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06-18-2009, 07:29 PM
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Re: Why Such A Fuss Over Standards!!
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I would say these signs are fairly common among many Pentecostal denominations, including those who don't teach the necessity of tongues, but still accept the practice or the sign, with the exception of serpents and drinking deadly things.
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I'm glad you clarified about the serpents. 
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06-18-2009, 07:31 PM
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Re: Why Such A Fuss Over Standards!!
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I'm glad you clarified about the serpents. |
LOL!!!!
Personally, I don't think that should be purposeful, anymore than we should purposely make people (or ourselves) sick in order to demonstrate God's healing power. BUT, I believe if I pick up a deadly serpent (like Paul, pulling his hand out of the fire with a viper attached), God will deliver me, and if I drink any deadly thing (like tainted water?), it won't hurt me. 
That's where snake handlers err. They're purposely creating situations in which to test God's power. Completely out of context!
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06-18-2009, 07:34 PM
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Re: Why Such A Fuss Over Standards!!
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LOL!!!!
Personally, I don't think that should be purposeful, anymore than we should purposely make people (or ourselves) sick in order to demonstrate God's healing power. BUT, I believe if I pick up a deadly serpent (like Paul, pulling his hand out of the fire with a viper attached), God will deliver me, and if I drink any deadly thing (like tainted water?), it won't hurt me.
That's where snake handlers err. They're purposely creating situations in which to test God's power. Completely out of context! |
Ever hear of a HG filled person getting food poisoning?
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06-18-2009, 07:36 PM
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Re: Why Such A Fuss Over Standards!!
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Ever hear of a HG filled person getting food poisoning?
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Yes! LOL!!!!! But they didn't die.... 
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--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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06-18-2009, 07:39 PM
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Re: Why Such A Fuss Over Standards!!
Why the fuss?
Simple, Jesus told the Pharisees that why do you "clean" the "outside" & leave the inside corrupt?
Matthew 23:25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
God is concerned about the outside!
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06-18-2009, 07:41 PM
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Re: Why Such A Fuss Over Standards!!
God's concerned about the INSIDE. Because he knows that when the inside is right, the outside will follow. So it seems to me that there should be a lot more preaching about what's inside of us, not outside. In too many places, it's backwards.
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06-18-2009, 07:42 PM
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Re: Why Such A Fuss Over Standards!!
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Yes! LOL!!!!! But they didn't die.... |
What if that just means that it is normative for the overall Christian experience collectively but not individually?
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06-18-2009, 07:43 PM
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Re: Why Such A Fuss Over Standards!!
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God's concerned about the INSIDE. Because he knows that when the inside is right, the outside will follow. So it seems to me that there should be a lot more preaching about what's inside of us, not outside. In too many places, it's backwards.
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It first "Starts" on the inside, you are correct!
I was just pointing out God is concerned with the outside as well!
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06-18-2009, 07:44 PM
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Re: Why Such A Fuss Over Standards!!
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Why the fuss?
Simple, Jesus told the Pharisees that why do you "clean" the "outside" & leave the inside corrupt?
Matthew 23:25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
God is concerned about the outside! |
Bro. Ron,
The "fuss" was partly TIC , and because of the numerous "standards"
threads lately. Also wanted to create some interest. Did it ever!
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06-18-2009, 07:48 PM
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Re: Why Such A Fuss Over Standards!!
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Bro. Ron,
The "fuss" was partly TIC , and because of the numeous "standards"
threads lately. Also wanted to create some interest. Did it ever!
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That it did. 
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