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Subject: Well said Lois

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Date Posted: 08:21:03 01/19/02 Sat

Kudos Lois, I bow to your insite...

Ron,

I am very sympathetic with your problem. Here is a scripture that I try to keep in mind all the time.

"Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee."

I feel that we have been waging a serious spiritual battle. But we have to remember just how weak we are. Railing accusations against our enemies does not work, it only comes back to hit us in the face. Michael, the archangel, who is actually Adam, is a powerful, powerful entity in heaven. As a man he lived almost a thousand years and I'm sure became very experienced in contending with evil. And yet even he, does not bring railing accusation against Satan. He leaves it to God to rebuke Satan. God is the one with the power.

I know that you are trying to make this board and all your boards a forum for getting out the truth to those who are interested in hearing it. Think about it, how many church boards will let us discuss "controversial" issues. Before the "revelation" came to ordain women we did not discuss it. Why? Because we thought it would be impolite and in bad form to fight about something that would probalbly not even come about. We trusted our prophet. Because we did not discuss it, it was easy for dishonest people to slide it in without too much trouble. This is what they still want. All kinds of things are happening that need to be discussed. The people need to know and not be kept in ignorance.

Railing accusation, name calling, threats all cloud the true issues. It gives the enemy a handle to attack us on something rather than the issues. This may be a hard lesson to learn, but we must learn it. Even if people we have affection for are guilty of this, we must help them learn it. Those who can't figure it out become a hindrance to informing others.

Lois

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Re: Well said Lois	Lyn	14:48:28 01/20/02 Sun