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Date Posted: 21:26:26 12/31/01 Mon
Author: Glen
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Re: Hearken
In reply to: Joanne 's message, "Re: Hearken" on 15:45:00 12/31/01 Mon

>
>>>Helaman 5:34 - Helaman 5:44
>>>
>>>34 And now when ye talk, ye say, If our days had been
>>>in the days of our fathers of old, we would not have
>>>slain the prophets; we would not have stoned them and
>>>cast them out.
>>>35 Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord
>>>liveth, if a prophet come among you, and declareth
>>>unto you the word of the Lord, which testifieth of
>>>your sins and iniquities, ye are angry with him, and
>>>cast him out, and seek all manner of ways to destroy
>>>him;
>>>36 Yea, you will say that he is a false prophet, and
>>>that he is a sinner, and of the devil, because he
>>>testifieth that your deeds are evil.
>>>37 But behold, if a man shall come among you, and
>>>shall say, Do this, and there is no iniquity; do
>that,
>>>and ye shall not suffer; yea, he will say, Walk after
>>>the pride of your own hearts; yea, walk after the
>>>pride of your eyes, and do whatsoever your hearts
>>>desireth; and if a man shall come among you and say
>>>this, ye will receive him, and ye will say that he is
>>>a prophet;
>>>38 Yea, ye will lift him up, and ye will give unto
>him
>>>of your substance; ye will give unto him of your
>gold,
>>>and of your silver, and ye will clothe him with
>costly
>>>apparel;
>>>39 And because he speaketh flattering words unto
>>you,
>>>and he saith that all is well, then ye will not find
>>>fault with him.
>>>40 O ye wicked and ye perverse generation; ye
>hardened
>>>and ye stiff-necked people, how long will ye suppose
>>>that the Lord will suffer you; yea, how long will
>>ye
>>>suffer yourselves to be led by foolish and blind
>>>guides; yea, how long will ye choose darkness rather
>>>than light;
>
>
>>Everybody here knows by now that I don't put a lot of
>>stock in "scripture", but this one sure seems to fit
>>the situation at hand. Cezoram and his pals think
>>Lurker was flattering him for calling other people
>>rotten names and condemning them to hell. I read
>>Lurker's posts the other way. Who is the "foolish and
>>blind guide" on this board?
>>
>>Love to all,
>>Glen
>

>Glen, I gave you more credit than that. Did you
>really believe that we thought that Lurker was
>complimenting Cezoram. That's very funny! We knew
>what he was doing. However, Cezoram chose to take his
>wonderful words at face value.

That's the problem.
>
>His latest scripture sure doesn't "fit" the situation
>when it comes to Cezoram. It does, however, fit the
>Community of Christ to a T.

We disagree on this.
>
>If you can make a correlation between THAT scripture
>and Cezoram, while NOT seeing that it speaks of what
>is happening today in the Community of Christ, you
>really don't have an idea of what it says.

We disagree on this.

>
>Who are the "foolish and blind guides" on this board?
>Well, there are 2 that I can think of off hand, and
>neither of them is Cezoram.

We disagree on this, too.

>
>Joanne

Love,
Glen

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