Wife Swap

I think you can run this non-fellowship thing too far. How would we ever persuade the world to change its ways, unless we communicate with them.
I certainly believe this Pastor and his wife went way too far and should of known better. If the leaders of the church don't know better than that, then we are in a sorry condition.
That being said, we still need to interact with those who are unsaved. This talk of not having a plumber etc in your house who is not saved, is just silly.
We are in the world, but not of the world. If you want to go so far as say that the unsaved can't enter your home, then you need to throw all your money away, and all the conveniences of the household, for they in most part were made by the unsaved.
We have to act like men and not go completely off the deep end, when it comes to dealing with the world.
The "wife swap" thing is so far off that a child could see that would be wrong. IMO

BBob,

 

I do get out occasionally. I go to Church meetings and I also go to the store. I witness Christ everywhere I am able to go here.

But I minister Christ mostly on the internet. Revealing what His Word clearly says and what He requires of those who will follow Him.

His Word does not make provision for inviting anyone in the home for the purpose of witnessing. We are to go out into the world, not bring the world into our home.

My witness of Christ goes out every day; as should all who profess to be His followers

 

I Don't Go As Far As That...

If I needed a plumber, and couldn't find a Christian plumber, I'd still have a plumber come and stop the leak, or open the drain. As long as the person didn't have horns protruding from their head, and they were spitting out hot lava with every exhaled breath, I'd have no problem. But, my wife and I do blood cover the house before and after that person leaves.

Pastor Paul :type:

 

What do you mean by "blood cover" the house?

 

I think that Pastor Paul means that "he and his wife 'plead the blood' " for protection. Something like the Israelites did when they applied the "blood of the lamb" on the doorposts and lintels of their houses in Exodus 12.

Pastor Paul, please correct me if I am wrong here...but "pleading the blood" is all I can think of when I see "blood cover"

 

So... Let me get this straight. You are never to invite someone into your house for the purpose of witnessing to them, but if you have some leaky pipes, you can wriggle your way around the interpretation of "not letting a non-Christian into your home" by blood covering your house before and after a person leaves?

That's very pragmatic. Isn't it a little more noble to invite someone in to share the gospel with them, even if you have to still do the blood thing?

 

If I never had unbelievers in my home I would be a lousy missionary. In my opinion this is a complete misunderstanding of what John meant in his letter. That being said- I think the aforementioned program is not the correct context for a Christian to minister.

What we are seeing on this thread is imbalance. Some are swinging the pendulum one direction and saying that it is o.k. to cheapen the gospel in order to declare it to as many people as possible. Others swing the pendulum and say we should live in a bubble. Both are equally problematic.

Christ calls Christians salt and light. We are not commanded to be salt, but we are salt. For salt to season it must be applied. If I do not put salt on my green beans they will not taste salty. I have to get the salt out of the shaker and onto my food.

As Christians we must get out of the shaker so to speak. While we must keep our distinctiveness as salt (i.e. a measure of personal holiness) we must also involve ourselves in a meaningful way with the people around us and in the communities in which we live. God has many divine appointments for those whom he uses as the salt of the earth. Lets get our of our shakers.

 

gee I wonder if those 2 guys who delievered my stove Monday were saved, guess I should have asked before I allowed them to bring my stove in the house, what do you think.

 

Well Donna, you could have told the delivery men to leave your stove on the porch and run an extension cord into the house and just do all your cooking outside. :laugh:

 

Yes, you should have asked.
Then if they are saved, you should have- checked their bodies for tattoos & piercings, weighed them on a scale (gluttony check), examined their hair length and style to ensure it is not too long (or is cut as a woman could cut her hair)
If they wear pink then don't let them in at all because all men who wear pink, even a little pink, are you know whats....no mercy either if their white socks were washed with the reds so there is a slight tinge of pink. That is outright rebellion, and we know those men haulers are known to be very wealthy so they should have bought themselves all new socks! :laugh:

 

HA! :laugh:

That was good!

 

Thanks Amy

Amy bailed me out on that one. You are correct, we refer to it as "blood covering" but it is actually the OT practice of pleading the blood, in this case the Blood of Jesus, over and around our house.

I guess I'd say that this practice is up to each believer's practicing faith. It is something we've done. For instance, we've blood covered our two cars for safety, mechanical issues, against theft and vandalism, etc. :godisgood:

It's just our thing, and it is in line with the Word.

Pastor Paul :type:

 

The Bush Stimulus System at Work

It's great to see that the Stimulus package program is working :laugh: .

Pastor Paul

 

Is this a prayer for God's protection? I guess I don't know what the OT practice is.

 

sounds like the only christian thing to do.

 

had too RD2, mine burned itself out last Sunday right after breakfast. Lots of smoke, we could find from where, even after I wasn't using it anymore, we were afraid to leave it in the house while we went to church, so we moved it outside. We knew for a while it was going to go out soon though, it's been shooting fuses. If it weren't for that I wouldn't have thought of buying a new stove.

 

Donna our electric company gives rebates on certain appliances. You may want to check it out at your electric company's website.
With our refridgerator we bought about 4 months ago, we got $75 from PG&E. Sears didn't tell us of this rebate.