MS wrote:
Kev/JA/and others.
I too have left this site. Just kept checking in to see if ladybug had seen the postings
Thanks to those who I had some good biblical fellowship.
May the Lord bless you and keep you till we meet at our Fathers House.
Bye.

Thank you for the fellowship we enjoyed and for the support and encouragement I received by your thoughtful and edifying comments, through which I have been blessed.

May the Lord bless you and keep you as well my dear sister,
till we sit down together at the wedding feast of the Lamb in our Fathers House.
I am looking forward to the time when I will have a glorified body like unto our Lord's.
- Phil 3:20-21

Til then, may God be pleased to enable us through grace,
to "glorify God in our body and in our spirits", which are God's."
- 1 Cor. 6:20

In Christian love & fellowship

JA I talk to your sister Ladybug and she wanted you to know she forgives you and she forgave you before you even asked her. Her going away was not because of you she has made a personal choice to leave SA as the boards are no longer conducive to good biblical fellowship (not because of you). She regards you as a sister.
I believe that Ladybug has made a good descision to leave SA news feed for herself. I too feel like doing the same.
She wanted me to let you know this.
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That is the so good to know . . thank you.

Kev, I'm using Ralph's computer as SA blocked my posts at mine. Just as well,
because after much prayerful consideration, I too have decided to cease from any further engagement at this forum, and for the very reasons Ladybug has cited.

I did however want to make amends and much-needed apologies to those I have harmed by my words as a final gesture.

Kev, I am truly relieved to learn that Ladybug still regards me as her sister in the Lord.

Tell my dear sister that I am glad the Lord put her in my path and that I will keep her in my thoughts and prayers.
- Rom. 8:28

Thanks again to all my beloved brethren in the Lord .. Kev, Christopher, Lurker, MS.

In Christian fellowship & love,

Thank you Kev, Christopher, Lurker, for reproving me. I know you did it out of Christian love and for my good with a view to recovering me. Throughout this very painful exercise I have been brought by God's grace to examine my heart and see my sin. I know brothers and sisters in the Lord are obliged to correct and admonish one another and I was in need of both. LURKER was right when he said "JA, you brought shame to God and to His redeemed on the comment board. Perhaps some prayer closet time is in order."
This has been for me a much needed lesson in humility. On the plus side, when you're brought very low, you invariably will look up! Ps. 121:1
Once again I truly am sorry for the hurt I caused you, and for the shame I brought to the cause of Christ. I have taken these things to heart.
There are times when the only dress suitable for a Christian is that of sackcloth and ashes, and for me this is such a time.
I take David's prayer for my own . .
Ps. 51:10 "Create in me a clean heart, O God: and renew a right spirit within me."
May this be the very means the Lord is pleased to use to my growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ II Pet 3:18
Thank you for extending forgiveness to me and for your prayerful support.

Lurker, thank you for your kind words and for extending forgiveness to me so quickly . . I am overwhelmed by your gracious spirit.

I have been greatly troubled in my spirit by these matters and though I wanted so desperately to set things right, I was filled with apprehension and fearful of approaching you.

Thank you for accepting my apology and for still regarding me as your sister in the Lord.

I'll probably take a break for awhile, but in the future when I do comment, I will keep this verse before my eyes:

Psalm 141:3

"Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth, keep the door of my lips."

I still must make amends with ladybug, my dear sister in the Lord.
May God be pleased now to give me the words with which to entreat her forgiveness.

In Christ,

Lurker, I come before you in a spirit of humility and repentance. I am truly sorry for lashing out at you and for the hurtful and mean-spirited things I said to you & about you to others. I am deeply ashamed for my snide and rash remarks.
I have been pricked in my conscience by the Spirit. The Lord has showed me my sin. Ps. 139:23. Lurker, I don't know what came over me. when I took a swipe at your name. I cannot defend or excuse that. The old nature reared its' ugly head and for a moment the old man of sin gained the ascendancy over the new man of grace. "O wretched man (woman) that I am." Rom. 7:18
Once again I was reminded that I cannot live the Christian life in my own strength. John 15:5 and how needful it is to put on the Lord Jesus Christ by faith that I make no provision for the flesh. Rom. 13:14
You were right in your censure of me. You sought in a Christlike spirit to show me my fault. I now know you only meant to do me good by your reproof. Gal. 6:1-2
Ralph was only trying as husbands do to come to my defense, but that too was wrong.
Lurker I offer my deepest apology and hope in time you can forgive my trespass against you for it is my desire to be reconciled to you.

