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And fear.
That could be a type of pride... :\ Pride comes in all shapes and sizes!
And fear.
that is truthful indeedAlso pride.
some are Godfearing some are not .And fear.
that is truthful indeed![]()
There are as many flavours of pride as their are truth. Infallibility is certainly one of them. But lets stick to truth.
Lets, for example say that you love nuts. But I have a severe reaction to them. Then the truth for you is that nuts are good but for me the truth is nuts are bad. Who is right? Who is telling the truth? To you nuts is wholesome, healthy fare. To me its a toxic death sentence.
So truth is not always the same thing for everybody. And the truth is defined by the questions you ask to find the truth. You are what you eat, so to speak.
Tao
PRIDE
Inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable feeling of superiority as to one’s talents, beauty, wealth, rank, belief and so forth; disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing. Pride can, more rarely, have the good connotation of a sense of delight or elation arising from some act or possession. Some synonyms of pride are egotism, arrogance, haughtiness.
satan started off the pride thing , he thought he was better than God . not a good thing to doThen proselytising , which requires the highlighted and more, can be seen as an act of pride. I added belief because in this context it deserves to be there.
People think they are truthful. But they also think they are eating well, sleeping well, get along with everyone, and are above average drivers. Actually making an effort to track yourself thru the day would surprise most people more than they would want to be.
satan started off the pride thing , he thought he was better than God . not a good thing to do
The hypothesis that truth is somehow natural and that untruth is man's perversion of the natural, is based on what I think is a mistaken assumption that the function of language is accurate communication.Consider what is involved when we are called upon to decide whether to speak the truth or not.
We live in an era in which religious untruth abounds.
many people in these "last days" have a form of godly devotion but prove false to its power. 2 timothy 3;
many reject the word of God as you mentioned, but many do notI'll give you a truth.....for free too!!
You quote Timothy 3 as tho it were an authentic and genuine source yet it is not.
Tao
This is just as the Bible foretold. It says: "In the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, . . . lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power." (2 Timothy 3:1-5) Living among such people day in and day out, true Christians are under constant pressure to conform to this kind of mentality and lifestyle.I'll give you a truth.....for free too!!
You quote Timothy 3 as tho it were an authentic and genuine source yet it is not.
Tao
People think they are truthful. But they also think they are eating well, sleeping well, get along with everyone, and are above average drivers. Actually making an effort to track yourself thru the day would surprise most people more than they would want to be.
New Bible Dictionary
New!! That just means re-hashed to include a few more ways of it "being in the good book".
Timothy 3 includes the following :
1. Instructions on Public Worship (2:1-15) a. Concerning Prayer (2:1-7) b. Concerning the Role of Men and Women (2:8-15) 1) Men: Pray in a Holy Manner (2:8) 2) Women: Quiet Conduct (2:9-15) 2. Instructions on Church Leadership (3:1-13) a. Qualifications of Overseers (3:1-7) b. Qualifications of Deacons (3:8-13) 3. Summary (3:14-16) a. Conduct of the Church (3:14-15) b. Hymn to Christ (3:16) B. Guarding the Truth in the Church (4:1-16) 1. In the Face of Apostasy (4:1-5) 2. Timothy’s Personal Responsibilities (4:6-16) 3. Spiritual Exercises (4:7-9) C. Dealing with Groups in the Church (5:1–6:10) 1. Men and Women, Young and Old (5:1-2) 2. Widows (5:3-16) a. Older Widows (5:3-10) b. Younger Widows (5:11-16) 3. Elders (5:17-25) a. The Reward of Elders (5:17-18) b. The Reputation of Elders (5:19-20) 1) The Reputation of Elders Protected (5:19) 2) The Sins of Elders Publicly Rebuked (5:20) c. The Recognition of Prospective Elders (5:21-25) 4. Slaves (6:1-2) 5. False Teachers (6:3-10)
If you just read through the "agenda" and ask yourself is this the words of Jesus or is it the work of some control freak churchmen/politicians, (the two were indistinguishable back then), then its plain and simple. But Mee, oh Mee, OH Mee!! As long as the watchtower says its good, you aint about to see.
Tao
How can it be Pauline when linguistic scholars have demonstrated that it was written in a gramatic style that did not arise for two centuries afterwards?Paul’s letter shows that Timothy himself was a fine example of what a young Christian should be.