brideofjc

name='Mike' date='Mar 3 2008, 01:29 PM' post='400821'] Hang in there folks. When the time is available to me I will post on the second half of I Cor 3. When the weather is good I must work. When it rains I have a lot more posting time. Maybe tonight. Meanwhile, since the material in I Cor 3 seems to be new to so many here, I suggest reading that chapter in as many different versions as possible. Get a feel for how Paul was feeling as he wrote it and how the Corinthians might have received it. You might even try blocking out verse 17 for some readings just to see for yourself how it contradicts and disrupts the flow of the chapter when it's traditional translation is allowed.

The best one to decide if you are "in or out of fellowship", I mean "walking in the flesh" or "walking in the spirit" would be none other than the HOLY SPIRIT!

It hasn't been just my fingers tapping, Dooj, but my foot as well. I guess its a good thing there's this cyber SPACE between us so that I can't do a drop kick. Ahh Well. But its not your doubt that prevents him from answering, but a lack of ability in presenting his supposed Scriptural mistranslations.

I do believe my request was perfectly reasonable, and T-Bones' too...I'm guessing he knows that he has put forth an exegetical fallacy by saying that there is acontradiction in 3:17. While "de" would be better translated as "but" rather than "and", pinpointing that out alone is majoring in the minors. But if he has someneat insight....then the body of Christ is waiting.

You still have not answered my response to your post. My response is on page 37, post #725.

T-Bone, NOW THAT WAS A BIG CHEW!

I'm late in replying...still trying to catch up, but both are truisms.

That should be spelled Pitooey! You should be careful...Our God will exact justice and it will begin at the household of God first....see Hebrews!

The law that is stated here is the law of sin and death, not the law of God.

Your comment made me think of that 1970's song, Sister Mary Elephant! http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7695...;variant=lyrics

Gee, I thought it was Jesus who died for my sins?

Ex.... Do be so kind...my dear woman....exactly who is P. Rick? I don't recall any posts by this person :)

That must be in the same neighborhood of my "Trashola" of the agent orange book!

Hi Rascal, I'm just getting back and am now reading this about five days out of it.... :blink: But you're most welcome....I've learned....that Jesus knew what He was talking about :)

Now, if we can just fully crack into a million pieces the glass ceiling in the pastorate. Unfortunately, the church, whose head was and is a revolutionary regarding the fringe minority and the disenfranchised, still for the most part refuses to let women serve in "responsible" positions maintaining a theology that has a bogus interpretation. I realize that the so-called liberal churches allow women to serve, but even here they are still most of the time only associate pastors. We need to bring the ceiling down here as well.

You can always see if the Hulkster would like a little extra work.

Bliss, YOU STOLE MY THUNDER! That's pretty close to what I was going to say, minus the African village.

Well, git yer shovel and spade out Ham....Dig the dude up and we'll give your idea a try. However, I think the dude has the ultimate sedative and will not need any more.

Although, Rascal, blessed sister. Forgiving someone or a group of people who hurt you doesn't release them from their responsibility before the Lord Jesus Christ. The forgiveness on your part releases you from the equation so that you can move on with your life. Forgiveness also does not mean that you approve of their past actions nor of their continued actions if any. This is why the Lord Jesus forgave those who crucified him and he therefore entrusted his God and father with the judgment of such people. Those responsible for such grievous sins will one day have to answer for them. However, on the other hand, our God is also a forgiving God and it could well be that some of these people have sought forgiveness and if they have, you should just rejoice that we serve such an awesome God. I personally hope that those who are still living did or will seek repentance before the Lord. After all, I had to ask the Lord to forgive me for being so incredibly gullible that I just swallowed down all the bogus lies without checking out the truth factors. While I still acknowledge their wrong, how do I explain this properly, it has become more objective rather than subjective, which of course wasn't the case 15 years ago, because the wounds were still open and this forgiveness thing that God approves of somehow closes up the wounds in your life. It doesn't happen overnight, but it seemed for me at least that one day I realized I could put it on a shelf, take it down, look at it objectively, disapprove of what happened, teach on the errors that came forth from them, but at the end of the day, put it back on the shelf without hauling it around with me everywhere I went. The forgiveness is for you sweet sister.

Now, Rascal, LOL (can't stop) I bet you feel a lot better after that! OMG! But now, please read my later post as well.

WHO'DA...WHAT-A...???? PDSTRO????

I'm not irritated with you Bramble, just with posters who lead others on saying that they have something to share but then don't. Blessings to you dear.