Originally posted by FMFOkay, I looked it up and it says "...whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God." But to understand what is meant by "friend of the world" it's better to start reading from James 4:1. You narrowed it down to "an enemy of God", and referred to it as a condemnation.
josephw cited James 4:4 which is where the phrase "an enemy of God" comes from.
But it's not a condemnation... it's obviously a warning directed toward people James regarded as Christian, albeit new and/or naive Christians. And btw if you take a closer look at James 4:4, you can see that it says "...makes himself an enemy of God".
19 Feb 16
Originally posted by robbie carrobieYour post is a complete fabrication.
telling it like it is,
He opposed and sided against me because I stated the Bibles viewpoint on homosexuality. He was forced to publicly acknowledge the Bibles viewpoint and eat his own words.
I am glad he is being outed for his watery version of Christianity and for hypocritically sidling against those who espouse Christian values simply bec ...[text shortened]... nal vendetta against them and their beliefs. As far as I am concerned his is a religious bigot.
19 Feb 16
Originally posted by lemon limeYou are missing the point.
Okay, I looked it up and it says "...whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God." But to understand what is meant by "friend of the world" it's better to start reading from James 4:1. You narrowed it down to "an enemy of God", and referred to it as a condemnation.
But it's not a condemnation... it's obviously a warning dir ...[text shortened]... a closer look at James 4:4, you can see that it says "...makes [b]himself an enemy of God".[/b]
19 Feb 16
Originally posted by lemon limeDo you think josephw believes divegeester has made himself into "an enemy of God"?
Okay, I looked it up and it says "...whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God." But to understand what is meant by "friend of the world" it's better to start reading from James 4:1. You narrowed it down to "an enemy of God", and referred to it as a condemnation.
But it's not a condemnation... it's obviously a warning dir ...[text shortened]... a closer look at James 4:4, you can see that it says "...makes [b]himself an enemy of God".[/b]
19 Feb 16
Originally posted by josephwHow is James 4:4 relevant to divegeester making a quip about Grampy Bobby's copy pasting?
In the thread titled "Why Americans are fat and loud" you joined in with atheist to "insult" another Christian, which is why I made the statement, "you make strange bedfellows" and referenced James 4:4.
19 Feb 16
Originally posted by lemon limeThe point is not the meaning of James 4:4, it's how and why the scripture was used to condem another Christian because josephw saw them exchanging a quip with a non Christian about another christian.
Naw, I don't think so.
I also at one time cited James 4:4 to you... but now that joseph has done the same thing you call it "the nastiest piece of passive-agressive invective that I've personally experienced."
How dare you!
19 Feb 16
Originally posted by lemon limeIt was about Grampy Bobby copy pasting stuff on the General Forum, it wasn't about Christian doctrine.
More like [divegeester is] upset over someone calling him out over his siding with critics of Christians and Christian doctrine.
As for the latter, divegeester doesn't subscribe to the doctrine of the Trinity and does not believe that the Christian God tortures non-believers for eternity. These are fairly standard interpretations held by countless millions of Christians. Disagreeing with fellow Christians who subscribe to the notions of Trinity and eternal torture cannot be described as "siding with critics of Christians".
And criticizing a Christian (Grampy Bobby) for copy pasting on the General Forum cannot be described as "siding with critics of [...] Christian doctrine".
Surely, trying to land silly punches on a message board is not what the Bible is for?
19 Feb 16
Originally posted by FMFYou two clowns still don't get it. It's not just about one so called "harmless quip". It's about the constant harassment and abuse in which you both habitually indulge yourselves.
It was about Grampy Bobby copy pasting stuff on the General Forum, it wasn't about Christian doctrine.
As for the latter, divegeester doesn't subscribe to the doctrine of the Trinity and does not believe that the Christian God tortures non-believers for eternity. These are fairly standard interpretations held by countless millions of Christians. Disagreeing ...[text shortened]... rine".
Surely, trying to land silly punches on a message board is not what the Bible is for?