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Judgment in the Next Age
onelovedread:
Whew. Why do some people need to make such long postings. Can't the point be made succinctly? We're already impressed by your knowledge. Just think I'll stir things up a bit as my day's boring. :)
mharrell08:
--- Quote from: onelovedread on July 18, 2011, 02:53:01 PM ---Whew. Why do some people need to make such long postings. Can't the point be made succinctly? We're already impressed by your knowledge. Just think I'll stir things up a bit as my day's boring. :)
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:D No problem John
I think Paul simplifies it well:
1 Tim 1:12-16 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant ('Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think' - Eph 3:20), with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him
The number of people who sin 'ignorantly in unbelief' far outweighs those 'who have trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace' [Heb 10:29].
Thanks,
Marques
onelovedread:
Hey Marques
I hope you do not think that my comment was directed at you as your responses and postings are constantly on point. I don't consider you to be a person who beats around the bush. That said, I appreciate your postings and your 'tough love' to the forum which is meant to keep things going without 'drama'. However, in my opinion which does not count for much, there are some posters who have to almost write a book to make a simple point. I suspect that all or most of us have bibles so do we need to again produce an entire passage, when a simple citation could work?
I appreciate your last posting in which you made even greater effort to be succinct. I wasn't criticizing you though.
john
mharrell08:
No worries :)
arion:
--- Quote from: onelovedread on July 21, 2011, 02:29:52 PM --- However, in my opinion which does not count for much, there are some posters who have to almost write a book to make a simple point. I suspect that all or most of us have bibles so do we need to again produce an entire passage, when a simple citation could work?
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Something to keep in mind John is that some of us don't have the verbal tools to be brief, punctual and to the point. I am one like that in the which sometimes it takes me several paragraphs to collect my thoughts in a way that makes sense. We all need to give each other the grace and the space to be whom God is crafting us to be. It's most likely that people are not being 'long winded' in talking down to others or just like to hear ourselves speak but that we lack at times the verbal skills to boil it all down briefly. We have to bear with them and you with us as we are all in this together.
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