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That sounds like a prideful (aka non-humble) statement to me. "Oh I'm too high and mighty to be bothered with that showboat nonsense."BiggAndyy said:None of that above showboat nonsense. I am a humble servant not chasing after the wind.
Of course it's pride for I boast in the Lord rather than myself or my imagined "calling" to be an apostle or priest or king.IAmAWitness said:That sounds like a prideful (aka non-humble) statement to me.
Who said we are required to to have a "Calling" .... ?IAmAWitness said:What is your calling?
They're not imagined.BiggAndyy said:Of course it's pride for I boast in the Lord rather than myself or my imagined "calling" to be an apostle or priest or king.
Who said that? I didn't say that. Can't you read?Arnie Manitoba said:Who said we are required to to have a "Calling" .... ?
The new testament teaches us to be believers and then we have everything.
.IAmAWitness said:Who said that? I didn't say that. Can't you read?
As the question is worded, it's saying if you have been called to a particular office of ministry, what office is that and if you have not been called then obviously this question does not apply.
That, sir, is the recipe for every internet argument ever had.Arnie Manitoba said:You asked me a question
I gave you my answer
Now you are upset
IAmAWitness said:What is your calling?
Rex said:Call it what you like but I'm sitting next to Andy, and that would be the least or most humble place.
Why? because that's what were told to do.
Proverbs 25
6 Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the place of the great;
7 For it is better that he say to you,
“Come up here,”
Than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom your eyes have seen.
Luke 14
7 So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them: 8 “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him; 9 and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you. 11 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
I forgot to mention, "praise come from another mans mouth and not your own".
What you need to understand is that not everyone who has a disagreement with you is "upset" with you, and neither am I. I am not emotionally invested with your low reading comprehension so I have no reason to be mad and you have no power to make me upset. Maybe try to read first rather than try to intuit the emotions of someone you have never met.Arnie Manitoba said:.
You asked me a question
I gave you my answer
Now you are upset
Thank you Alan for this wise word. You make a very good point.Alanforchrist said:I am a Bible Teacher and Evangelist.
We are not magifying [Glorifying] us, We are magifying our office, Rom 11: 13.
according to the word we are each a priest and king. some lean more towards one side then another but all are called to be priests and kings. according to the word we are all called into the ministry in one form or another because it is told us this in the great commission. but some are called into ministry full time.BiggAndyy said:Of course it's pride for I boast in the Lord rather than myself or my imagined "calling" to be an apostle or priest or king.
the word teaches us that we all have a calling. the nt testament teaches us what our rights are in Christ but we are not given anything without obeying the conditions that apply for each promise.Arnie Manitoba said:Who said we are required to to have a "Calling" .... ?
The new testament teaches us to be believers and then we have everything.