Last night I was posting in the various forums I belong to praying and asking the Lord to guide me in my answers. later I checked them again and found people thanking me and I felt funny because although God used me to post these things it was still God speaking to them and not me. I asked God to keep me from thinking about what a great job I was doing and to remember that is was Him and not me that did the work.
Today I find myself under attack by other christians who either misunderstood me or who questioned my beliefs. I felt sad and wanted to get angry but forced myself to allow God to speak thru me.
It makes me wonder if somehow the two are related. Was it God showing me the error of my ways or was it the devil who was mad because I refused to become proud over what others had said?
I have to admit that having had a very rough life and a hard time of it that sometimes I feel impatient towards others who have it easier and softer than me and think if I can do it why can't they? But then I remember that we are not to compare ourselves to others but to ourselves and God. With that in mind I realise that I have no right to judge those that really are weaker than I because God only gives each of us what we can handle. and also that we are all members of the same body so just because I am a hand and not a eye I have no right to tell the eye that I do not need it. We all have special places in Gods heart and HE is the one who makes and shapes us and none of us have the right to say to the other pieces of pottery why has God made you so.
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Friday, March 24, 2006
Ministering to yourself
Today I was feeling alone, and depressed about several things so I went to check on other Christian forums about prayer requests and as I prayed for each request and answered some of the needs a amazing thing happened. I found that thru these other peoples needs I was giving myself thru the Lord the answers I also needed to hear. Is that amazing or what?
son of the dawn
I read my devotions today and the passage for it was about satan and his goals. It makes me wonder if
perhaps some of the space race fever has to do with his ambitions. What does anyone else think?
Isaiah 14:12-15 (NIV)
12 How you have fallen from heaven,
O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
13 You said in your heart,
"I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. [a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High."
15 But you are brought down to the grave,
to the depths of the pit.
perhaps some of the space race fever has to do with his ambitions. What does anyone else think?
Isaiah 14:12-15 (NIV)
12 How you have fallen from heaven,
O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
13 You said in your heart,
"I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. [a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High."
15 But you are brought down to the grave,
to the depths of the pit.
Is it already the time of the end?
I started witnessing on a new forum and the error is amazing. Why have Christians forsaken bible based truths for tradition?
I was amazed at the amount of ignorance and willfulness of those who profess to be Christians and yet can not understand the simplest of truths?
Are we already in the days of those who will not listen to sound doctrine but will find those who will say what they want to hear with their itching ears?
I never totally understood the term of others being blind to the truths of scripture until now.
wow. It scares me.
I was amazed at the amount of ignorance and willfulness of those who profess to be Christians and yet can not understand the simplest of truths?
Are we already in the days of those who will not listen to sound doctrine but will find those who will say what they want to hear with their itching ears?
I never totally understood the term of others being blind to the truths of scripture until now.
wow. It scares me.
Monday, March 13, 2006
Dream interpretation
BE VERY Careful of doing dream intepretation. Unless you have a direct revealation from the Lord you are walking on dangerous grounds. Not all dreams are from the Lord or Satan some are just our own thoughts and fears.
IT says In the last days old men will dream not young men and women.
Jeremiah 29:8
8 Yes, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have.
Zechariah 10:2
2 The idols speak deceit,
diviners see visions that lie;
they tell dreams that are false,
they give comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wander like sheep
oppressed for lack of a shepherd
Joel 2:28
The Day of the LORD
28 "And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
IT says In the last days old men will dream not young men and women.
Jeremiah 29:8
8 Yes, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have.
Zechariah 10:2
2 The idols speak deceit,
diviners see visions that lie;
they tell dreams that are false,
they give comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wander like sheep
oppressed for lack of a shepherd
Joel 2:28
The Day of the LORD
28 "And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
Friday, March 10, 2006
Me a shepherd?
I have been apointed shepherd over a group of people at the cyber church run by a anglican prophet named Jim. I was very suprised when he asked me to do it. I felt that it was a honor to be chosen.
I think this cyber church will be a good thing for those who are shut aways, those who can not attend a church for whatever reason, a place of support for those who do go to church, a place of rest and scripture.
There is a link to it on the footer(at the bottom of the website) of this blog.
