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61 | who is truly saved? How can we be sure | Acts 16:31 | bowler | 206678 | ||
doclinda2 Acts 16:29 - 31 And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved"? They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your whole household." Acts 2:37, 38 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do"? Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins; and you will recieve the gift of the Holy Spirit." Romans 10:9, 10 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. 1 John 4:1, 2 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. A person is saved if they repented of sins, asked for forgivness of sin, believes that Jesus died and rose again, confesses Him as Lord, period. Those are the only the requirements. Your question was "who is truly saved", those who confess Jesus is Lord in the flesh, that is that He is God and died and rose agains, are the ones who are truly saved. And you can't be sure who is saved. Question - do you know for sure that people who act right and do right have actualy sincerely in their hearts done the requirements because they say so? No, you don't. Question - do you know that people who don't act right and do right have not done the requirements? No, you don't. We are not fruit inspecters who go around determining who is and is not saved, that is not our job it is God's job. James says I will show you my faith by my works. John says there are moral indicators of the saved. Paul says the flesh and the spirit are constanly at war and sin, which dwells in the believer, does the sin, not the believer. Jesus says many will say to Him, "Lord, Lord" trying to get into heaven who have done works in His name, but they will not get it and He will say, "I never knew you". Sanctification cleans up the believer over time and good fruit as evidence of salvation will result. No believer will stop sinning until Jesus glorifies them at the rapture, or until they go to heaven. Doing your best is all you can do - keep going to church, praying, studying, woshipping, and praising God. Romans 8 teaches that you can't lose your salvation at the end 31-39. Paul talks about every single thing that could make a charge against a believer to unhinge their salvation, but none of them can beat the love of Christ Jesus to the believer. No one who is saved stays in sin and never comes out. The Holy Spirit will convict them and they will repent to Jesus. blessins abound, bowler |
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62 | old versus new testament | Rom 3:1 | bowler | 206568 | ||
Hennie It is not clear from your question what verse or passage you are asking about? And your question is not as clear as it could be either? No offense to you, but it makes it harder to answer you when one has to try to figure out what you mean. The church did not start until Acts chapter 2, it did not exist while Jesus was among us, and it did not exist in the Old Testament either. That makes the second half of your question not work because there was no church in the Old Testament "era". There was Judaism in the OLd Testament "era", and it was only for Jews, and "aliens" who chose to convert to Judaism. The church when it started was composed of Jews, Gentiles, Samaritans, and Barbarians. Romans chapters 1 through 3, and 11 talks about the Jews and the Gentiles as both being members of the church as equal partakers of Christ. The Judaism of the Old Testament was only for the Jews. We are called the church, the "ecclesia" because because that is what Jesus told Peter He would build. Jesus tells Peter whose name means "little rock", that He Jesus, will build His church upon this "boulder", meaning Himself. The church is only the building of the body of believers in Jesus Christ, it is built on His body and blood, what He did at the cross. The promises given to the New Testament church are different than the promises given to the Old Testament Jews. The Old Testament Jews were promised a promise land, inheritance to the eternal throne of God in the form of a man, the Messiah to come save Israel from oppression, and the Son of God come to heal and to free the captives from bondage. The New Testament church is promised the removal of the eternal damnation for sins and eternal life with God, is promised a priest who intercedes eternally to remove sins, is promised a king to rule over the elect of God who are saved, is promised a prophet who fulfills all the requirements listed by Moses in Exodus chapter 18 to lead the people to God. The New Testament has better promises to us than the Old Testament did to the Jews. Why then, live according to the Old Testament? I similar question got asked by doclinda2, go to "primary", click on the question, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the branches down there. blessings abound, bowler |
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63 | old versus new testament | Rom 3:1 | bowler | 206576 | ||
Hennie It has come to my attention that I posted you and stated that the first time around you asked this question that "doclinda2" posted it instead of you. No harm, no foul. Interesting though, that you choose to post it again? God Bless You. blessings abound, bowler |
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64 | verses on God raising Jesus from dead | Rom 10:9 | bowler | 207114 | ||
LovemyLord7 No offense meant you need a Strong's Concordance and a Bible with a good referrence column. Here is a start though off the top of my head - Acts 2:24 Acts 10:40 1 Corinthians all of chapter 15 Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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65 | Paul's circumstances writing Rom 8:31-39 | Rom 16:23 | bowler | 206617 | ||
