I saw that article also and thought, that even though the whole of society bent over backward to help this kid transition from boy to girl, he still committed suicide.
Nothing anyone did to try to accommodate him made him happy. In our society, people are so entrenched in sinful behavior that without the conviction of the Holy Ghost, we will never in our own power be able to help people.
To be effective in reaching people with the gospel, we have to be a channel for the flow of the Spirit, or we might wound with the sword without offering healing balm.
2 Corinthians 3:6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant-not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
We need prayer and fasting with love as the motivation:
Matthew 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
Brother Esaias wrote a great post on homeschooling as a mandate, see link below
http://www.apostolicfriendsforum.com...00&postcount=1
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. ~Tolkien
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