WHO is not mocked?

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

Are you saying, if we mock God, He will take retribution on you?

APL,

The Bible says He won't be mocked. In other words, justice will come. You won't find a loophole out of getting what you have sown. You'll get it. You can't cheat the harvest.

You cannot mock God. There's no "if" involved here.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

You are still judgmental and condescending, like us sinners. Why is that? Was Paul like that after his Damascus road? No.

I say something. You interpret it. I say you're wrong. You say I'm wrong and you're right. Now I am condescending? Get real.

You want me to wax Paulesque? Here you go: O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

That's Acts 13:10. It applies now as it did to Elymas. I should have told you that long ago, so you might have seen sooner that Satan is using you to accuse the brethren. You are not seeking for truth or unity. You twist people's words to suit your tastes. And what you expect of others, you hypocritically ignore for yourself. In spite of your recent humility, counting yourself a sinner, you condemn those who do not measure up to your standard. We have seen you for too long to be that easily swayed.

For your eternal sake, please stop it. Get the eye salve, get the robe, get the oil.

Satan will tell you, "Oh, poor you. That mean Arnold is judging you. He's condescending. He's bad." Submit to God, resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. For once, look at what you have been doing honestly. See for yourself what Satan has been doing to you. Your eternal destiny is in the balance.

And take some time to look around. You will see that GC and I don't agree on everything. But he and I don't do to each other what you have been doing to everyone who disagrees with you. There is a way to disagree that leads to a fuller understanding of the Truth.

I'm not limiting my remarks to the last few comments. My comments have to do with your usual method.

Should I then mirror your methods? Really? Are your eyes without logs? Is that what you want me to believe?

You still have not clarified your position on which these last comments are bases. Please, I'm all ears.

That's interesting you bring up mocking God. Didn't just last week you mock Him?

No. At least, not knowingly. Your accusation seems geared only to provoke. Please do not post messages like this.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

Let's review recent history.


I wrote 2 days before your paraphrase:

I know you read this because you replied to it. Yet, somehow, you still think that "sin does not kill the sinner" is an accurate representation of my beliefs. Should we conclude that this is the quality of your scholarship? If so, you have no business writing about anything at all.

But based on your work so far, I think you are far more intelligent than that. So what is going on here? It may be that you are so impressed by your own opinion that you are blinded to everything that contradicts it. Until recently, I was pretty sure this was the problem.

But it might be much worse than that. Like Elymas, you might have allowed Satan to so control you that you are merely a prisoner of his will. I have difficulty believing that the level of baseless accusations I have recently seen from you in multiple threads can come from merely human impulses. If it is only human, then my opinion of human depravity is much too high. But if it comes from the master Accuser and you are merely his tool, there is much more to worry about than your damaged DNA.

Please consider this carefully. The path you tread leads to certain suffering.

You have not clarified my paraphrase. You say, that I think that "sin does not kill the sinner" is an accurate representation your beliefs. Don't digress into judgment of me, just clarify your position. Does sin kill the sinner, full stop, or is God the executioner. And as a bonus question, what killed Jesus? Was it sin or execution by God? Since Jesus died the death of a sinner, that should answer the question.