My pain today is not as great. It seems to be more noticable when I am understress.
A note to unbelivers: You may think that faith is a crutch but it is a good crutch. There is nothing wrong with having a crutch provided it is a healthy one. If you think you do not need Christ in your life then you are deceiving yourself. Many think religion is stifling and that you can't have any fun but any real christian can honestly tell you that life is so much more fuller, and more peaceful when are a beliver. Why not go talk to one today!
A note to belivers: Being a christian is more than attending church. It is a way of life and if you are not reading the bible, praying and practising the principles in it then you are still dead inside and not enjoying life and Jesus to the fullest. So dust off that bible, read it, think about it, find a way to apply its message to your life, go to church, pray and you will find yourself with blessings you never thought possible.
I think this cyber church will be a good thing for those who are shut aways, those who can not attend a church for whatever reason, a place of support for those who do go to church, a place of rest and scripture.
There is a link to it on the footer(at the bottom of the website) of this blog.
My pain today is not as great. It seems to be more noticable when I am understress.
A note to unbelivers: You may think that faith is a crutch but it is a good crutch. There is nothing wrong with having a crutch provided it is a healthy one. If you think you do not need Christ in your life then you are deceiving yourself. Many think religion is stifling and that you can't have any fun but any real christian can honestly tell you that life is so much more fuller, and more peaceful when are a beliver. Why not go talk to one today!
A note to belivers: Being a christian is more than attending church. It is a way of life and if you are not reading the bible, praying and practising the principles in it then you are still dead inside and not enjoying life and Jesus to the fullest. So dust off that bible, read it, think about it, find a way to apply its message to your life, go to church, pray and you will find yourself with blessings you never thought possible.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Part two
Now many generations later on this artificial world hosted on Gods computer, There is a woman and a man sim that is to be wed. God puts all of Himself into a special program that makes the woman pregant. All of His knowledge, all of his programming power is given to this special baby. After this baby is born and grows up He begins to do what His real Father wants him to do by fixing other sims health problems and spiritual problems. He gathers up some friends to help Him do His Fathers work. Many of the sims where He lives don't like his message and plot to kill Him. Jesus already knows this and confronts them about it but they still plot. Jesus also knows that He has to pay the price for adams sin which seperated all of the sims from God. He is scared and askes His Father if there is another way but there is not. The sims who hate Jesus come for Him and kill him on a cross. But God after 3 days makes Jesus alive again, which is not hard for Him because He made this world. Jesus shows His friends that He is alive and then tells them to go tell other sims to try to save them so that they can be saved too. Then God takes him from the world and downloads his whole person into a android.
Now these sims still have the right of free will and if they die before accepting Jesus's sacrifice for them then God has no choice but to condem them to permant death. God is not going to force any of them to love Him because they would not really love Him and want to be with Him if they had to do it.
Now this is in no way a real biblical version of what happened but a parody of what really happened so that you can better understand what God, His Son and the Holy Spirit did for us.
We love our pets and some of us even love certain PC games or video games alot too but would any of us ask our children to die for them? No! But yet God did. Imagine the Love He must have had for His creatures. Imagine how much love Jesus had that He willingly laid down His life for us even though He was scared. And then Gods Holy Spirit who hates sins comes to live inside of us and has to put up with all of our sins, and faults our whole life just so that He can guide us and help us understand what God says to us thru the Bible, church, devotions, even other ways also.
To say that you can't be Gods child because your sin is too great Is wrong. No sin is too great. The only sin that can't be forgiven is a lifetime of refusal to accept His free gift.
You say I don't have time. You'd better make time before it is too late. Once you die your chance is gone.
You say I can't because I am a Homosexual or a murderer or whatever. God hates sin, He does not hate the sinner. He knows all about our desires, sins, faults etc. He does not care because He sent His only Begotten Son for us.
Whatever reason you use to try to get out of accepting God's free gift and changing your life is so unimportant compared to the riches we will get in Heaven and The consequences we will suffer if we don't.
Now these sims still have the right of free will and if they die before accepting Jesus's sacrifice for them then God has no choice but to condem them to permant death. God is not going to force any of them to love Him because they would not really love Him and want to be with Him if they had to do it.
