2 TIm 2:15
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Hockey Fan here. I am a Vancouver Canuck fan.
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THe Centennial State: Colorado
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Halloween is a great time to pass out tracts and it is easier than any other time since people come to you. I like the Chick Tracts and I used them last Halloween.
I heard a sermon about Halloween that I like to share a small portion of.
"Asking a Christian to celebrate Halloween is like forcing a Jew to celebrate Adolf Hitler's birthday and asking him/her enjoy it."
FInal food for thought:
HALLOWeen, do those capitalized letters look familiar?
Part of the Lord's Prayer:
"Our Father, which art in Heaven, HALLOWed be thy name...." -
WIth the majority, 5'11
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There are many who hold to the thought Jesus never defeated the grave, that He died and that was all there was to it. Some think Jesus was stolen from the grave by some of His followers.
So what about you, Did Jesus really rise from the grave, or was that just another conspiracy?
I'm asking this because its amazing to me at the many Christians that believes the many conspiracy theories that some come up with here in this United States, many of them just out right stupid.
Some people will accept any conspiracy theory that man can come up with. and most conspiracies are built on something that the child of God should have no part of, gossip.
For instant, there was no air planes that flew into the WTC, it was a total conspiracy.
That white man invented aids to kill black people.
I found it humorous and not really humorous. To those Christians who believe in conspiracy theories:
Remember if it wasn't for the resurrection we will all still be in our sins and condemned to hell and the Lake of Fire for all eternity. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 plainly states the resurrection and the Gospels also give an account of it. The disciples also suffered a horrible death for proclaiming it. it would be stupid to die for a lie but more importantly it is unwise to doubt the clear words of our Lord who speaks truth and cannot lie (Titus 1:2). It is blasphemous to say that any part of the Bible is a conspiracy. "No prophecy of scripture is of any PRIVATE INTERPRETATION" 2 Peter 1:20
Please exercise discernment and remember that any man made conspiracy theory (true and untrue) is rooted in SIN. -
Many ways, I use the KJV, commentaries when I am stumped or want to seek another's point of view. Concordance to quickly find a passage. I also study it dispensationally. I am a pre millennial dispensationalist. It helps eliminate seeming contradictions. It is similar to reading someone else's mail. For example: The 4 Gospels and the Pentateuch is the "mail" or the doctrine for the Jews. The Pauline epistles (ROmans to Philemon) are our "mail" or doctrine for the New Testament Church.
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Live in Colorado, Church in Wyoming
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"ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23
"There is NONE righteous NO NOT ONE" Romans 3:10
If we can attain sinless perfection in this life then God lied to us. According to Hebrews 6:18 it is impossible for God to lie.
We can come close but this is rare and we need to fight the battle up here (hand raised high) and not down here (hand near the floor).
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Hi Friends...
I want to get some feedback.
Do you think if a young man were to ask out a young lady. And she were uncertain as to whether it was God's will for her to pursue a relationship with this young man. Would it be inappropriate for her to construct a pros and cons list concerning the young man in question and bring it before the Lord?
KT(Prodigal)
In my opinion, I would say that the young man ask her father first since she is under his authority and he has more wisdom and insight. So to answer your question, a pro and con list is okay but not necessary since God knows what you are thinking even before you write them down. I would let her father examine the young man before the young man even approaches her and let him talk to his daughter about him. THen she can pray about it (with the pros and cons) If she has peace about it and her father consents, it is a good indication that it is God's will to pursue the relationship. Otherwise it may not be God's will. Even if they go out I would also encourage a chaperone for the sake of sexual/emotional purity.
Hope that helps. Reply if you would like to discuss further.
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I am writing this post to share with you what the Lord has revealed to me on the topic of Emotional Purity.
Coming back from my freshman year of college this summer left me looking for the Lord's guidance on many things such as providing money for college, where to get a jOB this summer, and (most importantly) how to prepare myself for my future wife.
