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Originally Posted by meBNme
We cannot always controll what thoughts enter our mind. We can only controll what we do with them.
When I thought, Hmmmm, this guys comments seem remarkably like others Ive sen so many times, I wonder if he is just another politically driven, double stand etc etc etc." So instead of running with that though and just assuming it was so, I asked questions that allow you to answer and clarify.
I did not just assume the negative and place you in that stereotype, I asked instead, not someone else about you, but you directly.
The difference I see, is that when the thought ran through your mind "This guy is insinuating all this negativity falsely" You then just assumed it was so, instead of digging into it to find out for sure. That's why I made the comment that it makes one wonder about your spirit.
Note, even knowing that, I did not even say "you have a negative or bad spirit" I said it makes me wonder about it.
I try, (I don't always succeed LOL) to think first and find out for sure before assuming and making comments on assumptions. Every time I've seceded in that, I'm very grateful I did so.
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Exactly. And I could tell by the tone of your questions what you were thinking which is why I said, "Look, I know what you're getting at."
You thought it, I said it.
But regardless.....I don't like the propensity to disrespectfulness among many Christians towards our government leaders. It's extremely clear in the New Testament and in early church history that "The Church" didn't give a rip about what government did. They followed it, respected it, prayed for it, and at times, died at the hands of government. But with the advent of groups like "The Moral Majority", we as Christians have become comfortable with tearing down our leaders by name.
Historically, the movement of Jesus Christ has never prospered so greatly as when it was so greatly opposed by established government.
If something is done in our modern Christian culture, that the culture doesn't like, we go nuts with petition campaigns and voter registration drives. But when Jesus was crucified, the ultimate anti-Christian act, no one organized a voter drive or attempted to bring down the government. What did they do? They turned the world upside down by taking the gospel to the ends of the earth.
Let's say an establishment of "ill-repute" comes to town. There are two ways to bring it down....1) Protest, boycott, do petitions, etc., or 2) Turn the establishment into a mission field, bring the customers to faith in Christ and the establishment of "ill-repute' will be forced to close because of lack of customers.
I said all this earlier and Ferd said I was "preaching at him" and Admin even publicly rebuked me. But history can't be re-written on this subject.
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