I've always called him a Lion. Lions are gnarly dude and I dont think you can tame one. I'm on no side Messy. I told you and The Outlaw that your brains need to expand from the law of two to the law of three. Do you understand what the law of three means and do you believe it to be true? 1+1=2. Right or Left. Dem or Repub. Black or White. Winners or Losers. Straight or Gay. Heaven or Hell. My way or the highway. The law of three is the truth dude.
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You honor an angry, spoiled demagogue who became president because of a “reality TV” show. Shame on you. If that’s your truth, you have no business giving life lessons.
Are you Espy two? I'm just curious. I know some on here have multiple screen names and that's cool and hide behind multiple screen name avatars. I don;t vote bro. I respect and I guess, honor the local leaders first, then County leaders, then State leaders and whomever the President is at the time, I respect the office. I found this old scripture from Paul written to his church he helped start in Rome. Keep in mind this is only Paul writing to his peeps in Rome around 57 AD. He was their Shepard and he was giving them advise on how to deal with those in charge in Rome back then. Also, the followers of Christ back then used to all meet up in Jerusalem only and were having street festivals and praising and singing songs in the squares. Well, that didn't go over well with the leaders back then so they stoned Steven to death in Jerusalem and the message of forgiveness and love spread across the world because everyone was afraid of some guy named Saul who became Paul and well, you know the story probably.
Obey Those in Authority
13 All of you must obey those who rule over you. There are no authorities except the ones God has chosen. Those who now rule have been chosen by God. 2 So whoever opposes the authorities opposes leaders whom God has appointed. Those who do that will be judged. 3 If you do what is right, you won’t need to be afraid of your rulers. But watch out if you do what is wrong! You don’t want to be afraid of those in authority, do you? Then do what is right, and you will be praised. 4 The one in authority serves God for your good. But if you do wrong, watch out! Rulers don’t carry a sword for no reason at all. They serve God. And God is carrying out his anger through them. The ruler punishes anyone who does wrong. 5 You must obey the authorities. Then you will not be punished. You must also obey them because you know it is right.
6 That’s also why you pay taxes. The authorities serve God. Ruling takes up all their time. 7 Give to everyone what you owe them. Do you owe taxes? Then pay them. Do you owe anything else to the government? Then pay it. Do you owe respect? Then give it. Do you owe honor? Then show it.
Love Fulfills the Law
8 Pay everything you owe. But you can never pay back all the love you owe one another. Whoever loves other people has done everything the law requires. 9 Here are some commandments to think about. “Do not commit adultery.” “Do not commit murder.” “Do not steal.” “Do not want what belongs to others.” (Exodus 20:13 15,17; Deuteronomy 5:17 19,21) These and all other commands are included in one command. Here’s what it is. “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” (Leviticus 19:18) 10 Love does not harm its neighbor. So love does everything the law requires.
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Sheriff Joe
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Ethical selves is not a liberal trait, that is why you people struggle so.
Maybe use non and it will stop all the turmoil.
I have one screen name.
You seem to be unaware of Jesus’ words...
"Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's"
Sheriff Joe
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Gotta hand it to those framers.
Jesus died already and I think Paul was in charge. That's why I try to help people with the fact it was Paul speaking to a certain group of people and not God. Paul gives his opinion a lot and back then those instructions pretty much made you a Lions snack. You do believe that the followers of the Way were killed and feed to wild animals?
Sheriff Joe
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It’s was a combo of the Kenyan and the cunton.
Maybe it was such a bizarre overreaction that they come back to O’s VP, now that the error of this choice is obvious.
I can’t believe how Trump has handled the pandemic and responded to the BLM protests.
Frankly I don't know much about the bible, so it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable to sit here and debate it. What if my interpretation is wrong, but my natural aptitude with words leads and bunch of well meaning sheep in the wrong direction?
Assuming I might be wrong and Jesus is real... on judgment day trying to explain just that away is going to be hard enough. Then I got to explain how I corrupted a bunch of his sheep. No thanks.
The Way? There are multiple ways.
Sheriff Joe
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I really don’t think anyone could have done any better than Trump with both of those problems.
