Great post Chrissie, its great to read others "digging around" especially when its thought out, I covet your ability to write things clearly as you do. Thank you for taking your time to labour in the word and your sharing
You pretty much covered it, I was looking for anything to add, and not much, I ran into The "doctrine you HAVE LEARNED" to see how best does Paul expound about whats most important. I realize that the doctrine OF Christ is AFTER Godliness, the power of Godliness not just a FORM of it. And Ran into (after that) a verse concerning LEARNED "
CHRIST" You Learn HIM. Coming to the knowledge
OF HIM (WHO
IS the Truth). Its HIM who sets free its
HIM who is
THE Truth not just answers to our questions but HIM. Created
IN HIM unto good works, is why one can SHEW His WORKS "out OF" the meekness OF Wisdom (Christ). The Man it comes from whether the Hidden man (spiritual man) or out OF the Earthly Man with his corruptible vain conversation :lol: That why we add to our faith, knowledge, brotherly kindness (actions) experience (reality here) etc end up a furtherance of the knowledge OF HIM. Even though knowledge is "previously mentioned" as a building block for "adding to" ones faith and "these" abounding
in you will keep you from becoming UNBARREN or UNFRUITFUL in your knowledge
OF HIM. Enjoyed your post and your work in the word.
Just addding a few (nothing mind blowing here) :lol:
Romans 16:17 Now
I BESEECH YOU, brethren, MARK THEM which
CAUSE[/b] DIVISIONS and
OFFENSES contrary TO the doctrine which ye HAVE LEARNED; and AVOID THEM. [/u]
Ephes 4:20
But ye have NOT so LEARNED "CHRIST"[/b] (good read) Notice the CAUSE divisions and offfenses above? In short its our actions Ephes 4:1 WALK worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called Ephes 4:3 ENDEAVORING "to keep" the UNITY of the Spirit IN the BOND of PEACE. Ephes 4:11 giving some, Ephes4:12 For the PERFECTING of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the EDIFYING of the body of Christ: Ephes 4:13 TILL we all come in the UNITY of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: Ephes 4:14
That we henceforth be no more children, "tossed to and fro", and carried about with every wind of doctrine (by deceiving men) Ephes 4:15 But "speaking the truth" IN LOVE, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ Ephes 4:16... in short... EDIFYING of itself IN LOVE.
Ephes 4:31
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be "put away from you", with all malice[/u]
Ephes 4:32 And
BE YE KIND one to another,
TENDERHEARTED,
FORGIVING one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Phl 1:15
SOME indeed PREACH CHRIST even OF ENVY and STRIFE; and SOME also of GOOD WILL[/u]
Jamees 3:13
WHO is a wise man and endued with knowledge
AMONG YOU? LET HIM SHEW OUT OF a GOOD CONVERSATION "his works" with "MEEKNESS OF wisdom"James 3:14
But IF ye have bitter ENVYING and STRIFE IN your HEARTS, glory NOT, and LIE NOT AGAINST the TRUTH. James 3:15
THIS wisdom descendeth NOT from above, but is EARTHLY, SENSUAL, DEVILISH.[/u] :shock:
James 3:16
For WHERE "envying and strife" IS, THERE is CONFUSION and every EVIL WORK. :shock:
1Cr 14:23 For
God IS NOT[/u] the
AUTHOR of CONFUSION[/u], but
OF PEACE[/b], as in all churches of the saints.
James 3:17
But the WISDOM that is "FROM ABOVE" is FIRST PURE, then PEACEABLE, GENTLE, and EASY "to be intreated", FULL of MERCY and GOOD FRUITS, WITHOUT PARTIALITY, and WITHOUT HYPOCRICY. James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is SOWN IN peace OF them that MAKE PEACE.[/u]
Mathew 5:9
BLESSED are the PEACEMAKERS :idea: for they shall be called the children of God. Contrary to this
Prov 6:14 FROWARDNESS is "in his heart", he "deviseth mischief" continually; he SOWETH DISCORD.
Prov 6:16
These SIX things doth the LORD HATE: yea, SEVEN are an ABOMINATION unto him: (notice the Seventh listed) :shock:
Prov 6:17 A proud look, a lying
tongue, and
hands that shed innocent blood,
Prov 6:18 An
heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,
feet that be swift in running to mischief,
The Discord part is the one that tops it off as an Abomination
Prov 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and
HE that SOWETH DISCORD AMONG THE BRETHREN. Kind of forms a buch of raunchy body parts don't it? :lol: Notice the numbers? :shock:
God bless you Chrissie
Daniel