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Post by openingact34 on Jul 15, 2020 22:37:58 GMT -5
I think often of my elderly and passed professing family members.
They suffered so much for the sake of the Truth. Gave up their youth to nonstop meetings, took the beatings that the Holy Book mandates, endured every rule that governed each facet of life, offered for the Work, despite the price in possessions and health that everyone ultimately realizes is far more precious. Started over with nothing. No worldly education allowed. Who is there left to marry? Certainly not a worldling. No hobbies, no worldly friends, no sport, no recreation. Reading and praying...that's what is profitable. Endless oversight from the workers on everything. Meetings in their homes taking a huge toll. Having to distance themselves from wicked children who don't profess.
These are good people. Faithful people. Obedient people.
And in their golden years, as they strive to finish true, the one tiny shred of comfort that they ask, is to know that it was all worth it. That this was the One Way. That the suffering was worth it. That there was no choice. For all the multitudes who chose a path other than the straitest and narrowest will be burning endlessly in the hellfire of God's unquenchable wrath. But the suffering here has laid up treasure in Heaven.
And along comes the modern, "open-minded", non-exclusive professing people. Tares among the wheat to be sure, but they slither in. And oh how masterful these false ones can play peek-a-boo with the worldliness in their lives. Now it's chic styled short hair, now it looks like long hair in a bun. "Are the workers coming?...quick" It's like a Vegas magic show with the forbidden things disappearing in a puff of smoke. So cunning that some even find the office of elder.
And when the non-exclusives really get to speak their mind, what message do they have for those who sacrificed so much?
"Oh, the workers were totally wrong. All that sacrifice was unnecessary and profits nothing". "Your neighbor lady with the short hair, trousers, and season tickets for baseball is saved and going to Heaven too. In fact...I think she shows more of the fruit of the spirit than you do", they proclaim smugly.
What a cruel punch in the gut! These non-exclusive swine would be perfectly satisfied in at least a dozen other churches within driving distance. We scratch our heads in consternation and wonder, "What is it that keeps them here?" Simply too lazy to leave? A craving for convention stew? Or maybe...just maybe...the small platform of prayer and testimony participation provides a unique small stage for a gigantic ego. The heroes of their own minds...ready to reform the Truth in their own vision. Well....they call it their own vision. But it is really the paperback from the Christian bookstore, or the Youtube video from the megachurch pastor. The friendly, comforting, lazy doctrine designed to tickle the fancy and loosen the pocketbooks of the masses.
Of course, there isn't much left to "save". The "falling away" prophesied has hit full force.. Just a few aged faithful souls left trying to endure to the end. But that doesn't dissuade the crusaders. They casually contradict the unchanging legacy preserved by generations of workers with a wave of the hand, and wag of the tongue. Dismissing it all. Not willing to fit in, but ready to rip and rend every doctrine to fit them instead.
I wish I could shove my well worn King James copy so far up your non-exclusive ass that you choke on it. That might be the only time the complete Word of God comes out of your wicked mouth.
Time for a walk.
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Post by BobWilliston on Jul 15, 2020 22:46:38 GMT -5
I think often of my elderly and passed professing family members. They suffered so much for the sake of the Truth. Gave up their youth to nonstop meetings, took the beatings that the Holy Book mandates, endured every rule that governed each facet of life, offered for the Work, despite the price in possessions and health that everyone ultimately realizes is far more precious. Started over with nothing. No worldly education allowed. Who is there left to marry? Certainly not a worldling. No hobbies, no worldly friends, no sport, no recreation. Reading and praying...that's what is profitable. Endless oversight from the workers on everything. Meetings in their homes taking a huge toll. Having to distance themselves from wicked children who don't profess. These are good people. Faithful people. Obedient people. And in their golden years, as they strive to finish true, the one tiny shred of comfort that they ask, is to know that it was all worth it. That this was the One Way. That the suffering was worth it. That there was no choice. For all the multitudes who chose a path other than the straitest and narrowest will be burning endlessly in the hellfire of God's unquenchable wrath. But the suffering here has laid up treasure in Heaven. And along comes the modern, "open-minded", non-exclusive professing people. Tares among the wheat to be sure, but they slither in. And oh how masterful these false ones can play peek-a-boo with the worldliness in their lives. Now it's chic styled short hair, now it looks like long hair in a bun. "Are the workers coming?...quick" It's like a Vegas magic show with the forbidden things