I have been praying in particular about my future wife for the last several years and the Lord has taught me much in the way of preparing myself for her, but coming away from my first year of college and my "friendship" with a particular girl (which the Lord made clear was not to be my future wife!) left me realizing that I had missed something very important when it came to my relationship with this girl.
With the Lord's strength I had retained my virginity over the years and had been physicaly pure with every girl I ever knew, this girl being no exception, yet I felt as though I had stolen something away from her. With this thought in mind the Lord led me to a book called Emotional Purity: An Affair of the Heart by Heather Arnel Paulsen, B.S.W. What the Lord revealed to me over the next few days is something that I will never forget!
There was a battelfield that I was completely unaware of. The battlefield of EMOTIONS! The Lord showed me that even though I had not given my body to this young lady, I had given her my emotional bond as well has taken hers.
This prOBably will sound weird or even stupid to most of you and that is no surprise given this worlds philosophy when it comes to dating, but believe me this is something that you cannot ignore if you truly desire a sincere walk with the Lord when it comes to your relationships with members of the opposite sex.
I highly recommend this book Emotional Purity by Heather Paulsen to anyone who is struggling to understand why they come away brokenhearted from that "friendship" they had with a girl or guy and yet feel as though they lost something they can never get back, even though they never were sexually involved with one another.
The Lord has used this newfound knowledge tremendously in my life and has given me an even greater appreciation for marriage (not to mention how much more I will have to give to my wife once I meet her and get to know her!!!
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Great post and I am glad that you are striving to keep your emotions in check. Also, being physically pure before marriage is something so rare these days and I praise the Lord that you are guarding yourself. Principles come first then emotions. In fact principles drive emotions. Everyday is a battle and every circumstance you get to choose between the Spirit or the flesh. Which one wins? It depends on which one you feed the most. Walk in the Spirit in order not to fulfill the lusts of your flesh. (Galatians 5:16) In the flesh there dwelleth no good thing. (Romans 7:18)
By the way I like your picture, it is currently on my desktop.
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How does one reconcile Matthew 18:15-17 in the realm of forgiveness except to call it reconciliation or church discipline?
Mat 6:14
Mat 6:15
Eph 4:32
How has God forgiven you?
1Jo 1:9
Luk 17:3
Forgiveness sounds conditional in the sense of scripture as recorded in Luke 17:3.
Psalm 82:2-3 has me wondering whether we do justice if we overlook the wrongs unrepentent people do.
You need to see the context between the verses in Matthew and the one in Ephesians. In Matthew, Jesus was speaking to the Jewish people and not the church. The Church and Israel being separate is an important distinction to make. Also, when that passage was spoken, the Jews were still under the law this is why Jesus made a condition to FORGIVE in order to be FORGIVEN. In the Ephesians passage Jesus had already died was buried and rose from the dead. The context here is the church in Ephesus which is where the Church today takes its doctrine from. You are commanded to FORGIVE since you have already been FORGIVEN due to Christ dying on the cross to pay for your sins. You are now under grace but do not use grace as a license to sin.
THe Luke passage applies to brotherly love and relationships between each other, not with God. This has nothing to do with salvation.
the 1 John 1:9 passage states that if we we confess our sins GOd cleanses us from ALL unrighteousness. This is when we, as lost sinners realise that we are sinners before a Holy God and turn to him and He cleanses us from ALL unrighteousness. FOr the saved person, this is when we sin and confess it and turn from it and God forgives us and fellowship with Him is restored. In both cases we are cleansed and have a clear conscience.
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Greetings to all the blood washed saints of this board and others who may come across this post.
I have been Independent Baptist since 2007 and growing in the Lord. I view the King James Bible as the word of God without question or apology.
I hold to a pre-millennial dispensational viewpoint and believe in modest dress and separation from the world as best we can.
If anyone knows of a good independent baptist church in the denver area do tell.
I look forward interacting with you in these forums and pray that we will sharpen each other as iron sharpeneth iron.
May the Lord bless all of you.
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