I don't keep count, but as nearly as I can
remember, it was about eight.
You have concluded that possibly I do not
understand. That means that you are sorting through what I gave you to
feed on. You are seeing if it is all bones, or if there is any meat
there. Very good!
>
Kevin wrote: > > Oh yeah, the scripture? > > What verse
teaches, > > Eat the meat & spit out the
bones? ============================= I would think if you start at
first Peter, 3:15 and read from there you will get the idea. A large
part of winning people to Christ is discussion. If you are going to
hide in a monastery you will stay away from SOME sinners, but you will
be useless to Christ. He might as well take you home the moment you are
saved and make room for someone with a heart for the lost. If you are
filled with the Spirit, and in Christ, you cannot separate yourself
from the lost. You need to know how they think. They need to know how
you think. They need to see Jesus in you. Evidently that was
not expected of the average believer in the old testament verses you
quoted. They had priests to tell the lost that they were lost, but
those days are over; we are the priests. Our job is to go into all the
world, to associate with sinners. If you are going in order to be
one of them, looking for approval from them, that would be very wrong,
but going to learn what they believe, and lead them to the truth is
commanded. In the process, eat the meat and spit out the bones
brother. Terry
---------- "Let your speech be always with
grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every
man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org
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