Who Walks In The Light?

[Stegley]

And yet, several people gave you answers and you indicated they were wrong.



And we're apparently learning about Quakers....

Hopefully you will soon be ready to understand that just because one asks a question they are in no manner obligated to accept and believe every answer they are given.

Sound like a good next step for you?

 

[Revmitchell]

Thank you for sharing your thought. Do you think that a person who is a Baptist can never learn more about other Baptists? Please grasp this question and answer it before stumbling upon something else to ask about.

This answer proves you are a troll

 

[Stegley]

I would not want to come to a conclusion about Quakers based on this one guy who showed up here.

Yes. I agree what is important for you is what you want.

Actually, I am far from being a Quaker. Do you like to grasp and believe what are no more than chatty little musings from your friends? Jesus loves you so much He allows you to do that all you want to. Good, Eh?

 

[Revmitchell]

I also believe you have been here before and acted like this and then got banned. I do not remember your other username but I remember the attitude and elusive responses.

 

[Stegley]

I'd say the light refers to that light of the Father, 1 Timothy 6:16 as the Son of God dwells in His presence. I believe this is what is referred to as 'as He is in the light'.

Now obviously we cannot at this time literally dwell in this light, but we are assured we are in that light in a spiritual sense of relationship with God when we walk in truth, confess our sins, are washed in His blood, abide in Christ, and also walk accordingly with the balance of 1 John, 'loving the brothers'; not 'living in practice of sin', not 'loving the world or the things that are in the world' &c.

Any believer is given this same gracious gift of walking in the same light as He, when said believer is walking in fellowship with the Lord, yet this is done on this side of the Sun and isn't a perfect example of the heavenly.

As a Professional Church Talker, are you perhaps able to rephrase that message to be without:

1.) Circular references?

2.) Churchy sounding aphorisms?

3.) Cream toast caveats?

4.) Condescending Imperial Pronouns "We/Us/Our," unless, of course, someone with the correct authority has vetted, placed, and commissioned you to speak for all Believers by saying "We/Us/Our?"

Thank you so much for your kindly and forthcoming answer.

 

[Stegley]

Dictionaries are always a great resource Steg. Do YOU have one?

Yes, I do. Why do you ask? Are you ever in search of small ironies?

Lol. That would hardly be much of a ... "quantum" ... to unknowingly have that habit.

 

[Stegley]

Romans 8 keeps repeating ...

If you are walking/living in the Spirit (i.e. in the light),
and if you are putting to death the deeds of the body,
and if you are being led by the Spirit,
... you are a son of God.

If you are living this way, you are "in Christ", and are under NO condemnation (8:1).

But, one may insist that he does not need to be "a son of God".
Like perhaps, if you are female.

One may insist that he doesn't mind being under condemnation.
Like perhaps, just gonna be gettin' fewer rewards.

Yes, one may insist, "These things are NO big deal 'cause I believe in OSAS!"

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What was the most recent deed of the body you have put to death? "Confess your faults one to another."

 

[Stegley]

I also believe you have been here before and acted like this and then got banned. I do not remember your other username but I remember the attitude and elusive responses.

I have not been here before. However, if I had, or if someone whom I remind you of has been here, perhaps this would be a good time and a wonderful opportunity from The Lord to help you to remember Jesus Himself saying in Matthew 6:15,

"If you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

Do you believe, understand, and praise God for that?

 

[Revmitchell]

 

[preacher4truth]

As a Professional Church Talker, are you perhaps able to rephrase that message to be without:

1.) Circular references?

2.) Churchy sounding aphorisms?

3.) Cream toast caveats?

4.) Condescending Imperial Pronouns "We/Us/Our," unless, of course, someone with the correct authority has vetted, placed, and commissioned you to speak for all Believers by saying "We/Us/Our?"

Thank you so much for your kindly and forthcoming answer.

Yes, we both know I nailed it Scripturally and that all you have to offer is contempt and mockery. :wavey:

 

[Rippon]

Actually, I am far from being a Quaker.

Yet you attend a Quaker fellowship :Clackamas Friends.

 

[HankD]

Can you give 10 examples of you seeking the Light of God's Word while you have been walkin in the last week?

Yes, more than 10. Every day I meditate in the scripture seeking wisdom ackowledging my sins and maintaining fellowship with the Lord.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.​

John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 11:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?


