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Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me--put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:8-9
Hatred and bitterness
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
Ephesians 4:31
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."
Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Genesis 4:6-8
Bitterness and hatred leads to murder.
I knew a man who grew up an ophan in the orange lodges of Glasgow.
They hated catholics and kept this hatred going for generations.
This young man at 16 took a bomb and planted it in a pub and killed lots of people.
Hatred seems neutral at first, but with bitterness it grows and grows until murder comes.
So Jesus says one simple thing, love your enemies. Know them like a friend, cleanse your
heart and know how they work and where the dangers really are, and how to keep things
safe.
You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise
on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Matthew 5:43-45
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
Ephesians 4:31
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."
Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Genesis 4:6-8
Bitterness and hatred leads to murder.
I knew a man who grew up an ophan in the orange lodges of Glasgow.
They hated catholics and kept this hatred going for generations.
This young man at 16 took a bomb and planted it in a pub and killed lots of people.
Hatred seems neutral at first, but with bitterness it grows and grows until murder comes.
So Jesus says one simple thing, love your enemies. Know them like a friend, cleanse your
heart and know how they work and where the dangers really are, and how to keep things
safe.
You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise
on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Matthew 5:43-45
I have not sinned innumerable times because of Jesus because His love and life have
filled my heart. Sin is the fruit of shutting love down and letting selfish desires grow.
So if you let love grow, you change. But this is how I would describe this rather than
your way. God bless you
So you haven't given up any sin either? They are the ones who keep asking me personal questions about what I have stopped doing. After I told them they refused to tell me what they gave up.
Okay now, this is good. So I am not sure how it is that you have issue with my saying to them if they have given up any sin.
They are the ones who hounded me about if I sinned and what sins I stopped.
Right! We are not sinners in the Lord, we are Saints in the Lord. Unless of course no one has given up sinning as usual.
Brother, I do not have an issue. It is just clarification. In the Lord go as He leads.
These guys have no grace or love or real knowledge of our walk or the heart experience
we are talking about. In real life outside this arenna I would never interact with them.
It is why this is educational and a sand pit of ideas, because so little of true one to
one can go on. God bless you, may the Holy Spirit guide you, Amen
He sure did. He boasted in himself and in others and said for us to do the same.
When the scriptures say so that no one can boast, it is about the purification works of the law, like circumcision.
My approach is to wish the best for people I meet, until they make me something, either friend
or foe. So until I know something I have a real problem with, God bless you, and Praise the Lord,
for He is truly Good.
You know, I put so much into my posts, and for so many years I have been doing this on other sites, and lately I something has made me think of not doing it anymore; I've thought about stopping, because I don't really know of many who really got much out of what I posted, but I tell you, I love ready most all that you write, and Godsgrace101, and very much so what Argueless says. Even if no one got anything out of what I say, I get something out of it.
i've given up a bunch! I come from the mean streets, the list is longer than some genealogies in the Bible!
I've come to know being on a Christian forum these days is a lot like prison, you're in with uknkown people and you gotta fight for what you got, in this case by typing your view lol. Someone coming to take your ramen noodels? Time to rumble!
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eternally-gratefull
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lol
Since you have given up so much sin, isn't it great? Doesn't it make you want to encourage others to give up sin too?
The way he talks to some of us here, what else should we think?
There is a lot of anger and untruthful rambling.
Its great giving up sins yes. But am i sinless? NO.
IM A WORK IN PROGRESS OK?
Its great encouraging others to give up sins, difference is: I dont tell them:
"HEy, good news, Jesus will save you......... if you stop ALL your sins at once, then come to Jesus and stay in a sinless state and you're good to go"
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eternally-gratefull
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...Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and REPENT. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
Revelation 3:3
Why were these people in the church in Sardis told to remember what they have received and heard? Why do they have to obey it and REPENT? Don't these people have faith yet? Why were they not told to have faith? Isn't it because they are already believers?
If you already forgot what you have received and heard, Jesus commands you to OBEY IT, and REPENT.