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The Bible is open to those that want Truth, and if they want Truth, they find Truth. They watch individuals squabble over Bible symbolism on the Internet, and leave the Message boards to enter into the real world where live people dwell, and they find Truth. The World Wide Web is full of Internet Ayatollahs who speak their mind. There is only one Truth, and it is not hidden. No matter what anyone says, Truth still converts the sincere. -DD Benincasa, 12/06/03
God bless you, Sis Falla, for the good word. Polls and statistics, I suppose, are good and useful tools, but they speak nothing of the inner workings of the heart that has been with the Lord. Polls speak of what people claim- what "family they belone to in the grand scheme of things. But those who walk with the Lord are marked by the good they do in this world. Jesus proved Who He was on earth by the good He did for others and by the Life He lived, and gave up for the fallen human race. The disciples, ignorant and unlearned, had the proof they had been with Jesus. May we not trust polls and statistics to validate our spirituality- may we trust the One who never fails!
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"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him...." -Psa. 37:7
Waiting for the Lord is easy... Waiting patiently? Not so much.
I guess to be fair, it took the 120 almost 300 years before you could say that they had "changed the known world."
Not exactly.
Within less than a generation after Pentecost, in Acts 17:6, we see the unbelievers in Thessalonica speaking about the believers in Christ saying: "These that have turned the world upside down have come here also".
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Daniel 12:3 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars for ever.