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03-04-2011, 05:01 PM
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Re: The Thief on the Cross
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what about that song folks???? Sheeeesh!
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They are beautiful words, to be sure. Thanks for posting it.
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03-04-2011, 05:10 PM
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Re: The Thief on the Cross
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I have a cow's tongue in the freezer for when I teach on gossip. Everyone screams when you make them touch it.  |
Visuals are great for leaving a lasting impression. I had a kidney stone attack one morning, and my wife had to call the ambulance. I was stricken! I was on the floor and couldn't get up.
Anyway, I was rushed to the hospital where they did a Cat Scan and gave me intense pain medication. The doctor, who was a female, came in to tell me, "You've just experienced the worst pain know to man!"
A few days later I passed the stone, and it was about the size of a small grain of sand. They gave me a container to store the stone. I was amazed at the power of something so small.
Well, took the little rock to Church and preached about the power of small things. People were amazed that the worst pain known to a man was caused by something so little!
I went on to tell the Church that it's really the small things in life that matter, the things we don't notice or take for granted.
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03-04-2011, 05:13 PM
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Re: The Thief on the Cross
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Originally Posted by NotforSale
Visuals are great for leaving a lasting impression. I had a kidney stone attack one morning, and my wife had to call the ambulance. I was stricken! I was on the floor and couldn't get up.
Anyway, I was rushed to the hospital where they did a Cat Scan and gave me intense pain medication. The doctor, who was a female, came in to tell me, "You've just experienced the worst pain know to man!"
A few days later I passed the stone, and it was about the size of a small grain of sand. They gave me a container to store the stone. I was amazed at the power of something so small.
Well, took the little rock to Church and preached about the power of small things. People were amazed that the worst pain known to a man was caused by something so little!
I went on to tell the Church that it's really the small things in life that matter, the things we don't notice or take for granted.
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Sounds like an excellent message! 
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03-04-2011, 06:18 PM
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Isaiah 56:4-5
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Re: The Thief on the Cross
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Originally Posted by BrotherEastman
what about that song folks???? Sheeeesh!
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Starved for attention... 
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03-04-2011, 08:11 PM
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Re: The Thief on the Cross
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I do not believe in death-bed salvation. Repentance is a life-style which cannot simply be a change of mind from immediate compulsion. I am more than happy to pray with a sinner on his death bed even at the last moment, but to offer a hope for sinners going through life with the expectation that they can live however they wish and then at the last moment of life expect to enter into eternal felicities by breathing a sinners prayer just before the last breath, is extreme presumption...a grievous sin, a cleansing from which David begged for forgiveness. He confesses and asked for forgiveness from his presumption sin.
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What about the parable of the eleventh hour workers? All of the laborers received the same wages. Its a picture of God's mercy and His gift of eternal life.
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When a newspaper posed the question, "What's Wrong with the World?" G. K. Chesterton reputedly wrote a brief letter in response: "Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely Yours, G. K. Chesterton." That is the attitude of someone who has grasped the message of Jesus.
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03-04-2011, 08:26 PM
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Re: The Thief on the Cross
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...a life of faith is not truly a life of faith if works of righteousness are not enjoined to that life.
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I agree, but repentance is enough obedience to secure salvation.
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When a newspaper posed the question, "What's Wrong with the World?" G. K. Chesterton reputedly wrote a brief letter in response: "Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely Yours, G. K. Chesterton." That is the attitude of someone who has grasped the message of Jesus.
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03-04-2011, 08:28 PM
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Re: The Thief on the Cross
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What about the parable of the eleventh hour workers? All of the laborers received the same wages. Its a picture of God's mercy and His gift of eternal life.
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I agree.
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03-04-2011, 08:32 PM
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Re: The Thief on the Cross
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...a life of faith is not truly a life of faith if works of righteousness are not enjoined to that life.
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I'm sorry, but there is no scriptural basis for such a claim.
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Tell me you are not serious. You are just kidding, right? If you are truly serious and not kidding, I could come back with so much scripture you would not have time to read it all to suppose my statement above. But, I think you are only kidding.
 hahahaha....
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03-04-2011, 08:37 PM
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Re: The Thief on the Cross
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I agree, but repentance is enough obedience to secure salvation.
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Did you change the post while I was responding to it? 
To this statement above, I agree. In truth, I am a Jn. 3:5/ Acts 2:38 ONE STEPPER. But, you would have to let me explain what I mean by this statement to fully understand where I am coming from.
I might start a thread tomorrow to explain what I mean. You will see that I am not a traditionalist.
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03-04-2011, 08:56 PM
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Re: The Thief on the Cross
Jesus can save anybody. Even a man on his deathbed.
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When a newspaper posed the question, "What's Wrong with the World?" G. K. Chesterton reputedly wrote a brief letter in response: "Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely Yours, G. K. Chesterton." That is the attitude of someone who has grasped the message of Jesus.
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