stilllearning
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For me, saying “the sky is blue”, is a statement of faith.
Therefore, when I come here and find almost everyone disagreeing with me, and saying that the sky is “red” or “burgundy”, it can bother me.
Now you know, that I am not really talking about the color of the sky;
But this will work, as an example.
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The fact is, the sky is blue; all genuine Christians have agreed that the sky is blue, for hundreds of years; and it hasn’t changed color.
Yet, most of the Christians here, have been convinced that it isn’t completely blue.
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A good example of this change in attitude, would be the Bible Doctrine of homosexuality.
From the beginning of time, God’s people have always agreed, about the sinfulness of homosexuality; Not only because the Bible makes it crystal clear, that it is a sin, but also the fact, that the practice itself is clearly against nature(the way God made us).
Yet today, more and more Christians, are becoming unsure, as to the sinfulness of this behavior.
In the exact same way, fewer and fewer Christians, are seeing how blue sky really is.
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Earlier, when I said, that “it can bother me”, when I come here and am repeatedly told, that the sky is really some other color;
What I mean is, that it is an attack upon my faith, in the fact, that the sky is blue.
If anyone, allows themselves to be told over and over again, by everyone around them, that something is not true, it can have a definite effect, upon there perception of the truth.
And this is what I am talking about, “perception”.
I have been asked, several times, to “prove that the sky is blue”; And foolishly I have gone about to try and do just that. (But it can’t be done!)
(God, will not allow it to be done!)
“Every aspect” of Christianity, must be accepted by Faith.
It is “by faith”, that I know that homosexuality is a sin. (My Faith in God’s Word.)
I don’t have to prove that homosexuality is a sin, in the same way that I don’t have to prove, that God’s Word is “God’s Word”; or that the Sky is blue.
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Now don’t get me wrong; It has been a wonderful blessing for me, to have found this site, and to have been allowed to come here and discuss the issues of the day.
But occasionally, I find myself having to back off somewhat, and reestablish my center.
“Christ in me, the hope of Glory”
Just as many of you probably also do.
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I have now been recharged, and am ready to jump back into the fray again;
But I have learned, that the only proof that any of us have to give, for what we believe is, “thus saith the LORD”.
E.G. Something is only a sin, if the Bible says that it is a sin. etc.
Therefore, when I come here and find almost everyone disagreeing with me, and saying that the sky is “red” or “burgundy”, it can bother me.
Now you know, that I am not really talking about the color of the sky;
But this will work, as an example.
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The fact is, the sky is blue; all genuine Christians have agreed that the sky is blue, for hundreds of years; and it hasn’t changed color.
Yet, most of the Christians here, have been convinced that it isn’t completely blue.
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A good example of this change in attitude, would be the Bible Doctrine of homosexuality.
From the beginning of time, God’s people have always agreed, about the sinfulness of homosexuality; Not only because the Bible makes it crystal clear, that it is a sin, but also the fact, that the practice itself is clearly against nature(the way God made us).
Yet today, more and more Christians, are becoming unsure, as to the sinfulness of this behavior.
In the exact same way, fewer and fewer Christians, are seeing how blue sky really is.
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Earlier, when I said, that “it can bother me”, when I come here and am repeatedly told, that the sky is really some other color;
What I mean is, that it is an attack upon my faith, in the fact, that the sky is blue.
If anyone, allows themselves to be told over and over again, by everyone around them, that something is not true, it can have a definite effect, upon there perception of the truth.
And this is what I am talking about, “perception”.
I have been asked, several times, to “prove that the sky is blue”; And foolishly I have gone about to try and do just that. (But it can’t be done!)
(God, will not allow it to be done!)
“Every aspect” of Christianity, must be accepted by Faith.
It is “by faith”, that I know that homosexuality is a sin. (My Faith in God’s Word.)
I don’t have to prove that homosexuality is a sin, in the same way that I don’t have to prove, that God’s Word is “God’s Word”; or that the Sky is blue.
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Now don’t get me wrong; It has been a wonderful blessing for me, to have found this site, and to have been allowed to come here and discuss the issues of the day.
But occasionally, I find myself having to back off somewhat, and reestablish my center.
“Christ in me, the hope of Glory”
Just as many of you probably also do.
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I have now been recharged, and am ready to jump back into the fray again;
But I have learned, that the only proof that any of us have to give, for what we believe is, “thus saith the LORD”.
E.G. Something is only a sin, if the Bible says that it is a sin. etc.
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