tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post6660464392757009271..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: Editorial: Be vigilant about your comment sectionElizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-75716897961182482482015-01-31T20:38:42.409-05:002015-01-31T20:38:42.409-05:00Concerning Beth Moore helping someone feel better ...Concerning Beth Moore helping someone feel better about themselves - well, how did she accomplish that? By telling them that they're a depraved sinner whose heart is desperately wicked and they are dead in their trespasses and sins unable to please God without Christ? Actually, reading the Bible can make a person feel worse about themselves - yep, I'm guilty of that and that, and I surely can't accomplish that on my own. I need Jesus to rescue me from myself. Now THAT makes me feel better. Is that how she helped someone to feel better about themselves?Sherylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-74757476201898818332015-01-31T12:36:17.600-05:002015-01-31T12:36:17.600-05:00Thank you for this article Elizabeth. I read a lot...Thank you for this article Elizabeth. I read a lot of comments from the different Christian web sites I visit. There are always negative comments on them. It makes me wonder why they are reading it in the first place. Do they really think their fowl mouths or negativity will make a Christian say....hey, I want to be just like this person! If they only knew how they themselves come across in these comments. I totally agree, that if you want to disagree, back it up with scripture, then we are all on the same playing field. All humans make mistakes, I am thankful the the Bible's Truths. God Bless you Elizabeth.Debyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03144497917559110481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-3612247184684274192015-01-30T16:49:45.491-05:002015-01-30T16:49:45.491-05:00Karen, I am alarmed at the sudden seeming increase...Karen, I am alarmed at the sudden seeming increase in horrific family murders. I was pondering whether to write about it. The subject is so tragic though. But you raise a good point and an interesting question.<br /><br />We know that Jesus said the time of the end would get worse and worse until Jesus returns. The end time is since He ascended and will end when He returns (not the rapture, the physical return on the Mt of Olives). Paul wrote the same to Timothy.<br /><br />So it stands to reason that the following verses, though horrific in Paul's day would be even more ubiquitous now. Especially the first verse.<br /><br />1. Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, Matthew 10:21<br /><br />2. Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” Luke 12:51-53<br /><br />3. But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, 2 Timothy 3:1<br /><br />Jesus said the time of the very end will be like Noah's day. We know that from Genesis 3, the Fall, and Gen 4, the first murder, men's sin quickly outpaced what the earth could handle, as seen in Genesis 6, when every thought of all men was only evil continually. Is this what we are seeing now? An increase in sin that when the Spirit stops His restraining ministry will unleash all that and more? I wonder.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-77789144506784814292015-01-30T14:06:56.570-05:002015-01-30T14:06:56.570-05:00I only have a smart phone to use, so your email ad...I only have a smart phone to use, so your email address is not visible to me : (<br />On another note entirely, I was just thinking this morning that there is an alarming, evil trend for men to kill their mothers. Recently in a small town south of where I live, a man murdered his mother and sought out her best friends, killing some of them too. I was pondering on this hatted for women in society, and was wondering if it's just retribution on the gender, in retaliation for the high rate of abortions in this country?Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-72901954040877485892015-01-30T11:45:13.482-05:002015-01-30T11:45:13.482-05:00I have had to block many from my blog for just the...I have had to block many from my blog for just the reasons you mention. Sometimes their comments are on track, but their name links to a site promoting false teachings, so I post the comment but delete the links.<br /><br />I think one of the worst things about the Internet is anonymity. People can hide who they are and be as obnoxious, hateful, etc, as possible because of their anonymity. I have always thought anonymity in these situations was cowardice. I use my real name in every thing I write, wether letters to the editor, my blog, comments on other blogs, etc. <br /><br />Anonymity is the curse of the InternetGlenn E. Chatfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04117405535707961903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-43845574015230509412015-01-30T08:46:55.784-05:002015-01-30T08:46:55.784-05:00Another excellent post, Elizabeth, with great remi...Another excellent post, Elizabeth, with great reminders from scripture. I need to read proverbs more. In my daughter's class a few weeks ago, they were told told to pick the proverb of their choice to memorize. She chose Proverbs 10:19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. I thought this was awesome! I'm ashamed to admit it, but I had not heard this verse. Makes me think of people who say a whole lot of words, but no one is really sure what they just said. <br /><br />thanks for the post!<br />DianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-8167495041106388172015-01-30T07:47:50.784-05:002015-01-30T07:47:50.784-05:00Hi Elizabeth, a very timely post, drenched in the ...Hi Elizabeth, a very timely post, drenched in the wisdom from above. Proverbs is very clear on how we are to engage those the Bible identifies as "fools". Lest we think entangling ourselves with them is wise, we are told that it is better to meet a she bear robbed of her cubs than to trifle with a fool in their folly.<br /><br />Personally, I have trimmed down my blog participation to those whose writers consistently moderate their comments and keep things Christ-honoring. I have walked away from blogs where the comments section is allowed to become a battlefield of ad hom attacks and false doctrine. <br /><br />-CarolynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-35680730321828143772015-01-30T06:30:28.256-05:002015-01-30T06:30:28.256-05:00Hi Karen,
