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(Continuation) Re: VFP has a new companion on the scrap
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>>>>>>>The Bible says it this way (Luke 11:23) KJV - "23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth."
>>>>>>Now that is evil... So GOD is really SATAN himself?
>>>>>It means the truth has one voice. Anyone not speaking the truth is, by definition, speaking a lie.
>>>>So anyone just keeping his mouth shut is lying as well?
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>>>In certain cases, though it is not "lying" exactly, but sinning:
>>>James 4:17 - KJV - "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin."
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>>Ummmm....not to nitpick a lot, but that verse refers to actions, not speech. Most of Jesus' message was the equivalent of "By our actions are we known" John 3:19-24, James 2 14-17, James 1: 23-25
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>>Actions, not words.
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>Speaking is most definitely an action. It's an action verb. :-) But beyond that, it has real power even of life and death (Proverbs 18:21).

Yet it is treated as non-action. "Do good" - not "speak good"
"Who acted as his neighbor?" not 'who spoke as his neighbor'
"You go and do likewise" not 'you go and talk likewise' (which sounds incredibly country if you put a twang in yer speech)
"You don't manage people. You manage things - people you lead" Adm. Grace Hopper
Pflugerville, between a Rock and a Weird Place
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