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Maybe I am too tired to think straight right now. I think I will rest up for a bit.
and she is correct bad pride is what created David down fall=== the flesh..good pride you take pride in helping at your church. you take pride in your familyWhen I quoted the Scriptures in post #5 you said they only applied to the bad kind of pride.
and she is correct bad pride is what created David down fall=== the flesh..good pride you take pride in helping at your church. you take pride in your family
If you graciously accept a gift as you describe above, is it lying to do so?After all, I'm sure that at one point and time we all have received Christmas gifts that we really didn't like or it was something that we already had but we thanked them for it and told them that we loved it anyway because we didn't want to hurt their feelings and I don't know about you, but I really don't think that God has a problem with that since it's done out of love instead of ignorance.
There are softer ways to do this though. For example, if you're given a gift you don't like and they ask if you liked your gift, instead of just replying that you hate it, you could just simply say that you appreciate the gift but in reality it really isn't my cup of tea or something along those lines. Or, if someone asks you how they look in their sweater, instead of saying they look ugly in it, how about just telling them that it's a nice sweater but you think the design doesn't fit their personality or something along those lines.Let's just say I would never tell somebody I hated their gift or thought that they looked very ugly in a sweater.
If you graciously accept a gift as you describe above, is it lying to do so?
There are softer ways to do this though. For example, if you're given a gift you don't like and they ask if you liked your gift, instead of just replying that you hate it, you could just simply say that you appreciate the gift but in reality it really isn't my cup of tea or something along those lines. Or, if someone asks you how they look in their sweater, instead of saying they look ugly in it, how about just telling them that it's a nice sweater but you think the design doesn't fit their personality or something along those lines.
Telling the truth doesn't necessarily mean it has to be blunt and painful. In fact, suppose you were wearing a sweater that looked really bad on you, wouldn't you want someone to somehow let you know?
Let's just say I would never tell somebody I hated their gift or thought that they looked very ugly in a sweater.
Those are really good points and I apologize if anything I said yesterday to For_his_glory or anybody else came out wrong. For I didn't mean it to, and I had a rather long and hard day. Luckily for me though today is a fresh day and it seems to be going better for me so far.
Because of the fact that he let Satan talk him into getting a census of Israel and I found this article.
http://www.biblestudy.org/question/why-did-god-punish-king-david-for-taking-a-census.html
there isnt a command in the bible that says that the u.s. or any other nation cant have a census. the reason for the isrealites commanded by God to not to and also well about that 20 years and up going to war, that kinda kills gun ownership . this command for isreal to trust God and not their weapons , and man power.NOW we're getting somewhere! Isn't this an odd bit of Scripture? Imagine, God taking exception to a leader or government because we want to take a census, and punishing us for it? The US takes a census regularly, and is planning another one; with a debate about whether we should ask about illegal alien status. (I think it would not produce reliable information)
Is it ok for US? Then why was it wrong for David?
There's a lot to this, I think! I think this literature shows us how God purifies our hearts.
Pride is not usually the first thing one thinks of when we ponder King David. Then there's this idea of "good pride vs bad pride." What does the Bible say about that? Look at David vs Goliath. Do you see pride in that story?
there isnt a command in the bible that says that the u.s. or any other nation cant have a census. the reason for the isrealites commanded by God to not to and also well about that 20 years and up going to war, that kinda kills gun ownership . this command for isreal to trust God and not their weapons , and man power.
the torah was given to Isreal by God. isreal was also slay certain people. if we are going to ignore context then what about those that we should kill?So you're saying God specifically commanded Israel not to take a census?
the torah was given to Isreal by God. isreal was also slay certain people. if we are going to ignore context then what about those that we should kill?
NOW we're getting somewhere! Isn't this an odd bit of Scripture? Imagine, God taking exception to a leader or government because we want to take a census, and punishing us for it? The US takes a census regularly, and is planning another one; with a debate about whether we should ask about illegal alien status. (I think it would not produce reliable information)
Is it ok for US? Then why was it wrong for David?
There's a lot to this, I think! I think this literature shows us how God purifies our hearts.
Pride is not usually the first thing one thinks of when we ponder King David. Then there's this idea of "good pride vs bad pride." What does the Bible say about that? Look at David vs Goliath. Do you see pride in that story?
found there is no good pride.