Just wondering, what protests have you participated in? I do not critisize in any way anyone who has protested, researched, or taken action at all. What I do critisize is those who only sit back and post prayers on the internet. A complete and utter passive waste of time and energy. To me it's equivalent to waving the white flag. Instead of praying we should have been raising funds to hire David Bois to replace Gibbs. Gibbs lost this case because he was in over his head. Bois might have won. Keep praying though.
"Gibbs lost this case because he was in over his head. Bois might have won. Keep praying though."
Are you an attorney????? I am thinking you are not, but just wondering.
I am not taking the bait.
Go to this link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/browse
There you will find the other threads. Now you have directions. Drive safely.
We all have called, faxed, emailed; you are not alone. Everyone here has done that. That we pray too only means that we've taken our pleas to the ultimate arbiter.
I understand that you are upset, but we are all in this together. Blaming prayer doesn't make any sense at all. Did the prayerful ignore requests by the debaters to raise funds to replace Gibbs as counsel? Or did such a request exist before his motions were ruled upon?
Will somebody please post the links to threads 1-4 for SoCar. Maybe he could see what he missed.
"What I do critisize is those who only sit back and post prayers on the internet. A complete and utter passive waste of time and energy"
Who are they praying to? Why should He answer them? Would He answer you? How would you know what He wants from you? What is prayer, just asking for something and hoping you get it?
You don't know these basics, because you haven't met God yet. He became incarnate 2000 years ago, meaning He not only was still God, but He added to Himself a human nature. Jesus was fully God, and fully man.
He taught us Who God is, and what He wants. We have it recorded in the New Testament of the Bible. We find out there that the ONLY mediator we have to even get access with the Father is Jesus Christ. How do we have access to Him? By believing what He has done for you.
He took all the things from you that grieved God, all your sins, and died in your place, and took your punishment even unto death. He didn't deserve that, we did. But He loves us.
He rose from that death after three days, because the Father accepted His death as payment in full, and His own sinlessness could not be held by death. He proved to His followers and us that He is not only man, but also the Son of God Himself.
He wants to change our lives and make us more like Him. He wants us to talk to Him, take our sins in prayer to Him, receive His forgiveness, talk to Him and worship Him. He says He is always interceding for us, as well as the Holy Spirit prays for us with words which cannot be uttered.
What the "complete waste of time" you refer to is, anything DONE which is not done through faith alone in this Jesus. "That which is not done of faith is sin." And He's referring to the true Christian faith, the Gospel. Mormons do alot to promote families, yet they believe in different definition of the God and Jesus of historic Christianity. So they can be DOING, but end in hell rejecting the real Jesus.
Salvation does not come from what WE do, but from what HE has done for us, and we humbly kneel at His feet in gratitude for His love and forgiveness, and He allows us to be used by His Spirit inside us.
Protesting and being active keeps you busy on this earth, but God will only ask you one Question: What do you think of My Son? I hope you believe, and will join in the joys of praying to Him, worshipping Him, and walking with Him to bring His love to the hurting.
It's very late. Everyone is a bit frustrated. This is truly a life and death situation. I'm not going to criticize what you are doing. Do it. You have my support. But I disagree with you on prayer. It is a powerful thing to those who believe. And I believe that faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains!