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Ricky:
Joe, your statement said, or do we descend into Hate, and self righteousness, and this is not who I am or what I do.
Ricky
Ninny:
I was just thinking and Joe your Kind reply to my apology made me think about this, we are all in this thing together here! we have to be kind to each other and love each other because that is our command from Jesus!
We keep saying things to each other that hurt, they sound bad here because we can't see and hear each other!
My prayer is that when we read or post here we would maybe close our eyes and imagine the others are there and listen to what we say in our mind and listen to the tone of our thoughts. I will post again but I'm going to study hard in the meantime so that if I have something to say it will be relevant to the topic and as kind as I can say it.
Blessings to you all!
Kathy :)
Richard D:
Bob.
Your reply # 55 was totally beautiful and heartfelt. I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your words of wisdom as it lets me also understand how much I need to learn and understand.
Thank you once again Bob for the wisdom you have shown in the way you have shown it. Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed with learning these truths and also applying the truth in my life but you are so right about the things you said and I just felt inspired by the thoughtfulness of your words. :)
In God’s Love. Richard.
EKnight:
Bob,
Ahhhh, finally, a peaceful, non-judgmental, thorough, heartfelt and wise response. Thank you.
Eileen
aqrinc:
Hi indianabob,
I just quoted a snippet of your post. Thank you and Thank GOD and Our Lord Jesus Christ for such a calming
and instructive post. The words you wrote are so piercing and yet wholesome that my Spirit jumped with joy
when i started to read them. Thanks again and i will take heed and as always be careful to uplift or console
and not be harsh in judgement even in jest.
In Spirit and Truth brother,
george.
--- Quote from: indianabob on November 23, 2008, 01:31:57 PM ---New Friend on Bible Truths,
I am writing to you at this time because I FEEL that I may be of some help with our understanding of the purpose of the Bible Truths forum. I also realize that there is much to cover in our ongoing discussions and we can’t explore it all at a distance with email in the same way we could face to face. Accordingly I ask that you be patient with my poor effort to help a little even though I don’t know your mind or have the necessary insight to respond in a truly helpful manner.
To address just one aspect of your many questions and valuable comments please let me start with the intended purpose of God’s calling and choosing and election of certain individuals to serve in Jesus’ administration in the future when Christ is ruling on the Earth. Each of the following points may be partially correct or not applicable to the current needs of members of the forum. I hope you will take the time to respond and help me to see more clearly.
1. I notice that many members admit that they have been reading for a short time. So it seems to me that they are “naturally” trying to take a short cut to understanding and hoping that the other forum members will provide the short answer without all the time consuming work involved. This does seem reasonable because we all come from different cultures and studying together SHOULD shorten the study time as long as we cooperate in mutual love and respect.
It is not the folks on the forum or Ray Smith or the moderators that are holding us back. If it is anyone, it is Jesus our Lord who sets the pace at which we learn. In addition it is our fear of the unknown, which fear God will replace with courage when He is ready and when the lessons we are required to learn have done their work in us.
I hope that this message has been of some help.
Please look up the scriptures yourself or ask specific questions and I will provide scriptures to cover the topic. I believe that all of this is covered in Bible Truths if one takes the time to search for it. It is a worthwhile task and time well spent.
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