disappearing in a puff of smoke. So cunning that some even find the office of elder. And when the non-exclusives really get to speak their mind, what message do they have for those who sacrificed so much? "Oh, the workers were totally wrong. All that sacrifice was unnecessary and profits nothing". "Your neighbor lady with the short hair, trousers, and season tickets for baseball is saved and going to Heaven too. In fact...I think she shows more of the fruit of the spirit than you do", they proclaim smugly. What a cruel punch in the gut! These non-exclusive swine would be perfectly satisfied in at least a dozen other churches within driving distance. We scratch our heads in consternation and wonder, "What is it that keeps them here?" Simply too lazy to leave? A craving for convention stew? Or maybe...just maybe...the small platform of prayer and testimony participation provides a unique small stage for a gigantic ego. The heroes of their own minds...ready to reform the Truth in their own vision. Well....they call it their own vision. But it is really the paperback from the Christian bookstore, or the Youtube video from the megachurch pastor. The friendly, comforting, lazy doctrine designed to tickle the fancy and loosen the pocketbooks of the masses. Of course, there isn't much left to "save". The "falling away" prophesied has hit full force.. Just a few aged faithful souls left trying to endure to the end. But that doesn't dissuade the crusaders. They casually contradict the unchanging legacy preserved by generations of workers with a wave of the hand, and wag of the tongue. Dismissing it all. Not willing to fit in, but ready to rip and rend every doctrine to fit them instead. I wish I could shove my well worn King James copy so far up your non-exclusive ass that you choke on it. That might be the only time the complete Word of God comes out of your wicked mouth. Time for a walk. I notice that you use a fascist liar for your avatar.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2020 22:51:52 GMT -5
OpenIng Act:well it’s nice Nathan has your friendship even though to him atheists are the scum of the earth. Good luck with that.
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Post by nathan on Jul 15, 2020 23:14:42 GMT -5
OpenIng Act:well it’s nice Nathan has your friendship even though to him atheists are the scum of the earth. Good luck with that. As long there is life there is hope! for openingact34... It's NOT over until the fat the lady's sing. God is merciful and kind to all who REPENTS of their sins.
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Post by BobWilliston on Jul 15, 2020 23:27:52 GMT -5
OpenIng Act:well it’s nice Nathan has your friendship even though to him atheists are the scum of the earth. Good luck with that. As long there is life there is hope! for openingact34... It's NOT over until the fat the lady's sing. God is merciful and kind to all who REPENTS of their sins.Is the fat lady mentioned in the book of Revelation?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2020 23:30:59 GMT -5
As long there is life there is hope! for openingact34... It's NOT over until the fat the lady's sing. God is merciful and kind to all who REPENTS of their sins. Is the fat lady mentioned in the book of Revelation? well it does mention a lady with child(which would be fat)in revelation....
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Post by nathan on Jul 15, 2020 23:32:14 GMT -5
As long there is life there is hope! for openingact34... It's NOT over until the fat the lady's sing. God is merciful and kind to all who REPENTS of their sins. Is the fat lady mentioned in the book of Revelation? Yes, she might be among the great multitude of believers that no man can't count in Rev. 7:9-12 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
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Post by Pragmatic on Jul 15, 2020 23:39:50 GMT -5
Is the fat lady mentioned in the book of Revelation? well it does mention a lady with child(which would be fat)in revelation.... Now now. You should never say that. A man who does is either single, or divorced, or walks with a limp.
I am reminded of a rather unsavoury looking man who said something similar to a lady who was pregnant. Her retort was beautiful. "Yes, but in a few weeks I will have a beautiful baby, and then soon after be back to my normal size...and you'll still be ugly."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2020 23:51:33 GMT -5
OpenIng Act:well it’s nice Nathan has your friendship even though to him atheists are the scum of the earth. Good luck with that. As long there is life there is hope! for openingact34... It's NOT over until the fat the lady's sing. God is merciful and kind to all who REPENTS of their sins.I’ll be praying for openingact.
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Post by fixit on Jul 15, 2020 23:52:15 GMT -5
OpenIng Act:well it’s nice Nathan has your friendship even though to him atheists are the scum of the earth. Good luck with that. As long there is life there is hope! for openingact34... It's NOT over until the fat the lady's sing. God is merciful and kind to all who REPENTS of their sins.Yes, there is hope that you will get right before the fat lady sings and you meet your maker. Humble yourself, empty your head-trash and ask God to reveal himself to you.
