Anti-Anti's Modern Prosperendum

  Here's a conversation I had with a Christian about helping each other with sin. It's important to know each other well enough to be able to talk about it. Maybe sharing your own sin first is helpful. Knowing that we should, according to our God's Bible, is necessary. This can really help parents with their young children who have accepted Christ. It might even be adapted for the child who hasn't, but usually we shouldn't do this with Worldlings - it would be impolite, after all, and they can't help it just like we couldn't without this new Life in our Master. I masked the source of this conversation, not because we should hide, but because the Church is very ill and many cannot stand in the full light. Jesus didn't break the bruised reed or crush the smoking flax. [Posted at https://[masked].com/threads/lovingly-help-the-church-by-properly-interacting-about-each-others-sin.23930/ on May 24, 2023] When we at church can all see someone fighting sin, is l...

 1) The pastor told me he doesn't believe there is any such thing as the gospel in reference to Romans 10.  Except for once or twice after a lot of badgering, he refused to tell biblical salvation doctrine to the people he was preaching to. 2) The pastor knew the gospel, because I asked her, and she took me to her office and laid out sound doctrine, though I don't know if she mentioned the necessity to call Jesus Master.  Her church served lunch once a week to the World at large, and she refused to tell them the gospel when I asked her, but she prayed The Lord's Prayer with everyone, though that prayer certainly does not pertain to the unsaved. 3) The church had a grant to get together with the neighborhood, and they had a lunch 3 times a year.  There was no preaching of the gospel, even though they finally got the World where they wanted them..  all was just eating with the World.  Upon careful questioning, I was told that the preacher talks about the gosp...

 The Strange Meanness of Christians Some Christians have a certain callousness. We ignore people for years in our congregations, where Worldlings would find out who everybody is, so long as the group is small enough to feasably meet them all. Some Christians have a certain sensitivity. The World pushes forward a surface politeness as a first layer of protection in their evil environs, and are more straightforward with trusted company, which we all do, sometimes for good reason. But Christians often weigh the surface politeness far greater and demand it more often. Even the Worldling in a responsible career might relax such things after hours with mere acquaintances, but we Christians often hold out until we get with close friends and family, and then, probably, only because we cannot keep up the charade all the time. I think that we rely on politeness as though it were kindness as an excuse to cover our sin. But God's Word tells us to openly proclaim our sins to each other. That do...

 What the Bible says about shunning the siblings in Christ: Matthew 10:12-15 ESV / 13 helpful votes As you enter the house, greet it. And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town. Matthew 16:6 ESV / 17 helpful votes Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Matthew 18:15-17 ESV / 46 helpful votes “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the c...

 If any Christian has been deluded by gender dysphoria, they should be told good things about God's love of whom He created, in the way He created them. I wonder if that's the tack of Christian psychologists? Oh, pity the state of things, even in the Church! Making a place for the hurt to persist by a lying definition that there actually exists a truly natural disconnect between apparent and real biological identity is a mean thing to do. Maybe it's easy for us to do, because we've already allowed ourselves to lie to the Schizophrenic grandmother to artificially keep her comfortable, and we've become used to lying to children to keep their feelings after a great tragedy. We falsely excuse those lies. There's always an escape from harm without lying, because God doesn't give us trials without an escape in His righteousness. Oh, the strange, compromising Church! In all cases, inundating distressed Christians in prayer and in all truth is the powerful and heali...

ME: It seems that many Christian charities explicitly restrict the proclamation of salvation doctrine. CHATGPT-4: The relationship between Christian charities and the proclamation of salvation doctrine can vary widely depending on the organization's mission, goals, and the context in which it operates. Here are some reasons why some Christian charities might restrict the explicit proclamation of salvation doctrine: Legal and Regulatory Constraints In some countries, religious proselytization may be restricted or regulated by law. Charities operating in such environments may limit explicit religious messaging to comply with local regulations. Ecumenical Partnerships Some Christian charities work in partnership with organizations from other religious or secular backgrounds. In such cases, explicit proclamation of salvation doctrine may be restricted to maintain a harmonious working relationship. Donor Preferences Charities often rely on a diverse donor base, which may include individ...

WARNING: ChatGPT is not always factual, but the answers it gives here are basically representative of the vast training data it uses.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Are there any secular groups or messages that derive from the Bible but exclude God (Example: Alcoholics Anonymous)? ChatGPT Yes, there are secular groups, principles, or ideas that have been influenced by the Bible or biblical principles but don't necessarily center their practices around a belief in God or might allow a more generalized concept of a "higher power" rather than a specifically theistic belief. Here are a few examples:     Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): As you mentioned, AA and its 12-step program for addiction recovery emphasize the role of a "higher power." However, this higher power is open to interpretation. It can be God, the AA group itself, nature, the universe, or any other entity the member believes in. The foundation of AA is heavily influenced by the Oxford Group, a Christian organizati...

WARNING: ChatGPT is not always factual, but the answers it gives here are basically representative of the vast training data it uses.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Organize all the objective directives and statements in the New Testament in the same way. Don't include directives or statements given by people identified as God's enemies or who are otherwise against Jesus or His disciples or apostles. ChatGPT Organizing all the objective directives and statements from the New Testament is a vast endeavor, given the sheer volume and intricacies of the text. However, I can offer a broad overview based on the main categories or themes that these directives fall into. This summary will be a simplification and will not cover every directive or statement. 1. Love and Relationship:     "Love your neighbor as yourself." (Mark 12:31)     "Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." (John 13:34)     "Love your enemies." (Mat...