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Posted by Helen on 4/27/2006, 3:47 am, in reply to "gender, angels and why?" I was a little surprised at your question Traci, because I look at it from a different perspective than what’s in it for me. For the same reason that we went to Bible College in the first place, Jesus has put His Word on my heart, and I am called to know His Words; they are spirit and they are life. Also, I guess it was because I was looking at it from the angle of having done the studies, and all the contexts that I poured over and cross references I checked and word studies I had to do and the searches that needed to be done to try and cover all the different aspects of the issue, I actually covered quite a bit of research about these two subjects; so I guess it might not seem as broad to you as it did to me. I spent about 20+ hours just on these two topics (Gen.6 “sons of God” and gender specification in heaven), and though it might appear vain in some respects, especially since we know that knowledge puffs up whereas love builds up; but I now have a better grasp of that subject, so if I am asked about it (and believe me, in witnessing; these type of questions come up all the time) I can give a succinct answer and go directly to the scriptures, providing others that God’s Word is being rightly handled. You might think that this study wouldn't affect you personally, but aspects of this particular study came up around the dinner table on Easter and I was blessed to have probably had the best conversation with my two youngest brothers because of recently delving more deeply into some of the text that were used in this angel/gender discussion. It is hard at times to spend time studying, I work a late swing shift, and get home about 3:00 am, and my husband works graveyard, so I sit and study and post in the early morning hours waiting for John to get home just after 7:00 am. I’ve spent many hours studying for the discussions I’ve joined in here, and have clipped them and saved them categorically by subject matter, even your Prophetic posts went into my file on Prophecy. My oldest brother Jim was also participating in our conversation and this was the calmest and most receptive time I have ever experienced him to be while discussing the Lord outside his Catholic box. Jim at one time was in seminary back in St. Lewis to become a Roman Catholic Priest, but decided not to take his vows. I believe that he knows Jesus in his heart, but as my oldest brother, he quite often “demands” answers from me concerning the validity of me not being Catholic, even after all these years. My Mother however is content with my walk with the Lord. She even came to Gospels in Song and she attended my Baptism and the Banquet in ’84 when I graduated. She too is one of the born again Catholics in my family. If you remember, I come from a very large family, and I have been challenged to have answers from God’s Word every time I am with them. I was on the Prison ministry team at New Heart for several years, and loved to prepare sermons and deliver them. I work for a very large corporation and I am continually faced with the opportunity to share the gospel there, especially as it applies to many different aspects of life. I have a Bible with me on my breaks and almost always a discussion will arise about the Lord and His word and last summer at the Katina’s concert that New Heart sponsored, I had 10 seats taken up just for family members (Jim and your children were right behind us, but I didn’t see you, were you there?) and 18 seats for co-workers and acquaintances. One of the gals from work gave her heart to the Lord that night and about a month later, the Lord provided her with a job as the secretary at the church she started attending near her home in Lakewood, when just two months previously we were praying down in the parking structure of our building because of the difficulties she was going through in her life without Jesus. Another gal who came that night was a gal who worked graveyard over at QFC across the street from where we live, and we also knew her from our Condo, and at the age of only 27 her husband died in his sleep just the month before and she was soaking up Jesus every way she could. I appreciate New Heart providing a source of evangelism to the city, like our Gospels in Song, I loved to invite people to them and participate in the Lord’s work. Concerning the Angel/gender subject, I would’ve loved to actually have dropped this particular subject about a week ago but because I was being seen as sidestepping when I felt emotions were rising, I stuck it out for clarification purposes. I am currently seeking another site/board that is more geared toward study, though the fellowship on this board is nice, I’m not crazy about the format of the new board the Gathering is moving to. I have attempted to stay on subject in the discussions here, but the people here are not just hypothetical scenarios they are those who actually believe differently than I do, and emotions become involved. I have only sought fairness in discussion, and my willingness to participate here is based solely on the understanding that we would agree to disagree, but that is not always the final outcome. I more than welcome disagreement in general, because I appreciate the opportunity to study additional perspectives, but actually would prefer to back out if the temperature gets too high. At times, this site has not allowed me that freedom, so that is why I am looking for other study alternatives. Thanks for the question Traci. ***Helen
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Hi Traci,
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