If there was something to read, I would read it!!!!!! :->
By the way, did you know that Alexander the great, on of the worlds greatest rulers, was buries with his hands outside his coffin so he could prove this statement.
Blessings , I think we need to first establish that the term \"slavery\" and \"slave\" in this verse may take on a different connotation here. We first have to understand the first real \"Slaves\" were bought and paid for because farmers and masters of these workers were obligated to compensate their \"workers\'\" lives in the way of housing, food , clothings, medical expenses and all the other expenses that are procured in living and life. This was in exchange for let\'s call it a \"salary\" for all practical purposes. In this time and era people owned others and instead of paying compensation they merely supplied all their needs. That is what was done at that time.
Now, if a Master or Owner used any type of abuse toward another as in a \"slave\" then this goes against what God commanded and that Master would be severely reprimanded by the LORD in his own time. Any types of abuse as in laying with slave girls , abuse of any kind was the exact same when it comes to God\'s Laws as it is now. The only difference was how early man viewed God\'s Laws of that time...Their interpretation was entirely different since they were fully responsible for each servants\' well being.
Here in Timothy you also have the interpretation of a person who misrepresents God\'s Word either for his own personal needs or because he/she is not on the proper level with God but pretends to have the Great and Blessed Word of God. This person is in grave trouble when he/she represents God\'s Word or Laws incorrectly and does not have proper discernment on God\'s Word.
In God\'s Love
I am so sorry. I must have put the ref into my Bible search engine wrong. There is scripture there. As a matter of fact, not far from that is one of the most misquoted scriptures,
I Timothy 6: 10
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil
Notice it does not say, \"money is the root of all evil.\" It says, \"the LOVE of money.\"
Once again, we see that people read into scripture what they want to see. What will fit what they want it to say. God knows what He needs it to say.
I, like you am also very content with very little at the moment. In fact I am trying to get rid of some of the \"stuff\" that has accumulated in my life to free myself even more. I find things can weigh one down.
in response to you question. Just because people don\'t comment on something we have written on here, it doesn\'t mean they don\'t necessarily read it. I know I have quite often read things but not felt it necessary to comment or respond if I don\'t really have anything new or different to say.
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
Maya Angelou
Lots of things happen to us, good and bad, I\'ve chosen to keep the good in life and if I can\'t throw out the bad, God gives me the strength to blow a raspberry at it....P.S. I told God once, that I thought He had a wonderful sense of humor as He answers my prayers sometimes in a very unusual way ( truly, His ways are not out ways!) ....often in a way that makes me start to laugh and put things into perspective.
If I\'m hurt or especially if I\'m angry at something or someone, God uses humor to snap me out of it....laughter is sometimes truly the best medicine for me at times. Ann
I do read your posts I might get behind at times .........I am also riting in my journals .......?I would like very much like to talk to you about the scriptures.....but when I was old enough to understand what the preacher was saying about god I could not believe my self .......he was huminising god and you can\'t do that ......I stopped lisining and when I didn\'t have to go I just stopped going .......but I was very spititull. ......ans so tryed to read the bible a number of times in diferant places and I found I just couldent read it .......I always prayed .....and still do .....when I was in my 22 I was going through a realy hard time going to several priest for help only to be told the things I told them did not exeset weren\'t real .....then finaly I found a precast and he told me that there were two women there that did healing sat the church and he made me the first apointment .......it was like we already knew each other ......I knew I was right ware I needed to be .......mt prayers were answered.......I still didn\'t know how it would play out .............so we talked for a few minites to get to know eachother a little and what I was looking for and what they provided ......for the firse
Sorry messed up ....this is very personal for me I don\'t tell Maney people but I thought you might understand .......so for the first time there was the cross with juses and cancels and Holley water and holy salt ...so we blessed our selves with the holy water and holy salt and sat in the 3 chairs posit the cross we held hands .........and I fell into the draping meditative state Ii have ever been in even to this day .........and than the one women told me exactualy what in me needed to be heald ....and she was right ........so I went them for just over a year ........and Maney things came up through that year all working up to the biggest hurt I needed healed ...............when I got that healing it was the most amassing thing I have never in my life experances eney thing like befor and never will ......and the healing went further. The other woman gave me a part of the bible to read at home and I did and I received even more healing and so I went back and told them all about it ............we all desided this was finished and I knew they had a bible there for me .....but we were running out of time I was going to have tell them but they rember end and went looking for it of corse I knew ware it was and they were not looking on the right sheaf so I got up and told them to try this case on the botom and there they found my bible and I still have it today .........maby I will take a nother look at some of the bible ........but god is not a punishing god and you can not huminas him to this day the healing I went through still has strength ........take care god bless
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If there was something to read, I would read it!!!!!! :->
By the way, did you know that Alexander the great, on of the worlds greatest rulers, was buries with his hands outside his coffin so he could prove this statement.
