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As well as he welcomed muslims. All to be seen as inclusive, bridging gaps and worldly agendas. One should not dwell on what a pope does.

There are large groups of people who have worshipped other gods, and yes there are examples of God killing some in the bible, there are many that live long lives. ALL sin is unacceptable to God, it seems you may be trying to rate the severity of different sins somehow? Scripture tells us there is one sin that is unforgivable, which means that grace is greater than all sin, except the sin of unbelief. I think I agree with what is behind your question here, but I approach it differently. Can we strive to know what sins are unacceptable to God and cease from sinning? Yes. Is that where the power to be free of the chains of sin comes from? From striving to cease sinning? Or does God say, Come, Come to Me, Know Me, accept my grace, and I will change your heart to where you are dead to sin? I think the changes in my heart have been lacking when I try to change myself, and enormous changes occurred without me even knowing while I just surrendered and followed my desire to know Him. God bless you JTC, I love reading the subjects you talk about!

Baptism of man is of no use, and no "certain act" can withhold one from Christ! Grace is a free gift, to each believer, with no church or man being able to pass this gift from God to anyone.

(Romans 5:12) "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:" So, we have no death before Adam, and scripture provides Jesus genealogy back to Adam, how is YEC so ludicrous? Also, as all modern "scientific" methods used to date the earth have been proven to be, at best, unreliable, how do you have more faith in fallen man's science, than the actual Word of God? Science proves, then later this proven science is corrected on an ongoing basis to account for what it didn't take into account at the time. The Word of God is eternal, never changing.

Friend, Matthew chapter 6 seems to disagree with you. You have a choice. Go with your "experience", or what you have seen, or trust God at his Word, which has been written down for us. Though He may slay us, the heart of the matter is your heart, and my heart, Satan wants us to look at this worldly material gain, to pry us away from that which is greater. Settle for Satan's offering, or trust God has something better, far greater than what you see as "winning". What you describe as winning, I can only see as settling for something inferior. Do you want to settle?

What if, in all our knowledge, intellect and wisdom we believe we have, we judge God falsely and don't understand what true blessing is? You want what, more material "blessings"? What if God has blessed you more above all those you rail against, yet your too blind to see it? Who are we to judge God, who gives rain to all: Matthew 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Why go to the Father for temporary things, when He offers eternal things, Himself? Do you want the temporal crumbs alone? is that winning? God's perspective is so much greater than ours.

How do you equate prophets with pastors? While it is nice to say things that make one feel good, the Truth can only come from scripture, not what we reason God should do. Many successful people have nothing to do with God.

Hey Onelight, if this pertains to me thats ok, as I recognize I have not read through the whole thread. I usually do before commenting but I've fallen behind on reading lately lol. Sorry!

And when and who ever stopped women from spreading the good news?

While we know that God never changes, our feelings and even our circumstances will. When I am lost, or God seems silent, I am reminded of the passage where it says David encouraged himself in the Lord.

I am not churchmouse, yet I wonder if it occurred to you, your post on the workers of the harvest, seems to be just that? As workers of the harvest have nothing to do with headship.

As for workers of the harvest, they be male and female, sure, yet I am not sure that throws out the headship argument. These are two separate issues.

The grass is always greener on the other side, only thing is, its not, and nobody believes it until they get over there and see it for themselves. Wisdom does cry out from every street corner, and chasing all that is temporary leaves one empty, and dead inside. Let the living Word of God show you the meaning of your life, and refuse to listen to the lies of the world. The kingdom of God is at hand, at your very hand, yet you continue to dream about being an earthly winner, wanting only someone to tickle your ears with words you have predetermined are the only ones you will listen to. Listen to Truth, the lies you seek will devour you. As always I pray for you, God bless

I don't have scripture to contribute, but I found this extremely interesting. The point about being asked if your a christian was met with hostility. How can fruit of the Spirit be hostile to that question? Now, there is more than one way to ask if your a christian, such as the accuser implying that you can't be one, but it is usually easy to tell if it is accusing or genuine caring. So I guess I could react with hostility if someone were too treat me as if Christ could not forgive me. As Willa brought up, as a "bondservant of the Lord Jesus Christ", I should, however, crucify that hostile spirit in me, though I have some, I have more to go. It does still hurt to be accused.

In addition to Shiloh's contributing post that I have never seen rebutted, I literally read 7 days of creation, followed by genealogy all the way to Jesus. Which puzzles me how you would say "the most literal interpretation", when its not literal at all, its adding what is not there? And then again there is the fact that God did not build upon death, as Enoob pointed out.

Yes, hurtful in a way I could never understand, therefore we must be ever more considerate of those who are sensitive, and while the church I attend is carefully considerate of those who are hurting on days like today, I'd imagine some never give it a second thought. I've seen how many times I've been wrong because I lacked understanding, then when I hear their story i can understand its more than just being "sad".

Yes, tears. I AM THAT I AM. He Is. Reminds me of David, when he strengthened himself in the Lord, and what could that mean? Taken from Spurgeon sermon #1606: “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope you in God, for I will yet praise Him.” David encouraged him- self. But he encouraged himself, “in the Lord his God,” namely, in Jehovah.

While I agree with Running Gator, my wife has made me understand I am not like most people. Both my parents have passed, yet I can celebrate other peoples parents birthdays or what ever without it affecting me. Just because I am not sensitive to it does not mean others should not be sensitive. As to the OP, on this day, it is in fact very difficult for some, and no it is most definitely not being too sensitive. Angels4u had better advice than I could give. Thank you for posting your heart here trusty, God bless you

When men or women do not cooperate with authority, force is necessary. Do you want to protest peacefully and not give up your seat? I guess you have that right, but you know you will be removed with force, which increases the odds of injury. We all have the choice to submit, or not.

The reason for kicking him off was terrible, I agree. Legally, they have the right to remove anyone. If you or I want to change that law, fine, but there are better ways than defying the authorities and forcing someone to physically remove you. Ever see the videos of how cops restrain people who refuse to cooperate? They don't gently lower you to the ground on a pillow. Should we change the laws to where cops can't lay a hand on someone refusing to comply with a simple request? I hope not. I hold more respect to Rosa Parks disobeying the law, as it was racially motivated. Supposedly, this man was not singled out by any of his attributes, he was simply picked by a computer for a reason the airline had, it was a poor reason, but they had the right to do this.

Yes, I see it that way too, it just boggles me how many support the authority of self.

This is a quote from carm.org, some of the article I agree with, some I'm not so sure, but the part I quoted here really struck me. Missionary work is not a lone endeavor. Well, I do think it is beneficial to be linked with other believers, but to make a blanket statement that missionary work is not a lone endeavor?

The man was not a victim. It doesn't matter if he was the only passenger on the plane, if an official asks you to leave the plane, you comply. If you don't, you are a criminal. Criminals are seen as being victims now? The only reason the man got hurt was his choosing to resist.

no. One can give, serve, love, but: Matthew 22 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. Isaiah 43:7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.” We are created for God's glory. To know Him. If we align our will with His, then yes, we of course love and serve others: Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,

Paul is here referring to a prophecy God had given through Isaiah. The nation of Israel had failed to heed God’s message which He gave through their own prophets, so the Lord told them that at a future time they will hear His message through tongues (languages) other than their own. “For with stammering lips and another tongue will He speak to this people “ (Isaiah 28:11). Thus Paul sees in this Isaiah prophecy the gift of tongues as a sign to Israel. The words “this people” in Isaiah 28:11, in its context, can refer only to Israel. https://bible.org/article/speaking-tongues