Thanks for your comment. It reminded me...Hi Karen,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. It reminded me I should say that my email is listed on the side about halfway down and anyone can email me with further questions or issues etc.<br /><br />Melissa,<br /><br />I agree, I always benefit from astute readers especially when they post scripture, too. I LOVE it when people do that.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-50160896539267971552015-01-30T06:11:32.370-05:002015-01-30T06:11:32.370-05:00He doesn't take the unscriptural position. Dr ...He doesn't take the unscriptural position. Dr MacArthur doesn't need "shielding" by me.<br /><br />I don't publish those comments because they've been addressed. I'll do it once more.<br /><br />Phil Johnson commented for MacArthur on that subject recently here <br />http://www.gty.org/Blog/B131030<br /><br />The clip people are referring to where Dr MacArthur said anyone taking the Mark of the Beast can be saved afterward, is from 1980, 33 years ago, and the piece was from a Q&A (not a sermon). Here, http://www.gty.org/resources/sermons/1301-I/<br /><br />He preached it rightly in 1993, here<br />http://www.gty.org/resources/sermons/66-48, referring to Rev 14:9 and stated flatly that if you take the mark you'll be tormented by God's wrath forever.<br /><br />And I every time it was mentioned after that date it was also preached rightly.<br /><br />At the Strange Fire conference Dr MacArthur said in typical humble fashion, that he knows he is wrong somewhere and if someone will point it out to him, he will gladly correct it. And on this issue, it is now corrected. So the ones like you who go from blog to blog with their "news" need not do so. Now you know it was a 33 year old statement, uttered once, amid the thousands of correct scriptural positions <i>he has correctly preached through the entire New Testament over fifty years</i>. <br /><br />As for an "honest reading", what I say to you and all the people who flog this dead horse is, how about an honest listening?<br />Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-81320052251646623352015-01-29T23:45:45.304-05:002015-01-29T23:45:45.304-05:00If we don't have access to you by phone, email...If we don't have access to you by phone, email or in person, some blogs may end up being in a more personal, one-to-one format, and we shouldn't expect them to be posted. Sometimes you will not agree with our opinion or a statement of ours, and you will feel that the majority wouldn't either- and it is not posted. All the above is fair. We simply agree to disagree and move on. We are all on a great adventure, but each journey is unique. I too have noticed a tremendous uptick in just pure meaness in the comments section on YT etc. I think that they are told to seek out Christian sources and post disheartening comments to cause destruction. It will only get worse. But we are in training, after all. The battle awaits us. How good a soldier are we?Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-52970895028414105522015-01-29T23:08:37.833-05:002015-01-29T23:08:37.833-05:00This was really helpful to me and I don't writ...This was really helpful to me and I don't write a blog or anything. The list of scriptures pertaining to our speech was wonderful to read through. Isn't it amazing how God gives us so many words to show us how to live? He knows how these mouths can get us into trouble! Your approach to moderating is very sensible and as a regular reader I appreciate the conversation in the comments sans added confusion. I have frequently benefited from your other readers who often use scripture and teach me as well. Keep up the great work! <br />MelissaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-8155345229467622452015-01-29T22:45:25.628-05:002015-01-29T22:45:25.628-05:00Have to agree that scripture must have the final s...Have to agree that scripture must have the final say. Elizabeth, I don't expect you to publish this, but please hear me out.<br /><br />Prophecies in scripture are often quite specific. The ones in Revelation dealing with the people receiving the mark of the beast say several things, all of them in a negative light. Is it not the height of presumption to say you can take the mark and still be saved? None of the verses indicate those people repent.<br /><br />Secondly, an honest reading of 1 Corinthians would never lead someone to believe that people in their body were using satanic gifts. If that were the case, Paul would not have regulated it (1Cor 14:26-40) nor specifically told them not to forbid tongue speaking.<br /><br />I fear that you are doing the very thing you warn us about. And that is shielding John MacArthur when he takes the aforementioned unscriptural positions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-16880060687507459792015-01-29T22:31:12.002-05:002015-01-29T22:31:12.002-05:00Makes perfect sense. People kill me on blogs and ...Makes perfect sense. People kill me on blogs and forums when they start hollaring about free speech when their comments are deleted. It's the same as if someone came into my own home. If they wanted to talk about something I did not want discussed in my home, I reserve the right to send them out the door. Free speech isn't a license to say what you want wherever you want. People have forgotten that the 1st Amendment is about the right to publicly write about or speak out against government without fear of persecution and/or death. But, of course, in this day and time.... it's all about US! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com