other one Posted July 9, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,103 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,836 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted July 9, 2018 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not me Posted July 9, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 14 Topic Count: 512 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 3,188 Content Per Day: 1.44 Reputation: 3,350 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/06/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted July 9, 2018 2 hours ago, other one said: That’s interesting? Much love in Christ, Not me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walla299 Posted July 9, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 9 Topic Count: 92 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2,164 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 1,727 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/19/2015 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/10/1961 Share Posted July 9, 2018 "Don't ever let anyone tell you that what you see with your own eyes isn't happening." Good point in the OP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debp Posted July 10, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,018 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,305 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 16,360 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted July 10, 2018 16 hours ago, other one said: Good illustration by the teacher. I hope she told Steve that she was going to use him in her illustration! It also showed how a mean dominating person can sometimes put others under their thumbs, to carry out even an evil agenda...as evidenced by what Anne Frank and her family, and so many others suffered. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acadia Posted July 10, 2018 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 146 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 119 Days Won: 1 Joined: 08/02/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted July 10, 2018 19 hours ago, other one said: Excellent illustration. We often like to think that what has happened in history would never be repeated, that we would act differently than people in times past. We should not be so naive. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sower Posted July 10, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 14 Topic Count: 32 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,247 Content Per Day: 0.97 Reputation: 5,852 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/09/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted July 10, 2018 Herd instinct: "Herd instinct is a mentality characterized by a lack of individual decision-making or thoughtfulness, causing people to think and act in the same way as the majority of those around them". In a forest, the mass of trees help protect one another from the wind and elements, allowing easy growth. Average size, bark, and roots. A tree alone on a hill, subjected alone to the wind and storms will produce thicker bark, stronger limbs, and deeper roots. When the storm comes and the wind blows, it is not swayed with the others in the forest. It is stronger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acadia Posted July 10, 2018 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 146 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 119 Days Won: 1 Joined: 08/02/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted July 10, 2018 26 minutes ago, Gary Lee said: Herd instinct: "Herd instinct is a mentality characterized by a lack of individual decision-making or thoughtfulness, causing people to think and act in the same way as the majority of those around them". In a forest, the mass of trees help protect one another from the wind and elements, allowing easy growth. Average size, bark, and roots. A tree alone on a hill, subjected alone to the wind and storms will produce thicker bark, stronger limbs, and deeper roots. When the storm comes and the wind blows, it is not swayed with the others in the forest. It is stronger. Another good illustration. My favorite tree on my parents’ property is just such a tree. It is a beautiful Jackpine that has grown by itself near the top of one of their fields. It’s likely between 60 and 80 years old. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted July 10, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 951 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,565 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 9,045 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) And yet, I walk by faith and not by sight.  2 Corinthians 5:7,  Romans 8:24,  Hebrews 11:1 and 13  Without the insight of the Holy  Spirit indwelling me and revealing God's word and wisdom for me, acting upon what I see, by itself, will not profit me. God may have me hold my ground by remaining silent in submission to His will, His perfect goal or He may have me move in another manner. I doubt God will have me rise up against authority  even terribly bad authority in a  manner not first directed by Him. God is sovereign in all matters. Edited July 10, 2018 by Neighbor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted July 10, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 951 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,565 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 9,045 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) What one sees with their own eyes is NOT always trustworthy as all signs and wonders are not of God. Stand firm not in what  one sees as much as what one learns guided by the Holy Spirit of God's word the Bible, making application sure in prayer and by thinking.:   "then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.  The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,  and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.  Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,  in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. Stand Firm But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.  To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.  So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter." Edited July 10, 2018 by Neighbor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted July 10, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,103 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,836 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 I think you missed the whole point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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