Friends in Christ: It has been a breath of fresh air and a wonderful feeling to read the TRUTH and experience HUMOR at the same time at this site. It has been wonderful to find a place where those that rightly divide the TRUTH don’t spend their days tickling each other's ears and entertaining each other with dribble and gibberish, and that don’t equate "love" with "tolerance" – thinking it is better to have peace and go to hell rather than to fight for God's Word. This forum is awesome and provides many of us that are grounded in The Word with a place to congregate and have fellowship!!! However, outside the parameters of this forum, reality today consists of so many individuals putting their two cents in so many places where they should not, and we are truly remiss if we don’t just give them a nickel to take their wares elsewhere. If we give them a dime will they stop promoting false doctrine? If we give them a dollar, will they fade away into oblivion? These people are causing many brothers and sisters to stumble. They are a DISGRACE to Christianity!! This site does not allow the enemy a platform to mislead the blind (Can't we just close our eyes and pretend it isn't happening? Hey Dorothy, where’s Toto?). At this site, we don’t have to be bombarded with any of the following: I am always more concerned with the Silent Majority who lurk but never post. This is the audience that I believe God has inspired me to reach out to and attempt to provide some words to encourage somebody who might be down, dejected, confused, or in need of some spiritual salve. I don't know if I ever make any headway with this, but I really do try. I try to elucidate that too many wolves in sheep’s clothing are unable to discern a black hole in Ursa Minor from a hole in the ground on Earth – yet they want to pontificate to you that they are the moral and ethical standard for which you should aspire to achieve. If somebody could prove to me that these fools had more than one brain cell to rub up against another, I would argue that the second brain cell must be out searching for the first one to connect with. They need to come out of their darkness before it is too late. God will hold them accountable for what they have done with His Son on this earth. Please remember Brethren: Don’t give heed to individuals at the other boards, sites, etc. that want to focus on that “supposed’ mote that is in your eye rather than to deal with the actual beam that is in theirs. To rephrase just a bit, they need to get that telephone pole out of their eye before they can even begin talking to you about the splinter that might be in yours! What is being allowed at those other so-called "christian" forums today is destroying our true Christian witness to the lost and confused. We are being portrayed as lunatics by the unsaved because we are being unfairly associated with this group of non-discerning, nominal "christians" – christians in name only (CINOs). I resent the fact that we have a difficult time reaching the unsaved because they won't allow us within a mile of them. The unsaved don't want to hear the Word because they don't want to associate with crazed nut-heads that have been masquerading as “christians” at other sites. The unsaved now treat us as if we have leprosy because of what they have read at other forums. Who will be accountable for this come Judgment Day? We should be attempting everyday to reach the lost and please our Lord instead of chatting with faceless goofballs who think God is happy with them because of how they sift the sand during their infantile playtime in the sandbox. "Here, let's shovel some of this quicksand, and we'll cover it up with roses, and then we'll number it, paint an erotic picture of it, find out where it fits within the Signs of the Zodiac, and then claim it is from God. In fact, we'll have someone say "Thus Saith The Lord" to confirm its legitimacy and to iterate that we are holier than everybody else. Oh, joy, oh, joy we are making such a difference in the eternal destinies of others and we are legends in our own minds". Cough, choke, spit, and puke again. May God reach down His Hand and help us in our endeavor to accomplish HIS WILL -- not our will or the will of other faceless leaders who promote another doctrine that either ignores or takes scripture out of context. Time is short. Listen to the Holy Spirit from on High and not to mortal man. Humbly P.S. This verse has enveloped me since I was born again: Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me (John 14:6). I look to Jesus, and only Jesus, and I know that many of you here do also. May God bless you all! Humbly Your concerns for truth and where to find it is indeed God breathed! Consider the lillies of the field! We are those lillies. That said, the deception that overcomes many is for the Lord to deal with, IMHO! Truly ours is to focus on His light alone, His Spirit alone, and His voice alone! As near as we are, let us set our face as a flint and be solely determined to work out our own salvation! Let us be hyper focused on our growth and direction, rather than entertain the doctrines of men and demons! YBIC...TR For those who have experienced much grief, pain, heartache and sorrow are made hyper sensitive. When they choose to look beyond themselves and upon Him alone, they have a more discerning eye! Such as yourself! TR Indeed, to be mindful of the body of Christ and love them is what Christ did! We all despise wolves in sheep's clothing! Without judging, it is imperative to know that still small voice. Surely, the enemy always works to infiltrate and derail the saints! Bless your heart and passion for truth! May He guide your spirit always. Love...TR Humbly, so maybe that’s the problem — see brain cells are supposed to rub together, the neuronet should prevent this kind of short circuit :mdrmdr: :mdrmdr: I hear ya on the things being said, it is indeed a crazier than crazy world and it seems to be growing. :prayer-hands: Many will say... Lord, Lord .... his response, depart from me, I never knew you! :prayer-hands: :flyup: Thank you all for forgiving my rant. I suffer daily frustration with this insane world that we now have to endure each day where it is considered good to loot, steal, maim, and kill but it is bad to peacefully congregate in a church. Although 2 Timothy 4:2 encourages us to "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine", it is becoming more difficult to do that as each day progresses (or should I say regresses). If we merely mention Jesus or our Christian faith to our colleagues at work, we could be called out by HR for being insensitive, divisive, and intolerant to others. On every conference call, we need to be totally focused to not share our faith in any way, shape, or form. With every new acquaintance we make, we need to be prepared that when we share our faith with an unsaved person as we are directed, we may encounter much resistance and sometimes hostility. In most cases, we are lucky if they just quickly move away from us to never meet again. It is just incredible to me that Saving Grace is so easy and yet people scream, kick, and fight against any attempt to help them happily into Heaven. They would rather go down the broad road to perdition angry and miserable. Thanks TR for your continued encouragement, and Tammie, it appears that many neuronets are out looking for their two brain cells to prevent the rampant short-circuiting of human morality and rationality that has afflicted this fallen world of ours. We're at the end and ready to go -- can you please come NOW Jesus?!!! Humbly I was thinking you could temporarily change your moniker to "Humbly ILoveARant" We love ya' bro! Shalom. Forget the synapse collapse! That does require brain cells. Did I say that? The Rapture being the most momentous experience of human nature, it stands to reason that more Christian's would long for it! Shame on them that don't! That said, when mortality assumes immortality and all of creation is regenerated and forever altered and upgraded, who cannot get excited about that?! Brain dead walking! And the spiritually dead are not even in the equation! TR I love your suggestion MWS to change my moniker to "Humbly ILoveARant". It makes sense with my negative attitude lately of this world. Having said that though, my posts would all turn negative with no uplifting message to provide hope to another human being. I probably should just take a chill-pill, calm down, accept the fact that this world has fallen so much, and that the U.S. is in a state of chaos right now that we would never have imagined when we were kids. The evil minority is beginning to get control of our government and turn it against the wishes of the majority. And the silent majority just sits back and watches... During WW2, Martin Niemöller wrote: First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. Friends, we are at the same juncture now! Shalom, Humbly ILoveARant 
