I see. Sorry for the misinterpretation. I agree with that 100%.
What is the worst form of discrimination?
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I am pretty sure that is what was on his mind. In fact brother.....many Bible scholars believe that Paul threw the 1st stone when Stephen was stoned.
Agreed!
My dear brother......to me, the Christian life has always been 3 steps forward and then two steps backwards.
Just when I think I have the handle......the handle breaks!
No problem, as think most of us have been misunderstand at times!
He was at least one of the cheerleaders to have him get stoned!
mm probably the worst discrimination is the gender divide.
Men mostly have no idea what it means to be a woman and it's a real shame, because women are mostly made to feel inferior, as if we got no brains and can't use them.
Or if we have them, men seem to think that is a huge surprise.
Some of men's attitudes towards women need readjusting that's for sure!
Men mostly have no idea what it means to be a woman and it's a real shame, because women are mostly made to feel inferior, as if we got no brains and can't use them.
Or if we have them, men seem to think that is a huge surprise.
Some of men's attitudes towards women need readjusting that's for sure!
Well, yeah, how can we have an idea what it means to be a woman, we are not women.
My boss is a woman and I consider her a mentor. She is probably one of only two people I have ever "worked for" that have inspired me to be better than what I am.
I work in public schools, in which women outnumber men, so I see a little of that attitude in the other direction.
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I think about this too from both men and women. In these times of trained, developed skills, education and opportunities do men still feel that women are inferior? Are women beginning to see men as losing their leadership skills?
Here's an observation. In humorous tv commercials I have noticed women are the smarter ones that men. Is this a hint that women see men as inferior in ability?
I'm a huge fan of the US national men and women's soccer teams. (Lanolin, please check out the New Zealand's women's soccer team.) The women on the US team have incredible leadership and speaking skills, some on the team are Christian that have converted some of the other players.
Here's an observation. In humorous tv commercials I have noticed women are the smarter ones that men. Is this a hint that women see men as inferior in ability?
I'm a huge fan of the US national men and women's soccer teams. (Lanolin, please check out the New Zealand's women's soccer team.) The women on the US team have incredible leadership and speaking skills, some on the team are Christian that have converted some of the other players.
Yes, but not the extreme of today that seems to be going for shaming men, and to try to make men no longer to be masculine!
I would think the worst discrimination is the resistance of hearing the understanding of God's living abiding word.
All flesh matters. Lean on Him. He cares for His creation.
2 Corinthians 5:16-17 King James Version (KJV) Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
I would think the worst discrimination is the resistance of hearing the understanding of God's living abiding word and having no desire to work to hear. . It shows up in men's bad attitudes towards women ..When and if we do make it about the temporal flesh then toghter we lose our new ears as new creatures. : All flesh matters. But it is not that in which we wrestle against.. “Christian” like the word “Israel” a word that means (he who wrestles against flesh and blood and is overcome or empowered because he has the born again Spirit of Christ .If any man have not the Spirit of Christ they simply do not belong to Him as a member the bride. .
All flesh matters. Lean on Him. He cares for His creation moving in them to both will and empower them to perfomhis good pleasure .
2 Corinthians 5:16-17 King James Version (KJV) Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
When and if we do make it about the temporal flesh we can lose our new ears as new creatures. : "All flesh matters". But it is not that in which we wrestle against.. “Christian” like the word “Israel” a word that means (he who wrestles against flesh and blood and is overcome or empowered because he has the born again Spirit of Christ .If any man have not the Spirit of Christ they simply do not belong to Him as a member the bride. .
Worst could be knowing the jesus is the savior , and yet refuse to tell others who are lost about him, as do not wish to "offend them"
Would be like if you know any who are Muslims or maybe into alternate lifestyles, and yhet refused to share Jesus with them!
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Psalm 82:3
It's not justice to stand by and allow unborn children to be slaughtered.
That said, there is adoption as an option for young unmarried women, they don't have to raise the child themselves, all we ask is they don't murder them.
Yes they would seem to have lost the gift of sensitivity to warn others in a way that could be pleasing to our God. Calloused no sensitivity or spiritual leprosy. Rather than saying; "let the blind lead the blind", warn them of the thorn bush ahead the sting of the law according to its letter "death". For the sake of two find a way to rebuke our neighbor knowing only God as the unseen Lord can rebuke the un clean spirit of error. . pray for one another in that way .Don’t be quick to shake the sand off of our own feet … love your neighbor as thyself.Do that as much as posible keeping the peace of God with ones self the high goal again as two walking together.Then we can love being filled with His
Leviticus 19:16-18 King James Version (KJV) Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the Lord. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
Like salt used in the Bible used two ways added to all sacrifices Salt preseves as it also destroys in judgment .In that way have a little salt when offering the gospel of healing .Then perhaps we can give our feet a rest.
Hey Lanolin;
Much of what you said is sad. My wife was describing almost the same thing in parts of the Philippine provinces, solo mums.
Province life for a majority of women is being a "stay home mum" while more favorable opportunities fall for men in farming, driver, cleaning and other sorts of jobs. Some families can have up to 6 children with one person working.
Province life can be very backward and discriminating when the women gets pregnant, the man can bail out, especially if he is out of work.
Adoption/orphanages are precious because most of them are filled up. So this puts the mum in a position to take on undesirable ways to make money to feed her babies.
The mum's parents, families and churches in these provinces do the best they can to help support solo mums but there is always little money and are overwhelmed with other mothers and her babies.
Good news is, there are some wonderful testimonies where both parents are able to raise their children, finish grade and high school, some have been blessed with a college scholarship, build their careers and then help their parents out.
I placed in bold the part that is relevant to my reply.
An issue so few consider is that anytime you challenge someone's deeply held beliefs it has a tendency to incite a strong reaction.
This is why Jesus said I don't come to bring peace but a sword in Matthew 10:34: and in Hebrews 4:12 it is written,
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
as anyone can surmise from the speech used here, a sword that can do all that is sharp indeed and the wounds it has the ability to open can be exceedingly deep.
While in whatever way we are able we should share Christ with those who don't know Him, not every believer is gifted to what it may entail to actually bring someone from where they are, to a saving faith in Christ.
As posited in 1 Corinthians 12, the body of Christ works best, when it works according to the way God has gifted His people, and He doesn't gift us all alike. People as a whole may run into issues trying to operate outside of their own God-given ability.
If God gifted someone in a completely different area, they're going to run into problems attempting to take on the mantle of prophet or teacher or apostle. Yet people attempt to do it every day.
It's better to operate within one's own gifts at 100% capacity while allowing others to operate within theirs. Because when people go into defense mode because someone's shared with them God's Word and it's dividing their joints from their marrow, some Christians may be ill equipped to deal with the resulting reactions and arguments that pain brings forth.
This doesn't mean don't share our faith, but for some Christians it may mean share it in a different way, like inviting an individual to church with you, or buying that lost individual a well written book on our faith for them to read at leisure and simply being an example of the faith in action in whatever way your gifted, because in the end the way that is pleasing to God isn't intended to sound pleasant to the ears of lost men, nor will it.
If you have a "cool" faith much loved by lost men, you likely don't have Christ at all.
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you." John 15:18-19
Just some thoughts anyway.
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Were not the Prophets sent by God to announce that the nation was going wayword, and was soon to face judgement, and yet God still had mercy if they but turned back to Him?
Know the audience, as there are some who really need to have the soft approach and present the Gospel and Bible to them, while others such as Muslims really respond better to a head on confrontational approach, as to therm being meek is being weak!