Blessings , I think we need to first establish that the term \"slavery\" and \"slave\" in this verse may take on a different connotation here. We first have to understand the first real \"Slaves\" were bought and paid for because farmers and masters of these workers were obligated to compensate their \"workers\'\" lives in the way of housing, food , clothings, medical expenses and all the other expenses that are procured in living and life. This was in exchange for let\'s call it a \"salary\" for all practical purposes. In this time and era people owned others and instead of paying compensation they merely supplied all their needs. That is what was done at that time.
Now, if a Master or Owner used any type of abuse toward another as in a \"slave\" then this goes against what God commanded and that Master would be severely reprimanded by the LORD in his own time. Any types of abuse as in laying with slave girls , abuse of any kind was the exact same when it comes to God\'s Laws as it is now. The only difference was how early man viewed God\'s Laws of that time...Their interpretation was entirely different since they were fully responsible for each servants\' well being.
Here in Timothy you also have the interpretation of a person who misrepresents God\'s Word either for his own personal needs or because he/she is not on the proper level with God but pretends to have the Great and Blessed Word of God. This person is in grave trouble when he/she represents God\'s Word or Laws incorrectly and does not have proper discernment on God\'s Word.
In God\'s Love
Your username drew me here cause I thought you needed advice, good name decision! lol - To answer your question, I guess I read your journal.
Ashley
I read your journal - did I pass the test lol.
I am so sorry. I must have put the ref into my Bible search engine wrong. There is scripture there. As a matter of fact, not far from that is one of the most misquoted scriptures,
I Timothy 6: 10
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil
Notice it does not say, \"money is the root of all evil.\" It says, \"the LOVE of money.\"
Once again, we see that people read into scripture what they want to see. What will fit what they want it to say. God knows what He needs it to say.
But that\'s just my opinion!
Amen!!!!
I, like you am also very content with very little at the moment. In fact I am trying to get rid of some of the \"stuff\" that has accumulated in my life to free myself even more. I find things can weigh one down.
in response to you question. Just because people don\'t comment on something we have written on here, it doesn\'t mean they don\'t necessarily read it. I know I have quite often read things but not felt it necessary to comment or respond if I don\'t really have anything new or different to say.
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
Maya Angelou
Lots of things happen to us, good and bad, I\'ve chosen to keep the good in life and if I can\'t throw out the bad, God gives me the strength to blow a raspberry at it....P.S. I told God once, that I thought He had a wonderful sense of humor as He answers my prayers sometimes in a very unusual way ( truly, His ways are not out ways!) ....often in a way that makes me start to laugh and put things into perspective.
If I\'m hurt or especially if I\'m angry at something or someone, God uses humor to snap me out of it....laughter is sometimes truly the best medicine for me at times. Ann
I do read your posts I might get behind at times .........I am also riting in my journals .......?I would like very much like to talk to you about the scriptures.....but when I was old enough to understand what the preacher was saying about god I could not believe my self .......he was huminising god and you can\'t do that ......I stopped lisining and when I didn\'t have to go I just stopped going .......but I was very spititull. ......ans so tryed to read the bible a number of times in diferant places and I found I just couldent read it .......I always prayed .....and still do .....when I was in my 22 I was going through a realy hard time going to several priest for help only to be told the things I told them did not exeset weren\'t real .....then finaly I found a precast and he told me that there were two women there that did healing sat the church and he made me the first apointment .......it was like we already knew each other ......I knew I was right ware I needed to be .......mt prayers were answered.......I still didn\'t know how it would play out .............so we talked for a few minites to get to know eachother a little and what I was looking for and what they provided ......for the firse
Sorry messed up ....this is very personal for me I don\'t tell Maney people but I thought you might understand .......so for the first time there was the cross with juses and cancels and Holley water and holy salt ...so we blessed our selves with the holy water and holy salt and sat in the 3 chairs posit the cross we held hands .........and I fell into the draping meditative state Ii have ever been in even to this day .........and than the one women told me exactualy what in me needed to be heald ....and she was right ........so I went them for just over a year ........and Maney things came up through that year all working up to the biggest hurt I needed healed ...............when I got that healing it was the most amassing thing I have never in my life experances eney thing like befor and never will ......and the healing went further. The other woman gave me a part of the bible to read at home and I did and I received even more healing and so I went back and told them all about it ............we all desided this was finished and I knew they had a bible there for me .....but we were running out of time I was going to have tell them but they rember end and went looking for it of corse I knew ware it was and they were not looking on the right sheaf so I got up and told them to try this case on the botom and there they found my bible and I still have it today .........maby I will take a nother look at some of the bible ........but god is not a punishing god and you can not huminas him to this day the healing I went through still has strength ........take care god bless