Nice & Wavy
Well-Known Member
This is beginning to be a bit much on this forum
I found this on another forum and this sums up everything on how I feel, so I feel free to post this! ETA: I wonder how many of us on this forum will check the "Like" button on this one.
A lot of you don’t need to be told this, obviously, but a lot do, as well. As believers in Christ, it’s not our call to fight. We may argue to a point, yes, but our call is to lovingly instruct each other in the ways that Christ would have us to do, not to fight over small facts.
(Arguing)
Proverbs 28:25 - A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.
1 Timothy 2:8 - I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
(Teaching)
2 Timothy 4:2 - Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
2 Timothy 2:15 - 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.
We should never, EVER fight among one another just to prove that we’re right, but instead, listen to one another and humbly take their words into consideration. Try to understand their views to see if they’re correct in what they assume to be true about their Biblical teachings. There are false prophets all throughout the world who try to teach us things which are incorrect. We must ensure that not only are the words of our fellow believers are correct, but the words which we believe ourselves.
1 John 4:1 - Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Remember; people will be accountable for “every careless word they speak”. For every fight or squabble that is started, those who participate unlovingly and saying hateful things will always be held accountable for it. We sin enough as it is...do we really want to be called up for every argument we thought we were in the right for in this world, when we were really wrong?
Matthew 12:36-37 - 36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
God never intended for us to be an angry people. God is love, and wishes for love among all of His people. It is our calling, first and foremost, to love one another.
1 Corinthians 13:13 - So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 - For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Corinthians 16:14 - Let all that you do be done in love.
1 John 4:8 - Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:19 - We love because he first loved us.
Leviticus 19:18 - You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
In everything that we do, no matter how much we want to argue, we need to stop, think, be self-controlled, and lovingly speak to each other instead of posting whatever argument comes into our minds.
Galatians 5:22-26 - 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
These are the things that love IS. We need to remember these things in every way that we conduct our lives, both on the forums and off of the forums.
1 Corinthians 13:4-13 - 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; [1] 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Remember...does fighting, no matter what topic it’s over, bring anyone to know Christ better? Or does it alienate people, and make them not wish to listen, or participate in the conversation? I know this...I don’t feel welcome in most of the conversations here. I do post on occasion, but usually only because I feel as though God led me to do so...not because I feel accepted.
I found this on another forum and this sums up everything on how I feel, so I feel free to post this! ETA: I wonder how many of us on this forum will check the "Like" button on this one.A lot of you don’t need to be told this, obviously, but a lot do, as well. As believers in Christ, it’s not our call to fight. We may argue to a point, yes, but our call is to lovingly instruct each other in the ways that Christ would have us to do, not to fight over small facts.
(Arguing)
Proverbs 28:25 - A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.
1 Timothy 2:8 - I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
(Teaching)
2 Timothy 4:2 - Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
2 Timothy 2:15 - 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.
We should never, EVER fight among one another just to prove that we’re right, but instead, listen to one another and humbly take their words into consideration. Try to understand their views to see if they’re correct in what they assume to be true about their Biblical teachings. There are false prophets all throughout the world who try to teach us things which are incorrect. We must ensure that not only are the words of our fellow believers are correct, but the words which we believe ourselves.
1 John 4:1 - Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Remember; people will be accountable for “every careless word they speak”. For every fight or squabble that is started, those who participate unlovingly and saying hateful things will always be held accountable for it. We sin enough as it is...do we really want to be called up for every argument we thought we were in the right for in this world, when we were really wrong?
Matthew 12:36-37 - 36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
God never intended for us to be an angry people. God is love, and wishes for love among all of His people. It is our calling, first and foremost, to love one another.
1 Corinthians 13:13 - So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 - For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Corinthians 16:14 - Let all that you do be done in love.
1 John 4:8 - Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:19 - We love because he first loved us.
Leviticus 19:18 - You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
In everything that we do, no matter how much we want to argue, we need to stop, think, be self-controlled, and lovingly speak to each other instead of posting whatever argument comes into our minds.
Galatians 5:22-26 - 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
These are the things that love IS. We need to remember these things in every way that we conduct our lives, both on the forums and off of the forums.
1 Corinthians 13:4-13 - 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; [1] 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Remember...does fighting, no matter what topic it’s over, bring anyone to know Christ better? Or does it alienate people, and make them not wish to listen, or participate in the conversation? I know this...I don’t feel welcome in most of the conversations here. I do post on occasion, but usually only because I feel as though God led me to do so...not because I feel accepted.
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) but, I'M LEARNING and am always GROWING in the things of Christ, so that I can become blameless before HIM, which is my ultimate goal for when I meet Him face to face. I want to hear "well done, though good and faithful servant!"
I just love you.... Amein~
