King Or Friend?

[iggyjoan]

Alright, cool. Thanks

[FullTruth]

I think the sealing of the holy ghost is very important for a believer. Roman Catholics call it confirmation, but it is the same. When the lord writes his name in your hand, your heart, and on your forehead you are then purchased from this world, and the devil and his seed doesn't own you anymore.

I think it is a pivitol moment for any Christian.

What I find disturbing is how lack luster some christians are about it. Just before I renounced the denomination I belonged too, someone was baptized, and I was so pumped to see someone being saved I wanted to have a 'new-birthday' party for him. He was excited, I was excited, and nobody else was. . .

Kind of disturbing, wouldn't you say?

When Angels in heaven were celebrating, seeing one more soul being saved from death and hell, and the christians on earth not too impressed, where's the passion for the lost, and to see someone lost was just saved.

[N/A Gone]

Fear and respect. Brokeness was a big thing of mine as an evangelical and it is still as a catholic, I approach the throne with fear and reference. Desiring someday to be told "well done good and faithful servant"

Im not big on the buddy-buddy talk, it is easy to lose respect in that method

[Anomaly]

As we grow and mature, we discover our relationship with God is multifaceted.

The Trinity is God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. It depends upon the immediate circumstances of our lives. God is King, as well as our loving Father. Jesus is our Brother, as well as Lord of Lords. The Holy Spirit is the wind that opened the Sea to allow the Hebrew to escape, as well as the whispering breeze that sent (Elijah?) back into the cave with fear.

Those of you who aren't parents find may find it hard to envision. Parents love the children with a tenderness that's hard to imagine until you experience it, but parents also have to discipline and be an athority over their children. Your parent is going to have a different role if you are coming to them with a stomach ache in the middle of the night, or if you're having to explain how you cracked the car window playing auto crash on your bike.

[desertwoman]

All the above.