Have you been winking?

[Matthew Hopkins]

Brothers and Sisters,

On a visit to the barber this morning, I was sickened when he asked me if I wanted "Something extra for the weekend?". I had taken him to be a Christian gentleman, but as he spoke these words, he distinctly winked at me!

Yes, Brethren, despite the Holy Bible's clear teaching on this foul practice, Proverbs 10:10, this so-called barber had the temerity to wink.

"He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow," I shouted, "But a prating fool shall fall!" After that, I do not remember exactly what happened, but apparently the barber's shop subsequently burned down, killing the barber and his elderly assistant.

The words of Romans 6:23 tell us all we need to understand about this swift chain of events:

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

YBIC

[Pim Pendergast]

Re: Have you been winking?

Winking is truly a wicked practice yet the ungodly don't bat an eyelid at committing such a heinous offence. I only hope the barber did not die by your hand, for "thou shalt not kill" (Ex 20:13) and "let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God" (Rom 13:1). God makes it clear that only He is allowed to kill people (Rom 12:19b). But if the barber died as a result of God's wrath, then perhaps your state of fugue was a gift of God's tender mercy so that you would be spared witnessing such a terrifying display of God's judgement. Anyway, you seem to live an exciting life over there in the Unsaved Kingdom.

[Matthew Hopkins]

Re: Have you been winking?

Winking is truly a wicked practice yet the ungodly don't bat an eyelid at committing such a heinous offence. I only hope the barber did not die by your hand, for "thou shalt not kill" (Ex 20:13) and "let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God" (Rom 13:1). God makes it clear that only He is allowed to kill people (Rom 12:19b). But if the barber died as a result of God's wrath, then perhaps your state of fugue was a gift of God's tender mercy so that you would be spared witnessing such a terrifying display of God's judgement. Anyway, you seem to live an exciting life over there in the Unsaved Kingdom.

Praise Him, Brother Pim, it was not by my hand that the evil barber perished, along with his henchman. Surely it was God almighty who smote these sinners. I thank Jesus for sparing me from the conflagration, in His infinite mercy. "O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever." 1 Chronicles 16:34.

Yes, it has been eventful here of late, surely a sign of the end times: GLORY!

YBIC

[Faith_Machine]

Re: Have you been winking?

Mr. Hopkins, I thank you for bringing this to my attention! I am still very young in my faith, and I must confess I have a terrible tendency to blithely assume that if I'm doing something and whatever I'm doing doesn't appear to be harming anybody in any way, well by golly, then it's probably OK for me to be doing it.

Your story is a sobering reminder of how wrong I am when I fall into that mindset. I'm sure I have winked at at least one or two people over the last couple of years, and the worst part about it is that I didn't even realize I was displeasing God.

[Matthew Hopkins]

Re: Have you been winking?

Have no fear, Brother:

"Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief."

We can all benefit from reading 1 Timothy 1:13

YBIC

[Professor Bessemer]

Re: Have you been winking?

The Lord is the only one who ought to be winking at anybody, and even He only did so before He was about to do some righteous judgement. Paul makes that very clear in Acts 17.

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Acts 17:29-31

God used to wink at ignorant non believers, but not any more. Once He raised Jesus from the dead, the time for winking was over. Let us all follow God's holy example and refrain from closing one eye at a time. If you must close one eye, please close the other as well. Blink, but do not wink.

[Matthew Hopkins]

Re: Have you been winking?

Amen!

YBIC

[Thomas Taylor]

Re: Have you been winking?

Brothers and Sisters,

On a visit to the barber this morning, I was sickened when he asked me if I wanted "Something extra for the weekend?". I had taken him to be a Christian gentleman, but as he spoke these words, he distinctly winked at me!

Yes, Brethren, despite the Holy Bible's clear teaching on this foul practice, Proverbs 10:10, this so-called barber had the temerity to wink.

"He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow," I shouted, "But a prating fool shall fall!" After that, I do not remember exactly what happened, but apparently the barber's shop subsequently burned down, killing the barber and his elderly assistant.

The words of Romans 6:23 tell us all we need to understand about this swift chain of events:

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

YBIC

Brother Hopkins, surely these people wanted to do you harm.

Psalms 35:
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully, reioyce ouer me: neither let them winke with the eye, that hate me without a cause.
20 For they speake not peace: but they deuise deceitfull matters against them that are quiet in the land.
21 Yea they opened their mouth wide against me, and saide, Aha, Aha, our eye hath seene it.