nps50 Paul was likely writing from Corininth when he had Terius write the letter to Rome - Romans 16:22 I, Tertius, who write this letter, greet you in the Lord. It was about the year 56 to 57 AD and Paul was in his third missionary journey near the end. Paul was probably at Corinth - Romans 16:23 Gaius, host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer greets you, and Quartus, the brother. Pheobe probably was the one delivering the letter - Romans 16:1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, how is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea. Paul intended to come for two reasons to Rome - 1)To allow the church at Rome to take part in a collection while on his journey to Spain - Romans 1:24 going to Spain, hoping to be helped on my way by you. 2)Paul intended to come to Rome to preach the gospel - Romans 1:14, 15 I am under obligation to both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. So, for my part, I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. There is something interesting here - the church at Rome was Jewish and Gentile, but Paul does not mention here his desire to preach to the Jews and to the Gentiles, he mentions preaching to the Gentiles and the Barbarians, the wise and the foolish. This is a play on words Greeks were considered to be wise and Barbarians were considered to be fooish. And these two groups are who he wants to preach to, but why? Rome was a very cosmopolitan city, sophisticated, and full of intellectuals and educated people. In verse 13 Paul writes that he does not want them to be unaware that he has been planning to come and has been prevented from coming. The implication is there that he is answering to a charge that he has been unwilling to come. Then in verse 14 he speaks of intending to preach to the wise and the foolish. He is letting them know he intends to preach to the wise, that he is not reluctant to come do so, perhaps there has been a charge that he is reluctant to preach to those who are his intellectual superiors at Rome. He says in verse 16 that he is not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of salvation to the believers, first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles. Romans 8:31-39 cannot be divorced as "circumstances surrounding Paul when he wrote 8:31-19", from the circumstances surrounding Paul when he wrote the whole letter. There was one circumstance, one occaission, he was settig forth his entire theology to the church at Rome before his arrival there to prepare them for his preaching that he intended to do. Romans chapter 8 is part of a much broader stroke of the pen - it is part of the chapters on sanctification and deals with the aspect of sanctification called Christian perseverance. Romans is broken down into parts - Romans 1:1-7 Greetings Romans 1:8-15 Introduction Romans 1:16, 17 The Theme Romans 1:18-3:20 Need for the gospel Romans 3:21-5:21 Justification Romans 6-8 Sanctification Romans 9-11 Israel Romans 12-16 Application It is unclear from your question if you meant what were Paul's reasons and occaission for writing the passage, or what was he doing in his life apart from writing it when he wrote it? The first answer would be that he was preparing the church at Rome to hear him preach. The second answer would be that Paul was near the end of his third missionary journey and was writting from Corinth. blessings abound, bowler |
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66 | Question on topic of Masturbation | 1 Cor 3:16 | bowler | 206845 | ||
tachminite Type that word in the top right "search" feature. You will find plenty. blessings abound, bowler |
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67 | Missions question | 1 Cor 9:1 | bowler | 206972 | ||
tachminite Please listen to Searcher he is realy trying to help you out here. Perhaps where you are from the there is an expression "three selves". I have never heard this before. It makes me wonder if you mean the trinity? Think about the three omni's and how they "literaly manifested" themselves in the Christian community, you will arrive at the answer. As to how the term "three selves" emerged into the Christian community, that is something that a pariticular Christian community arrived at as a term and as a concept that they "emerged" into the Christian community. That is not a universal understanding derived from theology proper that I have ever heard of before. I am not an expert, I do not think I know all the answers, there is plenty I do not know, and plenty I will be happy and eager to learn from others here. I am a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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68 | am i a truly converted ? | 1 Cor 9:27 | bowler | 206548 | ||
docanlinda2 This verse is about runnig the race of faith as if to win the race. Here is a brain teaser for you about what Paul is saying here about not wanting to be disqualied that my pastor once told us in an illustration of what this verse really means - Can you run a race, be on a team with others in that race and lose the race, but still be part of the team? Why yes you can! And this is what Paul is talking about here, being on the team, but winning or losing the fight, the race, not getting the prize! Look at the preceding verse - 1 Corinthians 9:24-26 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receive the prize? Run in such a way that you man win. Everyone who competes in the games exerts self-control in all things. They then do it to recieve a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. This is talking about running the race of faith to get the rewards of that faith, not losing salvation! Paul is using the anology of being an athelete who competes for a prize, a wreath, the winners crown. We have been promised rewards for our work, for our