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Hi! I am Joey, I Sniff Tulips and Ramble for Hours..
Hey there landoverbaptist.net ,
Quite a long introduction I'm afraid.
I must first say I truly believe you are all genuine Christians, I do not doubt that, and you are certainly not another lukewarm Christian church and community as spoken by John. I've been “lurking” (anonymous browsing) for only 2 days. It has boosted my moral and faith how you handle the ungodly.
Even though I myself am a very politically correct and conformist person (especially to other Christians) I really enjoy your defence of the faith...
Personally, I've probably been (and occasionally still) a sort of cherry picker of the bible, I recently learned that. I tend to read books about the bible, and not the bible itself. Result: I would unwittingly only read the benefits and rights and not the duties and restrictions in the bible. It literally surprised me to see verses quoted on this website right out of the bible.
I remember I bought a small form factor (N)KJV bible sometime in the past and yesterday decided to read that from now on. With some luck I can get my hands on a normal sized NKJV bible this week or somewhere in the not so distant future. The small form factor bible just works though, and I can take it anywhere in my pocket! Note: I am Dutch and used to read a Dutch catholic bible (will elaborate later). I think the Dutch version is just more complicated and erroneous than the English one. You need a dictionary with the catholic bible I used to have.
Reading the threads here I see you offer tough medicine to sinners; namely (biblical) education towards salvation. Personally I would go easier on them sometimes, luring them in for the Lord in a politically correct way. It is fine you confront them with facts like: “If you're going that path, you will find destination hell”. Conventional and it works. It worked on me eventually.
However, this is the internet, and you're probably more experienced with sinners than me on this medium! I've been a non-denominational Christian (though raised catholic, I was a name-Christian) for about 3 or 4 years now, counting from the moment of my salvation. I wish I put the date on a note or something, but I didn't,
You offer fair advice, and all stuff you guys say appear and are very scriptural and can be "checked" in the bible. This has made me curious and I decided perhaps I should join. This is also how I found this website. I will not post a lot, unless inclined to do so. For some reason I feared your forum (not the Christians) and feared joining this forum. I want to break from that nonsense and confront myself with it. This is just fear of being rejected or getting trolled.
Some things I do not directly approve of, but then there has to be some colour in the family of God. However the things I do not approve of, give me a thick head; can't stop thinking about it, and pray to God for him to reveal why I should approve of some of the things I would not approve of in a “natural instinctive” sense. I believe I am learning. I really want to do the will of God!
This country I live in, the Netherlands, is very humanistic. The political system is retarded, I have no other or more polite term for it. There are like 20 registered party's, all votes are scattered, and it is impossible to form a coalition. And the education here makes all common people socialists including the highly educated, which make the “common” people their, erm, you know what... I was in the communist youth league. I quit a few (about 5) years ago not long after salvation, and to my delight I was never registered at their party/(institute?) because of an error in the request for joining them at the time I joined.
When I was 17, I left school early. I just didn't fit in and felt depressed. Later I became psychotic, and after reading some chick.com tracts I found the Lord and delivered me from psychosis. May it never come back! The psychiatrist has thusly diagnosed me with very mild form of autism. Now I live on welfare and when I want to work I make less money than staying my lazy self due to bureaucratic laws. That is why I (sort of, hard to explain) volunteer, so at least something fills my idle time. The bureaucracy and unrighteousness here is insane, also with dealing with criminals, calling good evil and evil good and all that stuff that's in the bible. Would like to say that most bureaucracy is of socialist origin here...
I'm not church going. All churches here are catholic (Limburg), but I did see a baptist church which exists for the American troops which reside in a town near my town (Afcent, Nato Brunssum).
I would like to thank your fathers and grandfathers for fighting for my “people's” freedom. The war cemetery is only a few dozen kilometre away from where I live, a most impressive site. Most of you are American so I think it is appropriate to state this here.
I like to story of Lot. I also like the “zaligsprekingen” (mount of blessing I believe in English). I'm very weak at remembering actual verses but I remember what they have to say...
So far I've only read the New Testament in Dutch once. I am currently reading the New Testament in NKJV. I've boldly tried reading the Old Testament but I don't feel as inspired by it as the New Testament. I read Genesis and Exodus though, but that was before I became a Christian (so chances are there are new insights for me in it)
Hopefully my stay here will be good and fruitful!
