can try to reduce God down to our feelings, our perception, or even our state of mind but the fact remains God is still God. Instead of trying to find out how our thoughts fit in the church, or how the church can be changed to allow our thoughts to fit in, we need to make our thoughts conform to what God has defined as constants in this world. God and the things of God are not hypothetical, philosophical nor perceived. And we need to learn to accept, conform and be content with in them. What do like about the church? Everything God has done! EdB |
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2 | But can we answer the question? | Eph 2:22 | kalos | 118018 | ||
Amen, Ed! Thanks for telling it like it is. Thanks for pointing out that all of us need to remember that this forum is not concerned with how we feel about this or that. StudyBibleForum exists as a place to ASK and ANSWER questions about the BIBLE. To paraphrase a quote from www.pfo.org/preacher.htm: Strange how first-class, super-Christians, who would have us believe they are tapping into divine revelation, can do all things in Christ, except define the key words they use in their Questions. |
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3 | But can we answer the question? | Eph 2:22 | Aixen7z4 | 118024 | ||
And it is strange how Christians feel free to use holy words such as "Amen" to put down one another. So what if some of us are not able to define the key words in our question? Are we therefore unworthy of your company? Would you shame us into withdrawing from the church because we cannot define "church"? You do that all the time with your Greek and Hebrew lexicons. And yet, your talk is plastic, artificial, synthetic, and not applicable to real life. What is the use of being able to define "love" when you do not love? Let us get real on this tangent, if peradventure we can repent of our attitude and return to the topic, simply to say what we appreciate about the church. "StudyBibleForum exists as a place to ASK and ANSWER questions about the BIBLE". Would you then exclude, excommunicate, excoriate people who ask questions about practical subjects that have their answer in the Bible? Now, ask me what is "practical" about showing appreciation for the church. These people refuse to talk about the good things that the Bible says about the church. They prefer this type of conversation. |
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4 | But can we answer the question? | Eph 2:22 | EdB | 118032 | ||
Noble This is encouragement? I think rather it is someone that rails against the established to make themselves seem as put upon. EdB |
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