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Originally Posted by OldPathsII
I think it's pretty amazing that I post here that I've been praying and you all turn me into a Pharisee for it. When the day comes when a person can't even mention that he's been praying without being labeled a condescending pharisee, we're in bad shape.
You've posted here 14,000 times, you've talked about being involved in other forums, and you're lecturing me about talking too much.
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Old PathsII,
Maybe you didn't read what I posted. Here's the post:
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now, how can you judge one another like that, knowing how much people pray or don't pray?
"long prayers" can be a sign of a hypocrite (
Mark 12:40) and so can prayers that contain "much speaking" (
Matthew 6:7), but Jesus was known to rise early and go off by Himself to pray (
Luke 4:42,
Mark 1:35) and to pray all night (
Luke 6:12)
Kenneth Hagin one time said that if a person talks much he probably prays little
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If you think my post calls you a hypocrite, please accept my apology. I would not call you a hypocrite. I may not agree with you on some things but I would not attempt to judge what's in your heart. Only our Lord can judge our hearts and motives. I don't know if you are here as a "troll" or maybe an ultra liberal just saying certain things to rattle people or if you really believe in most or some of the stuff you say. But that doesn't really matter.
This is an "Apostolic" thread. We each have our own private interpretation of what Apostolic is but there are also guidelines and rules here which define the word loosely.
Now, back to my post.
Things had gotten a little hot about who was praying and who was not praying. Some pretty sharp words were being bandied about. My post was trying to say that we can't judge one another about the length of each other's prayers --their length, intensity, or effectivity. I think that is something personal between each of us and our Lord.
I then went on to say that long prayers
could be a mark of a hypocrite and referenced that Jesus had said that. Again, it is the motive behind the length of a person's prayers and we can't discern/judge that. Then I pointed out that Jesus was a man of prayer and spent lots of time in prayer, --so spending lots of time praying does not mean a person IS a hypocrite.
Then, I posted a quote by Kenneth Hagin in which he stated that if a person talks much he probably prays little. That was his observation and there is probably some truth in it.
Then you mentioned my multiple posts and that I am also on other forums so I shouldn't lecture you on talking too much. Well, I wasn't lecturing you. I did not say you were talking too much. And, you are right that at times I spend too much time on forums --time that could be managed better. There have been times when I have absented myself from AFF and Facebook to devote more time to the Word and to prayer. I'll admit that forums can become addictive and some times I have to "fast" these forums (along with some other stuff like chocolate or cookies or candy to which I am also addicted).
So, after all these words, I do not want to offend you or alienate you. I believe we can disagree without being disagreeable. I know that some times my posts can be caustic and flip and some times I post the way I do just to provoke a response, but I hope I don't stoop to name calling or to judging anyone's motives.
If you have been offended by anything I have posted, contact me and point out the post. OK?
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