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Post by nathan on Jul 15, 2020 23:57:40 GMT -5
As long there is life there is hope! for openingact34... It's NOT over until the fat the lady's sing. God is merciful and kind to all who REPENTS of their sins. Yes, there is hope that you will get right before the fat lady sings and you meet your maker. Humble yourself, empty your head-trash and ask God to reveal himself to you. Was Openingact34 speaking of you, as a 2x2 elder here?
And in their golden years, as they strive to finish true, the one tiny shred of comfort that they ask, is to know that it was all worth it. That this was the One Way. That the suffering was worth it. That there was no choice. For all the multitudes who chose a path other than the straitest and narrowest will be burning endlessly in the hellfire of God's unquenchable wrath. But the suffering here has laid up treasure in Heaven. And along comes the modern, "open-minded", non-exclusive professing people. Tares among the wheat to be sure, but they slither in. And oh how masterful these false ones can play peek-a-boo with the worldliness in their lives. Now it's chic styled short hair, now it looks like long hair in a bun. "Are the workers coming?...quick" It's like a Vegas magic show with the forbidden things disappearing in a puff of smoke. So cunning that some even find the office of elder.
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Post by Grant on Jul 16, 2020 0:28:07 GMT -5
Yes, there is hope that you will get right before the fat lady sings and you meet your maker. Humble yourself, empty your head-trash and ask God to reveal himself to you. Was Openingact34 speaking of you, as a 2x2 elder here?
And in their golden years, as they strive to finish true, the one tiny shred of comfort that they ask, is to know that it was all worth it. That this was the One Way. That the suffering was worth it. That there was no choice. For all the multitudes who chose a path other than the straitest and narrowest will be burning endlessly in the hellfire of God's unquenchable wrath. But the suffering here has laid up treasure in Heaven. And along comes the modern, "open-minded", non-exclusive professing people. Tares among the wheat to be sure, but they slither in. And oh how masterful these false ones can play peek-a-boo with the worldliness in their lives. Now it's chic styled short hair, now it looks like long hair in a bun. "Are the workers coming?...quick" It's like a Vegas magic show with the forbidden things disappearing in a puff of smoke. So cunning that some even find the office of elder.
You discredit people for being closed minded and now you're discrediting them for being open minded. How about some consistency.
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Post by nathan on Jul 16, 2020 0:40:31 GMT -5
Was Openingact34 speaking of you, as a 2x2 elder here?
And in their golden years, as they strive to finish true, the one tiny shred of comfort that they ask, is to know that it was all worth it. That this was the One Way. That the suffering was worth it. That there was no choice. For all the multitudes who chose a path other than the straitest and narrowest will be burning endlessly in the hellfire of God's unquenchable wrath. But the suffering here has laid up treasure in Heaven. And along comes the modern, "open-minded", non-exclusive professing people. Tares among the wheat to be sure, but they slither in. And oh how masterful these false ones can play peek-a-boo with the worldliness in their lives. Now it's chic styled short hair, now it looks like long hair in a bun. "Are the workers coming?...quick" It's like a Vegas magic show with the forbidden things disappearing in a puff of smoke. So cunning that some even find the office of elder.
You discredit people for being closed minded and now you're discrediting them for being open minded. How about some consistency. There are both kinds of people in the 2x2s or exes... Some are open minded... some are NOT open minded... It depends on their understanding.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2020 0:49:10 GMT -5
You discredit people for being closed minded and now you're discrediting them for being open minded. How about some consistency. There are both kinds of people in the 2x2s or exes... Some are open minded... some are NOT open minded... It depends on their understanding.
Time you told your mate openingact that. Your reasonings ties yourself up in knots continually. It’s not hard for readers to see you scuttling into a corner, often leaving skid marks.
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Post by Grant on Jul 16, 2020 1:41:29 GMT -5
You discredit people for being closed minded and now you're discrediting them for being open minded. How about some consistency. There are both kinds of people in the 2x2s or exes... Some are open minded... some are NOT open minded... It depends on their understanding.
According to who? You? You're the most closed minded person on the board. You don't take any notice from anyone, not even those in your church on here.
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Post by nathan on Jul 16, 2020 1:47:47 GMT -5
There are both kinds of people in the 2x2s or exes... Some are open minded... some are NOT open minded... It depends on their understanding.
According to who? You? You're the most closed minded person on the board. You don't take any notice from anyone, not even those in your church on here. I am NOT your average 2x2. Very open minded on many things but VERY, VERY exclusive/believer on Jesus Christ New Testament apostolic/workers Ministry and fellowship.
