[If there’s one thing sure and encouraging about these 2 couples BAN/VAN@S6K and “CF” and “AF,” they are true friends. Others among us have friends who have distanced themselves altogether or when there’s no avoidance of getting together we avoid the topic of faith. This exchange will continue until one side gives up on the other. For now, to their credit they’re intent on continuing, a good sign of enduring friendship and mutual respect for each other’s faith choice and that is as it should be. Our common experience is — we have not lost friends we’ve had for reasons other than being in the same religion or church; other friendships fell apart that developed from common religious belief or attending same bible study; that is understandable, the common ground has crumbled and so the friendship does not survive. Initials stand for their real names.–Admin1.]
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Dear BAN/VAN,
We had a wonderful 3 days in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We had gone there 27 years ago when I was in my depression. We remember that the Lord allowed me to conquer Sharp Top Mtn. (a difficult hike) at that time. That was a real victory. From our pictures, it looks like we did it twice. I was probably so pumped up at having conquered, that I said “let’s do it again.’ We also met a couple I believe up there who were a real encouragement to me spiritually. They were one of “… a way of escape that you may be able to bear it.” 1 Cor. 10:31.
I do a lot of reading. I especially enjoy the Classics since they are indeed well-written. It amazes me how many of them refer to salvation and Jesus and redemption etc. I have been reading a lot of Harriet Beecher Stowe and her novels are like evangelical messages.
BAN, it mystifies me that you would think that through all these ages, all these folks who have sought God, including us, have been led astray.
My testimony is —
“I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him until that day.” II Timothy 1:12.
Certainly among all of us, God would have revealed the Gospel and Christianity as false and that we all are being mislead.
Oh my friends, how I pray the Holy Spirit to reveal Jesus to you as is His role in the Godhead. John 14:26
Lovingly,
“CF”
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