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Eric Sikma

Male. Lives in Walla Walla, Washington, United States. Born on August 14, 1965.

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Eric Sikma

November 27, 2021 3:33 pm

Here’s the Biblical breakdown on the word, “Agree” as it often gets used in prayer these days: Since there are no contradictions in The Word...EVER, since The Lord is ABSOLUTELY Sovereign, and since i... View MoreHere’s the Biblical breakdown on the word, “Agree” as it often gets used in prayer these days: Since there are no contradictions in The Word...EVER, since The Lord is ABSOLUTELY Sovereign, and since it’s a public setting which translates to the question of, “Who knows who sees what?”, the word “agree” is one we prayerfully hear often in today’s itchy ears “modern society” but it’s actually not correct. It contradicts both Philippians 4:6 as well as 1 Peter 5:7 and instead leans toward James 4:3. Philippians 4:6 (NLT) Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 1 Peter 5:7 (NLT) Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. If one gets down to brass tacks, “agreeing” on something in prayer in that James 4:3 sense basically puts mankind’s opinions above The Lord’s Ways...In a sense it makes Him out to be a “vending machine” or a “slot machine”. In other words, The Lord MUST honor the request because, after all, “we agree and there’s more than one of us”. (?????) James 4:3 (NLT) And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure. https://www.biblegateway.com/ Since groups as well as profiles in Social Media Land are public settings, therefore who knows who sees what, sometimes love must be tough. The desire is for everyone truly born again (or “born from above” – or “born the new way” – John 3:1-21) to hit as close to 100% as possible of everything for which The Lord created that person, self included. No one is perfect and there is no one righteous...AT ALL (Isaiah 64:6, John 8:7, Romans 3:10-12, Romans 3:21-26, 1 John 1:8-10). According to Ephesians 5:11, instructions are to have nothing to do with the deeds of darkness but rather expose them. As long as a person is able to identify from the heart with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus...ONLY...that person is justified (Galatians 2:20, Romans 5:10, Romans 6:17-18, 2 Corinthians 5:17.) Anything above and beyond that is merely some human attempting to push some “religion”, or “sin management”, or “man-plan”. According to Romans 6:17-18, someone born again becomes obedient from the heart. EVERYONE needs a savior (1 John 1:8-10). One doesn’t HAVE TO do things pertaining to Christianity, he or she GETS to. HUMONGOUS difference.) “...and the truth shall set you free” (John 8:31-32). (If a person’s REALLY interested in what The Word says about something, passages can be easily looked up. Sadly, many times these days passages do not get looked up due to someone “being in too much of a hurry.”)

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