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Post by fixit on Jul 16, 2020 2:57:21 GMT -5
I think often of my elderly and passed professing family members. They suffered so much for the sake of the Truth. Gave up their youth to nonstop meetings, took the beatings that the Holy Book mandates, endured every rule that governed each facet of life, offered for the Work, despite the price in possessions and health that everyone ultimately realizes is far more precious. Started over with nothing. No worldly education allowed. Who is there left to marry? Certainly not a worldling. No hobbies, no worldly friends, no sport, no recreation. Reading and praying...that's what is profitable. Endless oversight from the workers on everything. Meetings in their homes taking a huge toll. Having to distance themselves from wicked children who don't profess. These are good people. Faithful people. Obedient people. And in their golden years, as they strive to finish true, the one tiny shred of comfort that they ask, is to know that it was all worth it. That this was the One Way. That the suffering was worth it. That there was no choice. For all the multitudes who chose a path other than the straitest and narrowest will be burning endlessly in the hellfire of God's unquenchable wrath. But the suffering here has laid up treasure in Heaven. And along comes the modern, "open-minded", non-exclusive professing people. Tares among the wheat to be sure, but they slither in. And oh how masterful these false ones can play peek-a-boo with the worldliness in their lives. Now it's chic styled short hair, now it looks like long hair in a bun. "Are the workers coming?...quick" It's like a Vegas magic show with the forbidden things disappearing in a puff of smoke. So cunning that some even find the office of elder. And when the non-exclusives really get to speak their mind, what message do they have for those who sacrificed so much? "Oh, the workers were totally wrong. All that sacrifice was unnecessary and profits nothing". "Your neighbor lady with the short hair, trousers, and season tickets for baseball is saved and going to Heaven too. In fact...I think she shows more of the fruit of the spirit than you do", they proclaim smugly. What a cruel punch in the gut! These non-exclusive swine would be perfectly satisfied in at least a dozen other churches within driving distance. We scratch our heads in consternation and wonder, "What is it that keeps them here?" Simply too lazy to leave? A craving for convention stew? Or maybe...just maybe...the small platform of prayer and testimony participation provides a unique small stage for a gigantic ego. The heroes of their own minds...ready to reform the Truth in their own vision. Well....they call it their own vision. But it is really the paperback from the Christian bookstore, or the Youtube video from the megachurch pastor. The friendly, comforting, lazy doctrine designed to tickle the fancy and loosen the pocketbooks of the masses. Of course, there isn't much left to "save". The "falling away" prophesied has hit full force.. Just a few aged faithful souls left trying to endure to the end. But that doesn't dissuade the crusaders. They casually contradict the unchanging legacy preserved by generations of workers with a wave of the hand, and wag of the tongue. Dismissing it all. Not willing to fit in, but ready to rip and rend every doctrine to fit them instead. I wish I could shove my well worn King James copy so far up your non-exclusive ass that you choke on it. That might be the only time the complete Word of God comes out of your wicked mouth. Time for a walk. I hope you'll tell us one day what made you so angry. (I doubt it was what you railed against in this post).
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Post by Gene on Jul 16, 2020 6:57:49 GMT -5
I think often of my elderly and passed professing family members. They suffered so much for the sake of the Truth. Gave up their youth to nonstop meetings, took the beatings that the Holy Book mandates, endured every rule that governed each facet of life, offered for the Work, despite the price in possessions and health that everyone ultimately realizes is far more precious. Started over with nothing. No worldly education allowed. Who is there left to marry? Certainly not a worldling. No hobbies, no worldly friends, no sport, no recreation. Reading and praying...that's what is profitable. Endless oversight from the workers on everything. Meetings in their homes taking a huge toll. Having to distance themselves from wicked children who don't profess. These are good people. Faithful people. Obedient people. And in their golden years, as they strive to finish true, the one tiny shred of comfort that they ask, is to know that it was all worth it. That this was the One Way. That the suffering was worth it. That there was no choice. For all the multitudes who chose a path other than the straitest and narrowest will be burning endlessly in the hellfire of God's unquenchable wrath. But the suffering here has laid up treasure in Heaven. And along comes the modern, "open-minded", non-exclusive professing people. Tares