I am thankful that I serve a God who can make the deaf
person hear and take scales off of blinded eyes. I
just keep praying. And thank you for the tip. I do
consider this practice. I'm getting a lot of it lately
and not just on this forum.
Suzy
--- Slade Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Your words will fall on deaf ears, Suzy. You will
> soon discover this fact.
> I've been here for a while (this is my second
> helping of humiliation and
> belittling) and this is my experience.
>
> You will find this a frustrating exercise in
> futility, unless you can follow
> this rule of thumb: use this forum as a way to
> practice vocalizing your
> opinions. Please remember what Kefa was told in 1
> Peter 3:15-16: ...But
> sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be
> ready to give an answer
> to everyone asking you a reason concerning the hope
> in you, with meekness
> and fear, having a good conscience, that while they
> speak against you as
> evildoers, they may be shamed, those falsely
> accusing your good behavior in
> Christ, for it is better, if the will of God wills
> it, to suffer for doing
> good than for doing evil... (1 Peter 3:15-17). In
> this passage, the Apostle
> is told that he should be able to give a good, solid
> answer for any question
> that comes our way. He isn't told that everyone will
> instantly accept the
> message because we're also told not to cast our
> pearls to swine (in
> Pharisaic and Rabbinic Judaism, pearls are Scripture
> verses).
>
> If you begin to get frustrated or mad in that
> Suzy-kind-of-way, you have
> lost your focus. (I know because I've been there). I
> look at this as
> practice, practice, practice.
>
> As a side note, you will discover Izzy to be an ally
> and friend. I like her
> a lot. We don't always see eye to eye and she thinks
> I've fallen into some
> pious garbage pit, but she's missing the point. I
> know if we talked face to
> face (maybe at some Crackerbarrel restaurant) she'll
> see I'm right after
> all.
>
> Lance, you will discover, will be able to teach you
> the Eastern mindset
> better than anyone on this forum. This is extremely
> helpful in light of our
> western/philosophic upbringing.
>
> John (Knpraise) and Jonathan Hughes are good at
> stretching you and will
> cause you to look at Scripture in a different light.
> This is very helpful
> because we all tend to become dogmatic.
>
> Terry will give you a good argument and seems to
> remain calm in the process.
> He's good example of a Christian man showing love to
> those with slightly
> divergent views.
>
> I thought about introducing you to everyone, but I
> don't think people would
> appreciate being wrapped up in a single idiom. Since
> 1 Oct 2004, we've had
> 18 people post comments. Bill (Listed as Thomas)
> (2), Ben Smith (2), and
> Marlin Halverson (4), Dave Hansen (6), and Charles
> Locke (8) all stand out
> as those who post the least. I really wish they'd
> get more involved.
>
> -- slade
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Susan Petersen
> Sent: Sunday, 14 November, 2004 04.42
> Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] 613 Commands
> If the Levitical Priesthood is no longer relevant
> than why do we need Jesus
> as our High Priest? And if we are no longer supposed
> to do the feasts why
> are we going to be doing them in the Millennial
> Kingdom? Also, if we
> consider ourselves adopted sons and daughters of
> Christ why don't we have to
> follow the House rules? Following the Law is not a
> thing that we do to earn
> our salvation! We follow God's Law because we love
> him and want to obey him.
> John 14:15- If you love Me, you will obey my
> commandments. Jesus quotes the
> Law all the time. Also, John 15: 9-11- Just as the
> Father has loved Me, I
> have also loved you ; abide in my love. If you keep
> my commandments, you
> will abide in My love; just as I have kept My
> Father's commands and abide in
> His love. These things I have spoken to you so that
> My joy may be in you,
> and that your joy may be complete. Knowing and
> believing Moses and the
> Prophets is a must. Luke 16: 27-31: When the rich
> man asked to have someone
> warn his brothers to believe, Jesus told him that
> they had Moses and the
> Prophets and that his brother should hear them. v.
> 31- But he said to him,
> "If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets,
> they will not be persuaded
> even if someone rises from the dead. John 5:46-47-
> For if you believed
> Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me.
> But if you do not
> believe his writings, how will you believe My words?
> Matthew 5:17-20 tells
> exactly what Jesus came to do in reference to the
> Law. "Do not think that I
> came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not
> come to abolish but to
> fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and
> earth pass away not the
> smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law
> until all is accomplished.
> Whoever then annuls one of the least of these
> commandments, and teaches
> others to do the same, shall be least in the kingdom
> of heaven; but whoever
> keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in
> the kingdom of heaven.
> For I say to you that unless your righteousness
> surpasses that of the
> scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the
> kingdom of heaven." I John
> 2:3-6 explains how we know that we have come to know
> Christ. "By this we
> know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His
> commandments. The one who
> says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep
> His commandments is a
> liar, and the truth is not in him; but whoever keeps
> His Word, in Him the
> love of God has truly been perfected. By this we
> know that we are in Him:
> the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to
> walk in the same manner
> as He walked. Suzy
>
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