The 12th chapter of Zechariah... (I am reading and studying through the Book of Zechariah)

And many more daily...

HankD​

 

[Don]

Yes. I understand your curiosity, your question, and your defensiveness. I also understand your previous response.

Citing Greek lexicon definitions provided by Biblical scholars limits one to merely reading word definitions which have been put together in such a way as to be convenient support for today's churchy sounding aphorisms, otherwise known as "Preacherese." They wonderfully and coherently dove tail with today's Western Christendom.

Jesus never spoke of "running a race." Jesus was not in a race of any kind. "Be still, and know I am God." "He that waits on the Lord shall rise up with wings."

Jesus did not walk in The Light for the sake of having any sort of His sin brought to the forefront and confessed. If one is to walk in The Light "as He is in the light" their doing so will have nothing to do with remedial confession you and others try to make the text speak of. Jesus never taught that repentance, or "changing one's thinking," is a process conducted by one "trying their best," where Jesus supposedly "picks us up when we fail and dusts us off." That concept is a clear example of modern Western Christendom nonsense, not found in Scripture. Jesus told The Woman Caught In Adultery, "Go, and sin no more."

Yes, thank you for graciously being free of snide remarks. Now, are you able to describe how you know when you are in fact walking in The Light? Simply declaring you and others you personally know "am/are" walking in The Light is not much of a witness by itself. Hint: Reference an answer to Matthew 5:16, James 1:26, and 1 Corinthians 4:20.

Wait -- didn't you tell me a page or two ago that you didn't have a clue what it meant to walk in the light; yet here you're giving hints as to which scriptures we should look to for the answer?

Do you know or not? Are you sincerely looking for an opportunity to search out the answer with others, or are you trying to share something with us?

 

[Stegley]

Yes, we both know I nailed it Scripturally and that all you have to offer is contempt and mockery. :wavey:

"We?" How are you able to know outside of your imagination what are my thoughts and assessments before I express them?

Is that part of ... "knowing what is ... best ... for other people whom God places in your path ... ?" Maybe in ... faith?

 

[Stegley]

Yet you attend a Quaker fellowship :Clackamas Friends.

Did you need that to mean I am a Quaker?

 

[InTheLight]

I am sure you shared the best content of your mind.

Do you know how Jesus "is" in the Light, right now today?

No, do you?

 

[Stegley]

Yes, more than 10. Every day I meditate in the scripture seeking wisdom ackowledging my sins and maintaining fellowship with the Lord.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.​

John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 11:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?


The 12th chapter of Zechariah... (I am reading and studying through the Book of Zechariah)

And many more daily...

HankD​

Are you unable to say what those 10 things specifically were?

Matthew 5:16, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works."

James 1:24, "Faith without works is dead."

 

[Stegley]

Wait -- didn't you tell me a page or two ago that you didn't have a clue what it meant to walk in the light; yet here you're giving hints as to which scriptures we should look to for the answer?

Do you know or not? Are you sincerely looking for an opportunity to search out the answer with others, or are you trying to share something with us?

Permit me to help you understand that for today's pewsitters who are offended by axiomatic statements their learning needs can only be addressed by circumspect talk, nurturing encouragement, and process related baby steps. In other words, Christians today need to feel like they are maturing by means of "Chatting!! and Sharing!!" special ideas.

Thereby, I have made myself transparently available for Chit-Chat exploration of any topic, so that we all might pick and choose our beliefs. Sound good?

 

[JonC]

Permit me to help you understand that for today's pewsitters who are offended by axiomatic statements their learning needs can only be addressed by circumspect talk, nurturing encouragement, and process related baby steps. In other words, Christians today need to feel like they are maturing by means of "Chatting!! and Sharing!!" special ideas.

Thereby, I have made myself transparently available for Chit-Chat exploration of any topic, so that we all might pick and choose our beliefs. Sound good?

Stegley,

Few believe their statements to be anything but axiomatic, particularly when it comes to Scripture. Why do you believe that it is appropriate to “pick and choose” our beliefs rather than accepting the Word of God?

 

[preacher4truth]

Stegley,

Few believe their statements to be anything but axiomatic, particularly when it comes to Scripture. Why do you believe that it is appropriate to “pick and choose” our beliefs rather than accepting the Word of God?

You must understand the beginnings of Quakerism to understand why. Their founder held disdain for ministers, churches &c &c &c. These neo's have adopted the same disdain, thus he is here posting.