Posted on 02/24/2010 9:36:26 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
Only if the people heed the words of Jesus.
Luke 18: 10 "Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, 'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity--greedy, dishonest, adulterous--or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.' 13 But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'O God, be merciful to me a sinner.' 14 I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
The false pride of the Reformed will be Judged. Otherwise the claim of salvation will be false.
WOW.
INDEED.
As I understand it,
Baptists and Roman Catholics et al . . . maybe Lutherans, Presbyterians and Methodists, too.
both tend to cound on their membership rolls . . . folks who have long since stopped attending.
That has to inflate things somewhat.
You have my less often checked email, IIRC.
Can give you the more frequently checked one, if you wish.
I agree. I know of a number of cases like that.
However, I wouldn’t recommend waiting for folks hereon to address that straightforwardly and honorably from their side.
LOL. Stayed home.
Housemate graciously pureed an 88 cent Banquet turkey and stuffing dinner for me. Was different than oatmeal or mashed potatoes or some other usual mush or gruel these days! LOL, PTL.
Tonight took the babyfood grinder to a restaurant and ground up some chicken fingers. Better flavor but by the time all that was done, was cold. And, the effort was enormous—particularly with low energy from recent digestive trac challenges.
All in all, happy to be home. Tuckered out. Praising God that He is faithful.
Thankful for Joya’s helpfulness, kindnesses and generosities.
Trying to get up courage to go ahead and schedule the surgery on the upper teeth. Wheeeee.
Prayers for all your levels and related challenges.
LUB
It’s conceivable that John is dinking with the email system. Or else . . . some other worse monkey business is going on.
I think FREEPMAIL has had some problems off and over over the last 6 months or so.
My Auntie is Catholic.
(You asked, I answered.)
I encourage you to ignore the font whiners.
They couldn’t tell a
CAPS = raised eyebrows from a
CAPS = raised voice tone from a
CAPS = one raised eyebrow from a
CAPS = a slowed cadence from a
CAPS = a sing-song cadence from a
CAPS = a screechy tone from a
CAPS = a low frequency growl sort of tone from a
CAPS = a louder volume
if their life depended on it.
And many of the CAPS WHINERS seem to be allergic to CAPS and eagerly looking for something to COMPLAIN CHRONICALLY ABOUT.
Apparently you're with the folks who claim that the soul and spirit are one in the same...
There are over 1000 verses in the scriptures that contain the words soul or spirit or both...I'll post just a sampling but it would seem that a cursory study of the issue should put any doubts to rest...
Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Jdg 15:19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
3Jn 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Rev 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Rev 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Mat 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
1Th 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
"acceptable" as in being believers or being Christian -- please could you clarify?
Acceptable as being Christian. A particular understanding of the Godhead is not part of the formula for being born again (Christian).
I appreciate your wanting us to embrace your church. You fervently believe in her, but as a Christan believer, I am just as committed to the church Christ founded, the universal body of Christ.
It's not my Church. It's the Church that Jesus created and the Holy Spirit commissioned. You know, the one in Scripture.
You fervently believe in her
Correct.
I am just as committed to the church Christ founded, the universal body of Christ.
The thing is, we believe that it is one and the same.
Apparently you're with the folks who claim that the soul and spirit are one in the same...
What's the matter, don't you understand the question? You never made any effort to answer it. And you apparently didn't read my post where I specifically mentioned that not once do the Scriptures mix up the terms "soul" and "spirit". They apply to different things, and are never one in the same!
There are over 1000 verses in the scriptures that contain the words soul or spirit or both...I'll post just a sampling but it would seem that a cursory study of the issue should put any doubts to rest...
Your sampling doesn't show anything in respects to what I said. Anyway, yes, there are many more places than the 1,000 you mention.
In the NT we find the word "spirit" 385 times.
In the OT we find the word "spirit" 400 times.
In the NT we find the word "soul" 105 times.
In the OT we find the word "soul" 752 times.
Of these 1642 times we find that not once is one used for the other. To the amazement of many, the OT mentions "dead" souls 26 times - souls can die! And the NT also says that many times - if one lets his/her eyes see what is said. And, BTW, not once do you find any "soul" going to Heaven at death, but, however, we do find that the "spirit", i.e., the breath of life returns to the One who gave it to mankind (and the animals also! Man and animals, they both have the same spirit)!
Pay attention to this:
Gen 2:7 "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. "
My questions to you, if you dare answer them by reading what it actually says: "What two things made man a living soul? Does this say that God put a "soul" into the body of man?
I'll anxiously await your two answers.
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