walk, for our "running the race as if to win". Here - 1 Corinthians 3:12 Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. If any man's work remains, he will recieve a reward. If any man's work is burnt up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet as through fire. Do you see what is says there - if your work as a Christians is burnt up you will still be saved? This is what Paul means by "but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified". Paul is talking about being a holy person by doing Romans 12:1 - to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual sercive of worship - so that his preaching, his good works, will not be "disqualified" by bad deeds done in his body. So this verse does not have anything to do with losing or keeping salvation, it has what to do with "running the race in such a way as to reap eternal rewards and not be disqualified from receiving them". blessings abound, bowler |
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69 | Why are some gifts of God not wanted? | 1 Cor 12:4 | bowler | 208027 | ||
hopalong Could you please explain how it is that some Christians treat a gift of God is an inconvenient imposition? Not saying you have a wrong concept, just wondering exactly what you mean. blessings abound, bowler |
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70 | Why is death God's enemy? | 1 Cor 15:25 | bowler | 207385 | ||
Flinty Joe I saw your other post on this and saw the answers there. I think you are clarifying better what you mean here in this post. I would tend to agree with you because death is evil, is an enemy, came about by sin, will be destroyed, will be thrown into the Lake of Fire. - Revelation 20:13. I think the "differene" comes in when saints view death as a means of going home to the Lord - as Paul says twice, once in Philippians and once in 2 Corinthians that he would rather prefer to die and go home to the Lord, that is he was looking forward, not to the event of death, but what lay beyond. Christians tend not to fear death, thinking in terms, not of the event itself but what lays beyond. But death is an enemy, no one, not even a Christian looks forward to the actual event, not even Christ was happy to go there. He agonized over having to go through it the way He knew He would have to endure it and asked if perhaps this cup might pass from Me. It is a very non Christian and scientific idea that death is part of life and that death is "a natural process" we all have to go through. I often ask those who say death is natural and a part of life, "then why do most people have a tendency to fear death if it is so natural? Death is not natural, when you are in the middle of a car accident thinking you are about to die and screaming or crying out to God for help, is death something you are thinking is natural?" I dont' think when we are faced with death so squarely and immediately that many of us wouldn't hope to escape that fate and keep on living. Of course there are those who have a complete calm come over them when face with death because they know where they are going. But that is the point, they know where they are going, it is not the even itself they look forward to. Ephesians 4:3 Being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. blessings abound, bowler |
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71 | Hermeneutical question | 2 Cor 8:9 | bowler | 206967 | ||
tachminite I pray this will help you. Always pray asking for the Holy Spirit to illuminate the text. First get the interpretation of the passage according to what the author's intent was to his audience. Ask questions of the text based on the text. Answer the questions working to resolve any problem areas and to get more information about the interpretation of the text. Exegetics has some steps that answers a series of questions. I won't outline what the step are, but there are three basic questions that have to be answered. What does this mean? - the interpretation comes only from what the author meant to his audience or it is not a literal interpretation. Is this true and do I believe it? - how is this valid - depending on how you did the first question will determine if what you came up with is valid - does it line up with what the rest of the Bible teaches and would someone else understand what you mean, if it doesn't line up, and if they wouldn't understand it, then don't necessarily believe you have the right interpretation. What difference does this make? - how do I apply this - based on a valid interpretation of what the author meant to his audience what should be the application, and are there more than one. Hermeneutics basically answers the question - Why does this matter? 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. For every single passage in the Bible there is a valid application based on the interpretation. The Bible is always speaks to the church today. blessings abound, bowler |
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72 | question on overview | 2 Cor 8:13 | bowler | 206988 | ||
tachminite I seemed to have missed this one. Read the whole two passages about three times, it will stand out like the big blue sky because he talks about the one thing for the two whole passages without deviance. :-) Once you see what he was talking about you have to go chapter by chapter from one end of the book to the other, looking for the verses that dove tail with what he talks about in the two chapters you are studying. The verses are here and there, you just have to read the book with a pad and paper in hand and write down every verse that pertains. Then you have to read the whole book again with an eye of what the whole theme of the whole book is, there is a verse or two in there that are the theme, there always is. :-) :-) :-) No one yet that I know of has found just one theme for either Corinthians book, there are more than a few, and verses for each theme and sub theme. Try to chart the book on a piece of paper or three - one thing is spoken about, then Paul moves to a next theme, and a next and a next. Break them up and label them with the verse that is the theme for each section. It will help you understand if those two passages even do relate to the "whole book" or not. Happy studying, God bless you. blessings abound, bowler |
