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Itty-Bitty Girl
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Originally posted by Eden:
“…capitalized at all times”, aren’t you taking life a little bit too seriously?
No. But I do ask that you do respect me and what I call myself. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Eden had said, glacialis caerul femella.
Itty-Bitty Girl answsered:
I am offended by that. I take that lowercase as disrespect because, Glacialis Caerul Femella is supposed to be capitalized like a name should be.
Since that is what I call myself now, it should be capitalized at all times.
Eden here: “…capitalized at all times”, aren’t you taking life a little bit too seriously? Didn’t Jesus say, “if you forgive others their trespasses, the Father will also forgive you your trespasses.” What if someone “does not capitalize the initianl letters of Glacialis Caerul Femella” (GCF), is that a major sin after all the sins WE have been forgiven for?
Be blessed, GCF; be of good cheer, for Jesus has overcome the world.
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Itty-Bitty Girl, if YOU KNOW what the difference is, then please tell me and don't tease me anymore about it; rather, fix me up by teaching me the difference so that I can be more correct like you; tell me what the diff is between works and fruits so that I don't look like a fool anymore (other than a fool for Christ).
Tease you? I don't even remember beginning to tease anyone. I did not mean to tease.
I just spoke my mind. If I did offend you by telling you what I hate, then I am sorry for that and I did not mean to hurt you. ![[Frown]](frown.gif) I hope that you can accept my apology. ![[hug]](graemlins/hug.gif)
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Be blessed, and that's that, glacialis caerul femella.
Eden
I am offended by that. I take that lowercase as disrespect because, Glacialis Caerul Femella is supposed to be capitalized like a name should be.
Since that is what I call myself now, it should be capitalized at all times.
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Hi, Itty-Bitty Girl. Yes, you are right, you did NOT say that you HATE DUDES WHO...
You instead said that you HATE WHAT DUDES DO WHO GETS WORKS AND FRUIT CONFUSED, as quoted below:
Original quote by Itty-Bitty Girl:
Are you a dude that gets works and fruit confused, Eden??? If you are, then I hate what you do.
Look, I don't have a problem with you saying that I don't correctly understand the difference between works and fruits. I'm willing to be taught.
Itty-Bitty Girl, if YOU KNOW what the difference is, then please tell me and don't tease me anymore about it; rather, fix me up by teaching me the difference so that I can be more correct like you; tell me what the diff is between works and fruits so that I don't look like a fool anymore (other than a fool for Christ).
Be blessed, and that's that, glacialis caerul femella.
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Itty-Bitty Girl said:
Are you a dude that gets works and fruit confused, Eden??? If you are, then I hate what you do.
Eden here:
I can see where you HATE or DESPISE when people get some things wrong in the Bible. But I think, rather than HATE them and DESPISE them, it is your opportunity to EDUCATE them.
I don't hate ANYONE, iight?
Ay-yo, don't be twistin' my words, Eden.
I don't hate you, sweetie. I love you but I hate the things you do. I don't hate the player, I hate the game.
I said, "I hate when dudes"... I did not say, "I hate y'all dudes". Don't get it twisted, Eden.
Yadadameen?
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Itty-Bitty Girl said:
Are you a dude that gets works and fruit confused, Eden??? If you are, then I hate what you do.
Eden here:
I can see where you HATE or DESPISE when people get some things wrong in the Bible. But I think, rather than HATE them and DESPISE them, it is your opportunity to EDUCATE them.
I would rather be EDUCATED by someone who says they have a better answer than being HATED because I have presumably not found the CORRECT ANSWER yet.
How does, "love your neighbor as yourself" fit into this, and as Paul said, "do good to your neighbor, as much as is in you"?
Itty-Bitty Girl, do you know HOW HARD it is for people to get into the kingdom of God? And that those who have MADE IT into the kingdom of God are exceedingly blessed?
How then can you "hate a dude who confuses works and fruits"? Please just tell me instead WHAT are works and WHAT are fruits so that YOUR UNDERSTANDING can be passed on to me, so that you don't have to hate me anymore, please?
Be blessed, Itty-Bitty Girl.
Eden
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How does that constitute as putting someone down???
Are you a dude that gets works and fruit confused, Eden??? If you are, then I hate what you do.
I don't understand how it can put one down, to speak out against their actions. ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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Itty-Bitty Girl said:
Could you explain to me how I am putting you down???
