Demi,

I'm sorry you feel this way.

I am very open minded (if you knew me personally, you would know this) but having studied the Bible, I realized that several of the things you posted previously were misinterpreting the verses so I corrected them in order to help you understand these things. I thought I was being nice.

• Have you found fault with my corrections?
• Was my help in these important matters not appreciated?
• Have I been wasting my gestures of kindness?
• Have I been wasting my time?

Please point out my errors to me and I will humbly rethink my position. I'm not proud or self-focused. Those things are a waste of time and energy. Truth is larger, older and more important than all of us. I will conform my life to it and not try to make it conform to my desires.

But now you have changed this conversation into one that condemns my character. Do I deserve this?

[color:"red"]"They also that render evil for good...because I follow the thing that good is."[/color]

Psalms 38:20

If a scuba diver was on this forum and they spoke about diving, I would humbly listen because I know little about it. I would ask questions if I was interested and would carefully consider the answers of those who know more than I do.

Yet, in your posts, you completely misinterpret scripture, and in my attempt to help, being kind to you all along, even making a reference to friends that correct each other, you now make this judgement of my character, not knowing me and having had nothing said against you.

[color:"red"]"Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?"[/color]

Galatians 4:16

If a computer programmer said to me, "Did you know you can use allocate global memory in Windows, release it and still use the memory pointer", I would kindly correct him even though the statement is completely ridiculous.

If a sound engineer came to me and said, "You can bypass the crossovers in your studio monitors and they will sound better and last longer", I would kindly point out how absurd that statement is, hoping that he will not try the very thing he is proposing and blow his own speakers.

Nevertheless, the things you've said about scripture are no less false. Not only that, but they are types of things that can be easilly researched and corrected, and so I thought I was doing you a kindness by taking the time to help you understand.

Now I am forced to ask myself if you really want to understand these things or if you just want to interpret them according to your own emotions or desires.

Do you believe the scriptures were written to be interpreted any such way we please?

[color:"red"]"Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation."[/color]

2 Peter 1:20

It is perhaps soul-searching time so we can question ourselves and see if we are:

• seeking an understanding of what scripture really says, or
• seeking our own interpretation of scripture for the fulfillment of our own wants.

As a Bible student, let me tell you, one God loves, the other He hates.

[color:"red"]"But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate."[/color]

Revelation 2:6

Over and over again, when a prophet was sent from God to teach the truth to people, if the recipient(s)

• did not like the message, and
• was of evil character,

they attacked the messenger.

A proper understanding of scripture is valuable and is a very important matter in this life, so I implore you to listen and consider the things I have told you before sitting in judgement of the messenger.

[color:"red"]"Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man."[/color]

Matthew 15:11