among the wheat to be sure, but they slither in. And oh how masterful these false ones can play peek-a-boo with the worldliness in their lives. Now it's chic styled short hair, now it looks like long hair in a bun. "Are the workers coming?...quick" It's like a Vegas magic show with the forbidden things disappearing in a puff of smoke. So cunning that some even find the office of elder. And when the non-exclusives really get to speak their mind, what message do they have for those who sacrificed so much? "Oh, the workers were totally wrong. All that sacrifice was unnecessary and profits nothing". "Your neighbor lady with the short hair, trousers, and season tickets for baseball is saved and going to Heaven too. In fact...I think she shows more of the fruit of the spirit than you do", they proclaim smugly. What a cruel punch in the gut! These non-exclusive swine would be perfectly satisfied in at least a dozen other churches within driving distance. We scratch our heads in consternation and wonder, "What is it that keeps them here?" Simply too lazy to leave? A craving for convention stew? Or maybe...just maybe...the small platform of prayer and testimony participation provides a unique small stage for a gigantic ego. The heroes of their own minds...ready to reform the Truth in their own vision. Well....they call it their own vision. But it is really the paperback from the Christian bookstore, or the Youtube video from the megachurch pastor. The friendly, comforting, lazy doctrine designed to tickle the fancy and loosen the pocketbooks of the masses. Of course, there isn't much left to "save". The "falling away" prophesied has hit full force.. Just a few aged faithful souls left trying to endure to the end. But that doesn't dissuade the crusaders. They casually contradict the unchanging legacy preserved by generations of workers with a wave of the hand, and wag of the tongue. Dismissing it all. Not willing to fit in, but ready to rip and rend every doctrine to fit them instead. I wish I could shove my well worn King James copy so far up your non-exclusive ass that you choke on it. That might be the only time the complete Word of God comes out of your wicked mouth. Time for a walk. Bravo! Encore!
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Post by Annan on Jul 16, 2020 10:00:12 GMT -5
Bravo! Encore! (Psst - OpeningAct is our resident TMB satirist.) I agree. Excellent.
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Post by nathan on Jul 16, 2020 11:19:34 GMT -5
I have SAVED quite few of openningacts34 good, amazing and awesome satire writings.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Jul 16, 2020 11:47:45 GMT -5
I have SAVED quite few of openningacts34 good, amazing and awesome satire writings. You should show them to your lying mate Phil. He may learn something.
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Post by nathan on Jul 16, 2020 13:13:57 GMT -5
I have SAVED quite few of openningacts34 good, amazing and awesome satire writings. You should show them to your lying mate Phil. He may learn something. ** Do you have any above Top Secret clearance or ANY clearance? Or you just like talking both sides of your mouth and calling those in the KNOW liars.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Jul 16, 2020 16:16:19 GMT -5
You should show them to your lying mate Phil. He may learn something. ** Do you have any above Top Secret clearance or ANY clearance? Or you just like talking both sides of your mouth and calling those in the KNOW liars. Of course I do not have clearance. But I do have a certain amount of intelligence and integrity which tells me you and your mate Phil are liars. If you had any of the same you would see this for yourself.
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Post by nathan on Jul 16, 2020 16:57:04 GMT -5
** Do you have any above Top Secret clearance or ANY clearance? Or you just like talking both sides of your mouth and calling those in the KNOW liars. Of course I do not have clearance. But I do have a certain amount of intelligence and integrity which tells me you and your mate Phil are liars. If you had any of the same you would see this for yourself. ** Phil S. and his dad Oscar were very BRAVE and honorable men. Oscar S. left Hitler NAZI/ Satanist regime and helped the U.S. Navy Secret program worked on TIME travel machine to win the War for the U.S. side we THINK. There is a lot of hush, hush on Philadelphia experiment in 1940S. Father and Son are no liars BOTH of them had met and KNOWN Valiant and Donn T. In person during theirs life time. The Navy Secret program had continued working on the time Travel/Philadelphia experiment throughout 1970s at Moutouk, in the east coast.
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Post by chuck on Jul 17, 2020 2:53:34 GMT -5
Is the fat lady mentioned in the book of Revelation? Yes, she might be among the great multitude of believers that no man can't count in Rev. 7:9-12 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
Go read some history and you may understand that passage Nathan. Ill give you some hints. Domitian, The Mob, Colosseum, Games, Horses.
