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Originally Posted by crazyhomie
My departing comments on this thread.
Folks, this has been fun, but not what I had intended. Newman said it best in his last thread; the thread was originally designed to address the issue of "Eve being the mother of all living" and how Satan would attempt to destroy her. The church I was referring to was not your local assembly, but the historical church that reaches across the globe and from generation to generation.
How the early church fathers may or may not have contributed to the spirit of persecution against the female gender. Those who believe that women have not and are still not being persecuted just don't have a global view and proper understanding of what Satan is up to.
I live in a very poor section of the country and abuse is rampant. Domestic abuse and violence against women is at an all time high. Incest, rape, molestation is staggering. I can't tell you the women I've prayed for at the altars who have been molested by their fathers. It seems like a daily occurance.
If 15 year olds who are carrying their fathers babies is not persecution against women, I don't know what is. My heart bleeds for a church that will rise to the occasion and stand against this spiritual agression.
As a pastor in this community, we are actively working to help and mend these broken souls.
The righteous church should be involved in helping and extending a hand to this crticial area of need in our society. We have to stop shouting and jumping and start caring, loving and giving. Open our hearts, our homes, get dirty and involved in what Jesus died for.
We must be willing to look beyond ourselves and see the real world for whom Jesus died. I love the Apostolic faith, but a name means nothng to the crack addict selling her body for a $2.00 hit. The incident of AIDS in my part of the country is some of the highest. I'm sure if some of you checked you would be amazed at the statistics locally.
Globally; Bosnia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the slave trade, muslim oppression, mormonism, domestic abuse and violence, etc. was also on my mind and I hoped would have been addressed.
I'm new to the thread, but honestly I don't know if I'll be back. I have some really interesting questions still lingering, but the offense and personal negativity is astounding. The inability to have open dialogue without offense is lacking. I'm guilty also and will search my heart as well.
Satan is interested in destroying Eve. I've seen too much of it and you can't convince me otherwise. God Bless.
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I appreciate the love and compassion being expressed in this post. I totally agree with you when you say,
"We must be willing to look beyond ourselves and see the real world for whom Jesus died."
I have grown so tired of the apathy that exists among OPs when it comes to actually doing what Jesus Christ has commissioned us to do. For most Christians it's all about
having church instead of
being the church. For most it's let's go to church and be entertained.
If the church wants to be the church, it needs to catch the spirit of what you are expressing in this post.
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