Too much leaven, signing off.

[Neighbor]

33 minutes ago, RdJ said:

The perfect post should get a brilliant emoji or something.

Well there is the "well said", but yes a brilliant emolie might be rather nice. Though any comment detracts I suppose from that which is already  complete.

Don't want to fall victim to having one's "ears tickled" by praise. And then find one's self puffed up readied by the enemy  for a deflation.

[Neighbor]

Ya know; I like a little leaven, maybe the more the better. After all if all is perfect around me  my own faults  and failings stand out all the more.

There is a  comfort in not being the only one that is not perfected, yet that we might all work together one helping the other  with our so commonly shared faults, while loving God loving one another, without harsh judgement one against another. All happening as we are progressively sanctified while already fully justified before the Father by the sacrifice of the son as made known by the Holy Spirit indwelling each of us in a form of holding unity till our Lord's return.

Yep a little leaven might be just the thing that keeps me humbled, and learning.

[RdJ]

2 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Well there is the "well said", but yes a brilliant emolie might be rather nice. Though any comment detracts I suppose from that which is already  complete.

Don't want to fall victim to having one's "ears tickled" by praise. And then find one's self puffed up readied by the enemy  for a deflation.

I mean the least you can do if someone does so much effort is give it a like or something. If nobody even responds it may be because nobody even reads it and why would you even do all that effort to make these threads then? I translate funny videos on another forum because one girl thought the video was funny and responded and said thanks for translating it. The rest doesn't respond, so I assume they don't watch it, which does not matter. It's just some silly Dutch video's. But I did effort to translate some more for her. Had she not responded either I would just stop after posting one or 2. Why do effort for nothing?

[Sower]

1 hour ago, Neighbor said:

Okay. 

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Here I have always thought that a perfect post requires no response.

 

[Neighbor]

17 minutes ago, RdJ said:

Why do effort for nothing?

Perhaps you are right in that encouragement is often well received. But if it is of God's will that one is led to state or do a thing it does not matter the response  of mankind, not at all. For perhaps that too is God's will that no one receive or heed what they do receive.

I think it tests us. It tests what we think we are accomplishing and it brings to question within ourselves what are we seeking as we share. Are we seeking the praise of men?  Hmmm. What profit is there in that come the kingdom of God?

There is a box showing the names of those that got approvals of posts listed by the number of approvals, I guess within the last several days or weeks or months. Gad, I personally think it a bad thing to have at all; but it is there, the tickle box. Kinda a tickle me Elmo thing.

[RdJ]

10 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Perhaps you are right in that encouragement is often well received. But if it is of God's will that one is led to state or do a thing it does not matter the response  of mankind, not at all. For perhaps that too is God's will that no one receive or heed what they do receive.

I think it tests us. It tests what we think we are accomplishing and it brings to question within ourselves what are we seeking as we share. Are we seeking the praise of men?  Hmmm. What profit is there in that come the kingdom of God?

There is a box showing the names of those that got approvals of posts listed by the number of approvals, I guess within the last several days or weeks or months. Gad, I personally think it a bad thing to have at all; but it is there, the tickle box. Kinda a tickle me Elmo thing.

People can be extreme and idolize the preacher, but the other extreme is zero response. In real life I can't imagine someone preaches and the whole church gives zero response. Just sit. No Amen, hm hm, not even a grin when he makes a joke. I'd say run!

[AnOrangeCat]

8 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Perhaps you are right in that encouragement is often well received. But if it is of God's will that one is led to state or do a thing it does not matter the response  of mankind, not at all. For perhaps that too is God's will that no one receive or heed what they do receive.

I think it tests us. It tests what we think we are accomplishing and it brings to question within ourselves what are we seeking as we share. Are we seeking the praise of men?  Hmmm. What profit is there in that come the kingdom of God?

