22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
I believe that the word of God is infallible inspired, message delivered to man for his instruction
19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
20Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
1. Job 41:1
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
Job 41:1-3 (in Context) Job 41 (Whole Chapter)
2. Psalm 74:14
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Psalm 74:13-15 (in Context) Psalm 74 (Whole Chapter)
3. Psalm 104:26
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Psalm 104:25-27 (in Context) Psalm 104 (Whole Chapter)
4. Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Isaiah 27:1-3 (in Context) Isaiah 27 (Whole Chapter)
I'm watching it as we speak, but frankly it's like reading an editorial. It's not going to give any knowledge so to speak, but definitely another outlook on things which I am more than open to. Interesting indeed.
I like talking to you a lot more than others in this thread. It's nice to discuss things with someone who won't take every post as an insult to their intelligence.
It usually goes downhill from there, but I do my best to keep mutual respect regardless of direction conversation goes towards.
I do not agree with people lashing out in anger and saying they are protecting God's honor.
If God is truly God he is able to defend his own honor.
Romans 12:19
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
I personally do not believe in God. However, from my point of view which I myself find interesting that assuming God truly existed and is real, I most definitely wouldn't put a single thread of discredit or blame for the circumstances we face on him. However, because I do not, I find religion to be more of a philosophical, idealistic entity that humans share based on their own cultural placement.
Sometimes I surprise myself with my own line of thinking...
May you find the evidence needed to persuade you.
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This one stood out to me for some reason.
Not so much in a religious sense or point of view but rather an overall objective or process to obtain that which is not tangible or possibly even existent, but rather gives one drive and passion throughout life. Because the moment you become comfortable, complete or content, you die inside and no longer have that fire in you to drive yourself to great things.
23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
At the center of this conflict is truth. I only wish to present the scripture.
Romans 10:13-15 (King James Version)
13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
JOHANNESBURG -- Police say a South African man who wanted to watch a World Cup match instead of a religious program was beaten to death by his family in the northeastern part of the country.
David Makoeya, a 61-year-old man from the small village of Makweya, Limpopo province, fought with his wife and two children for the remote control on Sunday because he wanted to watch Germany play Australia in the World Cup. The others, however, wanted to watch a gospel show.
"He said, 'No, I want to watch soccer,'" police spokesman Mothemane Malefo said Thursday. "That is when the argument came about.
"In that argument, they started assaulting him."
Malefo said Makoeya got up to change the channel by hand after being refused the remote control and was attacked by his 68-year-old wife Francina and two children, 36-year-old son Collin and 23-year-old daughter Lebogang.
Malefo said he was not sure what the family used to kill Makoeya.
"It appears they banged his head against the wall," Malefo said. "They phoned the police only after he was badly injured, but by the time the police arrived the man was already dead."
All three were arrested Sunday night, but Lebogang was released on $200 bail Tuesday, Malefo said. The other two are still being held in custody.
Malefo said the mother and son will reappear in the local Seshego Magistrates Court on July 27.
"He was always a happy man, never violent," Makoeya's nieces, Miriam and Anna, told the Daily Sun newspaper. "On Saturday, we saw him the last time at a funeral."
The World Cup, being played in Africa for the first time, started Friday and runs through July 11.