But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!
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Revelation 3:17
Because you say, "I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing"—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—
Romans 10:17
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 12:2
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 6:5-6
For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
1 Corinthians 12:13
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
2 Corinthians 11:2
For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Romans 5:1
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
2 Peter 1:3
as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,
Deuteronomy 32:15-20
"But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;
You grew fat, you grew thick,
You are obese!
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation. They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods;
With abominations they provoked Him to anger. They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
To gods they did not know,
To new gods, new arrivals
That your fathers did not fear. Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful,
And have forgotten the God who fathered you. 'And when the LORD saw it, He spurned them,
Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters. And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end will be,
For they are a perverse generation,
Children in whom is no faith.
Psalm 10:4
The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
God is in none of his thoughts.
Proverbs 2:3
Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
2 Corinthians 5:7
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:21
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Hebrews 13:5
Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
1 Peter 2:25
For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
2 Peter 1:11
for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Deuteronomy 8:10-14
When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which He has given you. “Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Job 42:5-6
"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes."
Isaiah 55:6
Seek the LORD while He may be found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
Zephaniah 3:1-2
Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted,
To the oppressing city!
She has not obeyed His voice,
She has not received correction;
She has not trusted in the LORD,
She has not drawn near to her God.
Malachi 3:16
Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another,
And the LORD listened and heard them;
So a book of remembrance was written before Him
For those who fear the LORD
And who meditate on His name.
Matthew 25:1
"Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Luke 12:35
'Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning;
Luke 12:48
But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.
Luke 16:10-12
He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in what is another man's, who will give you what is your own?
John 6:63
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
John 8:32
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
Romans 5:10
For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Romans 6:15
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!
Colossians 2:12
buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Hebrews 10:19-20
Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,
Moonlight, how many of us have tried to help you understand that a public forum is open to the public. That means the public is free to participate with anything you post—-it’s that simple.
On a public platform such as this one you don’t get to tell certain members of the public “to get lost” as you do so frequently.
Nevertheless, if you’re not currently secure with your own set of beliefs and you’re not comfortable when other people disagree then you should consider posting your thoughts and opinions on your own protected private messaging.
Based on the current state affairs with regards to those who are easily offended and those holding fragile opinions, it would be easy to find other people like yourself who are equally insecure with what they believe. Maybe you could even get an exclusive chat room set up for those like yourself who desire only positive vibes as feedback. 😇
Moonlight, what did Handyman say that was so offensive? All he did was to graciously offer constructive advice for FreeToBe so she could get her point across more effectively. You and FreeToBe should be thanking him. 😇
Your posts are not ruined by anyone else but by yourself and the kind of false teaching you promote.
If you want to teach good things then at least quote Got Questions or quote scripture without comment.
Sometimes your comments are consistent with the scripture you quote by that seems to happens more by chance than it does from your knowledge of the scripture you use.
John 14:26 ESV / 49 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
John 16:13 ESV / 46 helpful votes
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
Romans 8:26 ESV / 32 helpful votes
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 22 helpful votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Romans 8:14 ESV / 22 helpful votes
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Titus 3:5 ESV / 18 helpful votes
He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
Romans 8:14-17 ESV / 16 helpful votes
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
1 Corinthians 2:10-13 ESV / 15 helpful votes
These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
Acts 1:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
John 14:16-18 ESV / 13 helpful votes
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Job 33:4 ESV / 13 helpful votes
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Ephesians 4:30 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
John 14:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
1 Peter 1:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes
According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
2 Corinthians 3:17 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 9 helpful votes
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...
1 John 3:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
Galatians 5:25 ESV / 8 helpful votes
If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 13:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Revelation 2:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.’
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 7 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
1 Thessalonians 5:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Do not quench the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
Romans 8:26-27 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Luke 11:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Matthew 12:31 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Ephesians 1:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
Acts 15:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements:
Acts 2:38 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
John 16:7-14 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. ...
John 14:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
John 3:1-36 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...
Matthew 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;
Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Genesis 1:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
1 John 2:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes
But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 5 helpful votes
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: ...
2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 6:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
1 Corinthians 12:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes
All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
1 Corinthians 12:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
Romans 8:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Romans 5:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Acts 13:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Acts 8:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.”
John 20:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 14:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
Luke 4:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
Matthew 28:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Matthew 1:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 63:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes
But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.
Psalm 119:105 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Revelation 22:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.
Hebrews 9:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
Hebrews 3:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice,
Hebrews 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes
While God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
Ephesians 1:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
2 Corinthians 1:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
1 Corinthians 12:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. ...
John 15:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes
“But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
John 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Luke 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
Matthew 3:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes
“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Joel 2:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes
“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
Isaiah 59:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes
“And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring,” says the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.”
1 John 5:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For there are three that testify:
1 Peter 1:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.
Hebrews 10:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes
How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
Philippians 3:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh—
Philippians 1:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance,
Ephesians 6:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
Ephesians 5:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes
(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
Ephesians 2:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes
In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 3:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes
So that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.