It is obvious that they were smote because of this.

[Matthew Hopkins]

Re: Have you been winking?

Brother Hopkins, surely these people wanted to do you harm.

Psalms 35:
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully, reioyce ouer me: neither let them winke with the eye, that hate me without a cause.
20 For they speake not peace: but they deuise deceitfull matters against them that are quiet in the land.
21 Yea they opened their mouth wide against me, and saide, Aha, Aha, our eye hath seene it.

It is obvious that they were smote because of this.

I do believe they meant to harm me, friend. And I noticed that both demon barbers were hirsute...

"But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses." Psalm 68:21

YBIC

[James Hutchins]

Re: Have you been winking?

When a man winks at another man, it is expressly a 'in the know' acknowledgment as a invitation to have sweaty man sex. Many a man would wink at me when I was a young lad in my 20's. Unaware of the reason for the wink, I often went along with the gesture, only to find myself waking up in an alley with a ruffie hangover, sore throat and bleeding anus. Assuming it was just something I are that did not agree with me, this happened over and over until during a conversation with my Pastor did I discover what had happened. Fortunately, since I was raped, did not consent to having the hundreds of man partners none of which resulted in a bastard child being born, I had done no wrong.

I thank Jesus He clearly explained my lack of responsibility for all the man on man encounters that I was forced into participating in, over and over for year.


1 Corinthians 6:9-10
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Timothy 1:8-11
8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

[Matthew Hopkins]

Re: Have you been winking?

When a man winks at another man, it is expressly a 'in the know' acknowledgment as a invitation to have sweaty man sex. Many a man would wink at me when I was a young lad in my 20's. Unaware of the reason for the wink, I often went along with the gesture, only to find myself waking up in an alley with a ruffie hangover, sore throat and bleeding anus. Assuming it was just something I are that did not agree with me, this happened over and over until during a conversation with my Pastor did I discover what had happened. Fortunately, since I was raped, did not consent to having the hundreds of man partners none of which resulted in a bastard child being born, I had done no wrong.

I thank Jesus He clearly explained my lack of responsibility for all the man on man encounters that I was forced into participating in, over and over for year.

That must have been a series of very hard lessons, Brother. I rejoice that you survived to share your wisdom. Sometimes, it is hard to swallow, but swallow it we must. Praise!

YBIC

[Pim Pendergast]

Re: Have you been winking?

The Lord is the only one who ought to be winking at anybody, and even He only did so before He was about to do some righteous judgement. Paul makes that very clear in Acts 17.

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Acts 17:29-31

I'm curious, Professor, as a scientist, you must spend much of your time peering down a microscope. For secular scientists this involves closing only one eye (winking), but I imagine as a good Creation Scientist, you keep both eyes squeezed firmly shut. Am I correct?

God used to wink at ignorant non believers, but not any more. Once He raised Jesus from the dead, the time for winking was over. Let us all follow God's holy example and refrain from closing one eye at a time. If you must close one eye, please close the other as well. Blink, but do not wink.

I am curious, Professor, as a scientist, I imagine you spend a lot of your time peering down a microscope. For secular scientists this means closing only one eye (winking), but I imagine as a good creation scientist, you keep both eyes squeezed firmly shut. Am I correct?

[Daisy Mae Johnson]

Re: Have you been winking?

AMEN, Brother Hopkins!

When a man winks at another man or a same sex child, you can be sure a butt pounding is coming your way.

Only perverts wink. It is to let you know they have disgusting intentions.

[VictoryOS]

Re: Have you been winking?

While passing by a group of men such as at a construction site, I always get winks, whistles, hoots, and catcalls. It is disgusting to consider the lustful thoughts that go through an unsaved man's mind at the sight of a woman.

[Matthew Hopkins]

Re: Have you been winking?

AMEN, Brother Hopkins!

When a man winks at another man or a same sex child, you can be sure a butt pounding is coming your way.

Only perverts wink. It is to let you know they have disgusting intentions.

Amen, Sister. Thanks to sweet Jesus, my back passage was saved from homosexualist violation.

While passing by a group of men such as at a construction site, I always get winks, whistles, hoots, and catcalls. It is disgusting to consider the lustful thoughts that go through an unsaved man's mind at the sight of a woman.

Shame on them, Sister, unable to restrain their depraved antics when confronted by a beautiful Christian woman such as yourself.

YBIC