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I don't know about DavidM but I'm sure Kevin and Ruben
have encountered Muslims in their SP travels. I figure it
would be tit for tat (with truth on their side) since
Muslims call everyone and everything Western "the great Satan" My Scots
friend tells me that in the UK the Muslims have taken
over and that now the Red Cross will not put anything Christian out at Christmas
for fear of offending them. Her brother in
Manchester England says he will not give the Red Cross another cent because of it and he isn't even religious. jt
I do not have a problem with 'exposure'. I don't
think that that is Dave's point though.
May I suggest that an equal. if not greater,
danger to believers lies within Islam. Could you imagine David Miller or
Kevin going to Mosques and, utilizing bullhorns, villify the attendants by
addressing THEM as servants of Satan?
I would think it would be more like Jeremiah (see
Jer 13:1,2); this is obviously a one time object lesson to
the part of Israel Jeremiah was ministering to
rather than a pattern of behavior for all time. However, part of
public proclamation of Truth by nature involves exposing the lie
of the false gods which of course will be
offensive to those who worship them. Why do you have such a problem with this? jt
Elijah.
Can you give us a "for instance" DaveH?
jt
DAVEH:
As I understand your position (and please correct me if I am
misunderstanding your position), many Christians (specifically
you, in this instance) believe that everything written in the
Bible is specifically applicable to Christians
today. So, if a prophet of the Bible used a
technique of mocking, that means it is OK for you to do the
same thing. If a prophet of God in the Bible is
commanded to go preach on the streets, you assume that
instruction applies to you as well....is that correct,
Kevin?
To me, that isn't logical at
all. Just as what he compelled the prophets of the OT to
do was not necessarily applicable to the prophets of the NT,
what the Lord wants us to do today may or may not be what he
wants us to do today. It seems to me
that the Lord over time has commanded various people to do
things that he may not have commanded at a subsequent time or
other peoples. Hope that makes some
sense.....
Kevin Deegan wrote:
DAVEH: And because some of the early
prophets mocked with God's blessing, you believe it is your
right to do so as well? Isn't that stretching logic a
bit beyond it's breaking point?
NO
How so?
Kevin
Deegan wrote:
Yes, but where they "Contending for the
faith"? DAVEH: What do you think
they were disputi9ng if it wasn't their perspecdtive of
the faith? Don't you think they were arguing the
truth as they saw it, perhaps in the same way it is done
on TT occassionally?
Please show me where God admonished Paul, for his
"much contention" DAVEH: My last
post about admonishment was regarding the bickering (if
that's the proper word for it) Christians who Paul
admonished.
If you were
an apostle as was Paul and admonished me for arguing about
theology, I would pay heed. But I don't think you've
even claimed to be an apostle, Kevin. (Am I
wrong on that?) >From my perspective you seem to
be one who is contributing to the contention. Why do
you think Paul's admonishment not to contend (Titus 3:9)
doesn't apply to you? Isn't it just a matter of
perspective? If another TTer were to argue against
your understanding of whatever doctrine, why do you think
you would be in the right and he would be in the
wrong? Do you sincerely believe you are right on all
your points of doctrine, or do you allow you may at times
be wrong?
Show me where Elijah was admonished in the
scriptures for MOCKING.
In fact right after Elijah Mocking the prophets of
Baal, God answered his
prayer. DAVEH: And because some of
the early prophets mocked with God's blessing, you believe
it is your right to do so as well? Isn't that
stretching logic a bit beyond it's breaking point?
God Mocks
Prov 1:26
Because
I have called, and ye refused... But ye have set at nought all my counsel,
and would none of my reproof: I
also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your
fear comethDave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
DAVEH:
Were not a lot of early Christians in contention, and
admonished for it?
Kevin Deegan wrote:
No read the scriptures. They were "IN God" with
MUCH Contention. Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
DAVEH:
Do you suppose that could have been one of Paul's
faults?
Kevin Deegan wrote:
> By
the way did you know that Paul was VERY
CONTENTIOUS?
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