Eden here:
Quoting Itty-Bitty Girl saying to Eden: "I hate when dudes..."
Be blessed.
Eden
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Itty-Bitty Girl said:
I hate when dudes... get works and fruit confused...
Eden here:
Okay, what IS the difference? Instead of putting me down, EDUCATE me about what are works and what are fruits.
Thanks, and be blessed.
Eden
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I didn't think so. Talk is easy; but learning deeds unto God is hard work.
1 Timothy 6:18
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
What good works are these? Being nice? Yes, being nice. Being helpful? Yes, being helpful. Not lying? Yes, not lying. Give financial help to someone in need? Yes, give financial help. Read the Word of God? Yes, read the Word of God? Believe in Jesus? Yes, believe in Jesus.
John 6:29
Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent.
Itty-Bitty Girl, what are good works to you, then? Are they not like these above?
Be blessed.
Eden
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Okay. Could you tell me how you are coming along with that? For example, how are you doing with "turning away from ALL impurity"?
Perhaps you can tell me about what you accomplished THIS WEEK or let's say THIS YEAR in terms of "purifying yourself"?
Or did it all happens AT ONCE and never needs to be done after that? Please explain that to me, IBG.
Don't you worry about that, Eden.
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Itty-Bitty Girl said:
Repentance is not about what the "better way" is.
Repentance is about turning away from sin and all impurity.
Repentance abandons the evil path that leads to death and destruction.
Eden here:
Okay. Could you tell me how you are coming along with that? For example, how are you doing with "turning away from ALL impurity"?
Perhaps you can tell me about what you accomplished THIS WEEK or let's say THIS YEAR in terms of "purifying yourself"?
Or did it all happen AT ONCE and never needs to be done any more after that? And if it needs to done MORE than once, could you please explain to me how you are doing with that "purging ALL impurity", IBG?
Thanks for your help. I'd like to get better at it myself.
Eden
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Repentance is not about what the "better way" is.
Repentance is about turning away from sin and all impurity.
Repentance abandons the evil path that leads to death and destruction.
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Itty-Bitty Girl said:
What about repentance, Eden? I can't seem to find that in your message.
Eden here:
It is IMPOSSIBLE to believe that Jesus died for my sins without first ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I AM A SINNER and that God has a BETTER WAY. At that point I REPENT from doing things MY way and I start to learn to do things more GOD’s way. All that is repentance.
The act of believing that God’s way is BETTER THAN MY WAY is an act of REPENTING FROM MY OWN WAY. I therefore “cease from my own works, that God may work the works of God in me instead.” All that is REPENTANCE.
Repentance and believing go hand in hand; and believing and repentance go hand in hand too; I believed and I repented; and I repented when I believed.
Itty-Bitty Girl, how do YOU think repentance works in a person's life or WHAT is repentance in a person's life? I’d like to hear your opinion on that.
Be blessed.
Eden
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What about repentance, Eden? I can't seem to find that in your message.
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Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
John 6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Galatians 5:2
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Galatians 6:3
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
With the help of reading the Word of God and with the renewed permission to listen to the Holy Spirit and with daily prayer, God will help the flesh to be “a little bit nicer” and “ a little bit more loving” than the flesh was before. And the flesh CAN be made a little bit better with the help of God, there is not doubt about that.
But in the final analysis of God, the FLESH PROFITS NOTHING. Why? Because God sent His Beloved Son Jesus to SUFFER and DIE ON THE CROSS for ALL HUMANITY, that Jesus PAID THE PENALTY or PAID THE WAGES for MY SINS.
No matter how much we manage to "clean ourselves up", in the end, God CAN only do ONE thing, namely God will ask EVERY HUMAN BEING: “Did you accept the death and suffering OF MY SON on the cross in EXCHANGE FOR THE PENALTY of your sins”?
And if the anwer to that question is NO, then that person is “still under the penalty of their sins” and that person MUST STILL DIE in the resurrection FOR THEIR SINS. “The soul that sins, it shall die.”
Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins, it shall die.
SAVE YOURSELVES, therefore, by accepting Jesus’s death on the cross IN EXCHANGE to that YOU do not have to die the SECOND DEATH.
Put no confidence AT ALL in the flesh for in the end, the flesh profits NOTHING; but in the meantime, DO THE 3 METHODS TO BE NICER.
Be saved by Jesus and be blessed by being His brother and sister.
Eden
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