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01-01-2011, 10:58 PM
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Still Figuring It Out.
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Re: I Was Wrong!
Indeed Brother Hoover.
I was once convinced of all I believed. I had the doctrine and I knew it all. I have since found that I didn't have it right enough times that I can now say I am free to learn.
There is nothing I hold that is beyond revisiting. Truth will always last. I just don't my thought that I am right keep me from learning anything He has for me to learn.
I was wrong. And I'm a happier person now that I realize that.
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01-02-2011, 08:31 AM
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Beautiful are the feet......
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Re: I Was Wrong!
From birth, my thoughts and world views were shaped by family, church and close friends. I had developed pillars of "truth" that I could build everything else in my life on.
When I got a little older and wiser, I figured out that some of the pillars of "truth" were mere assumptions that I had never personally researched and proved to be absolute truths.
"I was wrong" is one of the hardest phrases to say to others. It's humbling to admit that one has made judgments that were based on mis-information or assumptions. Kudos to Hoovie! 
It is true that when you realize that you were wrong in one area, it causes you to research and question other areas. I find it very liberating to realize that I was RIGHT in some areas!!
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01-02-2011, 08:52 AM
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Best Hair on AFF
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Re: I Was Wrong!
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Originally Posted by Hoovie
Smithy should get excited because in spite of some current disagreement in a thread or two, I like him alot and don't judge him as anything other than a brother.  |
Disagree with me all you like.....just leave the hair alone!!!
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01-02-2011, 09:16 AM
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Loving God, His Word, His Name
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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Re: I Was Wrong!
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Originally Posted by Hoovie
Yeah, I know, you already knew that! Maybe so, but the thing is I did not.
Have you changed your beliefs on something you very adamantly were convinced of in days gone by? Wow! I know I have. It seems life has a way humbling a person. It could be theology or otherwise but it seems we are all on a journey that is shaped by our life experiences - including of course, our experience with the Lord Jesus.
Just the thought... Just knowing I am not what I will be in ten or twenty years is humbling to me. Not that I desire to be fluid in my beliefs or throw caution to the wind at all. But I know that even theologians and scholars are growing, learning and even changing beliefs on things throughout their lifetime.
Help me Lord to stay sober minded. In 2011 May I become humble knowing my weakness is great. May I refrain from judging my fellow man harshly. Amen.
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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity. Let's be more students and less professors. The disciples sat at the feet of Jesus and listened to His words. They did not know everything. No man on earth has a solid grip on every dot and tittle of the truth.
Be humbled, be correctable, and stay repentant.
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01-02-2011, 09:31 AM
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Ravaged by Grace
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Re: I Was Wrong!
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In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity. Let's be more students and less professors. The disciples sat at the feet of Jesus and listened to His words. They did not know everything. No man on earth has a solid grip on every dot and tittle of the truth.
Be humbled, be correctable, and stay repentant.
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Obviously, you're new here. There are several on AFF who know everything.
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01-02-2011, 09:33 AM
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Forever Loved Admin
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Re: I Was Wrong!
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Originally Posted by notofworks
Obviously, you're new here. There are several on AFF who know everything.
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More than a few probably.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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01-02-2011, 10:30 AM
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DOING THE FIRST WORKS
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Re: I Was Wrong!
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Originally Posted by UnTraditional
In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity. Let's be more students and less professors. The disciples sat at the feet of Jesus and listened to His words. They did not know everything. No man on earth has a solid grip on every dot and tittle of the truth.
Be humbled, be correctable, and stay repentant.
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Great post.
Please post much more than twice in a lifetime. The world is waiting.
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01-02-2011, 10:41 AM
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Registered Member
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Re: I Was Wrong!
Truth brings changes.
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Today pull up the little weeds,
The sinful thoughts subdue,
Or they will take the reins themselves
And someday master you. --Anon.
The most deadly sins do not leap upon us, they creep up on us.
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01-02-2011, 02:15 PM
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Re: I Was Wrong!
Have been wrong numerous times in my 67 years. One thing that I have always considered in admitting that I was wrong about something was to not change just to be changing. If I've got something wrong I don't want to change to another wrong.
Sometimes it seems there are those on AFF who approach certain subjects with the attitude of "there is no way that I can be wrong!" They seem to refuse to even consider what someone else has to say.
Kinda like Peter, Mt 26:33* "Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended." And yet he was so offended (and wrong) he denied the Lord 3 times even to the point of cursing.
I could be wrong..... but get a hold of yourself, you could be too!
Happy New Year
Been Thinkin
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LIFE: Some days you're the dog and some days you're the hydrant! 
I have ... Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia! The fear of long words.
"Prediction is very hard, especially about the future." - Yogi Berra
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave in reflection." - Thomas Paine
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01-02-2011, 02:22 PM
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Re: I Was Wrong!
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Originally Posted by notofworks
Obviously, you're new here. There are several on AFF who know everything.
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