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dogcombat:
Good points, especially when you realize that the United States is (like all other countries) a Kingdom of This World. Those who are discipled by Christ are not to be conformed to the image of this world. Nor are we to love the world. Ours is to be in the Kingdom to come, that's not of this world. The Kingdom of God.
Ches
Marky Mark:
What does God say? We must live according to the Spirit of Truth, not mans lies and deceit. The world is no place for believers.
Rev.18: 4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
Isaiah 52:11 Depart, depart, go out from there, Touch nothing unclean; Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves, You who carry the vessels of the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:6 Flee from the midst of Babylon, And each of you save his life! Do not be destroyed in her punishment, For this is the LORD'S time of vengeance; He is going to render recompense to her.
2 Corinthians 6:17 "Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the Lord. "AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you.
Peace...Mark
firefly77:
Linny,
--- Quote ---Firefly, I sincerely apologize for the prejudices you have suffered at the hands of other Americans. It makes my heart sick as well.
--- End quote ---
It wasn't so much that I suffered a lot of prejudices in this country, but to see Americans being prejudice against their own country men because of their skin color or whatever else bothered me to no end.
What makes me heartsick is this notion that we (US) try to persuade everyone else in the world that we have all the answers by using a proverbial 2 x 4 to convince them. Whatever happened to living by example?
indianabob:
Whatever happened to living by example?
Exactly correct firefly.
That caution applies just as much in America's churches.
Who are we to force Democracy or Christianity on people of other Nations?
When we stand as a better example and people come to us for advice and a little help to improve their own situation, we can be good Samaritans and then gently assist them. Colonizing the world and demanding that the world change to suit our preferred way of life is really just meddling and Jesus did not teach us to share the Gospel in that manner.
If our ways are so much better then perhaps we can clean up Chicago first.
Indiana Bob
--- Quote from: firefly77 on November 18, 2009, 10:14:16 AM ---Linny,
--- Quote ---Firefly, I sincerely apologize for the prejudices you have suffered at the hands of other Americans. It makes my heart sick as well.
--- End quote ---
It wasn't so much that I suffered a lot of prejudices in this country, but to see Americans being prejudice against their own country men because of their skin color or whatever else bothered me to no end.
What makes me heartsick is this notion that we (US) try to persuade everyone else in the world that we have all the answers by using a proverbial 2 x 4 to convince them. Whatever happened to living by example?
--- End quote ---
Dave in Tenn:
We could argue ad infinitum, ad nauseum about which -ism is better or best, which society, way of life, opinion, etc. etc. Points could be made for all points of view. Some of them could even be true.
Likewise, we could also discuss forever whether wood, hay, or stubble makes a better building material. We might even come to a concensus on which one is best. Big deal. None of it is permanant. All of it will pass away. Build yourself with them at your own peril. Shelter yourself by them and see what happens when they burn.
Idols of the heart are in the heart. We can worship them, exchange them for new ones, or crush them all where they reside. We're in the world by the will of God. It is not His will that we be removed from the world, but that the world be removed from His Elect.
"And Joshua did as he was told."
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