18 Mar 12
Originally posted by FMFI'm not one for deciding who is a genuine Christian and who is not. I'll take him at his word regarding his declared faith. He seems to have a great deal of knowledge at his disposal regarding it. It's easy to have doubts, though, considering the shameless misbehavior. But even Christians can have psychological problems. RJHinds may be in the grips of mental illness, for all we know. In which case, his faith may be genuine, but marred by psychosis. Declaring oneself the reaper in Christ's parable, for example, could easily be an example of a schizophrenic delusion of grandeur.
Do you have your doubts then? Sometimes, when I read his posts, they come across as those of a satirist whose aim is to bring his declared "faith" into disrepute, as divegeester has suggested several times.
Originally posted by epiphinehasMaybe I am a Chess genius like Robert J. Fischer, and am now being effected
I'm not one for deciding who is a genuine Christian and who is not. I'll take him at his word regarding his declared faith. He seems to have a great deal of knowledge at his disposal regarding it. It's easy to have doubts, though, considering the shameless misbehavior. But even Christians can have psychological problems. RJHinds may be in the grips ...[text shortened]... 's parable, for example, could easily be an example of a schizophrenic delusion of grandeur.
by it. Or perhaps the Holy Spirit is trying to make my life a Hell on earth as
punishment for my sins.
18 Mar 12
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Originally posted by RJHinds
The behavior you refer to is in my role as a worker and reaper in gathering the tares.
The behavior you refer to is in my role as a worker and reaper in gathering the tares.
You have no roll to be a Christian worker gathering the tares. In the teaching that is the task of the angels at the end of the age. In fact in the parable of the wheat and tares, Christ has the master tell his servants explicitly NOT to attempt to gather the tares. It is to be left to the angels of God.
Am I right ? Look carefully at Matthew 13 :
"And the slaves of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where then did the tares come from?
And he said to them, an enemy has done this. And the slaves said to him, Do you want us then to go and collect them?
But he said. No, lest while collecting the tares, you uproot the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the harvest I will say to the reapers. Collect first the tares and bind them into bundles to burn them up, but the wheat gather into my barn."
The reapers are ANGELS (v.39) .
The FIELD is not the church but the WORLD (v.38)
Therefore the teaching is not about Christian workers eliminating false believers from the church. It is about Christian workers being instructed to NOT attempt to eliminate false believers from the WORLD, ie. the field.
So you are not commissioned by Christ to try to rid the world of nominal Christians. That is not your role.
18 Mar 12
Originally posted by jaywillWhat do you make of RJHinds' apparent suggestion that his behaviour here and the content of his posts is required or endorsed by the Holy Spirit in some way:
You have no roll to be a Christian worker gathering the tares. [...] So you are not commissioned by Christ to try to rid the world of nominal Christians. That is not your role.
Originally posted by RJHinds
I had rather think I am still here because the Lord can still use me to help to fulfill His purpose.
and
Originally posted by RJHinds
This is why I said I would rather be doing something else. But he Holy Spirit compels me to continue here a bit longer.
Do you think RJHinds has got this right, jaywill?
18 Mar 12
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Originally posted by FMFI don't object to the poster believing he has a role or that he is under the enfluence of the Holy Spirit. I merely point out that everything in our sense of mission or behavior should be checked with the Scriptures too.
What do you make of RJHinds' apparent suggestion that his behaviour here and the content of his posts is required or endorsed by the Holy Spirit in some way:
Originally posted by RJHinds
[b]I had rather think I am still here because the Lord can still use me to help to fulfill His purpose.
and
Originally posted by RJHinds
This is ...[text shortened]... pels me to continue here a bit longer.
Do you think RJHinds has got this right, jaywill?[/b]
I am willing to have my behavior as a Christian re-examined by the word of God or by fellowship among brethren that I may learn and grow. I would hope that any other believer would also.
18 Mar 12
Originally posted by FMFYou asking one Christian who mistakenly thinks he is saved, regenerated and has the Holy Spirit about another Christian who also mistakenly thinks he is saved, regenerated and has the Holy Spirit, if the other has the Holy Spirit? 😀
What do you make of RJHinds' apparent suggestion that his behaviour here and the content of his posts is required or endorsed by the Holy Spirit in some way:
Originally posted by RJHinds
[b]I had rather think I am still here because the Lord can still use me to help to fulfill His purpose.
and
Originally posted by RJHinds
This is ...[text shortened]... pels me to continue here a bit longer.
Do you think RJHinds has got this right, jaywill?[/b]
18 Mar 12
Originally posted by Rajk999I am wondering what jaywill feels about RJHinds' behaviour.
You asking one Christian who mistakenly thinks he is saved, regenerated and has the Holy Spirit about another Christian who also mistakenly thinks he is saved, regenerated and has the Holy Spirit, if the other has the Holy Spirit? 😀
18 Mar 12
Originally posted by Rajk999Mistakenly? Who says so, you?
You asking one Christian who mistakenly thinks he is saved, regenerated and has the Holy Spirit about another Christian who also mistakenly thinks he is saved, regenerated and has the Holy Spirit, if the other has the Holy Spirit? 😀
I guess it takes one to know one.
18 Mar 12
Originally posted by SuzianneChrist said so ..
Mistakenly? Who says so, you?
I guess it takes one to know one.
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. (John 3:5-8)
Are you, Jaywill, RJHinds, Knightmeister .. etc like the wind .. ie move like wind, invisible like the wind? NO ? Then - ACCORDING TO CHRIST.. NOT ME ..
YOU ARE NOT BORN OF THE SPIRIT.
You need to stop brainwashing yourself and listening to those corrupt pastors and read the Bible .. Ms Testosterone ..
Originally posted by jaywillI am not trying to eliminate anything. I am identifying them like the servantsThe behavior you refer to is in my role as a worker and reaper in gathering the tares.
You have no roll to be a Christian worker gathering the tares. In the teaching that is the task of the angels at the end of the age. In fact in the parable of the wheat and tares, Christ has the master tell his servants explicitly NOT to attempt to g t commissioned by Christ to try to rid the world of nominal Christians. That is not your role.
of the master. My words were somewhat of an exaggeration to emphasize the
point that there is not much time left before the harvest. I agreed completely
with his interpretation. However, I am not limited by Christ as being only a
servant, or being only the seed, or being only the wheat. Can't I also be used
by Christ as a messenger and worker in the field, who by identifying the tares,
make the separating and binding process more clear and easier at the time of
harvesting, which is coming upon us with ever increasing speed?
P.S. RHP is not the Christian church. RHP is the world.