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201 | A SIN TO FILE BANKRUPTCY | 1 Pet 4:10 | Glory Bound | 129766 | ||
No, I do not believe bankruptcy is against scripture. Not in and of itself. What I was attempting to point out is that the more you ask, the more "opinions" you will likely hear concerning the matter. For a scriptural answer to your question, one needs to do some in depth scriptural research, or find someone who has done such and is willing to share their findings. It is unlikely you will find many who have done this, yet there is no doubt that you will find many who are willing to give an opinion. It is my experience that opinions are rarely worth much more than the paper they are written on. In the case of an opinion which is posted on the internet... well, hopefully you understand what I am saying. God Bless GB |
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202 | A SIN TO FILE BANKRUPTCY | 1 Pet 4:10 | Glory Bound | 129769 | ||
I love you dear brother. Your posts are inspiring. Please forgive me for saying this, but I hate it when I hear someone, particularly another Christian say "I don't think any true Christian can .... do this or that." I would ask the person who makes this statement, Are any of us perfect yet? Would you cast the first stone? Is it our responsibility to judge, or rather, to enlighten? I know that we are all guilty, but would'nt you agree that such a statement reeks of judgement and self righteousness? A loving reminder that we all need to consider from time to time. GB |
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203 | A SIN TO FILE BANKRUPTCY | 1 Pet 4:10 | Glory Bound | 129876 | ||
Hi Ed. I am sure it is a statement of fact that "you don't think any true Christian can .... do this or that." Yet, I sincerely doubt that either you or I have the authority to make such a judgment. Wanting to correct something, and having the ability to do so is often two different things. We can easily look at someone else and say this, but often we can't see the light till it is turned on in our presence. I agree with you, particularly concerning non conformity, but there is a nagging thought that bankruptcy is one of the laws of the land, agreed on and accepted by both the lender and the borrower. Don't get me wrong. I'm just pondering that nagging thought. GB |
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204 | A SIN TO FILE BANKRUPTCY | 1 Pet 4:10 | Glory Bound | 129878 | ||
Was I presumptious in thinking that your point would be the first consideration of a "devout" Christian. I use the word devout becaust too many who claim to be Christians fool only themselves. GB |
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205 | A SIN TO FILE BANKRUPTCY | 1 Pet 4:10 | Glory Bound | 130065 | ||
I agree with you, but where does the moral obligation to forgive come in Ed? Likewise if we truly do unto others as we would have them do unto us, how can not understand and forgive the one who has no other option but to declare Bankruptcy, wash our hands of all our anger and walk away singing Jesus lover me? GB |
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206 | A SIN TO FILE BANKRUPTCY | 1 Pet 4:10 | Glory Bound | 130180 | ||
True. And Very wise. I have pondered this fact. It is the nearest thing to coercion. But I'm sure the thought that two wrongs don't make a right will come in there somewhere. I'm sure that Ed is advocating "total" Christian control. He is probably right, but it totally depends on the individual circumstance. One could advocate "total" and absolute faith also. There could be so many fewer mountians. Lord! I can hardly wait till the waiting is over. GB |
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207 | If you live right, you are rewarded? | 1 John 1:9 | Glory Bound | 134262 | ||
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS. Mat 16:27 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. Heb 6:4-6 GB |
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208 | If you live right, you are rewarded? | 1 John 1:9 | Glory Bound | 134338 | ||
I have often thought of the term "double negative" concerning such. It seems it may apply here. Sin graves the Holy Spirit. Thus it cannot possibly please God when a believer is disobedient. I would think that the only thing pleasing about it would be the believer’s faithful dependency on His son for success against sin. GB |
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209 | a more revealing light. | 1 John 2:3 | Glory Bound | 132627 | ||
We all have our ups and downs, our spiritually strong and weak moments. Scripture tells us that we are to judge ourselves. When I do this I can imagine nothing other than what it is I know I deserve. And that, most assuredly isn’t what I desire. Though I know without a doubt that my Savior died on the cross to pay the penalty for my sins, I also know, that for every promise in scripture, there is a requirement. There are two sides to every covenant. Try as I may, I cannot uphold my side. My spirit indeed is willing, but my flesh is weak. I do not succumb to the temptation of believing that the only requirement for salvation is to believe, for I know that one must also repent, and that even the demons themselves believe and tremble. Though I am very familiar with scripture, it is when I am weakest that I learn the most. Often I am put in mind of a very familiar passage in a more revealing light. Where do you go when in doubt concerning your salvation? GB |
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210 | a more revealing light. | 1 John 2:3 | Glory Bound | 132830 | ||
Thanks folks. I appreciate your responses. It took little more than for me to open my bible, for me to remember the following. I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good. So then it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inmost self, but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I of myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. Romans 7:15-25.NIV I pray this passage will be as strenthtening to others as it, and your posts are to me. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. GB |
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