Comments for a view of the woods http://www.lionelwoods.net the weblog of Lionel Woods Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:12:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The Shack and Lawsuits Among Believers by Nicole http://www.lionelwoods.net/2010/07/the-shack-and-lawsuits-among-believers/comment-page-1/#comment-1998 Nicole Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:12:48 +0000 http://www.lionelwoods.net/?p=456#comment-1998 hahaaa LOL@Jon..A hott mess!! @Lionel, I feel ya on Johnny Mac...had to give the church props on that on tho great convo bruthas! hahaaa LOL@Jon..A hott mess!!
@Lionel, I feel ya on Johnny Mac…had to give the church props on that on tho
great convo bruthas!

]]> Comment on The Shack and Lawsuits Among Believers by Aussiejohn http://www.lionelwoods.net/2010/07/the-shack-and-lawsuits-among-believers/comment-page-1/#comment-1996 Aussiejohn Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:13:53 +0000 http://www.lionelwoods.net/?p=456#comment-1996 Lionel, It reminds me of the story told about some Christians who were in prison. Offered the opportunity to escape death by denying Christ in exchange for their freedom, they both chose death. What one is entitled to by law is not the issue. A credible witness is. Lionel,

It reminds me of the story told about some Christians who were in prison. Offered the opportunity to escape death by denying Christ in exchange for their freedom, they both chose death.

What one is entitled to by law is not the issue. A credible witness is.

]]> Comment on The Shack and Lawsuits Among Believers by Jon Paden http://www.lionelwoods.net/2010/07/the-shack-and-lawsuits-among-believers/comment-page-1/#comment-1995 Jon Paden Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:27:20 +0000 http://www.lionelwoods.net/?p=456#comment-1995 I wonder if the elders received a fee (love offering) for their arbitration services. LOL I wonder if the elders received a fee (love offering) for their arbitration services. LOL

]]> Comment on The Shack and Lawsuits Among Believers by Lionel Woods http://www.lionelwoods.net/2010/07/the-shack-and-lawsuits-among-believers/comment-page-1/#comment-1994 Lionel Woods Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:22:52 +0000 http://www.lionelwoods.net/?p=456#comment-1994 Nicole, I pray that if I were faced with this, I would do the same as those brothers over at Grace. Man that is an amazing testimony of God's grace. MacArthur and I don't agree on much anymore but I am with them 100% on this and very proud of them. This saddens me because these dudes were best friends. It isn't just a business thing but a real deal friendship that has been dissolved. I think both parties can come to an agreement with such arbitration. Wow those elders impress me. Nicole,

I pray that if I were faced with this, I would do the same as those brothers over at Grace. Man that is an amazing testimony of God’s grace. MacArthur and I don’t agree on much anymore but I am with them 100% on this and very proud of them. This saddens me because these dudes were best friends. It isn’t just a business thing but a real deal friendship that has been dissolved. I think both parties can come to an agreement with such arbitration. Wow those elders impress me.

]]> Comment on The Shack and Lawsuits Among Believers by Nicole http://www.lionelwoods.net/2010/07/the-shack-and-lawsuits-among-believers/comment-page-1/#comment-1993 Nicole Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:19:05 +0000 http://www.lionelwoods.net/?p=456#comment-1993 LOL!! yall crack me up. Wow,this is so sad. I have heard so much negativity about this book but have never read it, never really wanted to.Then to hear this ,is even sadder. I just read of a situation where there was a lawsuit between a Christian at John MacArthurs church and a Christian in another congregation were in a dispute and they arbitrated it by taking elders from their congregation, elders from his. They met together in private, prayed over it, sought the mind of the Holy Spirit, and decided on it; and it never got out of the community of believers, and that's exactly what the Bible says to do. Now thats hott!! WE all need to learn how to obey the scripture like this. I believe doing it differntly will lead to bitterness, guilt,depression and frustration with lawyers and pagan court system, consequences of sin. My prayer is that I would follow the principal of scripture and take the blow. The scripture is clear, not for you to go to the pagan court on such matters. Dang man, I agree that this will affect many generations down the line, but I am also thinking about Jesus and how He was tempted in the wilderness with Satan..(I look at this money as the same temptation) Satan offered Jesus all beauty and all the Kingdoms of the world through a path of non-suffering, and Jesus resisted this temptation. It wasn’t the path. The church today wants all the Kingdom without the suffering. If you do it right, you will suffer! There is also suffering from not entering into the mission of God…the deprivation of blessing! Matthew 4, Matthew 16:23. The same temptation that Jesus faced was the same that I and the church face today. So, I say all that to say, God will provide. For me, for my child, and def. for my chilren, chilrens..LOL!. Again, this sounds good, and simple, but I know it wont be. This again is just the perspective my husband and I have been asking the LORD to help us to have. Redemptive Suffering is a BEAST!!!! Phil. 3; 1Pet. 4:1; Acts 5:40-42 LOL!! yall crack me up. Wow,this is so sad. I have heard so much negativity about this book but have never read it, never really wanted to.Then to hear this ,is even sadder. I just read of a situation where there was a lawsuit between a Christian at John MacArthurs church and a Christian in another congregation were in a dispute and they arbitrated it by taking elders from their congregation, elders from his. They met together in private, prayed over it, sought the mind of the Holy Spirit, and decided on it; and it never got out of the community of believers, and that’s exactly what the Bible says to do. Now thats hott!! WE all need to learn how to obey the scripture like this. I believe doing it differntly will lead to bitterness, guilt,depression and frustration with lawyers and pagan court system, consequences of sin.

