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Originally Posted by ChTatum
And some people are so heavenly minded they are no earthly good.
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And some people are so earthly minded they're no heavenly good.
What are your thoughts on Foxe's Book of Martyrs? Were the martyrs written about "no earthly good"?
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Didn't Jesus also say that if the goodman had known when his house was to be broken into, he would have prevented it?
All spiritual, you say? Not literal? Jesus often used the natural to explain the spiritual, applying the principle from one to the other.
But, platitudes sound so spiritual.....
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You know me by now Bro. Tatum, let's look at the text...
Matthew 24:42-44
42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Jesus is saying that we are to be prepared for his coming as one would be prepared for a thief. This parable was a way of telling them to be ready for his coming. Nothing more, nothing less. But, for the sake of additional context... Remember, this is ancient Israel and it was under the Law of Moses. We in the New Testament Church are called to a higher standard of righteousness that supersedes the Law and the laws of our land.
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