In every "Drag Queen Story Hour". Perhaps your community library doesn't host such things. Sadly, they are not rare where I live.
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There's portions of the Bible and you will not be misled by reading for face value like the stories in the Old Testament and how we see the first Church in Acts being played out. It's these stories that won't get you into trouble should you miss pronounce or forget names.
But then there's the spiritual side to the Bible that comes from the Holy Ghost. It's these passages of Scripture that get many people into trouble. And if you pay attention to this site you will see where many just use their own language to the already established beliefs and creeds their specific denomination set up. And this is where I see most of the incorrect interpretation taking place.
But then there's the spiritual side to the Bible that comes from the Holy Ghost. It's these passages of Scripture that get many people into trouble. And if you pay attention to this site you will see where many just use their own language to the already established beliefs and creeds their specific denomination set up. And this is where I see most of the incorrect interpretation taking place.
And I agree that we should help get the correct gospel to them. But in the aspect of believing in a false god they are no different than Muslims, Hindus, Mormons, etc. And not sure if you have ever been to Iraq or northern Nigeria, but trust me Islam is a way bigger threat to Christianity than some very confused sexually immoral people marching thru the city. Either way we are called to love them all and pray for them.
You left out universalists, legalists, sinless perfectionists, methodists, SDA's, and baptists -- to name a few.
Everyone who I personally witnessed "depart from the faith" has the same testimony. They drifted away slowly, expressing concern at first that they did not believe as their parents believed and over time rejected Christianity itself. The conversations I had with them throughout their transition did not give me any indication that they understood their sins needed to be forgiven or that Jesus is real. Judging them is above my pay grade. I just continue to love them and pray for them (and for their parents).
I think this is a great question and i have not had time to look at all responses but here goes.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the "Foundational Truth" which all scripture is built on from Genesis to Revelation. IF any way one could prove that Jesus did not do what he said or accomplish what he came to do on the cross our faith is dead.
That being said because we as Christians believe in the Death, Burial and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and the hope of HIS return according to HIS word and Eyewitnesses which we have believed and placed out trust in Christ and received HIS Spirit to bare witness with our spirit he is GOD, any teaching against this Foundational truth is false and the spirit of Anti-Christ.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the "Foundational Truth" which all scripture is built on from Genesis to Revelation. IF any way one could prove that Jesus did not do what he said or accomplish what he came to do on the cross our faith is dead.
That being said because we as Christians believe in the Death, Burial and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and the hope of HIS return according to HIS word and Eyewitnesses which we have believed and placed out trust in Christ and received HIS Spirit to bare witness with our spirit he is GOD, any teaching against this Foundational truth is false and the spirit of Anti-Christ.
People, me included, want love, want to not die, and go to great lengths to survive. First birth born selfish, not seeing dependency, raised to be independent. I need to be dependent on /God alone, the same as Jesus did in his walk on earth, before the willing death, that turned out to be able to save us in his being risen from the dead by Father.
People get caught up in things. Troubles are here, and people decide to either get controlled by them or not.
So wars and arguments begin and go on fast forward to this very present day.
Acts 18:24-28
And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. ...
Growing up is important, to me at least. This occurs after the first day anyone believes God. God steps in one's Soul with God's Spirit to lead. Only as long as one remains willing. Yet God Father never leaves anyone. Always there waiting. Ready to teach us more and more as we all make mistakes along the way to grow up into maturity, that only is true in Father, Daddy, PaPa, which Son Won fro us to be in without any works to have to do, rather choose to do, love and mercy to all too.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Authorized (King James) Version
1 Cor 3:1-2
3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
Why? We are carnal, born in flesh and blood, with the knowledge of good and evil, and we are selfish, at least me ??I was. and am. Aware, made wise to this by God. I am left with to accept, not reject and be new in love to all with the mercy given me first, anyone else?
Father, I see I need the Meat of the word, the risen Son Jesus, thank you, I do not know how you will get this through tome. I just know you will, thank you
Yep, that's what calvinism is
Oh then by all means let's give the perverts a pass then right? Wrong!
These people are teaching our children and all of society that sexual perversion is OK and is acceptable to the Lord.
There's no difference in their fake doctrine and islam's fake doctrine as they both lead people to hell.
This can be very hard. Well from all I read, hear, watch many toss out "false teacher, false prophet" and all it is was someone that preaches or teaches something different then they believe. In many cases its just some doctrine that does not touch salvation. So its not false other then what someone personally believes. False doctrine like denying the divinity of Christ or He never died so forth so on.