I've thought about this a little. Gratitude and recognition are nice, but it can't be what we're chasing. In my Bible reading today I was going over the sermon on the mount. Jesus said there not to be like those who announce their giving and praying in public, and stated that people like that have received their reward in full. The phrasing used, "they have received their reward in full" made it stand out to me.

That out of the way I do feel like the statistics are still of some use. I've been around long enough to know who's who among the active posters, who I like and respect, and so on. Someone new to the forum can just glance and get an idea on a person's level of activity and whether or not their content is resonating with others in this particular branch of the body of Christ. In that sense I think it's still useful.

[Neighbor]

Interesting, and makes me also consider the other side of the coin- censorship, the ability to shut down the expression of the thinking of others.  I think I will start a thread on TikTok in order to expand on that concern. For I kinda feel I am more threatened by those that want to censor what I am allowed to receive as information than am  by those who may want to somehow use information, they may have gathered, against me.

[Ray12614]

11 hours ago, Mr. M said:

Of the 500 or so threads I initiated there remains quite a few that many have never viewed if they did not venture often into that forum, including:

Bible Study

General Discussion

Apologetics

      Defense of the Gospel

      Science and Faith

      The Universal Moral Law

      The Substance of Man

Theology

      Understanding Hebrew roots

      Gifts of the Spirit

      Spiritual Warfare

Prophecy/Eschatology

My Clubs

In other words, there is no reason to miss my threads now that I will no longer be posting OP's, I have already been missed probably a few hundred times.   

You can still find me, and if a response is made on any I will react/respond back.

 

 

Ahhh . . . now I understand 'why' you are saying what you are saying.

Listen brother . . . I don't stay on Worthy all day, neither do I log in every day. It has nothing to do with liking posters, or, either choosing how many posts I look at. It has a lot to do with how much time I have each day to view posts, and sometimes . . . day to day responsibilities take precedent over Worthy (there I said it). It does not mean that I discount what OPs are about, it generally means how much time do I have to stay on Worthy as a whole. For me here is what I do on days when I can log in:

1. IF an Subject catches my eye, I don't open it, I hover over the posting and it brings up a window that lets me see it without ever opening it up. Not sure what the analytics report about that.

2. Not every OP do I feel confident about to reply or offer an opinion. End Times is one such subject. Some subjects just don't trip my trigger so to speak. Thats ok (I hope) but that is the absolute truth concerning Ray.

3. I learned long ago that no online format can substitute for heart-to-heart fellowship at my local assembly (church), which frees me to not expect that I am appreciated here at Worthy.

4. I don't have to be 'right' all the time. Proverbs states that as iron sharpens iron so does hearty counsel sharpen me (bad quote but you get the drift I hope). I have been sharpened somewhat by broadening my perspectives by reading some posts on Worthy, and after considering them against scripture, the posts have at times corrected me. That alone makes Worthy valuable to me 'broadening' my view of Christianity to others in parts of the world I will never visit, and I cannot get that at my local church.

I am just saying what I do, and how I view Worthy . . . and yes, my responsibilities in life once again are causing me to log off. I will come back tomorrow morning EST.

Grace and Peace . . . 

Ray . . . 

 

[RdJ]

4 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Interesting, and makes me also consider the other side of the coin- censorship, the ability to shut down the expression of the thinking of others.  I think I will start a thread on TikTok in order to expand on that concern. For I kinda feel I am more threatened by those that want to censor what I am allowed to receive as information than am  by those who may want to somehow use information, they may have gathered, against me.

You really need censorship. I've been on Dutch christian forums where practicing homosexuals and a witch could say what they wanted. Talked with a guy about the end time teaching from Amir Tsarfati and the literal witch, she's into witchcraft, but oh how nice that she is so interested in christianity, so let her be, asked if I had taken my pills. Then I had enough and left. The mod was always biking and didn't care. By the way Tik Tok, I know a guy who preaches there. He's getting a lot of young people saved. He has really good stuff. Why not? They're all on Tik Tok. He reaches them there.