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The essence of faith comes from not judging God's creation in any way. The essence of faith comes from accepting our consequences, without judgment, and having the knowledge that in the future we will eventually fully experience and appreciate all of God's blessings coming our way.
The idea of what causes enthusiasm to die can be summed up in the phrase, "this should not be." Whenever we think or feel, "this should not be," our spirit dies. Our enthusiasm dies. So how do we deal with this type of personal spiritual death?
originally posted by: olaru12
a reply to: dfnj2015
The idea of what causes enthusiasm to die can be summed up in the phrase, "this should not be." Whenever we think or feel, "this should not be," our spirit dies. Our enthusiasm dies. So how do we deal with this type of personal spiritual death?
I take the spirit killers on ATS with a grain of salt and don't hold a resentment. They are in sacred pain and to be pitied.
originally posted by: Sheye
originally posted by: olaru12
a reply to: dfnj2015
The idea of what causes enthusiasm to die can be summed up in the phrase, "this should not be." Whenever we think or feel, "this should not be," our spirit dies. Our enthusiasm dies. So how do we deal with this type of personal spiritual death?
I take the spirit killers on ATS with a grain of salt and don't hold a resentment. They are in sacred pain and to be pitied.
Lots of souls to be pitied on ATS .
originally posted by: olaru12
originally posted by: Sheye
originally posted by: olaru12
a reply to: dfnj2015
The idea of what causes enthusiasm to die can be summed up in the phrase, "this should not be." Whenever we think or feel, "this should not be," our spirit dies. Our enthusiasm dies. So how do we deal with this type of personal spiritual death?
I take the spirit killers on ATS with a grain of salt and don't hold a resentment. They are in sacred pain and to be pitied.
Lots of souls to be pitied on ATS .
So filled with anger and seeking revenge in their confusion.
originally posted by: dfnj2015
The highest possible strength of faith in God will come when we are without judgment.
1. the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions.
"an error of judgment"
- an opinion or conclusion.
"they make subjective judgments about children's skills"
originally posted by: olaru12
a reply to: dfnj2015
I take the spirit killers on ATS with a grain of salt and don't hold a resentment. They are in sacred pain and to be pitied.
originally posted by: Sheye
a reply to: olaru12
Lots of souls to be pitied on ATS .
2. a misfortune or calamity viewed as a divine punishment.
"the crash had been a judgment on the parents for wickedness"
synonyms: punishment, retribution, penalty
originally posted by: olaru12
a reply to: dfnj2015
I take the spirit killers on ATS with a grain of salt and don't hold a resentment. They are in sacred pain and to be pitied.
originally posted by: whereislogic
That's your opinion/judgment on the matter, your evaluation of the situation.
originally posted by: Sheye
a reply to: olaru12
Lots of souls to be pitied on ATS .
originally posted by: whereislogic
That's your opinion/judgment on the matter, your evaluation of the situation.
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Pointing to the foolishness of being overcritical, Jesus asked: “Why, then, do you look at the straw in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the rafter in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Allow me to extract the straw from your eye’; when, look! a rafter is in your own eye?”—Matt. 7:3, 4; compare Luke 6:41, 42a.
Jesus is not speaking merely of individuals who pay attention to the faults of others while having greater ones themselves, though this is a common human failing. Instead, he refers to someone who would take note of a minor defect in his brother’s “eye.” The critic would claim that his brother had impaired faculties of moral perception and judgment. ...
The Jewish religious leaders were especially prone to criticize the judgment of others. ... However, when it came to clear spiritual vision and ability to judge, the Pharisees had, as it were, “a rafter” in their own eye. They were altogether blind. ...
originally posted by: whereislogic
On one occasion the Pharisees exclaimed: “This crowd that does not know the Law are accursed people.” (John 7:49)
originally posted by: whereislogic
Like so-called "spirit killers on ATS" who "are in sacred pain and to be pitied" who perhaps do "not know" or agree with the idea or teaching that all forms of "judgment is [are] the death of human spirit"?
originally posted by: olaru12
a reply to: whereislogic
That's the problem with using the Bible; it requires faith and faith is the antithesis of logic.
Now each of us is born in the fallen image of Adam we are souls not spirits.
Ge 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.