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73 | list of content questions | 2 Cor 9:1 | bowler | 206964 | ||
tachminite Searcher is making a realy important point there. Searcher also provided you with the questions to be asking that would also give you the answers for this post. In the question here you are again asking something different about the same subject. You first asked what the "problem" was, then you asked how to break down the paragraphs and apply them to the "argument". Now you are asking for a list of content questions for two whole passages that someone was unable to solve by the use of exegesis. That is a lot of exegesis and it is a lot of questions left over after doing the work to answer as many questions as arise from the text. That is as much work, although not as much, as your last question about these two passages. The intent of the author to his audience and the circumstances will answer most of the questions. But that work has to be done first before even getting one question to be asked of the text. After that you are left with the unanswered questions that appeared after answering everything that could have an answer. In the spirit of grace, I encourage you as you endeavor to study to be a minister, and will pray for you to suceed at what God has called you to do. In the love of Christ Jesus - Romans 15:20 And thus I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build on another man's foundation. 1 Corinthians 3:10-12 According to the grace of God which was given me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. 2 Timothy 2:5 Also if anyone competes as an athelete, he does not win the prize unelss he competes according to the rules. Be careful how you build. blessings about, bowler |
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74 | paragraph by paragraph analysis | 2 Cor 9:6 | bowler | 206960 | ||
tachminite In your first post on this same subject you asked about the overall problem in chapters 8 and 9. Now you have asked for something different about the same passages, a break down paragraph by paragraph and to provide how each paragraph relates to the "argument". I all fairness to others that would take up far too much space to do here. We sometimes inadvertantly tax the patience of others with long posts as questions or replies. I am not trying to represent others here, I am more so, trying to be thinking of others rather than jumping to answer a very good question. In all fairness to you, I would like to say that Bible study is not an easy thing to do, and having looked at your profile you are studying to be a minister, which is not ever easy. It might help if you took the"problem", as Paul is not making any theological "argument", nor is he having an "argument", and use that instead and try to apply each paragraph to the "problem". I outlined what the "problem" could be considered to be in the other question you had about this question. 2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved of God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. blessings abound, bowler |
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75 | Question On Analysis of the problem | 2 Cor 9:15 | bowler | 206959 | ||
tachminite The word problem to some only means that there was a definite probelm that the audience had, or that the writer had with the audience. That is not all that the word "problem" means, however, when doing form criticism, or an advanced level Bible study. The word problem can refer to a problem that a church had internaly or with the writer. The word problem can mean differences between texts on the same subject. The word problem in form criticism can mean something else though, it can mean as little as a verse that needs clarification, or as much as reasons why the writer says something should be done in relation to the church not having done it yet, and there are many more things it means. In this last sense our regular understanding of the word problem does not apply. The word problem is being used to say that something needs to be understood more by the reader and not to say that the people involved necessarily had a "problem" with each other. This seems to be how you have used the word problem. I do not make great claims to know more than others, or you, or have "the" answers as opposed to others, including Searcher. Searcher made valid points there, very valid. In the sense that I have outlined it, there is a "problem" in chapters 8 and 9 of 2 Corinthians. The "problem" is that Corinth had made a commitment a year ago from when Paul was writing them to make their contribution to Jerusalem along with the other churches and had not finished doing it yet. - 2 Corinthians 10-12 The churches of Macedonia were poor churches and had finished getting together their contributions out of the "liberality" of their hearts. At this point in time the wealth of their contribution has exceeded their poverty and they wasted no time in readying the matter. The church at Corinth was doing better economicaly, and had promised a large gift. But, had not gotten their contribution ready and now it had been a year and it was time for the contribution to be already completed. Paul is writing to them to let them know that he is sending brethren to collect the money which they had already promised. 