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To: Havoc
Did I say that? I don't see anywhere that I said that. You might want to actually read it. You might learn something.

I did read it and you inferred this, that's why I asked. I also wonder if you consider yourself as some type of prophet.

414 posted on 10/16/2001 4:30:52 PM PDT by pegleg
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To: pegleg
I did read it and you inferred this, that's why I asked. I also wonder if you consider yourself as some type of prophet.

Actually, no I didn't infer it. You're taking my statement as a leap away from organization - You made that leap not I. Teachers and preachers exist for a reason. They are not lords over us though - nor are they supposed to be. They are supposed to be workers for the lord acting as shepherds until the sheep know enough to be shepherds themselves. From thence onward, they are meant to fellowship and work together for the congregation. That is where it ends. The Lord is the leader - Not any man lest he boast and make of himself a lord - that men should kiss his feet, bow and adore him as though he were God.

Do I consider myself a prophet - No. I'm a born again believer with Christ in me. My life is intended to be a service to the Lord and to my fellow man. Just as yours is supposed to be. I take it seriously. I take seriously the charge that we are to be duplicates of the Lord. I take seriously the obedience to the law and the commandments. I take seriously all that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. Obedience and being in the will of the Lord is a requirement and you are nothing without them. One must first know what he is saying, and to do that you must know him. It all works together and has to be mixed with faith, which only comes from God. I'm dependant upon God for every breath. Every day I work, I have to thank Him and do my best to work as to Him. And none of this to glorify myself. I don't ask people to follow my example, I tell them they are supposed to follow the example I follow - the life of Jesus. If I boast it will be about the Lord, I have nothing of myself to boast about save Him.

Anything else?

442 posted on 10/16/2001 5:55:19 PM PDT by Havoc
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To: Havoc
I did read it and you inferred this, that's why I asked. I also wonder if you consider yourself as some type of prophet.

Careful. One of those trick questions like when the pharisees and sadduccees were trying to trip up Jesus.

450 posted on 10/16/2001 6:31:28 PM PDT by Invincibly Ignorant
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