Now this is in no way a real biblical version of what happened but a parody of what really happened so that you can better understand what God, His Son and the Holy Spirit did for us.
We love our pets and some of us even love certain PC games or video games alot too but would any of us ask our children to die for them? No! But yet God did. Imagine the Love He must have had for His creatures. Imagine how much love Jesus had that He willingly laid down His life for us even though He was scared. And then Gods Holy Spirit who hates sins comes to live inside of us and has to put up with all of our sins, and faults our whole life just so that He can guide us and help us understand what God says to us thru the Bible, church, devotions, even other ways also.
To say that you can't be Gods child because your sin is too great Is wrong. No sin is too great. The only sin that can't be forgiven is a lifetime of refusal to accept His free gift.
You say I don't have time. You'd better make time before it is too late. Once you die your chance is gone.
You say I can't because I am a Homosexual or a murderer or whatever. God hates sin, He does not hate the sinner. He knows all about our desires, sins, faults etc. He does not care because He sent His only Begotten Son for us.
Whatever reason you use to try to get out of accepting God's free gift and changing your life is so unimportant compared to the riches we will get in Heaven and The consequences we will suffer if we don't.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Coming to know Christ
Imagine if you will that God is the ultimate computer programmer and that He designed this artificial life game called the sims. He gave these sims the power to make their own choices and even gave them the ability to communicate with Him. They are intellegent creatures without any faults, but they are completely innocent. They do not know the difference between right and wrong. They are like the animals they are to rule over innocent.
Now God wants these creatures to love Him and be loyal to Him but in order for them to do this they need to be tested. He gives them one rule not to break. They can do anything else their hearts desire but they can't break this one rule. He tells them not to eat of the tree in the middle of their world. If they do then He gave this tree the power to create in them the knowledge of right and wrong.
Now another set of creatures that HE created before the sims are a type of robot that actually live in His plane of existence and He created these robots with intellegence and the knowledge of good and evil already so they are not innocent but they are pure. But like the sims they also have free will and emotions just like the sims do.
Now God tells them that they are like God also just like them but in a different way. He expects them to help Him take care of the sims just like a child would be expected to take care of a pet. One of them the first and most advanced robot of them all, he is like a android, thinks why should I take care of creatures that exist only on a computer. Are not we better then them? Why should we serve them?
What they do not realise is that by taking care of them, just like we take care of a pet that it actually makes them better than the sims. It makes them the sims masters. But they don't see it that way. so the greatest one talks to some of the others and convinces a third of His robots to follow him and try to destroy the sims and become more like God.
So the android called lucifer goes to the computer and chats, using the keyboard and a sim animal called a snake, to the female of the sims. He knows that the male sim was created first and is not easly tricked but the female sim who has not been around as long is easily tricked. So he talk her into eating one of the apples.
She eats one and brings one to the male sim called adam. Adam sees her and instantly knows that she has done wrong by eating the apple but he loves her and wants to be with her so he eats the apple too. Now they know the difference between good and evil. so they try to hide from their programmer God. Which is silly to do because He knows where everything is because He made it.
Now God had spent years making the sims and their world and because they are so advaced and so much like Him in certain ways that He loves them as though they were His children. He nows that they have sinned and is sad beyond belief. They have failed their test. He knew that they might do this because He gave them free will. He also knows that lucifer tricked the woman into eating the apple but that adam was not tricked, He knew adam ate it willingly because he loved eve. Adam knew that what he had done was wrong.
God does not want to destroy them and start over so He comes up with a plan. A way to save them so that they can eventually be transformed into androids like lucifer by using their minds and spirits. But the only way to save them is to have someone like them who knows good and evil already but is sinnless to take their punishment for them so that they can become His children in every since of the word. So He tells them about His plan but tells them that is will be several generations down the line so that they themselves will not see it happen but one of their decendents will.
Part one over part two coming up next.
Now God wants these creatures to love Him and be loyal to Him but in order for them to do this they need to be tested. He gives them one rule not to break. They can do anything else their hearts desire but they can't break this one rule. He tells them not to eat of the tree in the middle of their world. If they do then He gave this tree the power to create in them the knowledge of right and wrong.
