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NASB | 2 Timothy 3:5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 3:5 holding to a form of [outward] godliness (religion), although they have denied its power [for their conduct nullifies their claim of faith]. Avoid such people and keep far away from them. |
Subject: Do you think US has these people? |
Bible Note: Hello again charis, And greetings to you. You still don't understand. This is NOT a rant about America. This is in NO WAY political. I know that America is a democracy. I understand all that just fine. I am not running for office here. I have come with a message that has been given me, and I am speaking to the church. I am going to let it rest, because I see that know one is hearing. First, I must respond to your comments. While I very much agree with most of what you said, I regret that you said it with such a distasteful attitude. I am serving the church, or trying too...I am submitted to the land, but I cannot sit idely back while the elect of this nation is sucked into a spiral of hate and vengence. It is like this..if you want to condone fighting and war it is your choice. But you have been warned that there are others ways. I have spent 4 or 5 days here trying to get the message through...the message that all we have to do is turn to God. I would not want to be standing next to someone who has a gun or a bomb or any weapon of destruction in his hand and ready to strike, even his enemy, when the wrath of God is poured out. And if you are condoning it in spirit, your hand is at the handle already. We do not have to corrupt ourselves by violence against even our enemies. We do not have to raise the weapons of man nor are we called as Christians to do so. We must continue teaching the Kingdom of Heaven as it must grow from our earthly realm. We must walk with the gospel of peace shod about our feet. We must stand JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. We must lean on the promises of God in these evil times, that He will take care of us. That He will protect us from evil and be prepared to stand on that faith when we are given over for persecution. And when we come against our evil persecuters, we still have no need to strike back nor worry about what we should say, because God will give us what we need say. Except the trials you are going through as God's will and count them as dung in comparison to your rewards that wait for you in so doing. We need not fear evil, for our weapons are layed before us. We can overcome all matter of evil with our spiritual weapons. We do not have to fight as the heathen do. Our battle is against the principalities of evil not with flesh and blood. Pride goeth before a fall. I am sad that so much of it exist among us. To much even to learn from one another. To much to back down from a fight...which has been my point all along. We can not continue seperating the church from the governing laws. They are intertwinded no matter how hard we try to make them not. And while an important part of this equation is to abide and watch our personal lives...the other part of the equation is that together we are a nation, which needs spiritual tending too. For how can you care for the whole vehicle by only oiling one part? and ignoring the mass. Please do not forget, through ONE man sin entered in and through ONE man many suffered death. Evil grows. Bad character corrupts good character, not visa versa. You can kill the terrorist with your bombs, but you can't kill the evil with them. All you will do is bloody your hands. The fields are ripe for harvest. Pray for laborers. I for one will not be carrying a weapon of destruction on my heart, into those fields...only to taint the harvest. As for my "unkind" words to our president...I did not say a single word. I quoted a single scripture...Romans 2:3 And as "for peace for my soul"...that will come when the job is done, evil has been destroyed, and I am home with my Lord. coop1 |