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but realised I have bought her the King James Version and it isn't psalm 139.
Any suggestions please ?
What could I use
"Then said Jesus again unto them,
I go my way, and ye shall seek me,
and shall die in your sins:
whither I go, ye cannot come."
Paul wrote: Rom 12:18 Many look over "If it is possible" sometimes it just is not possible to get along and you don't ever let someone run over you. If you have a neighbor that does not love GOD and commits egregious acts against you; he cannot be of GOD but of Satan, 2 John 1:7. Do you love Satan? I hope you said no. Anyone that does not fallow the doctrine of CHRIST we are to not so much as wish them a good day 2 John 1:10. We love our enemies only after they have turned from their sins against you and accept doctrine of CHRIST, 2 John 1:9, not until. CHRIST tells us Math. 10:14 if they do not accept doctrine to turn from them, wiping even their dirt off. If they sin against you and repent and ask for forgiveness then you forgive but if they don't then have nothing to do with them until they do.
Leviticus 19:15-:18 GOD tells us what being a good neighbor is. If he is self-professed Christian (brother) and he breaks these rules then scripture tells us to set him aside until he repents and ask for forgiveness. If he doesn't then vengeance is the Lords. You will be blessed while he has to watch; perhaps he eventually comes to senses an wants the good life you have. But if you are unlucky to get an evil neighbor you best be on guard, Christians are not 2nd class citizens where we allow to be stepped on.
2Th 3:14,15 Mathew 18:15-:20 Romans 16:17 2 Thessalonians 3:6-:14 Luke 17:3,4. Corresponding verses.
Why the mystery?
Is he the God of heaven?
KJV ???
Is it not included on purpose to hide knowledge from us ??
In knowing Your will, O God, I am encouraged to press through all opposition, so that your will might be fulfilled in me.
Help me, I pray, to stop excusing my attitudes and actions. I alone am responsible for what I do today.
Help me to forget the errors of yesterday while I live to the fullest today, to Your glory. Help me not to be anxious about tomorrow but to be assured that by living today within the will of God, tomorrow shall be even better than today.
I do now commit myself to You Lord, trusting You for the needs of today. In Jesus' name.
and surely I could think of at least one other body part was worried about.
Others in my church might not be worried about their hands, because their hand is not causing
them to sin, but mine is.
First of all, I want to honor the Christian forum by first defending Jesus.
I believe Jesus has a sense of humor, I conclude based on what I have read,
that Jesus is merely teasing people who have asked him how they can stop sinning.
I understand there is also some very deep symbolism in all of this, as evidenced, by
Jesus talking about "offending" one of "these little ones". So, it is more than just a joke,
but it is humor in my opinion, I cant prove it, but I just dont see Jesus saying seriously to anyone
that they should literally remove parts of their body.
There is some question of what is meant by "offend". Other translations have said "if your hand causes you to sin",
rather than "if your hand offends you". There is surely some implication of hands, eyes, and potentially other
body parts, causing one to lust. If "offend" means something other than "causes you to sin", then in that case,
is that not exactly what the trans-gendered are doing - removing parts of their body which "offend" them?
In Matthew 19:12, Jesus seems to partially endorse the practice of becoming a eunuch.
All this is very scary to the young teenaged Christian such as I was at one time.
I recall also that it is not easy for Christian leaders to soothe such fear by dismissing it,
because, Jesus is saying this.
The joke I talked about is a great joke, it is very deep spiritually, I think we should reflect on this,
Jesus is really telling us not to hurt ourself, not to be hard on ourself. "Rabbi, how do I stop [shameful practice]".
"Cut your hand off".
Its so perfect. Its funny, it disarms the questioner of their fear, its deep, its totally flawless.
Who are our enemies? What does it mean to love your enemies?, what kind of love do we love them? how actions do we take to extend such love?
How does it mean to bless our enemies? What actions do we take to bless them?
Who are our persecutors? what kind of prayers do we pray for them? What kind of relations should we maintain with our prosecutors? Should we maintain distance from our prosecutors though we forgive them?
Thank you.
Renzo Biswa