God called us to Dominica in 2021. It's time to unify the church under Christ. The Dominica government illegally deported us March 6, 2024. Christ or chaos!
@Zeo77MamBa@douglaswils That would be a hard no. I figured as much when you used Obama, he didn't read much of what he should have been either. Mute for you.
We the People cannot let Flock win.
The government spying on every aspect of our lives must stop now.
If not, social credit scoring is just around the corner.
1984 is almost complete.
IT'S WORKING!!! 👍💪🇺🇸
"The catalyst was a specific incident: During public comment, it was reported that a nonbinary clergy member from Oregon experienced a microaggression while accompanying their wife to a local Boise hospital."
😆😆😆
https://t.co/7TB8I51AnH
@WarPath2pt0 I got fired from my job for being a good maintenence tech, oh and I also wrote an open article against their pride month celebrations. I'm sure that had nothing to do with it. 😄 Avoid @CHSInc
A word to pastors/elders.
As you shepherd souls it is important to remember that how someone receives correction is quite telling about the state of their soul. David said, “Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head [Ps. 141:5 KJV].” The righteous man is able to not only not heed the slanders of his enemies, he also gladly receives the corrections of the righteous (even when hard words are spoken). It is the foolish man who is unable to receive correction, counsel, or hard words.
Remember that one of the qualifications of the elder is that he is “apt to teach (2 Tim. 2:25).” That greek word doesn’t just mean he is a skilled teacher, it can also simply mean that he is teachable. After all, the best teachers are first of all great learners. Matthew Henry comments that “Those are unapt to teach who are apt to strive, and are fierce and froward.” When someone bristles at counsel and correction they reveal that they are a fool, and are not the sort of person that will subject themselves to authority. They are rebellious. In fact, the next verse in 2 Timothy says that the elder must be able to, in meekness, correct those who oppose themselves. For sin and rebellion really is self-destruction.
As Proverbs 17:10 says, “A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.” Contrast this with the wise and godly man. Even when given the sort of counsel that is as easy to swallow as a horse pill, he will receive it as if he won a lottery he didn’t even buy a ticket for. As you counsel people, the manner in which counsel is received is a crucial indicator light on the dashboard. Make no mistake, you need to give good counsel, and pray for wisdom when doing so. But don’t get self-absorbed in making sure you don’t saying the wrong thing that you miss how someone is responding to the counsel. A righteous man will receive hard words graciously, he will even bear patiently with counsel that is less than remarkable. It is a fool who bristles and contends and strives. This is why Jesus often said, “To him who has ears, let him hear…”