My prayer is that I would follow the principal of scripture and take the blow. The scripture is clear, not for you to go to the pagan court on such matters. Dang man, I agree that this will affect many generations down the line, but I am also thinking about Jesus and how He was tempted in the wilderness with Satan..(I look at this money as the same temptation)

Satan offered Jesus all beauty and all the Kingdoms of the world through a path of non-suffering, and Jesus resisted this temptation. It wasn’t the path. The church today wants all the Kingdom without the suffering. If you do it right, you will suffer! There is also suffering from not entering into the mission of God…the deprivation of blessing! Matthew 4, Matthew 16:23. The same temptation that Jesus faced was the same that I and the church face today.
So, I say all that to say, God will provide. For me, for my child, and def. for my chilren, chilrens..LOL!. Again, this sounds good, and simple, but I know it wont be. This again is just the perspective my husband and I have been asking the LORD to help us to have. Redemptive Suffering is a BEAST!!!!

Phil. 3; 1Pet. 4:1; Acts 5:40-42

]]> Comment on The Shack and Lawsuits Among Believers by Lionel Woods http://www.lionelwoods.net/2010/07/the-shack-and-lawsuits-among-believers/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Lionel Woods Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:04:00 +0000 http://www.lionelwoods.net/?p=456#comment-1992 Stephen, That sounds like a great option, maybe there is even a business for such arbitration if it doesn't already exist. Stephen,

That sounds like a great option, maybe there is even a business for such arbitration if it doesn’t already exist.

]]> Comment on The Shack and Lawsuits Among Believers by brian foulks http://www.lionelwoods.net/2010/07/the-shack-and-lawsuits-among-believers/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 brian foulks Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:58:52 +0000 http://www.lionelwoods.net/?p=456#comment-1991 Show me the money!!! Show me the money!!!

]]> Comment on The Shack and Lawsuits Among Believers by Stephen Young II http://www.lionelwoods.net/2010/07/the-shack-and-lawsuits-among-believers/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 Stephen Young II Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:12:48 +0000 http://www.lionelwoods.net/?p=456#comment-1989 Go to a christian arbitrator? Go to a christian arbitrator?

]]> Comment on The Shack and Lawsuits Among Believers by Javetta http://www.lionelwoods.net/2010/07/the-shack-and-lawsuits-among-believers/comment-page-1/#comment-1988 Javetta Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:48:21 +0000 http://www.lionelwoods.net/?p=456#comment-1988 Even I have to LOL @ my silly husband. Yall pray for me... I would have to first decide if the principle is worth more than the money/lawsuit. I've been at a place in my life where large sums of money don't move me. I am a huge believer in having enough to survive, not necessarily being rich. Maybe that comes from being American poor all my life *shrug*. I have a pretty unAmerican view of dollars so I'm tinking I would lean toward the principle. Even I have to LOL @ my silly husband. Yall pray for me…

I would have to first decide if the principle is worth more than the money/lawsuit. I’ve been at a place in my life where large sums of money don’t move me. I am a huge believer in having enough to survive, not necessarily being rich. Maybe that comes from being American poor all my life *shrug*. I have a pretty unAmerican view of dollars so I’m tinking I would lean toward the principle.

]]> Comment on The Shack and Lawsuits Among Believers by brian http://www.lionelwoods.net/2010/07/the-shack-and-lawsuits-among-believers/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 brian Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:16:01 +0000 http://www.lionelwoods.net/?p=456#comment-1987 no doubt.... no doubt….

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