Now another set of creatures that HE created before the sims are a type of robot that actually live in His plane of existence and He created these robots with intellegence and the knowledge of good and evil already so they are not innocent but they are pure. But like the sims they also have free will and emotions just like the sims do.
Now God tells them that they are like God also just like them but in a different way. He expects them to help Him take care of the sims just like a child would be expected to take care of a pet. One of them the first and most advanced robot of them all, he is like a android, thinks why should I take care of creatures that exist only on a computer. Are not we better then them? Why should we serve them?
What they do not realise is that by taking care of them, just like we take care of a pet that it actually makes them better than the sims. It makes them the sims masters. But they don't see it that way. so the greatest one talks to some of the others and convinces a third of His robots to follow him and try to destroy the sims and become more like God.
So the android called lucifer goes to the computer and chats, using the keyboard and a sim animal called a snake, to the female of the sims. He knows that the male sim was created first and is not easly tricked but the female sim who has not been around as long is easily tricked. So he talk her into eating one of the apples.
She eats one and brings one to the male sim called adam. Adam sees her and instantly knows that she has done wrong by eating the apple but he loves her and wants to be with her so he eats the apple too. Now they know the difference between good and evil. so they try to hide from their programmer God. Which is silly to do because He knows where everything is because He made it.
Now God had spent years making the sims and their world and because they are so advaced and so much like Him in certain ways that He loves them as though they were His children. He nows that they have sinned and is sad beyond belief. They have failed their test. He knew that they might do this because He gave them free will. He also knows that lucifer tricked the woman into eating the apple but that adam was not tricked, He knew adam ate it willingly because he loved eve. Adam knew that what he had done was wrong.
God does not want to destroy them and start over so He comes up with a plan. A way to save them so that they can eventually be transformed into androids like lucifer by using their minds and spirits. But the only way to save them is to have someone like them who knows good and evil already but is sinnless to take their punishment for them so that they can become His children in every since of the word. So He tells them about His plan but tells them that is will be several generations down the line so that they themselves will not see it happen but one of their decendents will.
Part one over part two coming up next.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
pain
Sometimes on good days it is easy to forget that I am disabled on other days like the last couple of days it is hard to want to go on. I sometimes find myself wishing that Jesus would come back soon so that my suffering would finally be over. When I feel like this it helps me to remember this passage in the Bible,
Isaiah 40:27-31 (NIV)
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and complain, O Israel,
"My way is hidden from the LORD;
my cause is disregarded by my God"?
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
So little by little I carry on trying to carry the message to others that are still suffering without hope, without love and without companions.
God is out there and He loves all of us From the worst sinner alive, yes even murders to the least sinner out there. He does not care if you are gay, straight, black, white, brown, male, female or both, rich, poor, healthy, or sick. He loved all of us so much that He gave up His only begotten son for us.
Could you sacrife your child for someone else? I don't think I could but yet God did. And not only that the only man in history to truley know right from wrong and yet be completely sinless, to be completely human and yet completely divine willingly laid down His life for us. Surely there no greater love than this. Jesus was beaten so badly that when He returns no one will recognise his face as even being human so that everyone will know just by looking at Him what He endured for us.
So if Jesus did all this for us and then sent the Holy spirit to live inside of us to help us and guide us then some pain that will end when God sees fit to take me home or come back is bearable.
We are to put to death the deeds of the body well putting up with the pain and not giving into it as some would is my way of putting to death the deeds of the body.
Isaiah 40:27-31 (NIV)
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and complain, O Israel,
"My way is hidden from the LORD;
my cause is disregarded by my God"?
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
So little by little I carry on trying to carry the message to others that are still suffering without hope, without love and without companions.
God is out there and He loves all of us From the worst sinner alive, yes even murders to the least sinner out there. He does not care if you are gay, straight, black, white, brown, male, female or both, rich, poor, healthy, or sick. He loved all of us so much that He gave up His only begotten son for us.
Could you sacrife your child for someone else? I don't think I could but yet God did. And not only that the only man in history to truley know right from wrong and yet be completely sinless, to be completely human and yet completely divine willingly laid down His life for us. Surely there no greater love than this. Jesus was beaten so badly that when He returns no one will recognise his face as even being human so that everyone will know just by looking at Him what He endured for us.
