Anewme his name is JEHOVAH not jehoba. You should be more respectful than that. he hasnt done one bad thing to you. Actually the things you love most is because of him. (Flowers, outdoors)
agapa37
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 8-20-06 WT Study (MURMURINGS) Post 8/20
by blondie ini will not be able to post this until the evening of 8-20. i worked on 8-27 by mistake and will be out of town until sunday evening.
keep free from murmurings .
"--philippians 2:14 .
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Confrontation - is it for Christians?
by jgnat inagapa's quiet admission to "imperfect men" in the congregation inspired me to finish a small bible study on confrontation, and how the early church handled disputes.. (romans 12:18 rv) if it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.
(2 cor 13:11 cev) good-by, my friends.
do better and pay attention to what i have said.
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agapa37
Wait! that was not meant as an insult . I told you in my last post i did not feel that way about you. Even if I felt you were a non believer ( which of course I do not) a True Christian in my book would not say it to someone. "Your a NON believer!" That just wouldnt sit well with the person you just said that to. I don't know i'm rambling now Basically I would be cautious to say that to anyone. That is just me personally.That account just popped up into my mind and so I said it. it was not to be preachy, I was conversing. I felt that account had some application to what i said in the above. Sorry.
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Confrontation - is it for Christians?
by jgnat inagapa's quiet admission to "imperfect men" in the congregation inspired me to finish a small bible study on confrontation, and how the early church handled disputes.. (romans 12:18 rv) if it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.
(2 cor 13:11 cev) good-by, my friends.
do better and pay attention to what i have said.
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agapa37
You know I thought about the apostle Paul just now.
"Men of Athens, I behold that in all things YOU seem to be more given to the fear of the deities than others are. 23
For instance, while passing along and carefully observing YOUR objects of veneration I also found an altar on which had been inscribed ‘To an Unknown God.’ Therefore what YOU are unknowingly giving godly devotion to, this I am publishing to YOU. 24 The God that made the world and all the things in it, being, as this One is, Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade temples, 25 neither is he attended to by human hands as if he needed anything, because he himself gives to all [persons] life and breath and all things. 26 And he made out of one [man] every nation of men, to dwell upon the entire surface of the earth, and he decreed the appointed times and the set limits of the dwelling of [men], 27 for them to seek God, if they might grope for him and really find him, although, in fact, he is not far off from each one of us. 28 For by him we have life and move and exist, even as certain ones of the poets among YOU have said, ‘For we are also his progeny.’
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"Seeing, therefore, that we are the progeny of God, we ought not to imagine that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, like something sculptured by the art and contrivance of man. 30 True, God has overlooked the times of such ignorance, yet now he is telling mankind that they should all everywhere repent. 31 Because he has set a day in which he purposes to judge the inhabited earth in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and he has furnished a guarantee to all men in that he has resurrected him from the dead."I really admired the way that Paul handled that. He handled it with grace and sincerity. Who knows he may have considered them unbelievers but he did not voice it! The account says:
"Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit within him came to be irritated at beholding that the city was full of idols."
Because he understood his commision from jesus he lovingly handled that situation with the hopes of helping some turn to True Worship. Can you Imagine if he started ranting throught the city? "Bunch of NON BELIVERS!" He would have been stoned. LOL
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Confrontation - is it for Christians?
by jgnat inagapa's quiet admission to "imperfect men" in the congregation inspired me to finish a small bible study on confrontation, and how the early church handled disputes.. (romans 12:18 rv) if it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.
(2 cor 13:11 cev) good-by, my friends.
do better and pay attention to what i have said.
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agapa37
Unbeliever? A person of another Christian religion I would be hesitant to say they were an unbeliever. If someone believes in Jesus and practices what he teaches in my book would be a believer. Someone who doesnt Practice the worship of Jehovah as we do would be non believer of how we worship God. Those are MY THOUGHTS at the moment. Even if I felt you were a non believer ( which of course I do not) a True Christian in my book would not say it to someone. "Your a NON believer!" That just wouldnt sit well with the person you just said that to. I don't know i'm rambling now Basically I would be cautious to say that to anyone. That is just me personally.
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Confrontation - is it for Christians?
by jgnat inagapa's quiet admission to "imperfect men" in the congregation inspired me to finish a small bible study on confrontation, and how the early church handled disputes.. (romans 12:18 rv) if it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.
(2 cor 13:11 cev) good-by, my friends.
do better and pay attention to what i have said.
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agapa37
To be honest and what i say is not to be mean or to start an arguement but is an assesment. From your posts I know that you dont feel that the bible is infalliable. Right? A book that can be trusted as the preserved word of God. I noticed that you do have a desire for study of the word and a zeal for sharing it with others. I see that you do have an intense hatred for the doctrines and practices outlined by the JWS. To be honest I do not know you well enough to make that kind of Judgement as to whether or not your an unbeliever. I can say you are a unbeliever to the doctrine and the way Worship to Jehovah is outlined according to JW. I hope you didn't take that offensively.
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Confrontation - is it for Christians?
by jgnat inagapa's quiet admission to "imperfect men" in the congregation inspired me to finish a small bible study on confrontation, and how the early church handled disputes.. (romans 12:18 rv) if it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.
(2 cor 13:11 cev) good-by, my friends.
do better and pay attention to what i have said.
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agapa37
no religious backround really. Was born a catholic but never practiced it. Don't get me wrong, I am cooperative when things are done right but when they are not I am not afraid to speak up. I respect the arrangement within the Congregation but when it is not right I will say something and continue till it is right or if it is out of my control and I have done everything that I CAN possible do scripturally and it is still not resolved, that is when I leave it in the hands of Jesus, the Head of the Congregation. ( or as you quoted earlier, in Jehovah's hands) -
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Confrontation - is it for Christians?
by jgnat inagapa's quiet admission to "imperfect men" in the congregation inspired me to finish a small bible study on confrontation, and how the early church handled disputes.. (romans 12:18 rv) if it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.
(2 cor 13:11 cev) good-by, my friends.
do better and pay attention to what i have said.
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agapa37
No have not been offered the priviledge of being a Ministerial Servant. However if I were offered I would turn it down. I am an Elder (Shepard at heart though). I am able to do more as a lowely ole publisher than I could as an appointed Elder. I like it that way.
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Confrontation - is it for Christians?
by jgnat inagapa's quiet admission to "imperfect men" in the congregation inspired me to finish a small bible study on confrontation, and how the early church handled disputes.. (romans 12:18 rv) if it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.
(2 cor 13:11 cev) good-by, my friends.
do better and pay attention to what i have said.
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agapa37
I am a brother. not very well liked. Thats ok though. If im disliked for applying scriptures properly then that,s cool by me. i did not grow up in the truth. A convert.
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Confrontation - is it for Christians?
by jgnat inagapa's quiet admission to "imperfect men" in the congregation inspired me to finish a small bible study on confrontation, and how the early church handled disputes.. (romans 12:18 rv) if it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.
(2 cor 13:11 cev) good-by, my friends.
do better and pay attention to what i have said.
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agapa37
Yes I firmly believe I apply the councel as it is written. Where as most do not. I am very confortable with that but it does get discouraging at times, frustrating too.
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How do you say good-bye?
by hambeak inmy doctor called me today and told me i have a very aggressive case of colon cancer.
i go back on monday for more tests and maybe surgery and chemo i don't know.
my partner is a total mess over this and he is all i have.
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agapa37
hambreakMy heart goes out to you and those who love you.