Comments for The Blog of Jasmine Sadler http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog My Experiences, Growth and Random Thoughts Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:44:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Celebrating Milestones: Tithing by Jasmine http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/2012/01/celebrating-milestones-tithing/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Jasmine Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:44:56 +0000 http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/?p=659#comment-283 Thanks again Gary for your input. I am happy with my decision and will continue to tithe. Thanks again Gary for your input. I am happy with my decision and will continue to tithe.

]]> Comment on Fav. we have more fun. by Jasmine http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/2012/01/fav-we-have-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Jasmine Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:42:22 +0000 http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/?p=683#comment-282 Thanks Estelle for your comment on my selection of entertainment. I don't find an issue with the things I posted. I thought they were funny, so I thought I'd share. The postings are on a tumblr and personal blog, not posted during service which has no bearing on my comfort level. Also, I have actually posted a link to my blog on my church's page for others to read about a powerful sermon. Please refer to your other comment posted from Matt 7:1-5 regarding judging others. Thanks Estelle for your comment on my selection of entertainment. I don’t find an issue with the things I posted. I thought they were funny, so I thought I’d share. The postings are on a tumblr and personal blog, not posted during service which has no bearing on my comfort level. Also, I have actually posted a link to my blog on my church’s page for others to read about a powerful sermon. Please refer to your other comment posted from Matt 7:1-5 regarding judging others.

]]> Comment on Tithing and the Material Conditional by Jasmine http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/2012/01/tithing-and-the-material-conditional/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Jasmine Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:36:33 +0000 http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/?p=669#comment-281 Thanks Estelle for your reply. I do not feel that I am judging anyone for tithing or not. I do believe that it has benefited me. I do not knock those that do not tithe, because I was once in that boat. What are your opinions on tithing, Do you or don't you and why or why not? I'm not judging you either way, but letting this serve as an open dialogue on the subject. Thanks! Thanks Estelle for your reply. I do not feel that I am judging anyone for tithing or not. I do believe that it has benefited me. I do not knock those that do not tithe, because I was once in that boat. What are your opinions on tithing, Do you or don’t you and why or why not? I’m not judging you either way, but letting this serve as an open dialogue on the subject.
Thanks!

]]> Comment on Tithing and the Material Conditional by Estelle http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/2012/01/tithing-and-the-material-conditional/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Estelle Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:01:17 +0000 http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/?p=669#comment-280 As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. Romans 14:1-23 As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
Romans 14:1-23

]]> Comment on Tithing and the Material Conditional by Estelle http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/2012/01/tithing-and-the-material-conditional/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Estelle Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:59:56 +0000 http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/?p=669#comment-279 @ Victoria and Jasmine - “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye" Matt7: 1- 5 I feel that no one can rightfully conclude who is deserving and who is not of blessings...Blessings, Favor, Grace, and Mercy is not fair according to humans. Only God determines who and when to give them out as HE chooses and sees fit. He does this even when WE don't understand. No one will ever come to God totally free of sin, but we can sure try. @ Victoria and Jasmine – “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye” Matt7: 1- 5

I feel that no one can rightfully conclude who is deserving and who is not of blessings…Blessings, Favor, Grace, and Mercy is not fair according to humans. Only God determines who and when to give them out as HE chooses and sees fit. He does this even when WE don’t understand. No one will ever come to God totally free of sin, but we can sure try.

]]> Comment on Fav. we have more fun. by Estelle http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/2012/01/fav-we-have-more-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Estelle Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:51:45 +0000 http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/?p=683#comment-278 I just want to comment on your choice of selection for entertainment. I read how you have chosen to follow the word of God and where it leads you. It was surprising to see the picture of the little boy with the posted comment after your biblical comments. I also took a look at the tumblr site. I am going out on a limb and say that you wouldn't feel comfortable posting some of the items on the blog during church service because it would not show how Christ is developing in you..if you wouldn't feel comfortable posting it in service, do you think something may be wrong with enjoying it? I just want to comment on your choice of selection for entertainment. I read how you have chosen to follow the word of God and where it leads you. It was surprising to see the picture of the little boy with the posted comment after your biblical comments. I also took a look at the tumblr site. I am going out on a limb and say that you wouldn’t feel comfortable posting some of the items on the blog during church service because it would not show how Christ is developing in you..if you wouldn’t feel comfortable posting it in service, do you think something may be wrong with enjoying it?