2 Corinthians 5:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes
He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
2 Corinthians 3:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
1 Corinthians 6:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Romans 15:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes
I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf,
Romans 15:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Acts 5:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
Acts 5:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?
1 Samuel 16:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him.
1 John 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
1 John 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,
Ephesians 1:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
1 Corinthians 12:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:4-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.
Oh please. I'm not defending her or the scripture that was posted. I'm tired of a member, who's obviously obsessed with another one, turning every post into their personal vendetta. The guise of " loving God's word" and others so this repeated onslaught is needed is bs. You obviously have issues and you can't just let the forum be for everyone and trust people can decipher for themselves. If you really wanted to help others and be christ-like you would lovingly and gently post what you believe to be the truth and leave your insults to yourself. But you don't, and it's every single post, and it's ruining this forum, and you don't care because you're self-important, selfish, immature, not even sure if you're Christian because even Satan knows scripture. You sure can't tell that you're a Christian by your actions on this forum. There's always a couple men on any of these forums that think they have to correct everybody saying they are doing it for the love of God's word because they know better than anyone else, all you sound like is a clanging cymbal.
FREETOBE SAYS: Oh please. I'm not defending her or the scripture that was posted.
LD REPLY: you’re right, there is no defense for false teaching.
FREETOBE SAYS: I'm tired of a member, who's obviously obsessed with another one, turning every post into their personal vendetta.
LD REPLY: I understand your frustration and your anger. It is frustrating to watch your own beliefs or the beliefs of those who agree with you get proven wrong. But I’ve tried many times to help people like you with learning how to defend what you belief rather than reverting to emotional outbursts and attacks on people. Don’t you think that would be a good idea? Wouldn’t it be better for all involved to hear you post with cool emotional restraint?
FREETOBE SAYS: The guise of " loving God's word" and others so this repeated onslaught is needed is bs.
LD REPLY: You’re angry but that’s ok, totally understandable but there’s really no need to express yourself in vulgar terms. Like I said, allow yourself to chill and then try posting at a time you can confidently think more clearly.
FREETOBE SAYS: You obviously have issues and you can't just let the forum be for everyone and trust people can decipher for themselves.
LD REPLY: You and I may differ on how we approach dialogue and how we share our ideas on the forum but we must allow our differences of approach to flourish. Ideally we can discuss freely and debate vigorously but you need to accept the fact that others are just as free as you to express themselves even if differently than you.
FREETOBE SAYS: If you really wanted to help others and be christ-like you would lovingly and gently post what you believe to be the truth and leave your insults to yourself.
LD REPLY: In all due respect, your behavior and comments here seem to undercut the biblically based understanding of what it means to be “Christ-like”. If I have unfairly insulted someone I will gladly apologize but you need to be specific about where, how and when you think I insulted someone.
FREETOBE SAYS: But you don't, and it's every single post,
LD REPLY: “Every single post”??
FREETOBE SAYS: and it's ruining this forum,
LD REPLY: Your talking about “self-importance” but you seem to know more about how to better run someone else’s forum than they? (Ie cdff) Who’s being self-important here? Maybe you ought to try setting up your own forum site and show us how it’s done.
FREETOBE SAYS: and you don't care because you're self-important, selfish, immature, not even sure if you're Christian because even Satan knows scripture.
LD RELPY: Ok. You were under duress and frustration when you posted but perhaps by now you’ve had time to reflect on what you’ve posted. It’s all fine. You’re welcome to share your heart.
FREETOBE SAYS: You sure can't tell that you're a Christian by your actions on this forum.
LD REPLY: Some of the kinds of fallout that occurs during emotive outbursts seems to take place when we allow our feelings to over rule our more rational senses. In those circumstances we tend to pass unfair judgments against those of whom we perceive to be our enemies. At this moment we must try to recognize the value of diversity. Just because others might express themselves differently than us doesn’t mean they are our enemy.
FREETOBE SAYS: There's always a couple men on any of these forums that think they have to correct everybody saying they are doing it for the love of God's word because they know better than anyone else, all you sound like is a clanging cymbal.
LD REPLY: Once again, you ought to allow others the opportunity to discuss their thoughts—their way—even when they don’t always agree with or say all that you want or need them to say. We all have ways that may frustrate others from time to time but that’s just the human experience. Nevertheless, at some point you’ll have to learn, in your own way, how you’re going to accept that fact of life
The main take away for you to grasp is this: If you can’t defend what you believe in a rational relaxed manner then maybe you need to change your current set of beliefs. On the other hand, if you are intentionally disciplined and equipped intellectually to defend your beliefs you will, most certainly, come across as more secure with all that you believe.
The end result—you’ll be confident and skillful with defending your beliefs and others will be more confident hearing what you have to say AND you won’t get rattled when someone doesn’t agree.
