I am not asking a question but would like to share with you men how I found the right lady.
By becoming a leader. Godly women are looking for Godly leaders that they feel safe in following.
But it is not us leading and her following. It is us finding the will of God and then walking together in that. That is where unity comes from.
You see the beautiful thing is we dont have to have all the answers if we find a godly woman. We just need to be humble men who are willing to pray and seek for the answers.
When a woman knows a man is sucessful not just trying to find the will of God she will feel secure and confident in her man.
Finding the will of God is not about action but relationship. Relationship with God comes first and action follows.
Men can tend to be men of mere action and appear Godly. God is a God of relationship. Everything He says and does comes out of Gods relating with His creation.
It is easier for a woman to figure this out since they are more relational then us men. Now Im not saying become a sissy. God is no sissy.
God is strength combined with passion, compassion, gentleness and most important love.
The ballence of strength and weakness.
Being a man who leads his woman in humility. A man who leads his woman in unity. A man who cherishs genuinly his lady.
How do we become such men? Know Christ and you will be such a man. Like Paul writes learn Christ. When you have learned Christ, God will bring you the lady He has waiting for you. I guarentee this to you.
When you learn Christ you will have the choice pickings of the ladies here and anywhere. When you learn Christ many of the ladies you thought were so great will seem dull.
I am glad to see that you have now made at least a modest attempt to include a supporting Scripture for your article. Allow me to highlight some points for you:
1. I acknowledged from the beginning that your admonition to know/learn Christ was positive. So, obviously this wasn't my major point of disagreement with your article, right?
2. Where is the guarantee in those verses that when you have followed them, God will "bring you the lady that he has waiting for you"?
3. Why are you shifting gears now to talk about forgiveness when this was never talked about in your original article?
4. Where are the proof texts for the rest of your claims?
5. Aren't there many "common themes" in the Bible? Why isolate one that isn't even mentioned in your OP and then pound it home as though you have just answered some kind of argument? Was anyone in this thread debating the Biblical principle of forgiveness?
As I was listening to the Spirit of God yesterday on these matters with you and GUD scripture was brought to mind for me.
Mark 9:38-41
I encourage you guys to spend your enrergy giving cups of water than trying to correct everyone.
If you are a follower of Christ then follow Him and I will do the same. You and GUD trying to prove to me personally my error in some way is in vain because I am following Christ.
Translation...."I can correct, but you guys cannot. I do not care that I am hypocritical, as long as I can assassinate the character of others while making it seem to others that I am Godly. I love acting."
"I know what I believe needs to backed up with scripture. Since this is a revelation given by God to me in understanding, now I have to do the work of finding supporting scripture.
I know the bible supports its self and always will. When you made the statement that I am unable to provide scripture to support my conclusion you are right.
But not for long. Now that I have the revelation I have the duty to support it through Gods Word and if I am unable to do so. I would gladly abandon it. I am confident that I will be able to show in scripture that headship/submission is all about unity and not about who makes the decisions or a wife having to obey her husband."
I would like to note for the record that you never did provide the Scripture to support your conclusions. Why? Because you cannot. Yet, you feel led to start new threads that regurgitate your failed conclusions and wonder why you are again challenged. Rather than abandoning your "new revelations" ( as you promised us that you would), you continue to self promote.
Now, you would like to correct Grace and I by "encouraging" us to let you operate unchallenged. Yet, when we (and others) encourage you to follow the written word, you frame it as though we have somehow Scripturally erred in doing so. We should be "giving cups of water" instead. Right?
HELLO MCFLY!!?? What is that you think that we are doing by showing you the Word of God and explaining to you where you are deviating from it? That's right, we are passing you a cup of water..........LIVING WATER..... So that you might not thirst again, my friend.
John 14
14 but whoever drinks of the water I give him shall certainly never thirst. And the water that I give him shall become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.�
15 The woman said to Him, �Master, give me this water, so that I do not thirst, nor come here to draw.�
Here is a Biblical example for you of Paul calling out Peter for his error.
Gal. 2
11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
Paul was no doubt operating from this principle:
1 Tim 5:20 Reprove those who are sinning, in the presence of all, so that the rest also might fear.
Do you think Peter's response was the same as yours? To try to manipulate Scripture to tell Paul to spend his energy elsewhere? Not to worry about what he (Peter) was doing because he (Peter) was "following Christ"?
...."I can correct, but you guys cannot. I do not care that I am hypocritical, as long as I can assassinate the character of others while making it seem to others that I am Godly. I love acting."
Give me an example where I have said such things specifically to you and i would glady ask forgiveness. I write my post in a general broad sweep as to not specifically issolate anyone out.
If I have commented something that was offensive to you. Attacking you personally. I would glady ask your forgiveness.
Leaving the post out that I have already ask your forgiveness for.
