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ned:
To quote Darren:
Joe may God bless you :)
Your simple answer removed the confusion. duh! ???
Joe wrote:
It is all in the heart, is it the utmost desire of a man's heart to please God? That pleases Him.
I cannot fault your reasoning here.
........
These few words are amazing to me. Joe you have absolutely know idea how God has used you tonight.
end quote
2Thes1:3 (KJV)
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly,
and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth...
:) :)
Deborah-Leigh:
I like what everyone is saying here. :D
For me a birthday is actually an EARTHday!...What do you think about this idea?...I base it on 2 Cor 5:16 Consequently, from now on we estimate and regard no one from a purley human point of view ( that was NO ONE... Any thoughts?)...in terms of natural standards or value (could Paul mean here Birthdays ?) No even though we once did estimate Christ from a human viewpoint and as a man, yet now we have such knowledge of Him that we know Him no longer in terms of the flesh.
1 Cor 2:2 For I resolved (I think he meant it!) to know nothing, and to be conscious of nothing among you except Jesus Christ the Messiah and Him crucified.
It is important what you say Joe, Paul was not interested in human parties or man made traditions. We are no longer under the law.
Mark : 2 27 And Jesus said to them, The Sabbath was made on account and for the sake of man, not man for the Sabbath.
I think everyday is the birth of Christ because He is born..... everyday is Easter because He has died and for us now there is no condemnation. everyday is a present because of His Spirit .. because HE is the same Yesterday Today and Tomorrow.
The first miracle performed by Jesus was at a Wedding.....would he have been there if it were a earthday party?....What is an earthday party....it is a carnal celebration...I think that is what Paul was alluding to when he admonished and cautioned us in the spirit! Nothing wrong with that either! :D
1 Cor 2:12 "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, b ut the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God ".....(not knowing any longer the things that are given or offered by the world!)
Arcturus :)
gmik:
I like that: "Everyday is a present"
Life is a Gift and we should rejoice everymorning when we get up! ;D
From the rising of the sun, tothe going down of the same....
Thank you Jesus for this present!!!
gena
Madeline:
I sort of disagree with those who celebrate Christimas. We are told to separate ourselves from the world and its traditions.
Colossians 2:8 - Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
John 4:24 - God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
I am open to correction.
Love,
Madeline
Bill:
--- Quote from: Madeline on November 02, 2006, 09:55:39 PM ---. We are told to separate ourselves from the world
--- End quote ---
How does one separate themselves from the world?
To me it is a spiritual matter not physical.
Bill
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