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NASB | Luke 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. |
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Subject: cursing? |
Bible Note: WOS : You accuse me of saying what I did not say, you mis-intepret my and then tell me I’m not being clear. Fine. But worse, you boldly say, "You post under the guise of a “helpful Christian..but you have generally lacked any kind of scriptural support…" So now I am under a guise? That is an unsubtle accusation to being a phoney. I have no problem with clarifying things, I do have a problem when people twist words to mean what was not said. Mine or others. Perhaps I assume too much. Nothing I've said is new, unorthodox or unknown. It is taught in 1000's of churches around the world daily. Perhaps many here are not part of bible teaching churches as I assumed. Ok, fine. No problem. Whatever. You still made my words into something they are not. When you take words from 2 difierent posts and join them together into one you are applying your own penchants to them. You've done exactly like those who take "You shall not kill" with "put to death every man and woman, every child and baby at the breast, every ox and sheep..."; put them together and say the bible contradicts itself and God is a blood-thirsty monster (an accusation I've debated more than once). You can make the bible say anything you want, provide all the verses you want and it still may be false doctrine. A lot of the posts here are false doctrine and no one complains!! WOS, I'm actually very surprised at the negative reactions I've gotten here. Every time I post something that seems --to me-- to be simple, reasonable and provided with scripture - that you say is absent - I'm amazed at the anti reactions I get! It's like constantly stirring up a bees nest. And I have to go back, re-read my own posts, to try and figure how you managed such interpretations. I've not see this kind of reaction since the days I did the atheist forums where they treat u like sh*t, call you names, deny everything and anything concerning the bible, swear and curse at you etc. On the defensive? You bet, I've been here less than a week and have been attacked from all sides for almost every little thing I say!! I am a preacher of righteousness, a teacher of the Word which I love more than "much fine gold"; and have paid very dearly for that love over the last 30 years. I've preached and taught the bible for 30 some years, how bout you? I get very few reactions like this, ever!! I must say I find it surprising and in fact alarming - it serves to reiterate to me why the church has more than 25000 denominations and 3 more created each week. 25000 and counting "divorces" amongst christians in the last 2 centuries!! Shame! Are you guys bible college students trying to prove something; fresh outta school preachers who think they are fountains of wisdom instead of little squirts or what?! Please can the sanctimonious holier-than-thou speeches and sermons and stop putting subtle insinuations in the responses you make! I am not the enemy! I said cursing amongst xtians is wrong - it is always wrong and I cited whole sections of scripture - which you say is absent – it is even wrong to curse the unbeliever, but there are a very few curses against some people who are bent-set against God and the church or deep hypocrites, that can be right and godly whether you like it or not. Paul spoke blindness over the evil man in Act 13:11 " And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide. " You will surely say, that is not a curse! But the guy who was blinded sure thought it was. Or what about Peter pronouncing death on Ananias and Saphirra? Death not a curse?!? Since when? But that was not witchcraft!! - as I said before witchcraft, in the sense of the original context of this subject, is trying to use supernatural powers to accomplish one's own selfish will over others - a spirit of control if you will. When God pronounces a curse can it be witchcraft? Of course not!! Did you read that or are you going to look for a flaw in the language and force me to repeat it in 5 different versions? |