Mike wrote:
Just because they identify as dead people doesn't mean they shouldn't vote.

Consider Romans 1

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: etc

How many of us does this describe before we were converted?

Astonishing wrote:
Your jealously of brother Observer is painfully obvious. Unfortunately, there's something missing within you and you're incapable of seeing who you are as a person, so to sit in judgement of anyone is really something to witness. Your soul is blackened and I pray that that our Lord does open your eyes one day before it's too late because to call yourself a Christian and claim Christ while slandering the saints of the most high at the same time is nothing but an outpouring of Satan upon this forum. Our Lord is most certainly not yours, but I pray that He one day will be. Until then, may our Lord rebuke you and deal with your devilish disruptions.

The poor Bible loses again!! Left on the shelf by these oh so pious "christians" to collect dust.

Why is there so little genuine church growth? Consider:

Acts 6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

I must be doing something right!

2 Tim 3

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

B. Warely wrote:
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Observer;
I see your heart is still full of unchristian hate. May God have mercy on you.

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Jim

No, we most certainly do not agree!

B. Warely wrote:
Jim: The 'entire' Bible is the Word of God. The 'entire' Word of God is for all Christians. The entire Scripture is of the MIND of God. There is nothing, zero in Scripture that indicates God only wants parts of HIS Word to be read and accepted as truth. It is NOT the Bible which declares parts of Scripture is not applicable to the Christian - It is only some misguided people who suggest this fallacy.
“If the Scriptures be what they claim to be, the word of God, they are the work of one mind, and that mind divine. From this it follows that Scripture cannot contradict Scripture. God cannot teach in one place anything which is inconsistent with what He teaches in another. Hence Scripture must explain Scripture. If a passage admits of different interpretations, that only can be the true one which agrees with what the Bible teaches elsewhere on the same subject.” (Hodge)
https://www.monergism.com/modern-dispensationalism-and-doctrine-unity-scripture

Mike wrote:
The love of money isn't the root of all evil, but that's a subject for another day.
When you suggest no one should be allowed to be paid over 100k, and you say you care what the bible says about the matter, where in the Bible do we find maximum wage, and who in the Bible decides what it is?
The Bible allows the payer and the payee to come to agreement about wages. Therefore biblically you should be ok with whatever others have agreed do pay and work for.
See Matthew 20:1-15

Unprofitable Servant wrote:
Dear brother Observer, thanks for thinking of me. Alas, the job did not come through but God has been good and met our needs. Still hoping to find full time work if the Lord wills. All is well thanks for asking.
Algore hadn't invented the internet when God graciously brought the woman into my life for my wife. The Bible says a prudent wife is from the Lord and God has blessed me with a wonderful Christian wife whom I don't deserve and for which I can only daily praise Him.

Thanks for the update.

Praise the Lord for his goodness in all aspects - providing for you, blessing you with a godly wife and giving your a thankful heart!

Connor wrote:
Down again Chris, I don't know what I'm doing wrong, why would God allow all this to happen? ...

If I recall correctly you told us a while ago that you felt called to the ministry.

Let me ask you, how will you ever be able to truly minister to those who feel forsaken by friends and maybe even by the Lord, if you've never been there yourself? How will you be able to minister to those who are hurting without feeling hurt? How will you be able to help the faith of those who are sorely tried, if your faith has never been tried by fire? How will you help those who know deep disappointments if you have never experienced them yourself? You get the gist.

If however, you are able to overcome adversity by using the weapons of our warfare, then you can point others to the right way.

Consider the very many Psalms where the Psalmist agonizes over all sorts of problems and difficulties. They complain to the Lord, but you will notice too how they overcame.

E.g.

Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

When my flesh and my heart fail, I make God the strength of my heart and my portion.

Tough times are appointed us to draw us close to God.

ladybug wrote:
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If SA ever disallows links in comments, Jim would no longer comment here
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Agreed sister. Maybe SA will consider that as a request.

Its kinda ironic to see him quote JMac on the seriousness of misinterpreting the Bible when JMac and Jim both hold to Dispy fiction! I had to chuckle.

