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chuckusa:
Bobby,

I would feel the same way. It's not a pleasant thing to do. If people could just understand that they are guests here, even when they are members. Well, thats how I see it.

If someone is warned, all they have to do is just take a pause, read the forum rules again, and if they don't understand...to ask...right? Whats so hard about that.

My second post here was rejected. I then went and did just what I described above. I'm sure not everyone agrees with what I say all the time, but I'm still here...I have learned to temper my pen, so to speak, for the benefit of me, and the forum. I'm quite sure we all have to do that sometimes. I don't want to make anyone feel bad, but I am not opposed to being tough when necessary, for the good of all.

Some people just aren't ready to play nicely with others... :) :) :)

Somethings wrong when a display of "spiritual maturity" is not accompanied by a similar "social maturity"....as it were.

Bobby, don't let it get to you...getting banned is the work of God. If you are being guided by the spirit in these matters, and I believe you are, then you are simply playing your part, in Gods grand performance.

REJOICE and be filled with JOY, are these people not recieving what God has planned for them, as we all will?

Peace,
Chuck

longhorn:
My ex-wife banned me, for what it's worth.   :)

Love in Christ

Longhorn

jerry:
Why contention, Paul said arguments arise when poeple think they know more than they should,his answer was not to go further than the writen word.And that really is(to me)the best way to aproch someones opion.Some just want to argue over words when Jesus said this is how you will know my deciples they will have love for oneanother not knowledge.Loveing actions are the only things we can trust.So my questions is,should we build each other up with Love of knowledge or the knowledge of Love.....
Jerry

chuckusa:
Hi all,

Ray just recently made a comment concerning a letter that made a lot of sense to me. It's really simple but so true.

He stated:

"One can't understand the scriptures, if one doesn't believe the scriptures."

For myself, I don't bother with things I don't believe in, so its interesting to me to contemplate why anyone else would. The only conclusion that I can come up with is that it is simply the work of darkness. Using the scriptures to cause contention or division, while maintaining a false image of a follower of God would be exactly in line with the adversaries tactics. How sad when you see people being used and they don't even know it. But I noticed they sure will ARGUE about it all....

Peace to all,
Chuck

hillsbororiver:
Pride of "tolerance" it is interesting that some would say we should be tolerant of anyone who comes in the Forum because that is the place God has them at this time. In the past we have had some folks appear to have an air of superiority because of their "tolerance." This has sometimes led to some bitter divisions here.

I was reading somewhere else earlier that this problem has existed since the 1st Century church. 

Paul speaks of it here;

1 Corinthians 5


 1) It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

 2) And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

 3) For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

 4) In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

 5) To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

 6) Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

 7) Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

 8) Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

 9) I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

Most of us know what spiritual (as well as physical) fornication is.


Rev 2:20  Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

In the following parable we know Jesus is not really talking about people plucking out their eyeballs or cutting off body parts, we know this has a spiritual application, can you also see another application? One applying to the Body (Church) of Christ and it's members?

Mat 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Mat 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

There are many admonishments in both the Old and New Testaments that teach us that correcting a brother or rebuking an action or statement is or at should be, an act of love. 

His Peace and Wisdom to you,

Joe

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