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Post by Annan on Jul 17, 2020 7:10:23 GMT -5
Of course I do not have clearance. But I do have a certain amount of intelligence and integrity which tells me you and your mate Phil are liars. If you had any of the same you would see this for yourself. ** Phil S. and his dad Oscar were very BRAVE and honorable men. Oscar S. left Hitler NAZI/ Satanist regime and helped the U.S. Navy Secret program worked on TIME travel machine to win the War for the U.S. side we THINK. There is a lot of hush, hush on Philadelphia experiment in 1940S. Father and Son are no liars BOTH of them had met and KNOWN Valiant and Donn T. In person during theirs life time. The Navy Secret program had continued working on the time Travel/Philadelphia experiment throughout 1970s at Moutouk, in the east coast. HEARSAY. NO PROOF!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2020 23:02:58 GMT -5
I think often of my elderly and passed professing family members. They suffered so much for the sake of the Truth. Gave up their youth to nonstop meetings, took the beatings that the Holy Book mandates, endured every rule that governed each facet of life, offered for the Work, despite the price in possessions and health that everyone ultimately realizes is far more precious. Started over with nothing. No worldly education allowed. Who is there left to marry? Certainly not a worldling. No hobbies, no worldly friends, no sport, no recreation. Reading and praying...that's what is profitable. Endless oversight from the workers on everything. Meetings in their homes taking a huge toll. Having to distance themselves from wicked children who don't profess. These are good people. Faithful people. Obedient people. And in their golden years, as they strive to finish true, the one tiny shred of comfort that they ask, is to know that it was all worth it. That this was the One Way. That the suffering was worth it. That there was no choice. For all the multitudes who chose a path other than the straitest and narrowest will be burning endlessly in the hellfire of God's unquenchable wrath. But the suffering here has laid up treasure in Heaven. And along comes the modern, "open-minded", non-exclusive professing people. Tares among the wheat to be sure, but they slither in. And oh how masterful these false ones can play peek-a-boo with the worldliness in their lives. Now it's chic styled short hair, now it looks like long hair in a bun. "Are the workers coming?...quick" It's like a Vegas magic show with the forbidden things disappearing in a puff of smoke. So cunning that some even find the office of elder. And when the non-exclusives really get to speak their mind, what message do they have for those who sacrificed so much? "Oh, the workers were totally wrong. All that sacrifice was unnecessary and profits nothing". "Your neighbor lady with the short hair, trousers, and season tickets for baseball is saved and going to Heaven too. In fact...I think she shows more of the fruit of the spirit than you do", they proclaim smugly. What a cruel punch in the gut! These non-exclusive swine would be perfectly satisfied in at least a dozen other churches within driving distance. We scratch our heads in consternation and wonder, "What is it that keeps them here?" Simply too lazy to leave? A craving for convention stew? Or maybe...just maybe...the small platform of prayer and testimony participation provides a unique small stage for a gigantic ego. The heroes of their own minds...ready to reform the Truth in their own vision. Well....they call it their own vision. But it is really the paperback from the Christian bookstore, or the Youtube video from the megachurch pastor. The friendly, comforting, lazy doctrine designed to tickle the fancy and loosen the pocketbooks of the masses. Of course, there isn't much left to "save". The "falling away" prophesied has hit full force.. Just a few aged faithful souls left trying to endure to the end. But that doesn't dissuade the crusaders. They casually contradict the unchanging legacy preserved by generations of workers with a wave of the hand, and wag of the tongue. Dismissing it all. Not willing to fit in, but ready to rip and rend every doctrine to fit them instead. I wish I could shove my well worn King James copy so far up your non-exclusive ass that you choke on it. That might be the only time the complete Word of God comes out of your wicked mouth. Time for a walk. Bravo! Encore!
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Post by iam on Jul 18, 2020 13:19:45 GMT -5
Yes, there is hope that you will get right before the fat lady sings and you meet your maker. Humble yourself, empty your head-trash and ask God to reveal himself to you. Was Openingact34 speaking of you, as a 2x2 elder here?
And in their golden years, as they strive to finish true, the one tiny shred of comfort that they ask, is to know that it was all worth it. That this was the One Way. That the suffering was worth it. That there was no choice. For all the multitudes who chose a path other than the straitest and narrowest will be burning endlessly in the hellfire of God's unquenchable wrath. But the suffering here has laid up treasure in Heaven. And along comes the modern, "open-minded", non-exclusive professing people. Tares among the wheat to be sure, but they slither in. And oh how masterful these false ones can play peek-a-boo with the worldliness in their lives. Now it's chic styled short hair, now it looks like long hair in a bun. "Are the workers coming?...quick" It's like a Vegas magic show with the forbidden things disappearing in a puff of smoke. So cunning that some even find the office of elder.
No Nathan. People like you crept in. Exclusive to all outside of your church. Jesus was inclusive to anyone wanting to be his friend. You exclude. Exclusive. And now that has spread throughout the whole church worldwide. The early pioneer workers I knew warned against that.
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