I hear you Tenacious. I love that name and it tells me more about you on a deeper level. I know the bible very well. I studied it and tried to live by it for around 30 years. The last 5 of those years was tough to say the least. No reason to bring up all the division. Let me explain the basics to you from my experience only. The bible has many books inside of it. Written at many different times in history. Moses was a writer as was many prophets in the OT. The NT was written by many authors as well and have many books as well. Mark, John, Mathew, Luke, Paul, Peter and a few others. Christians were scum of the earth and beaten and eaten alive. They were arrested and thrown in prison. If you left your faith from youth and joined the radicals of their time, then you lost everything. It was a give up everything and die for your beliefs. The Disciples were losers and everyone except the other disciples of Christ hatted them. That is not legend talk, that is history. Their was a man named Jesus that cruised the earth too. In 312 Constantine converted and the next day Christians were the winners because of the emperors conversion to Christ. That is when the Roman Catholic church was started in Rome. No common man had a bible at all back then. Letters were written and read to the flocks all the time.
Which council decided the books of the Bible?
In A.D. 363, the Council of Laodicea stated that only the Old Testament (along with the Apocrypha) and the 27 books of the New Testament were to be read in the churches. The Council of Hippo (A.D. 393) and the Council of Carthage (A.D. 397) also affirmed the same 27 books as authoritative.
No bible for anyone really until the great printing press of 1440 all in time for the the reformation movement.
What were the 3 main ideas of Martin Luther?
Terms in this set (6)
- Luther's main ideal 1. Salvation by faith alone.
- Luther's main ideal 2. The bible is the only authority.
- Luther's main ideal 3. The priesthood of all believers.
- Salvation by faith alone. Faith in god was the only way of salvation.
- The bible is the only authority. ...
- The priesthood of all believers.
The Way was another name for the name the people gave the followers of Christ in those times. Their was only one group or one church back then and they were murdered and fed to Lions and wild animals for being non violent. That is a fact Messy and it was wrong. The disciples had no weapons until after 312. Did you know that Jesus never ever used the word Christian and I think they were only called that name because they were stupid for letting their kids and loved ones get killed. It was more, "those stupid Christ tee i ans" and just stop teaching his message of love & forgiveness and you shall live. It was said that Jesus came Full of Grace & Truth. How you could not get behind that message. Plus he said, "forgive your enemies and love them." Now that is radical Messy
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The Way was another name for the name the people gave the followers of Christ in those times. Their was only one group or one church back then and they were murdered and fed to Lions and wild animals for being non violent. That is a fact Messy and it was wrong. The disciples had no weapons until after 312. Did you know that Jesus never ever used the word Christian and I think they were only called that name because they were stuoid for letting their kids and loved ones get killed. It was more, "those stupid Christ tee i ans" and just stop teaching his message of love & forgiveness. It was said that Jesus came Full of Grace & truth. How you could not get behind that message. Plus he said, "forgive your enemies and love them." Now that is radical Messy
It does appear you are twisting passed down " DATA " quite a bit....
A KNOWN FACT........!
DEMOCRATS = CRIMINALS
All have sinned and fall short bro. Were all Criminals. If you lied once in your life in front of the ultimate judge (Judge God), then you have committed perjury and that is a crime. Crime once=Everyone a Criminal, including you Mr Self Righteous.....lol. You get the point I hope. Easy tiger, relax. It's a beautiful day and God is in control. Paul said in Rom 8:28 that everything works out for the good of those who love. Love your enemies is the key to peace. I'm now a peacemaker. It's my calling I think. At least for today. Yes we can love each other and no we won;t fight anymore someday.....
Yeah... but I'd rather see all that applied in a way that feels more relevant. Like for instance you seem to lionize Trump. Like if you really believe all that stuff in the bible, and hold it dear to your heart, I'm having trouble squaring it all up.
Maybe you could pontificate on how all that works? As an honest question, why do you think so many Christians vote for Trump?
I just call him a lion because he seems like one. Please don;t percieve that as some hidden message like Messy thinks. Think with your brain. I believe the bible is a history book of many things that happened. You can twist it into your favor anytime you like. I wouldn;t do that but many do. It's a book with some pearls of wisdom too. I dont believe it's a book with some hidden treasure map and only those who went to college can explain it. Its been been hijacked and that's unfortunate. I find great things in the bible.
Just because someone says their a "Christian" does not make them a true follower of Jesus. Jesus says you know my people by the way they act towards their enemies. Jesus had no weapons, never. Peter had a sword and used it. Everyone I knew who told me their Christian has bought a gun in the last few months. I have zero guns and will never have one. I will not go out in a blaze of violence. I'm for peace.
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As soon as someone says, when discussing politics, that they’re a “Christian” then I know they hate the poor, they love guns and they hate gays. It’s shorthand.
Which would be alight right to me if these guys would just come out and say it. But of course it's always these three paragraphs from this thousand year old text that's been changed a bunch of times. And in the name of political correctness the rest of us are suppose to pretend we don't see the hustle.
What's even worse is they always, always, always kill the conversation because I mean really who can argue with God?