Bible Discussion Thread

God has a tendency to work slow and mankind has a tendency to want fast So congregations made up of believers in many different stages of healing. We must be careful judging our brother 's and sisters levels of healing. This is a reason I avoid most congregations. I do understand and expect all God 's promises to be fulfilled and often we remain sorely afflicted which God uses to test the faith of our brothers and sisters many of whom prove their faith to be even weaker than mine at times! Granted that is our current un perfect battling dual nature. Rather than continuing to live in fear I am comforted that might use me to test the faith of others. I believe that water baptism is a proxy, a symbol for the covenant of belief. The baptism with fire will purge out remaining sin when it comes, which it will. Until then be comforted in the knowledge that all of the apostles sinned after their water baptism and several of them several times! The church and the congregation constantly stumble on this one largely unintentional and unaware of the stumbling block placed in the path of their brothers and sisters. Nobody is perfect yet FAITH reminds us that in the future we will be. Could be today. Could be tomorrow. Could be 2000 years from now. Peace comes with the knowledge that it WILL be.