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I disagree with this statement. I would say God is more concerned with the 'person' more than the 'heart of the person'. I might have an acceptable 'heart, spirit and soul' with God but if my 'person' is not acceptable, example being long hair on men for instance, I might not be completely being 'truthful' to The LORD in the walk and life with Him. 1 Corinthians 11:14 "Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?" My 'heart, spirit and soul' might be acceptable to God but what if a man should have 'long hair' while having a 'heart, spirit, soul' which is acceptable? and for this reason and other similar reasons, The Apostle James says, 'My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.' - James 3:1 in other words, don't seek to be a 'teacher' if you are unsure of what you are teaching. 'My brethren, be not many masters knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation'. Who was The Apostle James referring to when he says 'we shall receive the greater condemnation'? Who is this 'we'? It is the Apostles of course. That which they wrote down, that which they taught, having received the Words of Christ directly from Christ Jesus, they warn against becoming 'teachers' especially if the new 'teachers' are going to teach contrary to what The Apostles taught and wrote. They, the original Apostles, will receive the 'greater condemnation' for their 'disciples' not keeping in line with what they were taught as well as the new 'teachers' which teach contrary to The Holy Scriptures. According to the World Christian Encyclopedia, there are around 33 thousand different Christian Denominations in the world. 33,000. Thirty three thousand .. different Christian denominations... And within each denomination, there are probably many 'churches'. And each 'teaching' what they 'think' is correct to The Holy Bible. http://www.philvaz.com/apologetics/a106.htm These 33,000 are subdivided into "6 major ecclesiastico-cultural mega-blocs", and ordering them by denomination size we have (I am rounding up or down slightly for convenience, using year 2000 figures) : Independents (about 22000) Protestants (about 9000) "Marginals" (about 1600) Orthodox (781) Roman Catholics (242) Anglicans (168) Of course, Church 'stuff' is not concerning to non Church 'people' so this sort of stuff doesn't really 'phase' any non believer. But Church is the foundation upon which every Country stands. Otherwise known as 'rock of ages'. Isaiah 51:1 "Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged." Without righteousness, a Nation or Country, cannot nor will be able to remain 'standing' for very long. But again, National political 'choices' are somewhat 'different' that Church. Why? Because Governments are not supposed to be as Church members nor are Church members supposed to be as Government members. They both have their own independent 'roles and duties' within a Country. The main thing with both is that they are supposed to 'do' in Truth and righteousness and not in smooth talkings or teaching or receiving 'false' things. Hence, 'Righteousness'. And it's for this reason that many become as 'strays' and wander off the path of 'righteousness'. Because the leaders, in either Government or Church, do not 'do' in Truth and righteousness but rather 'smooth talk' and teach and receive 'false' things. Just the other day, I saw a man riding his bicycle with nothing on but blue underwear and flip flops, or slippers. The more bizarre thing though was that noone on the sidewalks or in the cars, or anywhere, was saying anything 'contrary' to his strange bike ride. From how I grew up and how I was taught, riding around or walking around a public crowded area in nothing but your skimpies was considered inappropriate and almost 'degrading' to self as well as to the others. If laws and customs are being changed or are going to be changed, at least a formal notice of the 'change(s)' could be beneficial for the general public who would be appreciative of such notices which would give them an opportunity to gauge their 'future' with more planning and preparations within these new 'laws and customs'.

How long is it going to take before people begin realizing that the U.S is going downward? And how long is it going to take for people to choose 'sides'. Either on the side for the 'good' of The U.S or on the side of the 'not so good' of The U.S ? How long?

thankfully he only had 2 sons. 1 which returned and the other which remained. Had he more, many might have gotten overly discouraged and dissuaded in being part of the family.

What is the general age within these forums? I'm just wondering...

Christ died for them so I can be here. He died for my parents and their parents and their parents and their parents... So forth and so on.... All the way to the original parents, whom Eve was 'the mother of all living'. Genesis 3:20 "And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living."

By selling 'pork' the city becomes at ease again?? What a world wide view of what 'good' and 'peace' is... At any given time, if all goes as the world turns, the whole world will be as the US is with all of its' yes's and all of it's no's. Peace is good. Godly Peace is better. Allowing individuals 'true' freedom to worship without fear is also better... Luke 1:68-75 (The words of Zacharias, the father of John, <when he> was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, 74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. Revelation 22:16 "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star." In The Name of The Son of God. Amen.

Has scientists ever proven that the Sun really does have temperature changes? Is the Climate changes due to what is occurring out in Space or is it due to what is not being done here on Earth? And if the world's stability is at 'risk', should the 'world' begin to start doing things right for itself?

It used to be jungle but now it's multi-laned?? Where did the US get all that monies for development in so few years?? And seeing now that the U.S. is over 19 Trillion dollars in debt, who provides for the new developments and how is outsourcing for residents NOT an issue? Where did all the katydids and the tree frogs followed by the morning mocking birds go?

Do you think that the account of the Egyptian magicians and Moses and the rod were only hallucinations?? Did God make Moses to hallucinate while he was by the burning bush and was shown what he was to do with the staff which turned into a snake and also was his hand turning leprous also only a hallucination? How about the river of blood and the frogs and such? Since the magicians were able to also bring forth frogs, were they only hallucinations?? And so I wonder... For all those people who are admitted into the E.R. for psychiatric help who scream out because they claim to see 'insects' climbing all over their bodies... Noone else is seeing them but could it be as 'real' as the snakes of the Egyptians?

And once again, I have it better than many others... This if compared with other people's daily evils would be small and more bearable than what they have to daily go through with no ways of escape. So I should count my blessings, right? Everybody can't be happy and provided for.. Some has to be on the tail end of things... well at least that's how it is in the world... could you imagine if I was disabled and had to live among these daily things??

I hate strange things.... without any human explanations.... and with noone giving any reasonable explanations to which one can work to get better with... they claim all those doings are 'normal' but I've been here for over 1 and a half years, and these things were not happening when i first moved in... In fact, i think it was at least 2 to 3 weeks before the trash bin was noticed by me as being obtrusive.. All of a sudden one night, 'capum'.. 'capum'... so sudden I had to go out and see what the noise was because I had not heard it before..... and it never stopped since... I found out why the garbage was taken out of the downstairs doctors office every night at around 9 or so.. It was because that was when the janitors came to clean the doctor's office space. they were not here last night nor the night before though.. Well at least they weren't making too much noise. And they have not arrived tonight either. They come as they please, i suppose... 1 van. 2 people.. about 1 hour or so worth of work... them taking several trips to the trash bin every time they arrive. The doctors office is a small office with a few private rooms for patients.. But so much trash and so many trash bags... 'Capum'... 'Capum' 'Capum'... But I might be over sensitive. i might have hyper-sensitivity... Many people who live near airports and such have hyper sensitivity until they get used to it. But these noises are high in pitch compared to the low rolls of being near such airports and train tracks... And so I was told that I need to have my ears blocked so I can stop complaining..

And... I have it better than alot of others...

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I live in a highly noise populated place.. The cars are heard all day and all throughout the night. The motorcycles which are revving down a 35-40 mph road are loud as they rev their motorcycle engines. They are heard all throughout the night and day. It is as if they go up and down the road many times a day and many times a night. The cars and busses and the trash pick up trucks are always busy doing their work. A trash bin behind the apartment where I live gets dumped twice in 2 hours on the same day. I don't know how that happens but the trash bin is checked twice within 2 hours on the same garbage pick up morning. The first check is at 5 A.M and the second is at 8 A.M. Same dump, only 1, 2 checks. There is also a Church on the side of my apartment. Their windows into the 2nd story rented out space for their church has no curtains. I see in and they see out and we can look each other straight in the eyes and see how many times we blink. My neighbors downstairs are okay.. But I can hear when they clip their finger nails. 'clip clip clip'.... 'clip clip clip'.... 'clip clip clip'.... and so on... The Church's pastor comes in at any time of day.. He just finished singing to himself. The cars sound like their echo follows through a tunnel, like a wind through a pipe... 'whooshhh'... ' vrrooooomm' ..... busses, motorcycles, mopeds that sound like the loudest week wacker on this side of earth... sport harley's... up and down the street.. going down, coming back up... going down, coming back up.... The trash dump I mentioned earlier has it's plastic tops slam shut when they dump whatever they need to.. 'Capunk'... 'Capunk'.... it can become startling when it happens unexpectably and when it happens coincidently as when I am not prepared but easing my mind away from being on guard to the damaging effects of being extremely startled by noise. Being extremely startled by noise can be very dangerous to the heart and other body organs, not to mention the psyche and mind and emotions... But here is the strange part... noone else seems to mind.. Noone else seems to notice how effected I am with this noise pollution. They say that it is small noise... And so I am wondering if I shouldn't be hearing the neighbor's clipping their nails, if I shouldn't be hearing the motorcycles, if i shouldn't be noticing that the dump truck comes 2 times within 2 hours for the same 1 small trash bin. I am wondering if i am blowing things out of proportion just because my senses might be heightened. God forbid them having their ears checked for a cleaning.... I can spit off my apartment and hit one of their Church cars in their parking lot.

Christian student suspended after challenging Muslim prof’s claim that Jesus wasn’t crucified What is a Muslim doing teaching Christianity and what is a Christian doing teaching Islam and what is a Buddhist doing teaching Hindu and what is a Hindu doing teaching Confucious? And what is a Confucionist doing teaching Hitler and what is a Nazi doing teaching Democracy and what is a Democrat doing teaching Math and what is a mathematician doing teaching plumbing? And why is that student being robbed of part of his tuition monies for being in a Humantarian class with a muslim professor asking about Christianity? Can't they realize that it is not a religious class but a Humanitarian class? Humanitarian education teaches various social topics from a humanitarian perspective. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_education And we're supposed to do what again? Side with either the student or the professor while speaking Chinese in a French language class? students can be strange... was he actually debating personal beliefs in a non personal class room while attending a class where there are no personals but generalizations? My goodness.. What a strong brave one he is.. Is he interested in school or in becoming a Pastor or a Christian Apologist. Well, if so, he's in the wrong class and asking the wrong questions...

But do they offer the same respect to you?

Did you know when Mr. Trump was voted in, many Trans Persons feared for their lives in the U.S? Transgender Americans fear for safety after Trump win: 'We are traumatized' https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/10/transgender-rights-lgbt-donald-trump-presidency -'I go to Church to get God angry'. (Well not me, but any)? Some say, I've got nothing but time...

ooops.. sorry.. wrong person... i was referring to John the Scholar Avatar man.

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is it okay to ask this question coming from a Biblical standpoint? 'Are you saved'? What backings can you give from Scripture?

Do you live in a feeling of 'condemnation' because you find yourself not meeting some expectation? If so, have you asked what that 'expectation' might be?

Jesus only “knows” believers who are obedient https://www.worthychristianforums.com/topic/205097-jesus-only-“knows”-believers-who-are-obedient/

Do you really believe that sin is indicative to Throughout the Bible, God views sin as indicative of rebellion, disobedience, and unbelief. Have you ever thought of sin as being part of life and no way of escaping it?

Ephesians 4:14-15 "That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head,even Christ:"