And, now to add to what I have already said in the previous posting.
I always like to try and find scripture to say something of what I have come
up out of my own brain. Thanks to Triston, he reminded me of this passage:
1 Samuel 16:7
7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his
height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man
looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the
heart."
So, really, we still cannot know, but because we are man and not God, we
just have to again pray and hope that our Christian "brothers and sisters"
are sold out to God.still
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lyn Hunt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: Ministry Question
> That's hard to answer. On one hand, you might say a small percent like
> maybe 10 or soemthingl ike that. But, since it is not ours to judge, then
> who can say? I know that in a lot of big churches, (let's say 1000
> members or attendees as you put it), there might be 100 that are
> completely sold out to God. How many of us on the E-church list are
> completely sold out to God? And then, what would you call being sold out
> to God? I say being sold out to God means that we focus our daily lives
> on Him, and everything that we do during a course of a day is surrounded
> by what pleases Him, or what makes Him be glorified. It might mean that
> we change our attitudes. It might mean tht we change our way of living.
> It might mean that the music we used to listen to, or the friends we used
> to hang out with, or the things we used to say, or even as faras the kinds
> of books we used to read might change. No one knows but the Father whose
> heart is truly completely and solely in Him, but we hope and pray that our
> fellow christian "brothers and sisters" are sold out to Him.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 9:10 PM
> Subject: Ministry Question
>
>
>> If you were in a church of 100 members, or should I suggest 100
>> attendees,
>> and they never missed a service, all 100 of them, what would be your
>> guess
>> has to how many of these 100 people were sold out to God and He lived in
>> their lives as their Lord? I'm saying, they were all born again, too.
>> This
>> isn't a trick question and you can't get it wrong. I'm just wondering
>> what
>> your guess might be as the percentage of Christian that live in Christ as
>> well as He living in them, if you get my drift.
>>
>> Phil.
>>
>>
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