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   From: dx7066801@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/12/2024 7:21 PM, James wrote:   
   > On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 16:43:36 -0600, Rod  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 1/15/2024 7:34 PM, James wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 25 Dec 2023 08:13:07 +1100, Michael Christ   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 25/12/2023 3:42 am, James wrote:   
   >>>>> On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 11:33:02 +1100, Michael Christ   
   >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 21/12/2023 11:14 am, James wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:11:29 +1100, Michael Christ   
   >>>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Firstly, don't be a smart boy sinner, please.  It is your life being   
   >>>>>>>> examined here, for your benefit.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Michael Christ wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> Sinner James, What makes you think what you claim equates to truth?   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> James wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> Bible doctrine research, reasoning on the Bible, praying for Holy   
   >>>>>>>>> Spirit for guidance, etc.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> What makes you think your sinful state has no impact on those claims?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I certainly hope they don't.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Well, it does.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> They never affected the apostle Paul, who   
   >>>>>>> couldn't stop sinning. (Rom 7:19)   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Heck, if the apostle Paul couldn't stop calling God a liar, you must be   
   >>>>>> off planet, Buddy!!!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I didn't say he called God a liar,   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It is not about what you say.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That is what sin does, Sinner James, it calls God a liar.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Now please stop abusing your neighbour Michael Christ with your   
   >>>> "constantly sinning."   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Thank you.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> On your "constantly sinning" way of admitting your "constantly sinning,"   
   >>>> please.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Thank you again.   
   >>>   
   >>> That is what the Bible says we ALL do. So you are welcome.   
   >>   
   >>    Bull feathers! The Bible must be read with respect for where, whom   
   >> and when, in other words with respect for the time and the audience.   
   >   
   > Yes, a Bible student should always consider the context of the   
   > verse(s).   
   >   
   >>   
   >>     If John has an audience as he did in 1 John 1, he was not speaking   
   >> of people in the future but he was speaking of those people present   
   >> before him.   
   >   
   > Yes and those to come. Where did John get his material? From God's   
   > Holy Spirit.   
      
      Baloney James. There is no indication that the Holy Spirit said any   
   such thing! You are reading into scripture and changing it's context.   
      
      
   >   
   > Notice 1 John 4:8. Was that written only for the first century   
   > Christians?   
   >   
   > Sincerely James   
   > Wonderful news!   
   > Go to jw.org   
   > 2/12/2024   
   >   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> 1 Jo 1:8, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and   
   >>> the truth is not in us." (KJV)   
   >>>   
   >>> Ro 3:23, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,"   
   >>> (NIV)   
   >>   
   >>    Again this applies to Romans as well. Paul was not able to see the   
   >> future so he could not possibly have pointed out people sinning in the   
   >> future.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Ec 7:20, "There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right   
   >>> and never sins." (NIV)   
   >>>   
   >>> Sincerely James,   
   >>> Are you lonely among   
   >>> almost 8 billion people?   
   >>> 1/15/2024   
   >>> Go to jw.org   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Michael Christ   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> (or a thief, or adulterer, or   
   >>>>> drunkard, etc), rather Rom 7:19 says Paul kept sinning.   
   >>>>> So, who do I believe. God's word the Bible, or your opinions?   
   >>>>> Guess?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Sincerely James,   
   >>>>> How can you   
   >>>>> fight loneliness?   
   >>>>> Go to jw.org   
   >>>>> 12/24/23	   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Imagine that, an apostle of God so steeped in sin that he couldn't stop   
   >>>>>> sinning!  Paul calling God a liar and speaking the truth at the same   
   >>>>>> time?  It is a miracle!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Does a sinner sinning call God a liar?  If you say, no, what then are   
   >>>>>> you saying about God?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Michael Christ   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Sincerely James,   
   >>>>>>> Why are JW's so   
   >>>>>>> against Christmas?   
   >>>>>>> Go to jw.org   
   >>>>>>> 12/20/23	   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Michael Christ   
      
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