How to tell the cult group from the Church? Know the truth!

Christian Messenger (India's Evangelical Newspaper) ^ | Sept. 12, 2009 | Sheba Devaraj

[magritte]

LOL...you’re not from these parts, are ya fella ?? ...magritte

[campaignPete R-CT]

that must happen once in a while ... a noobie finds a thread that sends him into a fit! I guess I’ll get the hang of it soon.

[magritte]

These threads are good for a chuckle or two, but also give a good insight into some of the beliefs of the farther edge of the Religious Right...it can be very instructive...magritte

[paulist]

Thanks Pete, that’s kind of you brother.

[campaignPete R-CT]

what happens if, by the time I am done with the thread, I am part of the farther edge of the Religious Right? Is there a red EJECT button I can push to bail out?

[mkjessup]

So this is the writing of a God fearing Christian?

It certainly is "Judge" Paulist. Give my regards to your fellow Pharisees.

[campaignPete R-CT]

jessup,
Do you mean to tell me that the two of us are stuck with each other as long as I’m on this site? It should be a hoot!

And to think, you first ran into me in the middle of the birthcertificate battle. I got bored with those BC threads fairly quickly. Paulist is right, ya know. They say, “seek and ye shall find”, which is why I am on Freeper. A few years back, when I stopped seeking, It didn’t take long for me to become a “backslider”. Is that word out of vogue?

[mkjessup]

Yeah Pete, looks like it’s just you and me, LOL

My first impression of you (truth be told) was that you seemed to be focused on ringing the dinner bell for our resident anti-birther crowd which seemed kinda trollish to me, but first impressions aren’t always correct, as I’ve learned right here in this thread, i.e., we’ve got Paulist going to town, taking issue with me about this, that and the other thing, and then after you graciously tell them how to find someone’s FR home page, (he was ‘seeking’ and you helped him ‘find’ it ;) he proceeds to go data mining for some political comment I made on MY page for use as fodder in a RELIGIOUS thread, that’s something only a closet-0bama supporter or just a plain ol’ self-righteous holier-than-thou dirtbag would do.

But enough about our local Pharisee.

Now about your claiming to be a backslider (either past or present), each and every one of us is a backslider at some point in our life, our Christian walk is not always consistent, with some people it’s falling off the wagon after giving up the booze, for others it’s being unable to get that nicotine demon off their back, for some it’s being (as Robert Duvall said in his portrayal of the pentecostal Preacher Euliss ‘Sonny’ Dewey in ‘The Apostle’) a “womanizer”, or perhaps something as bland as choosing to go play 18 holes on a Sunday morning instead of going to church. It’s any number of things that can become an obstacle between us, flawed and imperfect human sinners, and Jesus Christ, Flawless, Perfect and without sin.

And fortunately, God is quick to forgive when we confess our sins and failings to Him. There is only One Mediator between God and man, which is Christ Jesus.

Hope your weekend is good Pete.

MKJ

[paulist]

“plain ol’ self-righteous holier-than-thou dirtbag”

You are one classy guy. And yet you think you have enough understanding to counsel someone about backsliding.

“for others it’s being unable to get that nicotine demon off their back” And you call me a Pharisee?

“the ascension of the 0bamas to the White House only meant one thing: another minority family moving into government subsidized housing, nothing more and nothing less”

So is your God as racist as you seem to be?

[mkjessup]

Hey thanks for showing YOUR true colors, dragging a political comment on my FR page into a RELIGIOUS discussion, that’s worthy of any liberal-leftist slug.

And what exactly is Pharisee-like by citing one of any number of reasons (i.e., that ol’ nicotine demon) that a person might backslide? Tell us “Judge” Paulist, please do.

You want to talk about class? Your first post to me was aggressive and ill-mannered. You reaped what you sowed, deal with it.

And yeah, I’m a racist, I watch NASCAR races every weekend, so you can stuff that ‘racist’ garbage, and I think you know where too.

Now why don’t you just toddle on along now, and see if you can find some new Christians who have accepted Christ, prayed that Sinner’s Prayer, are happy and rejoicing in their new Salvation, so you can tell them they’re still condemned to Hell and eternal fire and brimstone, ok?

I’m sure that’ll make your day.

I rebuke you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

[paulist]

“I rebuke you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Coming from you, and your concept of Him, I consider that an honor.

[mkjessup]

Once again, you speak out of ignorance. You know nothing of my 'concept' of Jesus Christ, and your pompous arrogance confirms that my description of you as a 'Pharisee' was right on target.

"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
—Luke 18:9-14

Enjoy your weekend of self-exaltation, "Judge" Paulist.

[campaignPete R-CT]

“humbles himself ...”
Humility is the beginning of all virtue. Jessup, who told you to talk that way to ANYONE?

Did Jesus not say to pray that you will not be ‘put to the test’?

[mkjessup]

I call it the way I see it. Judge Paulist came into this thread with a chip on his shoulder (which he later admitted to), and that’s why it got knocked off. I’ll ultimately answer to God for it, and I’m ok with that.

G’nite Pete.