"...sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." John 5:14
Gotta love that story. Here's a large crowd of sick people. Waiting for the mad dash into the water when the angel stirs it up. First one in wins! The rest of you, better luck next time. (An angel with a sick sense of humor?) In walks Jesus. Singles out one from the crowd. Heals him. Only him. Tells him "No more sinning, or else!"
Anyway, so are you implying that this story has a message for us today? Is it that if we sin, God may zap us? And if we stop sinning, He won't let anything worse happen to us? I hope the lady in live4him's post took this to heart, so nothing worse than blindness will ever happen to her.
So, if my cynical, but perfectly literal, interpretation isn't what you had in mind, what are we to learn from that scripture and from the woman's testimony? Seriously!
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
I am really re-considering whether or not to own a television. I've browsed the channels aimed at middle school/ high school kids. Much of the programming promotes an alternative lifestyle.
Psa 101:2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. Psa 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
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Jer 6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls...
I am really re-considering whether or not to own a television. I've browsed the channels aimed at middle school/ high school kids. Much of the programming promotes an alternative lifestyle.
You can block those channels - there are several that I block - one just because it's very existence is an affront to me and not because I or my kids will be "tempted."
If you have kids you need to be one of those "channels" yourself, as well. Spend sometime with them. Teach them and encourage them. Watch cartoons with them. Chucking out the TV seems like an easy solution to a rather complex problem. But it doesn't really solve the probelm.
You have to become somebody different than the guy or gal who is slobbering over the tube. When you've become a different person then the issues resolve more clearly.
And I don't mean "you" Berk. But really, each of us.
You can block those channels - there are several that I block - one just because it's very existence is an affront to me and not because I or my kids will be "tempted."
If you have kids you need to be one of those "channels" yourself, as well. Spend sometime with them. Teach them and encourage them. Watch cartoons with them. Chucking out the TV seems like an easy solution to a rather complex problem. But it doesn't really solve the probelm.
You have to become somebody different than the guy or gal who is slobbering over the tube. When you've become a different person then the issues resolve more clearly.
And I don't mean "you" Berk. But really, each of us.
Have satellite and there is NOTHING on! Feel like throwin the flat screen against the wall!
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