So if Jesus did all this for us and then sent the Holy spirit to live inside of us to help us and guide us then some pain that will end when God sees fit to take me home or come back is bearable.
We are to put to death the deeds of the body well putting up with the pain and not giving into it as some would is my way of putting to death the deeds of the body.
Friday, March 03, 2006
Are we denying CPR to homosexuals?
News story
Cop Accused of Denying Gay Man CPR
A small-town police chief was accused in a federal lawsuit of stopping a would-be rescuer from performing CPR on a gay heart attack victim
My brothers and sisters in Christ. Can't you see that you are doing the same thing that the cop did? You are denying gays and lesbians the right to enter the Kingdom of God with your hate and bigiotry. They deserve the right to be given the chance to receive Gods CPR just like us.
Rethink your methods, how many are you really reaching with your hatered?
How much more you could reach using Love instead?.
Cop Accused of Denying Gay Man CPR
A small-town police chief was accused in a federal lawsuit of stopping a would-be rescuer from performing CPR on a gay heart attack victim
My brothers and sisters in Christ. Can't you see that you are doing the same thing that the cop did? You are denying gays and lesbians the right to enter the Kingdom of God with your hate and bigiotry. They deserve the right to be given the chance to receive Gods CPR just like us.
Rethink your methods, how many are you really reaching with your hatered?
How much more you could reach using Love instead?.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
In response to someone elses post
On another forum someone wrote in response to a post I made which is a duplicate of the post on homosexuality that I previously posted.Their post is below and following it are 3 posts I made in response.
You will notice that their post lists verses taken out of context. You can prove any viewpoint by taking verses out of context. The whole paragraph needs to be considered plus it needs to be judged by other scripture.
To me it is more important to try to win as many for Christ as possible while there is still time and I do not see how you can be a effective witness to gays and lesbians if you are spouting hatered and bigiotry. We are told to love others and to not repay evil for evil. By persecuting these persons we defeat the purpose of the Gospel and the great commission. Which is more important winning others to Christ or proving that we are right?
Is Homosexuality Sin?
Is it shown to be wrong in the Bible and by medical science?
Most assuredly YES!
Gen 2:24 “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” [The word “wife” here (ish-shaw', naw-sheem') is found 780 times in the Old Testament, and when used in reference to a person(s) it always refers to either a women or a wife (singular or plural), but NEVER TO A MAN. Likewise the word for wife (goo-nay') in the New Testament (cf. Mat. 19:5). Neither is there any sanction anywhere in God's Word for any homosexual union of any type.]
Lev 18:22 "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." [homosexual relations controvert the natural order established by God, and are morally perverse and anatomically (etc.) incorrect.]
Leviticus 20:13 "If a man also lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death: their blood shall be upon them.." [The severity of this sin, along with others, is seen in the penalty it requires. No nation has escaped Divine judgment for sanctioning it.]
Genesis 19:5 And they [the men of Sodom] called unto Lot and said unto him, "Where are the men who came into thee this night? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them." [the word "know" in this context is contextually demonstrated to mean sexually (see v.Cool, as it is in the reference below].
Judges 19:22 "Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about and beat at the door, and spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, 'Bring forth the man who came into thine house, that we may know him.' [They then sexually abused a women to death (V.25).
Jude 1:7 ".. even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, in like manner giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire." [From the climatic sinful practice of Sodom comes the term "Sodomite" to describe those who practice sexual acts with "strange flesh,” as it is abnormal for men to have sexual relations with men rather than with women. Only the latter act is morally sanctioned in marriage.
1Kings 14:24 "And there were also sodomites in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel." [Sodomy is a fruit of idolatry.]
Romans 1:26, 27 "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature. And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men, working that which is unseemly [shameful], and receiving in themselves [in their own bodies] that recompense for their error which was meet." [A full reading of this chapter reveals that the sin of men "leaving the natural use of the woman" to engage in sexual acts with each other is the last stage of a number of progressive steps of degeneration. God warns and history reveals that when a nation yields to such it's demise is not far behind. The only hope for redemption is to repent and surrender in faith to the Lord Jesus Christ, "who loved me and gave Himself for me" - Gal. 2:20]
1Corinthians 6:9 “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, ..”
