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To: Eagle Eye

Your own words:

"Spiritually not everyone is ready for the 'deeper truths' and some will never be."

"Is there no place for someone who just gets saved and likes to sit in church, feel good and praise the Lord?"

"Not everyone who is saved will always hunger and thirst for righteousness"

These statements are non-Biblical, you have yet to show me otherwise.


268 posted on 11/22/2005 1:17:35 PM PST by ItsOurTimeNow (Aslan is on the move...)
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To: ItsOurTimeNow

A) My own words say nothing about justifying spiritual laziness as you dishonestly or mistakenly claimed;

B) You are simply wrong and have not read the Bible with understanding. Go read WHY Jesus taught in parables and also read that he had to explain them to his disciples because even they often couldn't understand his point. No, not everyone is ready for the deeper truths and some will never be;

C) Those with experience ministering to people know that people who don't stay hungry for the word won't continue in their quest. That point is self evident even in the physical life. Thursday you will find millions of Americans that will reach a point that they will refuse to look at food. This is possible spiritually, people can get so filled in the head that they don't continue.

D) You don't seem to realize that just as plants grow and different rates depending on many variables, so do people. Some are going to be saved and happy just knowing that Jesus died for them and rose again. When they are ready, if they eveer get ready, they will go on but not before and no amount of dogging them will change that. In fact, pressure at the wrong time will chase them away. A GOOD pastor knows how to tend the flock and my guess is that you are not a pastor.

You need to read more carefully, more prayerfully and get some understanding. It would also do you good to serve people, especially some of the weakest of the flock and make them stronger instead of demanding that they try to run at the same pace as the rest.

I do not believe that continuing this is beneficial or profitable, at least not on the public forum.


271 posted on 11/22/2005 2:53:45 PM PST by Eagle Eye (There ought to be a law against excess legislation.)
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