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So you suppose that because I don't arrogantly shout "I am written in the Lamb's Book of Life!" (Strongly implied: "...And you are NOT so there!") that means I'm not?

I reiterate. This thread is rife with folks who want cookie-cutter Christians who are all shaped the same way - conveniently, just like THEM.

It is exactly that sort of thinking which has led to Christians persecuting Christians all down through most of the last 2,000 years.

Pride is the root of all sin. And there's a whole lot of pride in this thread.

This thread is rife with folks who want cookie-cutter Christians who are all shaped the same way - conveniently, just like THEM...Pride is the root of all sin. And there's a whole lot of pride in this thread

Have you considered that the people who are saying things that you do not agree with, are in fact expressing a desire to not look like everyone else - but like Jesus, the Messiah? Have you considered that it is pride they are speaking against? Be careful.

I know I do not want everyone to be "shaped" like me - except where I resemble Him. I want to be "shaped" like HIM (that is my most intense desire) - and if that is the "cookie cutter" you are referring to - then you need to consider these:

"For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren." Romans 8:29

"Imitate me, just as I also imitate Messiah." 1Corinthians 11:1

"Therefore be imitators of God as dear children." Ephesians 5:1

"For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Messiah Jesus." 1Thessalonians 2:14

"And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises." Hebrews 6:11-12

"Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good..." 3John 11

Maybe what you have read by some on this thread is concern for the Bride of Messiah... and an urging that she not be found wanting - but prepared.