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2 minutes ago, Starise said:

I hear you on that. Does that mean we are more restrained in a close fellowship? To me differences of opinion in my church groups have been more cordial, and when disagreed with I'll just say something like, " I never looked at it that way". 

Recently I was talking to a friend of mine at a group meeting. We were on the subject of the lost at judgement and he made the comment that we don't know what that final discussion looks like implying there just might be another chance for a lost person at the throne to make a final decision.All of my study indicates this isn't likely, but neither could I completely disprove what he said on the spot, so I just listened and it made me think. No arguments. As brothers in Christ we simply get along.

@Starise Acts 2.42 is another great verse about fellowship activities...


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8 minutes ago, Starise said:

I hear you on that. Does that mean we are more restrained in a close fellowship? To me differences of opinion in my church groups have been more cordial, and when disagreed with I'll just say something like, " I never looked at it that way". 

Recently I was talking to a friend of mine at a group meeting. We were on the subject of the lost at judgement and he made the comment that we don't know what that final discussion looks like implying there just might be another chance for a lost person at the throne to make a final decision.All of my study indicates this isn't likely, but neither could I completely disprove what he said on the spot, so I just listened and it made me think. No arguments. As brothers in Christ we simply get along.

You give us a good example of the admonition of James

19 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 

20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Ironically, an online forum should give us more opportunities to wait on replying, praying and considering another's pov. I am new to this, and what I have discerned is that people who fire back harsh replies have been doing this awhile and respond as if they have "heard everything" and address some pet peeve, while missing my point entirely.

I find myself going in circles with someone who cannot consider the possibility that they jumped to conclusions and rushed to judgment. In fact, I am certain that many of these comments are directed towards the title of the thread without actually reading the content and the scriptures provided. While this can be very frustrating, it can be a lesson in longsuffering.

However, when it is the same person consistently taking on an adversarial tone, that is when the ignore feature becomes necessary. While we cannot simply ignore someone in direct fellowship, there are instructions for people who are consistently unruly, disruptive, argumentative, etc...for discipline.

For example,

Titus 3:9-11 But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and striving about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless. Reject a divisive man after the first and second admonition, knowing that such a person is warped and sinning, being self-condemned.

This unenviable task falls to the forum moderators. 

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On 11/28/2023 at 2:49 PM, Mr. M said:

You give us a good example of the admonition of James

19 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 

20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Ironically, an online forum should give us more opportunities to wait on replying, praying and considering another's pov. I am new to this, and what I have discerned is that people who fire back harsh replies have been doing this awhile and respond as if they have "heard everything" and address some pet peeve, while missing my point entirely.

I find myself going in circles with someone who cannot consider the possibility that they jumped to conclusions and rushed to judgment. In fact, I am certain that many of these comments are directed towards the title of the thread without actually reading the content and the scriptures provided. While this can be very frustrating, it can be a lesson in longsuffering.

However, when it is the same person consistently taking on an adversarial tone, that is when the ignore feature becomes necessary. While we cannot simply ignore someone in direct fellowship, there are instructions for people who are consistently unruly, disruptive, argumentative, etc...for discipline.

For example,

Titus 3:9-11 But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and striving about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless. Reject a divisive man after the first and second admonition, knowing that such a person is warped and sinning, being self-condemned.

This unenviable task falls to the forum moderators. 

Well I suppose that could have been me sometimes in not reading something well or getting it completely. I want to engage at length but sometimes my mental cache is just not taking everything in, usually on long posts. Not pointing to you. Not intentional, and in only speaking for myself, I might select something I think was a highlight instead of addressing something in it's entirety. Maybe I need slow down pills lol.

I try to extract information efficiently and I often don't grok someone's posting style. At that point I'm lost and better not commenting at all. The discussion threads are to me a place for discussion and not necessarily deepest of study as there are other areas here for that. Maybe as leaders to those kinds of things. Not that it doesn't get deep here and if you notice I'm not often on those threads because to me they get so twisted around I'm lost of the main theme. Just my thoughts.


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1 minute ago, Starise said:

Well I suppose that could have been me sometimes in not reading something well or getting it completely. I want to engage at length but sometimes my mental cache is just not taking everything in, usually on long posts. Not pointing to you. Not intentional, and in only speaking for myself, I might select something I think was a highlight instead of addressing something in it's entirety. Maybe I need slow down pills lol.

I try to extract information efficiently and I often don't grok someone's posting style. At that point I'm lost and better not commenting at all. The discussion threads are to me a place for discussion and not necessarily deepest of study as there are other areas here for that. Maybe as leaders to those kinds of things. Not that it doesn't get deep here and if you notice I'm not often on those threads because to me they get so twisted around I'm lost of the main theme. Just my thoughts.

@Starise One of the benefits of forums such as these is that topics can be looked at from various angles.


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Fellowship in Christian context is with with fellow belivers -Hebrews 10:23-25

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15 minutes ago, farouk said:

@Starise One of the benefits of forums such as these is that topics can be looked at from various angles.

I agree. What works for me might not work as well for someone else. I try to ask myself, how will this post be seen by those I'm posting to? Is it something they can easily understand? Are my points clear and articulate? I don't always win that struggle and sometimes get off on a side track. The old term around here WOT or wall of text applies at least to me. This is often dependent on the subject and how interesting it is, as I'll read a long post I can understand that looks like it really wants a response and isn't a sunday school lesson lol.


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23 hours ago, Know Jah said:

Fellowship in Christian context is with with fellow belivers -Hebrews 10:23-25

Romans 1:

11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift,

so that you may be established;

12 that is, that I may be encouraged together with you

by the mutual faith both of you and me.

Among those who have been born of the Spirit!

1 Peter 1: 

22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth

through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren,

love one another fervently with a pure heart, 

23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, 

through the word of God which lives and abides forever.


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On 11/28/2023 at 12:28 PM, Starise said:

I hear you on that. Does that mean we are more restrained in a close fellowship? To me differences of opinion in my church groups have been more cordial, and when disagreed with I'll just say something like, " I never looked at it that way". 

Recently I was talking to a friend of mine at a group meeting. We were on the subject of the lost at judgement and he made the comment that we don't know what that final discussion looks like implying there just might be another chance for a lost person at the throne to make a final decision.All of my study indicates this isn't likely, but neither could I completely disprove what he said on the spot, so I just listened and it made me think. No arguments. As brothers in Christ we simply get along.

I appreciate what you're conveying here - a couple brothers who are one in Christ, talking about things that neither could know 100%, but not getting dogmatic about it, nor letting it disturb the oneness of fellowship!

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1 hour ago, Vine Abider said:

I appreciate what you're conveying here - a couple brothers who are one in Christ, talking about things that neither could know 100%, but not getting dogmatic about it, nor letting it disturb the oneness of fellowship!

Exactly.

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