tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post6320739052561820117..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Humiliated and humbled: sadly, not synonymsPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-70388156821241419942011-05-25T23:30:39.810-07:002011-05-25T23:30:39.810-07:00D, I have left two churches in the last 4 years, a...D, I have left two churches in the last 4 years, after being at the same church for 19 years... So don't label me as a "church jumper", but your point of being humiliated, but not humbled, is exactly why I left those two churches. I TRULY appreciate your message today. Leaving a church is a terrible thing. It's even worse when one has to leave for Biblical reasons. Devastating, sometimes. But, God is always God, and for that I am thankful. Thanks to the Pyro's for all they do.Ron R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02560084785061644686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-4906042390786801172011-05-24T12:58:41.588-07:002011-05-24T12:58:41.588-07:00Very apropos; thanks.Very apropos; thanks.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-70297263722514961262011-05-24T12:54:50.258-07:002011-05-24T12:54:50.258-07:00"... I have often observed, how incongruous a..."<i><b>... I have often observed, how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is... that they are not ashamed to sin, and yet are ashamed to repent; not ashamed of the action <br />for which they ought justly to be esteemed fools, but are ashamed of the returning, which only can make them be esteemed wise men.</b></i>"<br /><br /> - Robinson Crusoebereanboarderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12072061720619588515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-25706825446768695052011-05-24T12:33:29.887-07:002011-05-24T12:33:29.887-07:00Excellent lesson. Well done, and well written.
Ma...Excellent lesson. Well done, and well written.<br /><br />May our Lord who was Baptized by John the Baptist, who baptized sinners unto repentance, and though He needn't be baptized, did this for us. For our repentance needs repentance, and yet, God accepts our repentance in His grace, and because of Christ's work on our behalf.donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-54562457508277810232011-05-24T10:24:34.533-07:002011-05-24T10:24:34.533-07:00I for one think you should add it to your list of ...I for one think you should add it to your list of 25 Things. There is no 3rd way; if there is I'm not seeing it. <br /><br />Interesting how humility has one path (repentance), while "doubling down" takes many forms. Like our common salvation.<br /><br />Good word Dan. This post is timely for me.Scothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573138499478048502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-13187791047826283662011-05-24T09:30:20.877-07:002011-05-24T09:30:20.877-07:00"The rest of mankind, who were not killed by ..."The rest of mankind, who were not killed by the plagues, <b><i>did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood</i></b>, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; <b><i>and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immoralities nor of their thefts.</i></b>" (Revelation 9:20-21) <br /><br />Even after much of mankind is wiped out through the seal judgments and six trumpet judgments, they are unrepentant. That is what I call doubling down. And the Bible calls it folly.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987985549747283669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-4719063026561844942011-05-24T07:30:33.166-07:002011-05-24T07:30:33.166-07:00Very edifying.Very edifying.Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-67928854977637612302011-05-24T07:08:33.439-07:002011-05-24T07:08:33.439-07:00Thanks for a great and encouraging post. I have be...Thanks for a great and encouraging post. I have been greatly encourged of late by Manasseh's story in 2 Chronicles 33:12-13. <br />It's people like this, when I read about them, give me hope for sinners like myself.<br />Such a beautiful thought and realization that when God calls on us to repent, He is already prepared to forgive us when we do! He is a God like no other.<br />Blessings,<br />michellemichellemabellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837916152778154094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-48129990676756949682011-05-24T05:10:56.705-07:002011-05-24T05:10:56.705-07:00"only guilty people can be forgiven" ah,..."only guilty people can be forgiven" ah, what comfort to be reminded than only sinners can be saved. God's grace is so comforting. Thanks.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135676378678046643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-13719743850868420972011-05-24T04:45:59.333-07:002011-05-24T04:45:59.333-07:00Hm; now that I've posted it, I realize that th...Hm; now that I've posted it, I realize that this could have been an <a href="http://teampyro.blogspot.com/search/label/open%20letters" rel="nofollow">open letter</a>, were I a <a href="http://teampyro.blogspot.com/search/label/centuri0n" rel="nofollow">better writer</a>.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.com