Member Guidelines, Rules and Principles:
All Seven Rules and Guidelines below are based on God’s Two Greatest Commandments found in Matthew 22:37-40.
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Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment." (If we love God this way we will trust and obey Him and His Word more fully! We will want to become One with God and seek Unity of Faith in the truth and love of Christ!)
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"And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself." (No disrespectful, angry words to members and if some one offends us, we will not be vindictive and will not say angry words back. If you want, you can send a PM to one of the Admins. to alert them of the violator. But we should also forgive and love one another! But violations should be reported to the Admins.)
Five More Relevant Commandments for our Forum from the Ten Commandments - Exodus 20:7-17
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"You Shall Not Use the Name of the LORD Your God In Vain." (Show Reverence and Respect for the name of God the Father, the Lord Jesus and Holy Spirit No Negative messages or images!)
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"Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep It Holy the Seventh day is the Sabbath...(Discussing and sharing Biblical Spiritual Information here is acceptable on the Sabbath. With that said, we should keep our discussions-posting spiritual remembering the sacredness of the Sabbath Day not speaking our own words...)
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"You Shall Not Steal."No illegal activities,(No promoting of other sites similar to ours, no copyright infringement, no contractual breaches of video's and other products etc..
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"You Shall Not Kill." (If you have hate or anger against a member it is like killing. Be polite, no rude words, No Personal Attacks, No Name Calling, No Arguing, No labeling like calling them legalistic, liberal etc. No Vindictive acts,and No Attacking the Beliefs of the SDA Church and the Inspired writings of Ellen White or any other group, church or individual. If you disagree with something posted, produce Biblical support and address the topic matter and do not make it personal against the poster.)
"It is not what goes in a man but what comes out that defiles him. For it is out of the abundance of the heart does the mouth speak. James 3:2 says "for in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body"
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"You Shall Not Be A False Witness." (If you are posting information from other articles or blogs, Please check your information, Be sure info. is true and accurate.And no twisting the words of a member to say something that they did not say and no assuming you know the motives of members-posters.
Additional Rules:
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No Profanity,Don't post graphic or sexually explicit images or text.
No complaining about posts or threads submitted in the forum or ranting about our staff admins.
Respect another member's right to confidentiality and privacy.
Be truthful about your identity. Don't impersonate other members. No Racist, hateful, or sexist comments. No Harassment of another member. Respect another member's request to cease contact. Keep in mind that all our rules, and guidelines are to protect and benefit you the member and bring honor and Glory to God! All members and visitors should be treated with compassion and respect, please treat other members the way you want to be treated!
These Rules,Guidelines and Biblical Principles, will provide overall guidance to all site Administrators in developing and enforcing them. The Administrators can expand the rules or guidelines or add things that are not covered by the above, however, the above principles, guidelines, rules, cannot be contradicted. They are to be implemented by the administrators and moderators to maintain the focus and vision of the group. Do not openly question the actions or judgment of an Admin. If you disagree, send them a Private Message by email, a (PM)
Administrator: Forum-Site creator (Matthew), will be here to help you, encourage you, pray for you and sometimes be your advocate.I will be participating in discussions commenting, replying monitoring and moderating all discussions. if necessary I will correct, rebuke and warn members of inappropriate words or conduct. As this Forum grows more, we may need to ad more Admins.
If any member violates any of these guidelines, rules or principles the information in violation will be deleted by the Administrators with or without notice and the member reminded of the rules guidelines etc. If a member sees a member in violation,please do not post anything on the open forum, send a (PM) private message by email to anyone of the Admins. about it. If the same member commits more violations after being warned the member will be asked to make a public apology. If more violations continue by the same member, the member may be banned from this forum depending on the type of violation and decision of all the Admins.
This is based on and similar to Biblical Guidelines of Matt.18:15-17. to those who offend and to those who are offended.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit." Gal. 5:13-25
God Bless You in Christ, Admin. Matthew