1Tim. 1:10 .. the lawless and disobedient, ... them that defile themselves with mankind .. [male-copulator; laws are necessary against such]
Rev. 22:15 .. without [the Heaven city] are dogs [synonym for homosexuals], and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Medical studies reveal that the overwhelming majority of male homosexuals have sexual relations with a multiplicity of partners through the course of their lives (even if “married”) resulting in a greatly increased rate of disease and premature death (by up to 30 years).
Among other things, the unnatural sexual practices of homosexuals generally result in:
A much greater incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD's).
Greater incidence of infectious hepatitis which increases the risk of potentially fatal liver cancer.
Increased rates of many types of bowel diseases [the male is not designed for sex with men. as with women]
Substantially reduced life expectancy [1,000 times greater chance of dying from just AID's alone], and or dependence upon very costly drug “cocktails” to prolong life.
Much higher rates of death by suicide.
Even worse, an increasingly reprobate mind that will not/cannot yield to Christ.
God's laws are holy just and good (Rm. 7:12) and to our benefit when obeyed. We dishonor God and help no one by justifying sin (such as sodomy) which is demonstrably shown to be overall harmful physically, mentally, and spiritually. Only by admitting your sinfulness and guilt and turning instead to the Lord Jesus can you be saved from sin to follow Him!
See also http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/HOMOSEXUAL-MISINTERPRETATIONS+MARRIAGE.Refuted.html
More information on may be seen at
http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/dallas-expanded.html
http://cnlglfg.com/EveNotSteve.html
http://www.amazinginfoonhomosexuals.com/psychiatry.htm
http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/(bpnews.asp?ID=17458
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9222793&dopt=Abstract
http://www.wherethetruthhurts.org/tractsbooksread.php?w=55&p=1
www.familyresearchinst.org/FRI_Educational_Pamphlets.html
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4835a1.htm
http://www.probe.org/docs/homotheo.html
http://ije.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/657
http://www.afanwpa.org/News%20Release%20--%20Mayor%20&%20State%20Rep%20partipate%20in%20Erie%20Pride%209.16.03.htm [follow links]
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/162/1/21
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11527785&dopt=Abstract
(The above sources are not formally affiliated with this tract or ministry).
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sherry40
Joined: 13 Nov 2004
Posts: 37
Location: south central minnesota
PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:08 pm
In Gods eyes all sin is equal and fornication, adultery, incest, drunkenness, rage, bitterness, hatred, stealing etc all are equally punishable by death if we do not accept Jesus as our saviour. To put one sin above another and to not offer those who need Jesus the most The chance to come to know the Lord because of our blind hatred is wrong and most assuredly makes God my Heavenly Father, and Jesus my Lord and Saviour and The Holy spirit inside me and inside all who are truly Gods children, makes our Heavenly Father angry. Jesus told the Samaritan woman at the well to go and sin no more (He did told tell her how to not sin any more) and we need to say go and sin no more (and not tell them how to sin no more) and then let God do the work of changing them not us.
Who are you to question Gods Holy word?! Are you somehow less sinful than the man down the street who is still suffering in his sinfulness? Are you righteous enough to cast the first stone? Where were you when God created the Heavens? Do you dare claim to be better than God? Is your righteous indignation somehow better because you chase away sinners who need God word and help!? Who appointed you Lord of all?!
I dare say that Love is what is needed to bring these people to Christ not self righteous pompous mouthing off. Get off your high horse and get down to where the people are. Become approachable, show love to all, be humble and realize that you do not deserve heaven any more than the homosexual sitting beside you.
You risk becoming like the pharisees so watch out and repent so that God may forgive your sin and show you a better way!!
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sherry40
Joined: 13 Nov 2004
Posts: 37
Location: south central minnesota
PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:30 pm
I leave you with some verses to ponder since you choose to judge me and others.
Matthew 7
Judging Others
1"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
New International Version
Romans 2
God's Righteous Judgment
1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 2Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 3So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? 4Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?
5But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. 6God "will give to each person according to what he has done."[a] 7To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 9There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; 10but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 11For God does not show favoritism.
