"Newborn" <newborn@VERT/HDCAFE> wrote in message
news:47DB6591.6627.dove-rel@vert.synchro.net...
> God never threatens; the devil never warns as the saying goes. We
> sometmes
> use the words 'threat' and 'warning' interchangeably, but there is a
> principle
> that suggests a distiction. Threats are used to get people to do what is
> in
> our best interest; warnings are issued to get people to do what is in
> their
> best interest. In other words, threats seek to preserve power, whereas
> warnings serve to protect peole from danger.
>
> Satan wants us to thing of God's loving warnings as mean-spiritied
> threats,
> but he is wrong. A warning is a great arresting statement of God's,
> inspired
> by His love and patience. The evidence of this is found in the many
> commands
> that are coupled with phases like 'that it may go well with you' (Deut.
> 4:40;
> 12:28).
>
> In loving relationships, people warn one another of the inevitable
> consequences of foolish behavior. In unhealty relationship relationships,
> people threaten one another with punishment if they fail to live up to
> unreasonable demands.
>
> 'The devil is clever, deceiving us all,
> He cunningly causes the strongest to fall;
> But we his sly methods are sure to discern
> By making God's warnings our daily concern' - DJD
>
> (Paraphased from ODB)
>
> "Warnings are an expression of love; threats are an expression of
> control."
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I like that, And I think that should be used as a quote...
Timecop
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