Lord bless ya!

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Sure Kev

Email me whenever you're ready.

Lord bless bro.

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Wishing all the Lord's true people the Lord's richest blessings.

Unprofitable Servant wrote:
Obviously the Biblical method for getting a wife is going to the dances and grabbing them. see Judges 21

Hope all's well with you and your loved ones. Miss you posting here bro.

Lord bless.

1. He never argues by expounding scripture in his own words. He would rather point you to another link, or preferably linkS to multiply the amount of time and labor you expend. You end up doing all the hard work!!

2. If you counter anything he has linked to, or written, he will counter with more links. That's not a conversation!!

He has been on here bugging people for years and has an index of links that probably consists of 5TB of data on a portable drive that he keeps in his pocket for easy reference.

My point is that he is not here to learn. In fact his idol Gil Rugh is his Pope, and when Gil preaches, then like the RC Pope, he speaks ex-cathedra and is infallible. That's the only reason Mr LinksOn doesn't need an infallible bible - he has an infallible pope.

Finally, he will be deliberately provocative and make ridiculous statements that he can never justify and has no intention to justify e.g. "There's a paucity of scripture that supports Covenant theology". Duh!

My advice is again not to feed the troll.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
No, Observer, it was the "evil" of putting someone in the place of God, but really an evil, no.
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Yes, it was completely wrong of the Israelites to ask for a king. They did so because they wanted to be like the other nations.

Up until then God had ruled through Judges. This was the divine model.

If you want interesting stats why don't you compare the years of peace and unrest under each model!

The chapter you cited was a warning of what was in store for the people under human kingship and yes the evil of replacing God was accompanied by evils that are the baggage of such kingship.

Thankfully, God knew the evil heart of the people, had prophesied it, and to teach them a lesson gave them the evil they asked for and used it as a teaching tool in terms of typology of the Savior's kingship.

SteveR wrote:
2 Timothy 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Kev wrote:
I added to the other thread where we were talking about stones and stopped my other discussion that was just going in circles. I enjoyed your comments on the Glory of the Lord in the OT brother.

Thing is I still feel there is so much to learn and plumb the depths of, and compared to some others I know so little.

Praise God he gives every child of his this spiritual hunger for his word and does not disappoint when they come to table for their daily food. Feed with relish and let it strengthen you each day for what the Master has in store for you. Only be faithful in everything you do, and look to the Lord for blessing.

Lord bless you Kev.

BTW, a thorough study of the Theophanies (preincarnation appearances of the Lord) makes a thrilling study, as does the names of God and his attributes. These studies will give you a true comprehension of the being of our God and his glory and fill your soul with abiding awe and reverence.

SteveR wrote:
When Chris first said his Priest killed himself after officiating his marriage, I thought no way. I felt Chris meant it as consequence of RCC evil.
I didn't believe his story so I googled it. Yep, it happened just as he said. Anyhow, I think its just as much evidence of Chris accursedness as it could be a consequence of RCC evil. Further, Chris gets off talking about people dying, just plain weird like the girl he knew dragged to her death by a PeterPan bus

Now, here's a thought - why carry on talking to this devil who is only here to make mischief and divert everyone's attention from edifying discussions?

Don't feed this devilish troll!

Christopher000 wrote:
SteveR Wrote:
Do you the priest that married he and his wife shortly thereafter jumped off a bridge?
Why would you even bring that up?

1 John 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Conclusion: SteveR is a child of the devil

1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

Conclusion: SteveR is still dead in his sins and tresspasses

1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Conclusion: SteveR is a fraud and does not love God

SteveR wrote:
""Open Letter to RCC Saints
I request you all find a good Reformed Church and grow in the Christian Faith.
SteveR""
Happy now?

ROFL

Ain't no "saints" in the RCC so ain't no one gonna read it.

SteveR wrote:
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The conflict on this message Board is that SA unholy trinity nutbags cant stand hearing that their are Saints in the RCC. The wicked go ape wild when they hear it then make all kinds of crazy accusations
poor wicked lil things

Makes total sense.

Which is why