12All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. 13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. 14(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, 15since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.) 16This will take place on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
The Jews and the Law
17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and brag about your relationship to God; 18if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— 21you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23You who brag about the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."[b]
25Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. 26If those who are not circumcised keep the law's requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? 27The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the[c] written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
28A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. 29No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God.
New International Version
Romans 12
Living Sacrifices
1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual[a] act of worship. 2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. 4Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his[b]faith. 7If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
Love
9Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
14Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.[c] Do not be conceited.
17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. 18If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"[d]says the Lord. 20On the contrary:
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."[e] 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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sherry40
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Location: south central minnesota
PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:36 pm Post subject: Reply with quote
And this is the way I live my live to reach others:
New International Version
1 Corinthians 9
19Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law. 22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
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You will notice that their post lists verses taken out of context. You can prove any viewpoint by taking verses out of context. The whole paragraph needs to be considered plus it needs to be judged by other scripture.
To me it is more important to try to win as many for Christ as possible while there is still time and I do not see how you can be a effective witness to gays and lesbians if you are spouting hatered and bigiotry. We are told to love others and to not repay evil for evil. By persecuting these persons we defeat the purpose of the Gospel and the great commission. Which is more important winning others to Christ or proving that we are right?
Is Homosexuality Sin?
Is it shown to be wrong in the Bible and by medical science?
Most assuredly YES!
Gen 2:24 “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” [The word “wife” here (ish-shaw', naw-sheem') is found 780 times in the Old Testament, and when used in reference to a person(s) it always refers to either a women or a wife (singular or plural), but NEVER TO A MAN. Likewise the word for wife (goo-nay') in the New Testament (cf. Mat. 19:5). Neither is there any sanction anywhere in God's Word for any homosexual union of any type.]
Lev 18:22 "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." [homosexual relations controvert the natural order established by God, and are morally perverse and anatomically (etc.) incorrect.]
Leviticus 20:13 "If a man also lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death: their blood shall be upon them.." [The severity of this sin, along with others, is seen in the penalty it requires. No nation has escaped Divine judgment for sanctioning it.]
Genesis 19:5 And they [the men of Sodom] called unto Lot and said unto him, "Where are the men who came into thee this night? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them." [the word "know" in this context is contextually demonstrated to mean sexually (see v.Cool, as it is in the reference below].
Judges 19:22 "Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about and beat at the door, and spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, 'Bring forth the man who came into thine house, that we may know him.' [They then sexually abused a women to death (V.25).
Jude 1:7 ".. even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, in like manner giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire." [From the climatic sinful practice of Sodom comes the term "Sodomite" to describe those who practice sexual acts with "strange flesh,” as it is abnormal for men to have sexual relations with men rather than with women. Only the latter act is morally sanctioned in marriage.
1Kings 14:24 "And there were also sodomites in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel." [Sodomy is a fruit of idolatry.]
Romans 1:26, 27 "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature. And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men, working that which is unseemly [shameful], and receiving in themselves [in their own bodies] that recompense for their error which was meet." [A full reading of this chapter reveals that the sin of men "leaving the natural use of the woman" to engage in sexual acts with each other is the last stage of a number of progressive steps of degeneration. God warns and history reveals that when a nation yields to such it's demise is not far behind. The only hope for redemption is to repent and surrender in faith to the Lord Jesus Christ, "who loved me and gave Himself for me" - Gal. 2:20]
1Corinthians 6:9 “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, ..”
1Tim. 1:10 .. the lawless and disobedient, ... them that defile themselves with mankind .. [male-copulator; laws are necessary against such]
Rev. 22:15 .. without [the Heaven city] are dogs [synonym for homosexuals], and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Medical studies reveal that the overwhelming majority of male homosexuals have sexual relations with a multiplicity of partners through the course of their lives (even if “married”) resulting in a greatly increased rate of disease and premature death (by up to 30 years).
Among other things, the unnatural sexual practices of homosexuals generally result in:
A much greater incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD's).
Greater incidence of infectious hepatitis which increases the risk of potentially fatal liver cancer.
Increased rates of many types of bowel diseases [the male is not designed for sex with men. as with women]
Substantially reduced life expectancy [1,000 times greater chance of dying from just AID's alone], and or dependence upon very costly drug “cocktails” to prolong life.