So even here have to walk softly
Yeah some believe we are to be sin friendly and go easy on those who claim to still be sinners after claiming to have been born again as they refuse to submit to the Lord so they can keep living in sin.
Anybody that comes along pointing out we are to put off the old man and put on the new man which is created in righteousness and true holiness is labeled "sinless perfectionists" because the tares are known by their support for continuing to live in sin. It's what they advocate for and it's how we know they are tares because they reject God's Word in favor of sinful behavior. Sad.
Ephesians 5:1
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Ephesians 4:22-24
put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Romans 13:14
put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Colossians 3:10
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created Him:
2 Corinthians 6:17
come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
God has already judge them:
John 3:18 - He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Referring others to what God has already said in His Word is not judging them, no it's showing them what THE Judge has already said in His Word and by doing so it's warning people that they need to get right with the Lord before they die in their sinful condition and spend eternity in hell.
If so called once saved always saved were actually true, 2 Corinthians 13:5 would not be in God's Word.
You're the only sinner here. Following the false doctrines of calvinism is sinful behavior that cause people to become reprobate.
Among having others whacked, John Calvin ordered Michael Servetus to be arrested and tried for heresy because Michael Servetus did not follow the false satanic teachings of John Calvin who wanted Michael Servetus executed. He was a part of having this man and others murdered.
That makes John Calvin a murderer because he was not only in favor of whacking people but ordered them to be arrested and brought top fake trials so they could execute them.
Nowhere in the New Testament are we instructed to MURDER anyone, so John Calvin is in fact a murderer for his invoilvment in having people executed for not agreeing with demoinic teachings of calvinism which are not biblical. The cathoilics are guilty of murder as well since they too had people whacked.
Calvinists and catholics are like to mafia families who engage in criminal and demonic activities due to following the devil instead of the Lord Jesus.
You don't sin?
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (1 Jn 1:8)
What group do you belong to? If you are proud of it, you should be willing to at least admit you are a member of it.
he told me he was devil slapper, so I would imagine his group is called the devil slappers
Jesus thought Spiritually not Humanly
I guess your another who doesn't believe God's word ------or your ignorant of it ---one or the other ---
We are born with a intellectual mind -----and God tells us to change it -----so a Human mind is OK for this Physical Word but not in God's Spiritual world -------
The Natural man has a human mind and does not understand spiritual scripture as he has not the Holy Spirit indwelling in him -or her
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Or, I know more of GW than you, whose guess dissed GW:
"Jesus was human (Heb. 2:14), so there is nothing wrong with having a human mind.
I think you meant the carnal/sinful mind (John 8:42-44) will not understand GW
unless/until it repents (Matt. 4:17), seeks to cooperate with the God's grace (Matt. 7:7)
and receives the HS (Rom. 5:5-6)."
1Cor. 2:14 must refer to those who refuse to repent and ignore GW/grace but instead choose to serve the spirit of Satan.
(Harmony is good for unity per Col. 3:12-15.)
I see a lot of opinions in this thread, and ample expressions of foolishness such as “no creed but the Bible”, but there are an important two verses that are glaringly absent.
if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. (1Tim 3:15, NRSV)
Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write to you about the salvation we share, I find it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints. (Jude 1:3, NRSV)
It is no wonder there are so much heresy in our day, people ignore the witness of the church, the body of Christ, the household of God.
So, we are to kick aside the Ecumenical Creeds of the church, from the body of Christ as unnecessary? Ignoring the great Confessions of Faith that came out of the Protestant Reformation has given us what we have today, 1000s of groups who claim the name of Christ. Are they all teaching the truth? Every one of them claim to be based on the Bible. Even the Jehovah’s Witnesses make that claim, “no creed but the Bible”.
When someone says he teaches solely what the Bible says while ignoring the creeds and confessions, he means he teaches what he thinks it says, in opposition to the witness of the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth.
if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. (1Tim 3:15, NRSV)
Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write to you about the salvation we share, I find it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints. (Jude 1:3, NRSV)
It is no wonder there are so much heresy in our day, people ignore the witness of the church, the body of Christ, the household of God.
So, we are to kick aside the Ecumenical Creeds of the church, from the body of Christ as unnecessary? Ignoring the great Confessions of Faith that came out of the Protestant Reformation has given us what we have today, 1000s of groups who claim the name of Christ. Are they all teaching the truth? Every one of them claim to be based on the Bible. Even the Jehovah’s Witnesses make that claim, “no creed but the Bible”.
When someone says he teaches solely what the Bible says while ignoring the creeds and confessions, he means he teaches what he thinks it says, in opposition to the witness of the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth.