Conversation with Knight about losing faith
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Would God ever do anything to shake someone's faith? Doesn't He do it all the time, or at least allow it to happen? He gave Satan permission to sift Peter like wheat. That had to have shaken his faith.
Seems to me that we should be careful not to tempt people to sin, but faith needs to be stressed a little to strengthen it, like our physical muscles.
Seems to me that we should be careful not to tempt people to sin, but faith needs to be stressed a little to strengthen it, like our physical muscles.
Get a puppy.Ro 5:8
get some rabbits and keep them as outdoor pets :chew:
What ? clarification ?
who is next?
annabenedetti
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it's not a good reason to be here
annabenedetti
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not going back through all this (man, did this thread catch fire yesterday or what?
did anna ever make any indication of what she would like knight to do differently, or wish that he had done differently with those mean mean posters who don't represent Christian values to her satisfaction?
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annabenedetti
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Would you like me to say it more plainly? I wouldn't want you to have to guess.
Not necessarily, a person could be really really immature and or babe in Christ, and or have limited biblical knowledge, trusting in others to provide it instead.
Example. I suffered a "crisis" in faith when i was younger that caused me to question the limited information i had as a new believer, i falsely expected that now that i had become a believer, that everything would be different which included other "believers".
I had just started going to church regular and as such i did not have but a couple dresses and one was nicer than the other and we had little means for me to just run out and get some more - my children were little and we were stretched to the max, and my husband was getting baptised that day so i wore my best one (which i had worn the week before).
While he was, i overheard 3 women talking really bad about me because i had on the same dress for a second sunday in a row and it was really nasty (the things they were saying), i was very young and a new believer and it affected me so deeply i did not want to return.
Then when no one from the church came by to see how we were or even call to check on us, that hurt even more. At the time it made me feel like i didnt matter. Things were also getting harder in life in other ways, and one thing led to another and i started to blame God, and then told myself for a season that it was all a bunch of junk and i could better without Him. (because again, being immature myself and yet a babe without sufficient food yet, i believed that everything was suppose to instantly become perfect in my life and that other believers were perfect or should be).
At any rate, God never left me, i am who left, because i was too immature to keep seeking Him, i let those women take my eyes off Him, and put them on myself and them instead, them who needed Him as much as I did.
He never did me wrong, and never said believers wouldn't suffer things.
My faith needed to be tested, so i could grow.
We dont know why anna is suffering her faith, all we know is that she is placing blame where it doesnt belong.
The only example we need to be looking at is His.
annabenedetti
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Then what's the point of being a Christian witness to anyone? Really, what's the point of being the lamp on the stand?
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I'm keeping the lamp lit. Just in case someone needs the light.
Throughout my life people have been good to me and it has made a difference.
Surprisingly, the people who were not good to me also made a difference.
The people who were good to me held me up until I could hold myself up.
The people who were not good to me made me fight the good fight!
Blessings dear Anna.
annabenedetti
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Thank you, bybee. I needed a kind word today. I'm thankful for yours and for those given to me privately by another.
I think I'm finished with this thread.
You should have quoted me, not nick, as i am who said what you cite in the quote.
Shall we look at the witnesses in the bible? Were they perfect, anna? Do you believe you became perfect yourself because you claimed Christ?
Can you say with 100 percent certainty that you have never spoken carelessly, or acted carelessly toward another person ever and have only been the epitome of righteousness?
Unless you can, you have the same beam in your own eye that you are attempting to pluck out of the eyes of others.
Christ deals with the things that need fixing in us, on His timeframe not yours, and everyone is at different places in their walk with Him.
You dont get to decide where that is for someone else, when you are a mere work in progress yourself.
Get in His word, get on your knees in prayer, and ask for His leading.
Stop looking everywhere besides Him for answers.
The point of lampstands is to light up the darkness. Ive just given you some.
it was a good thread
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