Much higher rates of death by suicide.
Even worse, an increasingly reprobate mind that will not/cannot yield to Christ.
God's laws are holy just and good (Rm. 7:12) and to our benefit when obeyed. We dishonor God and help no one by justifying sin (such as sodomy) which is demonstrably shown to be overall harmful physically, mentally, and spiritually. Only by admitting your sinfulness and guilt and turning instead to the Lord Jesus can you be saved from sin to follow Him!
See also http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/HOMOSEXUAL-MISINTERPRETATIONS+MARRIAGE.Refuted.html
More information on may be seen at
http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/dallas-expanded.html
http://cnlglfg.com/EveNotSteve.html
http://www.amazinginfoonhomosexuals.com/psychiatry.htm
http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/(bpnews.asp?ID=17458
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9222793&dopt=Abstract
http://www.wherethetruthhurts.org/tractsbooksread.php?w=55&p=1
www.familyresearchinst.org/FRI_Educational_Pamphlets.html
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4835a1.htm
http://www.probe.org/docs/homotheo.html
http://ije.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/657
http://www.afanwpa.org/News%20Release%20--%20Mayor%20&%20State%20Rep%20partipate%20in%20Erie%20Pride%209.16.03.htm [follow links]
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/162/1/21
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11527785&dopt=Abstract
(The above sources are not formally affiliated with this tract or ministry).
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sherry40
Joined: 13 Nov 2004
Posts: 37
Location: south central minnesota
PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:08 pm
In Gods eyes all sin is equal and fornication, adultery, incest, drunkenness, rage, bitterness, hatred, stealing etc all are equally punishable by death if we do not accept Jesus as our saviour. To put one sin above another and to not offer those who need Jesus the most The chance to come to know the Lord because of our blind hatred is wrong and most assuredly makes God my Heavenly Father, and Jesus my Lord and Saviour and The Holy spirit inside me and inside all who are truly Gods children, makes our Heavenly Father angry. Jesus told the Samaritan woman at the well to go and sin no more (He did told tell her how to not sin any more) and we need to say go and sin no more (and not tell them how to sin no more) and then let God do the work of changing them not us.
Who are you to question Gods Holy word?! Are you somehow less sinful than the man down the street who is still suffering in his sinfulness? Are you righteous enough to cast the first stone? Where were you when God created the Heavens? Do you dare claim to be better than God? Is your righteous indignation somehow better because you chase away sinners who need God word and help!? Who appointed you Lord of all?!
I dare say that Love is what is needed to bring these people to Christ not self righteous pompous mouthing off. Get off your high horse and get down to where the people are. Become approachable, show love to all, be humble and realize that you do not deserve heaven any more than the homosexual sitting beside you.
You risk becoming like the pharisees so watch out and repent so that God may forgive your sin and show you a better way!!
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May God bless you and keep you always.
sherry40
Joined: 13 Nov 2004
Posts: 37
Location: south central minnesota
PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:30 pm
I leave you with some verses to ponder since you choose to judge me and others.
Matthew 7
Judging Others
1"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
New International Version
Romans 2
God's Righteous Judgment
1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 2Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 3So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? 4Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?
5But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. 6God "will give to each person according to what he has done."[a] 7To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 9There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; 10but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 11For God does not show favoritism.
12All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. 13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. 14(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, 15since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.) 16This will take place on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
The Jews and the Law
17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and brag about your relationship to God; 18if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— 21you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23You who brag about the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."[b]
25Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. 26If those who are not circumcised keep the law's requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? 27The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the[c] written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
28A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. 29No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God.
New International Version
Romans 12
Living Sacrifices
1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual[a] act of worship. 2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. 4Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his[b]faith. 7If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
Love
9Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
14Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.[c] Do not be conceited.
17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. 18If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"[d]says the Lord. 20On the contrary:
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."[e] 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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May God bless you and keep you always.
sherry40
Joined: 13 Nov 2004
Posts: 37
Location: south central minnesota
PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:36 pm Post subject: Reply with quote
And this is the way I live my live to reach others:
New International Version
1 Corinthians 9
19Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law. 22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
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