I noticed that the moderators of these boards want to take the boards in a direction where debate might be discouraged.
My question has to do with a few verses in scripture where it seems to me that we are encouraged to contend for the faith and that when it comes to sound doctrine, debate ought not to be discouraged if it means that we can come to an understanding of what is sound doctrine through the process of debating a subject.
Here are the verses.
1Th 2:2, But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
Jde 1:3, Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Jde 1:4, For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
I have been to forums where the moderators happen to be of the sort who "suppress the truth in unrighteousness" (Romans 1:18) by locking godly threads, deleting godly posts, and by banning godly ministers.
It is my prayer that every time a godly thread gets locked, that God will break the finger of the moderator who locked it. That every time a godly post gets deleted, that God will break the hand of the moderator who deleted it. And that every time a godly minister is banned, that God will also break the arm of the moderator who banned that godly minister.
It is also my prayer that conviction of the Holy Ghost will come upon every moderator who suppresses the truth in unrighteousness until that moderator becomes righteous or else the Lord takes them into the next life (where they will be judged). May He seek out their wickedness until He finds none (Psalms 10:15).
And, I have also prayed that every time a godly minister gets banned, that the Lord will replace that minister with five more godly ministers who are of a similar anointing and doctrine; and that He will continue to convict unrighteous moderators so that they would be "kicking against the pricks" (Acts 9:5) to continue to ban the godly ministers that keep showing up.
I am not looking for a fight. I am looking for a pleasant experience at these boards where I will be able to post freely without having my posts deleted or having any kinds of problems with the moderators. For this reason I have chosen to stay away from the Universalism discussion; since there you are looklng for a moderator who is pro-Universalism and I would be posting against the subject and therefore I can predict that some of my posts might be deleted as the result.
My question has to do with a few verses in scripture where it seems to me that we are encouraged to contend for the faith and that when it comes to sound doctrine, debate ought not to be discouraged if it means that we can come to an understanding of what is sound doctrine through the process of debating a subject.
Here are the verses.
1Th 2:2, But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
Jde 1:3, Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Jde 1:4, For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
I have been to forums where the moderators happen to be of the sort who "suppress the truth in unrighteousness" (Romans 1:18) by locking godly threads, deleting godly posts, and by banning godly ministers.
It is my prayer that every time a godly thread gets locked, that God will break the finger of the moderator who locked it. That every time a godly post gets deleted, that God will break the hand of the moderator who deleted it. And that every time a godly minister is banned, that God will also break the arm of the moderator who banned that godly minister.
It is also my prayer that conviction of the Holy Ghost will come upon every moderator who suppresses the truth in unrighteousness until that moderator becomes righteous or else the Lord takes them into the next life (where they will be judged). May He seek out their wickedness until He finds none (Psalms 10:15).
And, I have also prayed that every time a godly minister gets banned, that the Lord will replace that minister with five more godly ministers who are of a similar anointing and doctrine; and that He will continue to convict unrighteous moderators so that they would be "kicking against the pricks" (Acts 9:5) to continue to ban the godly ministers that keep showing up.
I am not looking for a fight. I am looking for a pleasant experience at these boards where I will be able to post freely without having my posts deleted or having any kinds of problems with the moderators. For this reason I have chosen to stay away from the Universalism discussion; since there you are looklng for a moderator who is pro-Universalism and I would be posting against the subject and therefore I can predict that some of my posts might be deleted as the result.