Kind regards,
Joey
Quite a long introduction I'm afraid.
I must first say I truly believe you are all genuine Christians, I do not doubt that, and you are certainly not another lukewarm Christian church and community as spoken by John. I've been “lurking” (anonymous browsing) for only 2 days. It has boosted my moral and faith how you handle the ungodly.
Even though I myself am a very politically correct and conformist person (especially to other Christians) I really enjoy your defence of the faith...
Personally, I've probably been (and occasionally still) a sort of cherry picker of the bible, I recently learned that. I tend to read books about the bible, and not the bible itself. Result: I would unwittingly only read the benefits and rights and not the duties and restrictions in the bible. It literally surprised me to see verses quoted on this website right out of the bible.
I remember I bought a small form factor (N)KJV bible sometime in the past and yesterday decided to read that from now on. With some luck I can get my hands on a normal sized NKJV bible this week or somewhere in the not so distant future. The small form factor bible just works though, and I can take it anywhere in my pocket! Note: I am Dutch and used to read a Dutch catholic bible (will elaborate later). I think the Dutch version is just more complicated and erroneous than the English one. You need a dictionary with the catholic bible I used to have.
Reading the threads here I see you offer tough medicine to sinners; namely (biblical) education towards salvation. Personally I would go easier on them sometimes, luring them in for the Lord in a politically correct way. It is fine you confront them with facts like: “If you're going that path, you will find destination hell”. Conventional and it works. It worked on me eventually.
However, this is the internet, and you're probably more experienced with sinners than me on this medium! I've been a non-denominational Christian (though raised catholic, I was a name-Christian) for about 3 or 4 years now, counting from the moment of my salvation. I wish I put the date on a note or something, but I didn't,
You offer fair advice, and all stuff you guys say appear and are very scriptural and can be "checked" in the bible. This has made me curious and I decided perhaps I should join. This is also how I found this website. I will not post a lot, unless inclined to do so. For some reason I feared your forum (not the Christians) and feared joining this forum. I want to break from that nonsense and confront myself with it. This is just fear of being rejected or getting trolled.
Some things I do not directly approve of, but then there has to be some colour in the family of God. However the things I do not approve of, give me a thick head; can't stop thinking about it, and pray to God for him to reveal why I should approve of some of the things I would not approve of in a “natural instinctive” sense. I believe I am learning. I really want to do the will of God!
This country I live in, the Netherlands, is very humanistic. The political system is retarded, I have no other or more polite term for it. There are like 20 registered party's, all votes are scattered, and it is impossible to form a coalition. And the education here makes all common people socialists including the highly educated, which make the “common” people their, erm, you know what... I was in the communist youth league. I quit a few (about 5) years ago not long after salvation, and to my delight I was never registered at their party/(institute?) because of an error in the request for joining them at the time I joined.
When I was 17, I left school early. I just didn't fit in and felt depressed. Later I became psychotic, and after reading some chick.com tracts I found the Lord and delivered me from psychosis. May it never come back! The psychiatrist has thusly diagnosed me with very mild form of autism. Now I live on welfare and when I want to work I make less money than staying my lazy self due to bureaucratic laws. That is why I (sort of, hard to explain) volunteer, so at least something fills my idle time. The bureaucracy and unrighteousness here is insane, also with dealing with criminals, calling good evil and evil good and all that stuff that's in the bible. Would like to say that most bureaucracy is of socialist origin here...
I'm not church going. All churches here are catholic (Limburg), but I did see a baptist church which exists for the American troops which reside in a town near my town (Afcent, Nato Brunssum).
I would like to thank your fathers and grandfathers for fighting for my “people's” freedom. The war cemetery is only a few dozen kilometre away from where I live, a most impressive site. Most of you are American so I think it is appropriate to state this here.
I like to story of Lot. I also like the “zaligsprekingen” (mount of blessing I believe in English). I'm very weak at remembering actual verses but I remember what they have to say...
So far I've only read the New Testament in Dutch once. I am currently reading the New Testament in NKJV. I've boldly tried reading the Old Testament but I don't feel as inspired by it as the New Testament. I read Genesis and Exodus though, but that was before I became a Christian (so chances are there are new insights for me in it)
Hopefully my stay here will be good and fruitful!
Kind regards,
Joey
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