Christopher, my friend, thank you for finding it in your heart to forgive me. You are so gracious. It was I who spoke amiss. It is all on me. You made a number of efforts to reason with me and entreat me, which I rebuffed. The fault lies entirely with me. I must choose my words more carefully.

I confess now before God and you that I have many infirmities, many failings, many faults, many weaknesses, and as the psalmist confessed . . "my sin is ever before me."
Ps. 51

Yet I thank the God who justified me in Christ is the same God who is refining me . . sanctifying me, and those whom the Lord sanctifies, he glorifies. Praise God.

"But he knoweth the way that I take, when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold."
Job 23:10
and Zech 13:9

"Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ."
Phil. 1:6

May the Lord be pleased to help me find the words to adequately express my remorse over hurtful words I have spoken to and about others here, that I might be reconciled to them as well.

Thank you so much Christopher for the gentle and loving way in which you have dealt with me. How Christlike you are.

Christopher000 wrote:
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Christopher, I seek to be reconciled to you. To that end, I sincerely apologize for the harsh words I spoke against the men of this forum, including yourself,at the News Item 'Hawaii Bill Would Legalize Prostitution Industry'
You rightly took exception to my blanket statement. You were right as well in stating that the matter of clergy abuse is one which I have a great burden for, one which has deeply affected me, and one which I feel compelled to speak out against. But as you and others have pointed out, Christ's body has many members, and not all are called to the same work.
I was wrong. I have sinned against you and the brethren. I want to set things right. I have since gone to the throne of grace and confessed my sin to my great High Priest, and found forgiveness with Him, for He is plenteous in mercy and ready to forgive.

Kev wrote:
Yup that is some wise words from MS
Hey everyone has forgiven me many times
Ephesians 4:32
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Family doesn't always get along perfect but they are still family.
Romans 8:28
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Tell her hi and may God bless.

Her words:

I am truly sorry for offending you Kev. I did not mean to be so harsh in my speech. I have spent much time in my prayer closet at the advice of you and others.

I do sense you and Christopher genuinely desire to promote peace among the brethren
and I appreciate your gracious spirit and words.

Rom. 8:28

Kev wrote:
Tell June I said hi and that I'm glad you guys are still posting as well.

"In many things we ALL offend. Extend grace, forgive, move on."

I'll tell her you said hi and knowing June as I do, that will raise her spirits.

MS wrote:
Greetings Ralph & JuneAnnette.
Good to see you still posting
Blessings to you both.
MS

And thanks for your kind words

Your comments BM at this forum are given over to doctrinal teaching, not "opinions."

You are quick to rebuke and reprove others, but will not accept it yourself.

God's Word is without ambiguity, for those who have discernment and are of a right spirit, those who out of love, keep his commandments and graciously submit to His will.

To do otherwise is to impose your will over His. That is the mark of a rebellious spirit, one lacking humility.

Proverbs 10:17
"He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth."

Wholesome Words wrote:
Isaiah 3:12
“As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them.
O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.”

I read my wife's comments and there was nothing remotely offensive in them. She said nothing wrong.

Four fingers pointing back at you.
You bring shame to God and to His redeemed on this comment board by your haughty spirit and pharisee-like words,
which I find extremely offensive and obnoxious.

I've read your comments and they speak volumes about your heart. No good treasure there. Contrary to what you think, you are no "theologian".

Who could that be?

Perhaps someone posting here?

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http://www.biblebasedministries.co.uk/pamphlets/3/

The prophesied Antichrist was not Hitler. He was not Mussolini, or Lenin, or Stalin, those monsters of iniquity who appeared on the stage of history for a few brief years, and then went the way of all the earth. He is not some Communist dictator, or Muslim fanatic, alive right now. The Antichrist is the pope of Rome. He is every pope of Rome. The present pope is the Antichrist, the previous pope was the Antichrist, and the pope to come will be the Antichrist. Antichrist is alive today, and Antichrist was alive a hundred years ago, and a thousand years ago. Christians in the Dark Ages came up against Antichrist, and Christians today face him still. Hear the Word of God!

Article: THE ANTICHRIST by Shaun Willcock / Bible-based Ministries

http://www.biblebasedministries.co.uk/pamphlets/3/

The Present Pope, Like Every Pope Before Him, Is Antichrist . .