Vince Larson Apology - Blessing & Cursing - Page 6

revrandy · #51 02-04-2009, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

I love you too, bro. Happy birthday ... and see ya there.

P.S. How'd you get to the gate so quick? Here's a kleenex.

I want to be like our Dad who waits everyday just hoping to see his son come around the corner simply because one day I was that kid who decided to come home...

deltaguitar · #52 02-04-2009, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by revrandy

I want to be like our Dad who waits everyday just hoping to see his son come around the corner simply because one day I was that kid who decided to come home...

Maybe they did come home but their father is different.

SDG · #53 02-04-2009, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by revrandy

I want to be like our Dad who waits everyday just hoping to see his son come around the corner simply because one day I was that kid who decided to come home...

That's real paternal of Randy ... be careful and on alert you might miss Him, Dad, move.

ManOfWord · #54 02-04-2009, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Pressing-On

We can be like Michael Phelps, drunk driving and smoking a bong - but at the end of the day we can always apologize and say it will never happen again. Hey, it works in stardom and in the government!

The truth of the matter, PO, is that we ALL live this way. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US have done this exact same thing since we have been saved. IMO, to say it is not so is lying. We ALL have these exact same things (maybe minus the bong and bottle) and none of us is exempt. It is one thing to get caught doing these things and continue to do them without regard. It is quite another to struggle against the flesh pulling at us. Question is, has there been any progress? I still struggle with things. But I don't struggle like I struggled when I got saved.

mizpeh · #55 02-04-2009, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Cindy

Yep, and reminds me of a few people.
It's a mentality of, I am going to post my opinion and if it hurts or offends someone, it's their problem not mine. Or I am not responsible how others view and use MY words.

I guess we have all lacked wisdom at one time or another and have been in the same spot as VL. But he sure can pen an apt defense and apology!

It appears there are folks, Emergers, who are challenging every thing that they have ever been taught sort of like the "rebellion" of the Reformers of the past against the RCC. If just a little false doctrine is taught as truth, the subsequent generations will search it out and feel betrayed when they realize a tradition they have been taught and held sacred is not found in the Bible. And then some of these will push the evelope and attack everything they once believed.

My difficulty with this is I'm a first generation Oneness Pentecostal. I don't feel the drag of tradition. I don't agree with things I hear and see but I don't strive to knock down others traditions with the vengeance that some folks on here do. I believe there is "a more excellent way" to go about these things....with love and prayer.

Pressing-On · #56 02-04-2009, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ManOfWord

The truth of the matter, PO, is that we ALL live this way. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US have done this exact same thing since we have been saved. IMO, to say it is not so is lying. We ALL have these exact same things (maybe minus the bong and bottle) and none of us is exempt. It is one thing to get caught doing these things and continue to do them without regard. It is quite another to struggle against the flesh pulling at us. Question is, has there been any progress? I still struggle with things. But I don't struggle like I struggled when I got saved.

I can apologize for bong, bottle usage and drunk driving - yes!

This is true MO, BUT there is a big difference going on in the secular world where an apology doesn't mean a thing. It's bleeding into the church in many ways. This is what I am seeing.

Pressing-On · #57 02-04-2009, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mizpeh

My difficulty with this is I'm a first generation Oneness Pentecostal. I don't feel the drag of tradition. I don't agree with things I hear and see but I don't strive to knock down others traditions with the vengeance that some folks on here do. I believe there is "a more excellent way" to go about these things....with love and prayer.

Amen!!!!