]]> Comment on Celebrating Milestones: Tithing by Gary Arnold http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/2012/01/celebrating-milestones-tithing/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Gary Arnold Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:25:56 +0000 http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/?p=659#comment-271 Thanks for responding to my comments, Jasmine. In your blog you say, "I chose to obey the word of God and I’m happy that I did!" Fact is, you haven't obeyed even ONE of God's many tithing commands. Not even one. If you think you have, please quote the scripture you have obeyed. If you really study Malachi 3 in depth you will find that the blessing referred to is RAIN. Yes, rain. Nothing else. The curse was locust - the insects would destroy (devour) the crops. Being Spirit led, I find myself giving far more than a mere tenth of my income. I give because I want to give. I have already been blessed. I don't give to get blessed. You can't buy blessings from God. You are a victim of the false tithing doctrine that church leaders in the US invented in 1870. Giving is good, and I would never ask or recommend anyone to stop giving if they can afford it. But to think that God blesses because of tithes is to totally misunderstand the scriptures. Unfortunately, too many pastors lack faith that God will provide the funding for His Church and therefore resort to taking scripture out of context to convince their members that God requires or expects them to tithe. Such pastors will be judged accordingly. I, myself, stay as far away from such false teachers as I can, except when I am in a discussion with them on this topic. It breaks my heart and upsets me bigtime when a pastor I had respected admits to me that he knows his teaching is false, but that if he doesn't teach it the way he does, people just won't give. VERY SAD INDEED. The pastor thinks he must lie in order to get enough funding for the church and justifies it by saying he is bringing people to the Lord. The problem with debating this topic is that the victim seldom figures out that he is, in fact, a victim. The victim, instead, thinks he is a beneficiary of blessings. God can and will bless whoever he wants and for what ever reason he wants. God does know your heart, so he knows you are trying to do the right thing. May God Bless you, and may He open your eyes to His truth. Thanks for responding to my comments, Jasmine.

In your blog you say, “I chose to obey the word of God and I’m happy that I did!”

Fact is, you haven’t obeyed even ONE of God’s many tithing commands. Not even one. If you think you have, please quote the scripture you have obeyed.

If you really study Malachi 3 in depth you will find that the blessing referred to is RAIN. Yes, rain. Nothing else. The curse was locust – the insects would destroy (devour) the crops.

Being Spirit led, I find myself giving far more than a mere tenth of my income. I give because I want to give. I have already been blessed. I don’t give to get blessed. You can’t buy blessings from God.

You are a victim of the false tithing doctrine that church leaders in the US invented in 1870. Giving is good, and I would never ask or recommend anyone to stop giving if they can afford it. But to think that God blesses because of tithes is to totally misunderstand the scriptures.

Unfortunately, too many pastors lack faith that God will provide the funding for His Church and therefore resort to taking scripture out of context to convince their members that God requires or expects them to tithe. Such pastors will be judged accordingly. I, myself, stay as far away from such false teachers as I can, except when I am in a discussion with them on this topic. It breaks my heart and upsets me bigtime when a pastor I had respected admits to me that he knows his teaching is false, but that if he doesn’t teach it the way he does, people just won’t give. VERY SAD INDEED. The pastor thinks he must lie in order to get enough funding for the church and justifies it by saying he is bringing people to the Lord.

The problem with debating this topic is that the victim seldom figures out that he is, in fact, a victim. The victim, instead, thinks he is a beneficiary of blessings. God can and will bless whoever he wants and for what ever reason he wants. God does know your heart, so he knows you are trying to do the right thing.

May God Bless you, and may He open your eyes to His truth.

]]> Comment on Celebrating Milestones: Tithing by Jasmine http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/2012/01/celebrating-milestones-tithing/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Jasmine Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:16:21 +0000 http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/?p=659#comment-270 Thanks Mike aka Quedaddy aka Ana, This post was initiated by belief/acceptance and included insight from what I have learned in school. God was indeed around a long time before man, and he was also around when he allowed man to "invent the system"; it was God that created the system. I appreciate you being such an avid fan of my blog! Thanks Mike aka Quedaddy aka Ana,
This post was initiated by belief/acceptance and included insight from what I have learned in school. God was indeed around a long time before man, and he was also around when he allowed man to “invent the system”; it was God that created the system. I appreciate you being such an avid fan of my blog!

]]> Comment on Tithing and the Material Conditional by Jasmine http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/2012/01/tithing-and-the-material-conditional/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Jasmine Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:18:36 +0000 http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/?p=669#comment-269 Thanks Vic for checking it out! I didn't know you even had a blog... Come on APL ;) Thanks Vic for checking it out! I didn’t know you even had a blog… Come on APL ;)

]]> Comment on Tithing and the Material Conditional by Jasmine http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/2012/01/tithing-and-the-material-conditional/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Jasmine Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:14:48 +0000 http://www.jasminesadler.com/blog/?p=669#comment-268 Mike, Thanks for your comment! I was just saying that God does show us grace and mercy and both of those are related to things not deserved. I agree that we don't earn our blessings, but sometimes he just hooks us up :) Mike,
Thanks for your comment! I was just saying that God does show us grace and mercy and both of those are related to things not deserved. I agree that we don’t earn our blessings, but sometimes he just hooks us up :)

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