1 Corinthians 16:1-5 - Paul speaks of the collection for Jerusalem and tells Corinth to save some money at the first of each week for this same collection. We should be careful not to marry saving each week on the first day of the week, although it is a valid application to say that it means saving for every week's service, with Paul's original intent that Corinth save each week and put it away to have the collection for Jerusalem ready. Paul speaks in verse 5 of coming to Corinth after going to Macedonia. He was going to Macedonia to pick up the collection and was planning to proceed to Corinth to complete picking up collections. By the time we come to Romans 15:23-29 two years later Paul is still on his way to Jerusalem to bring the same collection he has been working on all along. The collection took a long time between the churches in Macedonia and Achaia, two Roman provinces in the north and south of Greece to be gotten ready, possibly because of waiting on Corinth. Paul makes a subtle plea in Romans 15:24 to be helped by them, he is most likely speaking of collecting money from the church at Rome to take to Spain. He makes an even subtler reference to this in Romans 1:13 as "obtaining fruit among you even as amongst the rest of the Gentiles" (perhaps the churches in Macedonia and Achaia). So this is talking about a different collection. But then he mentions the collection to Jerusalem and talks about being delayed because of it in coming to Rome. blessings abound, bowler |
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76 | A hard question. | Gal 1:8 | bowler | 207062 | ||
Jesus Keeps Me Romans 16:17 Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hinderances contrary to the teachings which you learned, and turn away from them. 2 John 1:9, 10 Anyone who goes too far and does to abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him in your house, and do not give him a greeting. It is completely possible and acceptable to politely end the converstation at any point within it that you realize the above is going on. You are not required to continue the conversation until it is ended for politeness sake, and it is not mean to do so. You have already told them the truth about Jesus Christ, or the Bible, and once you see they don't receive it, you are within Biblical rights to end the conversation. I was looking for something I thought I saw one time about warning someone twice before turning away from someone, but I think that was to do with believers and not unbelievers, I think. Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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77 | Question on interpretation | Gal 5:1 | bowler | 206970 | ||
tachminite The same two rules as your last two posts are being broken. Galatians is a letter outlining parts of Paul's theology and addressing erroneous beliefs about how to walk in faith, whether by law or by grace. The correct interpretation will give you the right application. blessings abound, bowler |
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78 | What does Ephisians as whole talk about? | Ephesians | bowler | 206343 | ||
Missvee Ephesians discusses the work of Christ as ruler of the church. Depending on who you read you get different concepts about what Ephesisans is about. Some say it is about 1:9 the mystery of His will as that is revealed in the unity and function of the church. Others would say it is about the theology found in the whole NT about the scope and rule of Christ. Still others will say that it is about the reconciliation of both Jews and Gentiles in Christ in the church. Paul's main intention seems from reading it to be of outlining Jesus' role in the lives of believers and of instructions about how to act together in a harmonious fashion. blessings abound, bowler |
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79 | Just want to share my heart.... | Eph 1:6 | bowler | 207470 | ||
LJ77 That was very beautiful, worth meditating on. Thank you very much for sharing your heart. blessings abound, bowler |
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80 | is it ok to lie in certain cases | Col 3:9 | bowler | 207896 | ||
walkforchrist Revelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." We should not lie. I have heard arguments about this like; Rahab the Harlot lied and it was suppossedly accounted to her for righteousness. I dunno, her hiding the spies in peace was counted as righteous, but the Bible does not say the lying was. I have heard the ridiculous argument that Exodus 20:16 only refers to that you should not lie against your neighbor, but that it is okay to lie if you think it would make things better. Consider this problem though; in Natzi Germany if some of those Germans had not lied about hiding some of those Jews that would not have been a good thing. So if we say that it is right when it protects a life, what are we to think really? If someone wips out a gun and says they are looking for so and so, and you don't lie to protect them is that good? The problem with thinking it is all right because you want to save a life is the Bible is clear that lying is out. But some say, choose the lesser evil, being trouble with God for lying to save a life, over telling the truth and being partially repsonsible for their death. Then there are sins of ommission, where we lie by leaving part out and think it isn't lying for real. If it was me, just speaking for myself, I would lie to save a life, but not to fix every day problems big or small. Although I am quite sure I have been guilty of it anyhow. When we stand to lose something do we trust God to have our backs and fix things? Or do we lie? Question; what is a "right motive" for lying? blessings abound, bowler |
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