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NASB | John 17:11 "I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 17:11 "I am no longer in the world; yet they are still in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are. |
Bible Question:
Dear Hank, Thank you so much for affirming what I already believed. I thought I would let you know what spurred this question. I was a member of an on-line quilt group untill yesterday when another lady posted a christian page to our group and was promptly told by several that this was offensive, simplistic and inflamatory among other things. I posted to the lady and told her to keep having the courage to be a good christian and I also told the rest of the list that I had enjoyed being a part of their group but not at the cost of my religious and moral beliefs. I then un-subscribed from the group. It was my first experience with anything of this sort and it really shook me up to say the least. It was really nice to wake uo this morning and read your response. Quilt Junkie aka Monica Carter 28 Will be 29 tomorrow monicac@rjsonline.net ICQ 14829611 |
Bible Answer: Monica, First let me say, Happy Birthday. Second, I do not let what others say about Christians and the Bible deter me from being who I am suppose to be, a represtitive of Christ. In the prayer that Jesus had with the Father states our position well. John 17:11-18 NASB We are in the world but not of it. And if we withdraw from any conflict and from any verbal opposition, there would be no place for us here at all, except in withdrawn enclaves of christianity. Thus making us more vulnerable to any attemps of making us to cease to exhist. Not saying that is going to happen today, but with the way the goverment seems to support this latest move that the general public has in making us to be the bad guys(calling good bad and bad good), we need to be examples to the world that we are not as mean as they think we are by setting the example of not running and hiding from them but with all boldness, try to win them over with love and concern for their souls are at stake. We need to stand firm in our Faith and yet show compassion to them for the lost souls that they are. It does not mean that we are to be door mats to them or to be conqueres over them either. We are to love them and hopefully win them over to Christ via sound discussion. God bless you and may the Lord season your dreams. Rich aka QuickSHADOWMAN ICQ# 13304849 |