Bible Discussion Thread

Dear friends and chosen ones. Lately I have met a lot of people that I have to make "room" for in my heart. It's a little hard to understand maybe? When I write room I mean that I HAVE to continue and have a place where I don't have judgmental thoughts. Professing Christians, do they just confess to me or are they believers? My question to the Lord. Because when I hear what they say and I emphasize having patience and understanding and yet I hear a lot of unreasonableness. Oh I am patient. It's almost like they don't take it seriously. Then I get sad and upset about the ignorance they show towards the Lord. I am completely convinced that I am in the right place at the moment. But I understand little of the idea behind meeting so many unreasonable people. Not only unreasonable, but also those who stand against God simply because (those that I see) take liberties that in turn bind them to earthly life. Therefore I doubt their sincerity to me. Now I know that the Lord has the last word and can defend Himself. Even though I share God's word with them, and pray for them, Go visit and care. This is where I must have room, because I think of the Holy Spirit that they do not blaspheme. As you Richard H Priday mention today.

So a question to everyone, do you think that only non-believers can blaspheme the Holy Spirit? Because I actually think that it is impossible for someone who has tasted the gifts and life of the Holy Spirit to go back to the time before meeting Jesus. No one would reject that, right? Free will you say, now yes my life with Jesus is free, but He also demands a little, doesn't He :) Therefore I will not reject my actions, my prayer and time for these people. Maybe I should. If not everyone, including me, can sit alone on our mountains of furrow. Or I can stop worrying about their well-being and let them sail their own sea. Thank you for your attention, God bless u all in Jesus name. Please pray for me. And the misguided. 2 Tim 3:1-5

Good evening Free,

I agree that we as believers need to guard our hearts from pride and judgment, especially towards others who profess Christ. We make room in our hearts for others in the faith when we think the best of them, believe their testimony, and pray for them to continue to grow up in the Lord as we, ourselves must continue to do.

It is God who know the heart of those who profess Jesus. And, he knows one's own heart perfectly, whereas each believer knows themselves partially and often erroneously. We can do as David did and cry out to God to search our hearts AND reveal the wicked ways that reside within us. We also should follow Jesus' teaching that one should take the plank out of our own eye before we approach someone to remove the speck we see in theirs. us

Inevitable, we will meet some who profess Jesus that we cannot agree on in crucial ways concerning the essential doctrines of the "faith" (which is Scriptural beliefs)which was delivered to us in Scripture. We may have to limit our association with some who profess Jesus but deny doctrines we believe and which we think are dangerous, heretical, and misleading to immature believers. But we should always check our doctrine up to the Scriptures to be sure that we are truly walking in the truth of Scripture, as Paul urges believers to do in Timothy, (I believe) who profess Jesus being careful to not break any "tender reed" in the profession of another. Love covers a multitude of sins, (in Peter) and we should adopt what 1 Chorinthians 13 says concerning the qualities our love should possess.

Have a good day in your side of the globe, Free. We are about to sit down to dinner, so I'll stop for now.