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Romans 16:17 Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause dissensions and obstacles contrary to the doctrine you have learned. Avoid them, 18 for such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.
This tells me that those on this board and elsewhere who teach contrary to the doctrine I have learned are not of Jesus Christ.
I guess my favorite is still Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
But I'm recently really drawn to Titus 2:14, speaking of Jesus "who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good."
Hey blue, I just saw your title under this post. I've always been fairly familiar with the Bible and I started reading it seriously when I was 12 because I was scared of what I read in revelations and took it all literally. Yes, fear was my first introduction to serious Biblical reading. And I prayed that night, gave myself to God, and asked Him to guide me on the right path.
WELL, that was the beginning of quite the journey for me because after that I lost interest in my daily life and began to wonder who I really was. In reading (started with Genesis), I remember my mom telling me about Solomon and wisdom and I remember her telling me that when in the womb she had prayed and asked God to grant her child wisdom and that was the beginning of my interest in him. The passage that drew me in was, "The words of the Teacher,[a] son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!â€
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.â€
3 What do people gain from all their labors
at which they toil under the sun?
4 Generations come and generations go,
but the earth remains forever."- Ecclesiastes 1: 6
Romans 16:17 Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause dissensions and obstacles contrary to the doctrine you have learned. Avoid them, 18 for such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.
This tells me that those on this board and elsewhere who teach contrary to the doctrine I have learned are not of Jesus Christ.
...do you think this is consistant with LOVE YOUR'RE NEIGHBOR or does it contradict?
I guess my favorite is still Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
But I'm recently really drawn to Titus 2:14, speaking of Jesus "who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good."
...do you think this is consistant with LOVE YOUR'RE NEIGHBOR or does it contradict?
Well first of all it shows me that God loves me enough to have spelled out what to watch for from the enemy (satan) and to avoid. Second one who see's the tree falling and does not warn the man under it, hate's him. I love everyone enough to share what God has given us in love. So it is loving my neighbor of course!
Well first of all it shows me that God loves me enough to have spelled out what to watch for from the enemy (satan) and to avoid.
I hope you realize it also applies to the non-fundamentalists as well.
Think about that for a moment. It shows you one thing. It will show a non-fundamentalist that they are on the right track in disregarding the dissension caused by the..... wait for it... fundamentalists.
Last edited by DewDropInn; 04-22-2013 at 01:15 PM..
"Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." (Joshua 1:9)
I hope you realize it also applies to the non-fundamentalists as well.
Think about that for a moment. It shows you one thing. It will show a non-fundamentalist that they are on the right track in disregarding the dissension caused by the..... wait for it... fundamentalists.
Are you a fundamentalist? What's the point? We are discussing God's word here.
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