Jesus. Yeshuah. God saves. He is able to overcome
all our faults and sins. He is able to overcome all our wounds and brokenness.
He is constantly at work in all our lives. He tells us when we're wrong
(judgment) so that we can turn and do right. He blesses us with his forgiveness
so that sin can not enslave and kill us. He loves us and is
delighted when we do good. He loves us and is grieved when we hurt another
person or another person hurts us. If He did not love us, He would not be
delighted or grieved by us.
Some people believe we're on our own and then, when
we die, God gives us the scorecard. I believe God is with us from beginning to
end: loving, convicting, forgiving, grieving, loving, enjoying, judging, loving,
pursuing, calling, correcting, loving
Love,
Caroline
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Fw: Rikk Watts
on Genesis 1
They are only observations JD, I was misguidedly
thinking that the immersion had been having an effect :)
But
let's face it - When we come to Jesus we are all a
mess and we remain a work in progress for a long time after that.
The goal of the instruction is love from a PURE heart
and unfeigned love of the brethren which does not happen
overnight - and yes the condition of the heart is the
deciding factor because a person with a pure heart will also
have a sanctified mouth and we all know what kind of
strife the tongue can kindle.... jt
Please read my questions below and give an answer. Your
personal judgments about me are no answer to my questions.
Additionally, are some gluttons saved and others lost because of "attitude
of heart?" Are you saying that it is the condition of the heart rather than
mere "sin" that God looks to?
Why was I naive enough to think you were asking an
honest question JD; I should have known I was being
set up and that you had this hidden agenda... Who
said a "glutton" is saved and a "confessing pervert" lost??
Certainly not me. What both Terry and I said
is that all fat ppl are not gluttons. Read the scriptures and
you
will find that gluttony and drunkenness and
surfeiting are an attitude of the heart. It is walking after the
flesh.
If you want to go around judging every fat person -
then that is another area of sin.
As for my beliefs - you know nothing about
them. What you think you know stems from your bad experiences
in
the past which you equate with legalism, works
faith and some such convoluted system; these are your issues
JD.
They have nothing at all to do with me.
jt
For the most part, we are fat because we consume too many
calories. Call it gluttony; call it over-eating. It
damages the "temple of God." Why is this person "saved" and the
confessing "pervert" lost? Sins of omission will send us
to hell, under your gospel. How many minutes can I sit watching
TV while not, at the same time, preaching to the lost? I
collect 1:18 model cars. I just spent $250 on a 1955 Mercedes
with something like 3600 individual parts ----- going to
hell until I repent, take the car back and give the money to the local
church or a needy ministry or a needy person?
As Terry said - all fat ppl are not gluttons but
if you are concerned or interested here's a Bible Study:
Gluttony & Drunkenness seem to go together
like siamese twins (as an attitude of the heart) and under the
Old
Covenant they they were cause for a rebellious
son who would not listen to be stoned
(Deuteronomy 21:20)
These two are also mentioned in tandem in
Proverbs 23:20
Isaiah 5:21,22
Luke 21:34,35
Romans 13:13,14
Ephesians 5:18,19
Is gluttony a sin? From: Terry Clifton [EMAIL PROTECTED]Just as with a rich man,
all things are possible in Christ.
Are fat Christians save
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