grrrrrrr kate is in a bad mood

[k8col]

"For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to know, so nothing is taught but what is expedient to know. Therefore we must guard against depriving believers of anything disclosed about predestination in Scripture, lest we seem either wickedly to defraud them of the blessing of

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[loss4words]

nah .. everything requires balance, even in god

[jenwhits]

yeah. i agree with this kid.

[k8col]

so if everyday i wake up in the morning and learn more about Gods soverignty....u say im overdoing that. thats what im talking about. you cant over do anything in the bible as in you cant study it too much. thats retarded.

[jenwhits]

no, it's good to learn more about God's sovereignty.

but everything's a balance.

[loss4words]

no, no-one said that was overdoing it. but if you were to neglect your worldly duties of caring for your dependants, or going to work, or bathing, then i would say you were overdoing it

which comes back to my original point that everything requires balance

[k8col]

oh ok.
i get what you are saying. but i dont think you see where im coming from which is fine:) i just thought you did and thats why i disagreed with you.

[loss4words]

no no, i understand what you're saying

we're talking about different things

[pn2424]

being caught up in an attribute of God cant be over done bc nothing about God can receive enough praise for what it is bc it so glorious that we cant even comprehend it..i mean no matter what we do we wont be able to give God the praise that he is worthy of

[loss4words]

say there was a world where there was only shrimp. or there was a world with no shrimp. wait, i'm getting off-topic. answers like yours make me extremely uncomfortable because it's thinking like that that lead to the crusades and the vilification of homosexuals. not accusing you of being a mass murderer or an abuser of the masses. but definitely saying that anything can be overdone. if we were to worship constantly we would have no money because we wouldn't go to work. we are still bound by the rules of this world, and our world requires balance. prayer time, play time, worship time, work time.

in god all things are perfect and a static perfect state is balanced.

[pn2424]

yea stuff can be overdone but thats not what im talking about..how can being caught up in the glory of God lead to mass murdering..that doesnt go together..im talking about getting caught up in God and his insane glory..and that cant be overdone..we can worship God thru anything we do by simply submitting ourself to God and his commandments(romans 12:1) i mean the balance you are talking about is straying from God being the most important thing in your life..i mean yea we have to work bc God created the world that way..but our work is an act of submission to God and what we receive from our work we are to give back to God 10 percent..i mean we are to worship God in everything we do so it cant be overdone

[loss4words]

reading back to the original post i believe the point was overconcentrating on any one thing .. if we are to worship god in everything we do all well and good but our lives break if we don't remain balanced. i'm not sure how many times i can explain this and have people quote 'worship god in everything we do' at me.

[k8col]

um. work, play and everything is worship...or it should be.
"so whether you eat or drink or whatever you do do it all for the glory of God" 1 cor 10:31

[loss4words]

that's a technicality because of their use of the world. when i say worship, i mean just being in church, praying, singing, learning etc. all well and good, and something you should do, but not something you can do 24x7. if you were to give too much of what you make, you would be poor to the detriment of your dependants. if you were to help the needy too much you would neglect your own. balance. that whole 'everything we do is worship' is a tangent. anything can be overdone.

[jenwhits]

kate, i hate that the only times i've ever posted on your live journal is when i have something negative to say. sorry. i think you're a really cool girl. i'm just in a different place than you.

all i meant is that anything can be overdone. it really can. unfortunately, all things can, and that's where trouble comes in. in fact, i'd say most disagreements and perversions of truth come in when we emphasize one aspect of the faith more than is intended. the only aspect of Christianity that can never be over-emphasized is the gospel (our great need and God's great sufficiency).

you're probably not doing this, so it doesn't matter. but just a word of warning: getting too caught up in God's sovereignty can make us complacent, and make us not worry about the choices we make.

i think you are concerned with the choices you make, so it's all well and good for you to meditate on God's sovereignty. it's something i learn more and more about everyday as well. all the balance comment was intended for was to say "we can't get so caught

[loss4words]

yeah, what she said