greendrakkon

The Father says: "I Honor my word than my name" I don't know of anything like this, is it scripture.. can you give us the verse?

I.. can't think of anything nice to say. The First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. No one tries to force these athiests to respect these crosses.. therefore, they have no right to ask for the removal of them.

Would someone who speaks "chat" please translate this for the rest of us? Thanks! I can translate, but I still don't understand it... "I mean, What are the things that are in the Father, that are not in the Word?" As far as seperating the Word from God, or vice versa, I wouldn't suggest trying to alter either.

I for one, would not trade all the beautiful model types in the world for one plain, honest woman that loved God, me, and had great common sense. I'm not impressed by a woman that "looks good", I'm impressed by a lady that has wisdom and courage. ~Kristian. *Edited for spelling.

I would recommend that you to find another church. If you are uncomfortable in that enviroment (I know I would be). I personally prefer a church where I can love all of my siblings in Christ. How can I do that when I can't remember 1000 names, I could care for them as a group.. but not as family. The Spirit's presence in paramount though.

I will not argue over minor doctrinal issues. I will not argue over which version of the Bible you find easiest to understand. I will not judge people based on their appearance, clothing or economic status. These are my own, personal guidelines.

I would like to thank everyone who helped me out with this. I believe I understand it now. The confusion it caused me was an impediment to my relationship with the Lord. I truly appreciate all the help! I plan to make some notes on this in case I ever meet anyone else who is confused. (besides, writing things down helps me remember and makes them a part of me). Between you folks here, and a guy whose website I found.. You got my head back on straight.

This is something that has been bothering me as well. I only recently have rejoined the Lord, and I've been working on studying the Bible. So much of the Old Testament seems to be anti-Gentile. Yet I am a Gentile. How do I study it? It seems that many times Gentiles are excluded from God's plan, or outright destroyed (Book of Joshua). What causes God to act as though we are inferior throughout so much of the OT. What causes him to change his mind later? I'm not trying to find reasons to doubt, but it seems that we are an afterthought. Even Jesus at first refused a Gentile. Mar 7:25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet. Mar 7:26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. Mar 7:27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. Mar 7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. Mar 7:29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. I really want to understand this, it has become a stumbling block for me. Are we Gentiles only acceptable because so many of the Jews decided not to follow Jesus?

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I must say, I have very little sympathy for you if all you're feeling is "ugly". I've delt with ugly my entire life, the Lord made me this way, and I accept it now. For years it hurt me to be mocked and looked upon as a pariah. Now I know I was made the way I am so that I could more easily empathize with others. Perhaps that is His will in this, your difficulty. I will pray for you, I pray that the Lord will watch over your health and that he will take care of this swelling as he wills.