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       PROMOTE PROPER PRAISES IN PROPER PLACES AT PROPER TIMES   
      
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       False and incorrect praise is as wicked as cuss crime.   
          
       Always be truthful. Our watchful eye can catch a lie.   
          
       Always tell the truth. We'll be watching to make sure.   
      
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   On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:04:56 -0500   
   Christ Rose  wrote:   
      
   > ========================================   
   > On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:48:11 -0000   
   >    
   > Usenet Umpire     
   > wrote:   
   > ========================================   
   >    
   > > I found these religious groups hoping to engage in thoughtful   
   > > discussion.      
   >    
   >    
   > Are you Nightbulb? If not, show me some    
   > message Id's where you initiated    
   > thoughtful discussion.   
   >    
   > If so, I would agree you have posted a    
   > lot that could serve as a basis for    
   > engagement in meaningful discussion.   
   >    
   >    
   > > Now I'm not so sure I should engage in any thread about   
   > > religion at all. Maybe the weather or the price of wheat or pop   
   > > culture are safe limits and I should look elsewhere for reparte.     
   >    
   >    
   > Repartee is conversation or speech    
   > characterized by quick, witty, and    
   > clever responses or remarks. It often    
   > involves sharp, humorous exchanges where    
   > participants engage in verbal    
   > back-and-forth with agility and    
   > intelligence.   
   >    
   > Based on what the Bible says about    
   > Jesus, I'm not under the impression that    
   > was His goal or style in communicating    
   > with people. He offended everyone but    
   > those He chose, precisely because He    
   > spoke the truth men needed to hear in    
   > order to be saved, but men loved    
   > darkness rather than light (John 1).   
   >    
   > “All things were made through Him, and    
   > without Him nothing was made that was    
   > made. In Him was life, and the life was    
   > the light of men. And the light shined    
   > in the darkness, and the darkness did    
   > not comprehend it.” (John 1:3–5, NKJV)   
   >    
   > “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in    
   > the wilderness, even so must the Son of    
   > Man be lifted up, that whoever believes    
   > in Him should not perish but have    
   > eternal life. For God so loved the world    
   > that He gave His only begotten Son, that    
   > whoever believes in Him should not    
   > perish but have everlasting life. For    
   > God did not send His Son into the world    
   > to condemn the world, but that the world    
   > through Him might be saved. “He who    
   > believes in Him is not condemned; but he    
   > who does not believe is condemned    
   > already, because he has not believed in    
   > the name of the only begotten Son of    
   > God. And this is the condemnation, that    
   > the light has come into the world, and    
   > men loved darkness rather than light,    
   > because their deeds were evil. For    
   > everyone practicing evil hates the light    
   > and does not come to the light, lest his    
   > deeds should be exposed. But he who does    
   > the truth comes to the light, that his    
   > deeds may be clearly seen, that they    
   > have been done in God.”” (John 3:14–21,    
   > NKJV)   
   >    
   > Here's an article of mine which explains    
   > the methods I use in here, and what I    
   > find Scripture to say about it:   
   >    
   > https://christrose.news/methods   
   >    
   >    
   > > I see much heated debate and insult from all corners which is kind   
   > > of a downer.      
   >    
   >    
   > What do you think about Jesus' statement    
   > here?   
   >    
   > ““Do not think that I came to bring    
   > peace on earth. I did not come to bring    
   > peace but a sword. For I have come to    
   > ‘set a man against his father, a    
   > daughter against her mother, and a    
   > daughter-in-law against her    
   > mother-in-law’; and ‘a man’s enemies    
   > will be those of his own household.’ He    
   > who loves father or mother more than Me    
   > is not worthy of Me. And he who loves    
   > son or daughter more than Me is not    
   > worthy of Me. And he who does not take    
   > his cross and follow after Me is not    
   > worthy of Me. He who finds his life will    
   > lose it, and he who loses his life for    
   > My sake will find it.” (Matthew    
   > 10:34–39, NKJV)   
   >    
   >    
   >    
   > > It seems to center firstly around Michael McLean, and   
   > > secondarily around Robert, and thirdly around ChristRose. I also   
   > > saw a bit of toxicity from a user 'El Kabong' but not quite as much   
   > > of it as with the first three.     
   >    
   >    
   > I post multiple articles about what the    
   > Bible teaches in here, nearly every day.    
   > These are edifying, and are not aimed at    
   > arguing with people in here. The gospel    
   > by which people may be saved is in every    
   > single one of them, and every post I    
   > make. Why have you not engaged with me    
   > about those articles?   
   >    
   > My goal in here is to proclaim the    
   > gospel, that people might be saved from    
   > the penalty, power, and presence of    
   > their sin, through faith in Christ and    
   > His death and resurrection for our sins.   
   >    
   > There isn't a place Paul preached the    
   > gospel, where someone didn't start    
   > trouble with him, try to poison people's    
   > minds against what he said, and try to    
   > revile and ruin his reputation and get    
   > him in trouble. See this article of mine    
   > for many Bible examples of how demonic    
   > wisdom manifests itself against the gospel:   
   >    
   > https://christrose.news/demonic-wisdom   
   >    
   > When people opposed, tried to undermine,    
   > and tried to poison people's minds    
   > against the proclamation of the gospel    
   > (Acts 13:8l, 45; Acts 14:2; Matthew    
   > 12:24; John 8:48), Jesus and Paul both    
   > defended their claims vigorously against    
   > those people (Acts 13:9–12; Acts 17:2–3;    
   > Matthew 23:13–36; John 8:49–58).   
   >    
   > Paul also defended himself against those    
   > who tried to undermine him (e.g., 2    
   > Corinthians 10:10–11; 2 Corinthians    
      
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