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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: 6 days Ordered by Date |
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1 | A believer who smokes? | Mark 7:18 | 6 days | 124715 | ||
Dadda, I agree with the arguments of how much better life would be if you dumped that nasty habit! The Lord literally delivered me from smoking in 1985...I never had a single nicotine fit! My wife continued to smoke after I was delivered. I never craved a smoke from her while she continued to smoke. She was delivered in the same manner a short time later. I discovered food tasted great! My taste buds were liberated! My wallet was liberated! I quit when a carton cost only 12 bucks. Now don't get me wrong and I hope others on the board don't take offense to this but I've found many of those who are quick to jump on the smoker for not caring for the temple of God will stuff themselves at the restaurant after church with fried chicken and mashed potatoes and then go for the extra large dessert...and never think about how they are defiling the Lord's temple! A person who does nothing to control weight, BP, cholesterol, yadayadayada...will be quick to let you know how sinful smoking is! That is because it has become the PC sign as to ones spirituality. It has become the sign to the churched and unchurched as to whether or not you're saved. On that ground, it would probably be a good thing to quit...most see it as an appearance of evil. Should you quit? I say you should! For your health! For your taste buds! For the stinch on your clothes and your person that you are unaware of until after you quit! When a person gets saved and starts to fellowship with my church, I don't push them to quit smoking...I let the Lord do that! I do try to lead them into the Word and into a closer walk with the Lord! But I don't put my rules on them. Go to a country church and it isn't strange to stand around in the parking lot after church and 1/2 the people are smoking while they decide where to go eat. Small town churches don't make the big deal of a cigarette the way churches in larger communities do! I don't want you to walk away from this post thinking 6days says it's OK to smoke! I hate cigarettes and wish they were never invented! But I know for myself, there are bigger spiritual issues in most of our lives than whether or not we puff on a cigarette! Quit smoking because it's nasty! Quit sin because you want to serve Jesus! |
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2 | Jehovah's Witness Question | Bible general Archive 2 | 6 days | 124673 | ||
One of the biggest problems when dealing with a JW is that they will use the same words as Christians and agree with most of what a Christian says...but the problem arises when you look at the definition of the words we seem to share. They will show a certain amount of esteem for Jesus...only problem is they don't see Jesus as THE son of God...and especially God in the flesh. So when she says she believes in Jesus, you need to realize she believes something entirely different about Jesus than you do! I believe in Hitler...but I see him as something entirely different than Heinrich Himmler did. I see him as an instrument of evil...the picture of depraved man who was in need of a savior! HH saw him as a mastermind...someone to be followed and reverenced! That was the long of the answer to your question...the short answer is this...do not fellowship with her...II Cor 6:14. Be there to show her the light but not to embrace her or her faith! |
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3 | not working not eating-2Thess | Bible general Archive 2 | 6 days | 124672 | ||
Give me a little more detail of what you're looking for.... | ||||||
4 | Whats the laws purpose? | Bible general Archive 2 | 6 days | 124572 | ||
Shael, This isn't an original comparison...but it is a good one. If I go out in the woods for a camping trip and return home is a few days, I can pick up a mirror and look at myself. I will see how dirty my face is...and that I need to shave. The mirror allowed me to see this. But I can't take that mirror and use it to wash and shave my face. I used to mirror to see the need. It took something else all together to get me clean! But without the mirror, Im oblivious to the need I have! Enter the law. I look into the law and see my need. But try as I may, the law is unable to meet that need. It just revealed the need. Now that I know I'm in need, I'm ready for Jesus to meet that need! 6days |
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5 | If God created all things He create evil | Bible general Archive 2 | 6 days | 124335 | ||
Just as there is no need to create darkness (darkness is the absence of light) there is no need to create evil (evil is the absence of good). When it's bed time, I don't ask my wife to turn on the dark...I ask her to turn off the light! The devil didn't discover evil...he rejected purity! | ||||||
6 | How to resist "back to slavery" tempts? | Hos 8:3 | 6 days | 124252 | ||
Good question! I'm just glad the evil one hasn't chased you into a hole and made you feel as if you have no testimony! I'll agree that it is easier to tell others about ther Lord if you have no visible sin...but remember that even those like the Billy Grahams of the world stand in pulpits everyday all over the world while they still struggle with sin! They may have victiry over the sin that wars against you...but you may not struggle with the sin they wrestle with! Jesus isn't just there to cover your sin but to cleanse you and deliver you of it! Busy yourself with the work of the Lord and see if some of the sin you've wrestled with doesn't become a part of your past! Avoid those situations that often lead to sin! Spend more time in fellowship and minisrty (not just preaching/teaching/witnessing) but feeding others, visiting senior housing...you will see as you move on, you will become stronger! f you fall to the same sin over and over, change your surroundings and don't allow yourself to be in the situation that almost always preceeds sin! And continue in prayer and study! I'll pray for you, too! | ||||||
7 | did Jesus do something to children when | NT general Archive 1 | 6 days | 124251 | ||
Give me more info on your question...what do you mean by do something? | ||||||
8 | Biblical Inconsistencies? | 2 Tim 2:15 | 6 days | 124250 | ||
I don't claim to know every "toughie" but I've found answers to many of these by living the scripture Paul gave to Timothy in II Timothy 2:15...study...study...study! The Lord may have put a few of these in there to see who would throw up their hands and claim the Word is in error before they had the humility to say, "In all my fallible logic and reasoning, I've not yet found the answer to that seemingly errant scripture...but I'll keep digging!" Most of the "errors" tossed out there are solved with study of God's Word...not casual reading...but study! Happy Hunting! Just like a good hunting trip, find a partner who cherrishes God's Word as you do...it makes the hunting that much more enjoyable! |
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9 | left behind | Dan 9:24 | 6 days | 124249 | ||
Hold to God's Word. If you honestly seek the truth, God will be found! Will be tough for those who don't/won't read/study God's Word! My suggestion...don't miss it! Don't be left behind! | ||||||