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NASB | 1 Timothy 5:8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 5:8 If anyone fails to provide for his own, and especially for those of his own family, he has denied the faith [by disregarding its precepts] and is worse than an unbeliever [who fulfills his obligation in these matters]. |
Subject: desperate for help |
Bible Note: Rowdy: Thanks for responding. I can see your points. I fall into a delma when it comes to advising people on very personal problems, on the foru. Here is why; There are so many opinions about what the Bible teaches on marriage, divorce, and remarriage. Some would bluntly tell someone to stay in an abusive marriage. On the other hand some would sayabuse is grounds for divorce. Still others would stick like cement to unless there has been adultery there can be no divorce for a Christian. This is only one example of the wide range of understandings of what the Bible says. One only has to touch on baptism, or etrenal security of the believer, and there is going to be dogmatic debate as to who is right and who'e wrong. We all have what we think is the only answer to these doctrines. Would you not agree? There are those who come to the forum seeking an answer that meets their agenda, be it divorce, remarriage, or you name it. What on the surface seems like a kind answer could be serving to justify ones actions or conteplating action. I have seen good Bible believing Christians make some serious wrong choices by basing the direction they took by a mistaken understanding of Scripture, and they were totally convienced they were doing what the Bible said. So when someone tells me that the Bibles says thus, I want to see it for myself, and in context. We have been deceived by many false teachers and their wild money making "the Lord told me so". I can easly think of five or so false teachers that have fallen in recent years. People followed not the voice of their master. So these are a few reasons that counseling people on serious problems are best left up to professional traind Christians. The one draw back is it usually cost money something most of us hate to part with, especially something we feel should be free of charge. A pastors time is one thing, a professional Christian psychologist it quite a bit different. However there are a great many who all but give away their time for the sake of the people. Somehow we fail to see the pastor as professional, and unless it's a member a pastor needs some value for his time as well, at least I feel so. I hope this helps explain more of where I am coming from. Blesings. justme |