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    Show me a Biblical example of mental illness.
     
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    Meaning what?
     
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    Don’t be a slave to fear… especially if you are a child of God.
     
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    Are you denying mental illness is the culprit to insane behavior?
     
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    *Daniel 4:28-33*
    All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, and the king answered and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?” While the words were still in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you, and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.” Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles’ feathers, and his nails were like birds’ claws.
     
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    Not having the Spirit to be a slave to fear, it did not make sense. Galatians 5:22. 2 Timothy 1:7.
     
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    I’m not in disagreement that demonic possession can and is a major contributor to peoples irrational behavior. I also believe that dealing with irrational fear is a major contributor… how many times in the Bible are we instructed to “Fear Not”… 365 times.

    Again when someone is fearful, they tend to cower to it… if nothing else they tolerate it. Tolerance becomes a refuge for the fearful and so they placate it vs refusing to give in to it. Reference how the government & healthcare industry Manipulated people to take Covid shots…. Through irrational fear!

    Lyrics to a song I recently heard that I like:

    … I'm no longer a slave to fear
    I am a child of God
    I'm no longer a slave to fear
    I am a child of God…
    Source: Musixmatch
     
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    Is that an accusation?
    What I said,
     
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    It is a question
     
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    Well there is this mentioned in Ephesians 2:2, ". . . the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: . . ."
     
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    It’s interesting that my younger brother who had gone to a Bible school was getting all crazy about the beginning of the millennium 2000 and prepares for catastrophe… he buys a whole house generator, pack rats food, guns & ammo etc. Me a heathen (at the time) reminded him to review Christ's teachings on being without fear and that you would not know the time. So who was the believer when the year of our lord 2000 rolled around? Honestly, who are His sheep & who are the goats? I’m thinking there are allot of mangy goats roaming the world and they are fearful of everything. :rolleyes:
     
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    And I don’t deny that… not for a second. It’s a evil world and I didn’t make it… but I have to deal with it. In dealing with it do I Suppress truth, do I become callous, do I ignore the propaganda being spread around as alternative truth blah blah. For me the answer is no.
     
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    Y2K was another can of worms, one seized on by many Christian organizations, some more ignorantly than others, perhaps, but also some seemingly more wolvish.
     
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    This is how I spell F.E.A.R.

    F... Foreknowledge of God alone
    E... Election of God alone
    A... Atonement of the Son of God, Jesus Christ alone
    R... Regeneration by The Holy Spirit alone

    The world is in Gods hands not God is in the worlds hands... Yeah EWF you can use my interpretation if you want, I like to play with words... Brother Glen;)
     
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    What is actually true really does matter to me. Therefore, I am in my Bible every day.
     
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