Unprofitable Servant wrote:
... If people are bowing down and worshiping images of our Lord, then they violate the second commandment. To have a picture of say, Christ calming the storm on the sea of Galilee would be like unto fulfilling Deuteronomy 6:8,9.

Frank wrote:
Yes, that is why I said that Christ's comment was not meant to be all inclusive. I'm sure He wasn't saying that it was okay to take heroin. A comparison isn't what I was referring to at all. The article was on Satan worship and by extension how that would have led this fellow to do evil. The "main" principle that guides me is from the verse I used. I stated that because of the issue that JPW raised.

Frank wrote:
Unprofitable Servant. I think you are correct about what JPW is saying. But, there is little if any scriptures that support her thoughts to the degree she is taking them? But, I will admit that I have never studied that thought process. The below drives my thoughts regarding food. Now I know Jesus didn't mean this thought to be all inclusive, but it is the principle that guides my thoughts.
Matthew 15:10.After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand. 11."It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

"2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?" - 1 Corinthians 6:2-3

"Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged." - Luke 7:43

"I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?" - 1 Corinthians 6:5

"Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?" - 1 Corinthians 11:13

Observer wrote:
I Must Say You, Rufus, Are The Bigger Pervert For Insinuating A Man Is
A (Sexual) Pervert Before He's Found Guilty Of (Sexual) Perversion In A U.S. Court Of Law &-Or Before A Church Deacon-Board & Judicial Council !
You Must Be A Supporter Of The Pro-Sodomite, If Not Outright Sodomite-Homosexual-'Gay' Website chicagomag.com, I Presume ?...

Jim Lincoln wrote:
...And that was quoted from a recognized health organization? I doubt it. [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPV_AIDS_hypothesis]]]OPV AIDS hypothesis[/URL]. The superstitious and the backward, are always attacking vaccinations. ...

Observer wrote:
First & Foremost, Consider The Source Of This Smearing Article On Br. Jack Hyles & The First Baptist Church, Hammond, Indiana, Written By A Chicago Sodomite Magazine.
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Jim Lincoln wrote:
A believer always has the Holy Spirit, Being influenced by the Devil is a possibility if one doesn't put on the armor of God.
Ephesians 6...

Jim Lincoln wrote:
...no Christian can be demon possessed! If the Christian has the Holy Spirit within him, He and the demon cannot be in the same body. Demon possession is only for the non-Christians such as Catholics, ...

Neil wrote:
You have a double-standard: ...

They spoke many languages fluently including Hebrew. They used the works of great martyrs of God such as Tyndale, and Wycliffe. God designated them to refine what was already good to make a masterpiece and make one out of many.

I know this to be true by the fruit the English speaking people brought forth as they evangelized the world with this book. While it was primary, we had great spiritual fruit.

As this book has been laid down and many, many other books have been picked up, we have had a corresponding increase in apostasy and a corresponding increase in disagreement for we now ponder "hath God said forces? "No fortresses". "No forces."... etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

Christopher000 wrote:
The seven churches were considered to be Christian, right? Some just needed change, and if they didn't listen, THEN they would be removed, suffer, be condemned, etc?

"I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust." - Psalm 91:2

"My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me." - Psalm 144:2

Neil wrote:
Interesting text, but "forces" here might better be translated "fortresses" or "strongholds," judging from the Hebrew lexicon for Strong's #4581. I don't think the writer had classical mechanics (F=ma) in mind, let alone Lucas's mystical dualism, but rather gods like Cybele, who was thought to have to do with city walls as well as fertility.

Anne wrote:
There have been studies like this before that link abortion with breast cancer - a fact conveniently passed over by the pro baby murder crowd.

John Yurich USA wrote:
Well those professing Christians are not insane to believe that by celebrating the Birth of Our Lord Jesus or by sinning in any way that they will lose their salvation. They know that the Bible states that if any one who is Born Again sins all they have to do is ask Jesus for forgiveness and they are instantly forgiven. But you loons on here who are against celebrating the Birth of Our Lord Jesus believe that if one who is Born Again celebrates the Birth of Our Lord Jesus or does anything else not mentioned in the Bible that one can lose ones salvation.

4more wrote:
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