Hi

[Riaz Wajar]

I fellowship at Solid Rock Ministries in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
I was searching for some christian content and ran into your website.
Interesting.
I am sure that I can learn alot from this community.

I donot have a particularly favourite verse.
There are too many to list here.
Lets just say that I cannot do without my bible.

Jesus waits there all the time.
I think that I have reached a point in my life where I need to walk that narrow path permanently.
I have strayed much too often.
It is not easy.

Anyway thats my basic introduction.

[James Hutchins]

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Welcome Raiz! I have been to S.A. many times when I was a child. I remember the glory days of Sun City back in the 60's before it all went down hill. Anywhoo, tell me about the depraqvity that ws your life and how low you had sunk to before Jesus pulled you out of the bucket of your feces.

[Zechariah Smyth]

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Hello Riaz! How old are you, friend?

Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

[Cranky Old Man]

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Welcome to our friendly forum!

How good are you at polishing shoes?

[Riaz Wajar]

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Hi.

My life:
I havn't sunk low in life and have maintained a firm and stable stance.
I did have a bad liquor habid...weekend drinker.
However I've always maintained my responsibilities.
I must admit that I havn't been going to church often.
I have been inconsistent as a christian.
My wife's always trying to push me forward...encouraging me to be truly saved because she is....I must admit that I have been very relaxed about it.
So now I'm taking baby steps forward.

I am 35 years old.

I can do a decent shine...sometimes relax on the porch...smoke my smokes and drift...sometimes spend an hour shining me shoes.

[María Gálvez-Villalobos]

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Hello and welcomes here at the forum,

I hope you're like here because is a place where the people is worry a lot about unsafe people like youselve and wanna safe your soule so that you can to get safed.

Can I do you a question? Thanks. I thinkd that yes.

Why are you write like you t..a...l...k really sl..o..w, you know like boxators after spend many (but I mean many many many many MANY) years in the boxing esport?

Thanks,

YIC Mari

[Riaz Wajar]

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I suppose that its my nature.

I'm not a boxer by sport but growing up in South Africa you must know how to fight or fighting is part of your nature.
I suppose...doesn't ever boy have to pick his fists up at some time.

You are quite an in-depth person to pick that up.
That is so cool.

Anyway today life here in Durban is slow, calm and very relaxed.
The weather is also beautiful.
The clouds are pearly white and lifes just floating.
Its a blessed day today.

Are you an American person?
You don't sound like one...you sound like an Italian or Spanish person.

[Gods Will]

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Hello from Kentucky

REMEMBER God Loves all true Christians

[MonkeyMan]

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Hello there Riaz i hope that you are not some smart scientist that is going to prove that god doesnt exist

[Pastor Ezekiel]

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My wife's always trying to push me forward...

Your first mistake is that you aren't beating your wife or subjugating her as God commands.

1 Timothy 2:11-15
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing.

I can do a decent shine...

Well there you go. I like to see a boy with a career. Put your back into it.

[Riaz Wajar]

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God Exists.
The Holy Spirit Exists.
Jesus Christ is my King.

[Riaz Wajar]

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Your first mistake is that you aren't beating your wife or subjugating her as God commands..

Thanks for the advise.
1 Timothy 2 is enlightening.

[Zechariah Smyth]

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Thanks for the advise.
1 Timothy 2 is enlightening.

What do you take from 1 Timothy 2? In your own words, please.

Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

[María Gálvez-Villalobos]

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I'm not a boxer by sport but growing up in South Africa you must know how to fight or fighting is part of your nature.
I suppose...doesn't ever boy have to pick his fists up at some time.

I' woudln't know anything of fisting or punching etc - I 'm no a boy. I'm a girl.

You are quite an in-depth person to pick that up.
That is so cool.

Thank you. Is nice that say you this.

Are you an American person?
You don't sound like one...you sound like an Italian or Spanish person.

I'm an espanish girl from beutifull Alicante near of the Mediterraneo Ocean.
I hope my english isn't be so bad for that you no understand me.

I hope your day is bless whit Jesus and no estrange sustances though.

YIC, Mari.

[Riaz Wajar]

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What do you take from 1 Timothy 2? In your own words, please.

Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

Let me confess first:
The reason for me saying that it is enlightening is because it made me realise that I am "unsaved trash".
I spent my entire life in sin until now and it is a battle.
I want to walk towards salvation slowly.
I confessed to my wife and sons last night.
I said to them that being saved meant following Jesus is 100%.
Even an infinite fraction of less than 100% leaves a door open for Satan.
So its 100% or nothing at all.
I said to my wife thats the reason why bad things always occur in our lives.
We are always 20 or 30 or 50 or 80 percent there but never ever 100%.
Maybe there's a time that we get to 100% but it never lasts cause we are always blinded from the truth.
I have broken every commandment...and I pray for Jesus's forgiveness and mercy and to help me through this spiritually tough time.
The funny thing is that I lived an ordinary life like any other man here where I live and that just shows that an ordinary life nowadays is the life with Satan. Well I know 100s or 1000s of guys who live worse lives here.

Anyway, heres my take:
Paul addresses the men first:
We must pray for all humanity so that we can live a quiet and peaceful life according to God's will because this is what God wants.
Jesus Christ is the link to man's salvation.
Paul teaches us Gentiles with faith and truth.
We must pray where ever we are by lifting up our holy hands. We mustn't be angry or have any doubts. In other words 100% faith.
Then the women:
The woman in turn need to dress simple and modest with no wordly attractions to it.
Her beauty shows through her goodness.
She must learn quietly and submissively.
She cannot teach or overpower her man. She must be quiet.
Adam was first and then Eve. Eve caused man to fall into sin.
Women can be saved through childbearing as long as they remain faithful, in-love and constantly holy.

Now, please, what is your take on this?