drfeelgood said:
You know what? I've calmed down since last night.
I've come to realize something. FOC lived up to my every expectation. He pushed and pushed and pushed, looking for an opening to flaunt to the masses, just as I said he would. How sad that it was me that provided him the opportunity.
I didn't count on that kind of response from a simple quote. My bad. I've decided to take it out so I don't have to face that type of abuse from any other "forgiving" or "compassionate" brothers or sisters. It's not worth it. It's easier to delete it rather than explain why it's there to all those of like mind.
It's been intriguing...
Somewhere, in one of your posts, you answer to someone that you didnt know if they could go to heaven.
It can be assumed that this comment was made because this person was saying they had divorced and remarried for reasons other than adultery.........thereby NOT following the PRECISE letter of scripture in the matter.
It was only being shown that NONE of us follow the precise letter of scripture and to condemn any one of us for falling short in one area or another is to condemn us as a whole.
NONE of us follow that book to the letter.
We try our best and ask that the Father forgive our shortcomings and bad decisions.
It is brought to your attention that while you say this person may not make it to heaven for their past decisions, that you currently are not following the precise letter either.
Abstain from every appearance of evil.
(1Th 5:22)
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
(1Th 5:22)
Keep from every form of evil.
(1Th 5:22)
I point this out to ask whether you would see that you fall short in this area and as long as you listen to a minister of Satan that you are not following the letter of that passage........amoung a few others that can surely be thrown in there.......thereby in essence applying your own call that you cant be sure youre going to heaven in your current state of listening to Marylin Manson.
It has been my experience that folks apply all scripture to every life except their own......there are always areas where they fall short.......we all do.
I have seen far too many, especially folks who are the type to say that folks who believe only what they do will make it, who make the call of who is going and who is not.
thats very dangerous ground to be on........
One step either way and a person can find themselves standing in a judgemental position they have no authority to be in.
One step either way and they will overlook their own plank and try their best to remove anothers splinter.
I can easily give a list of name of folks who visit here regularly who are precisely this way.......they are ready to proclaim that all who fall short may not make it......those outside their church and precise understanding are bound to hell.............all the while some of them are the biggest racists Ive ever met...........they hate their own human brothers and yet proclaim the name of Christ.
They have found my splinter for sure.........yet xray vision has permitted them to see thru their own plank.
As for compassionate........we give that equally to all......including the young girl who made mistakes and is now repentant.
She is not obligated to your insertion of your own ideas into scripture.
No where is it said that if the woman doesnt go back to a woman beater and does marry another that she is condemned to hell.
Its a mistake like any other.
Forgivable like any other.
Your Satanic Priest musician is an other story.
Earlier you comment that we should actaully hear his message.
Is that good advice?
Should children of God actually LISTEN to a man of Satan.....who has ridiculed us and blasphemed our God (heard him with my own ears) ?
You recieved a bad response because you make girls feel like their sins are unpardonable while yours of not ''abstaining from every appearance of evil'' is completely excusable seemingly.......
Thoughts of ''out of context'' on the given passage are preposterous.
It is written for a purpose no doubt, but is a general statement to be followed by EVERY true child of our God and King.
Most passages in the bible were written to a specific group for a specific reason.........but to say they do not apply to us today as written in ridiculous.
I could show that passage to any 6th grader i know and he would be able to tell me exactly what it means........and he would be right.
Scripture is NOT shrouded in mystery and unless there is some reason to not take it AS written......say the case of a parable, for instance......then it needs to be applied AS WRITTEN.
Anyone who would try to say that ''abstain (stay away from) all appearances (forms of, etc) of evil (wrongdoing, disobedience, etc)'' does not apply to ones listening to a minister of Satan has shown me that while they indeed know the letter of the law, the spirit and meaning contained within has completely passed over their head.
These women divorced of absolute necessity (as David ate forbidden bread of
necessity and was defended by Jesus) and remarried out of love.
Compared to just blatantly ignoring the previous passage and listening to a Satanist and promoting his ''message'' openly.....