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To: daniel1212
Of all people how could Trump be utterly silent about what would be the most profound transformative change in his heart and life?

When Pilate asked, "What is truth?" Jesus remained silent.

To you, He said nothing. To me, he answered the question.

And since you do indeed need explanations, no, I'm not saying Trump is Jesus. What I'm saying is that, incredible as it might seem, not every testimony is made with words that can be approved or disapproved by self-anointed biblical scholars. Sometimes, testimony is made by what one actually does.

You're not bad. You're just naive. But you won't become wise until you quiet your tongue.

213 posted on 06/27/2016 10:12:05 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker
But you won't become wise until you quiet your tongue.

HMMMmmm...


Tao is a far better word than God, because the very idea of God creates the desire to worship... or to deny.

214 posted on 06/28/2016 6:32:22 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Talisker; Faith Presses On
When Pilate asked, "What is truth?" Jesus remained silent. To you, He said nothing. To me, he answered the question.

That is an absurd, desperate argument and an outrageous abuse of Scripture! In context, the Lord had already done constantly what Trump has not done at all, which is to expressly proclaim Christ and His mission and union with the Father, and to point souls to Scripture time and time again as the standard for Truth, and who had just told the leaders at His illegal trial that "Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven," (Matthew 26:64) and to Pilate that "My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence" (John 18:36) and that He should bear witness unto the truth, all of which provides the context for His judgmental silence after all this.

In stark enduring contrast, Trump has never publicly testified to his sppsd conversion nor of God working in his life, nor pointed souls to Scripture as the basis for his morality, or otherwise even given the media much cause to charging him with being a Bible Christian.

Give it up. It remains that Biblically speaking, if Trump or anyone is unwilling to expressly confess their conversion by the Lord Jesus as their Lord and Savior, at least once publicly if able, then it never happened. Converted souls in Scripture testified to what happened to them, while constant silence is a denial.

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 10:32)

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. (1 John 4:14)

And by which, in word as well as in deed, we know who is a believer.

Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. (1 Thessalonians 1:4)

For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. (1 Thessalonians 1:5-8)

234 posted on 06/29/2016 8:29:43 AM PDT by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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