Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
THE LAST WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS.
Matthew 27:46 In the ninth hour, Jesus cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." Luke 23:34
"I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." Luke 23:43
"Dear Woman, here is your son!" and "Here is your mother!" When Jesus recognized his mother standing near the cross with the Apostle John, he entrusted his mother's well-being to John's responsibility. John 19: 26-27
"I am thirsty" John 19:28 Here, Jesus was answering the Messianic prophecy from Psalm 69:21. "They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst."
"It is finished!" John 19:30 The work his Father had sent him to do, which was to teach the Gospel, perform miracles, and achieve reconciliation for his people, was fulfilled. The debt of sin was paid.
"Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" Luke 23:46 Jesus willingly gave his life.
Not a believer in the Bible as many passages have been debunked. For instances, in Luke 23:24, those words where not found in the first three transcripts discovered of the Bible. They were transcribed in a later version found. Also, ‘Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. “ This was also found in versions transcribed several hundred years later.
I've had similar thoughts. But I know how hungry my spirit is for the Word in the Bible, so I pray for discernment and read it anyway. There may be a few things in there that man has added, but whoever added them forgot to take out the part where God said that anybody who changes it will have to answer to HIM (Revelation 22:18-19). I figure I'll read it, live by it (as much as I can as a fallen human), and let God deal with the fellas who added the extras.