What is the origin or source of the term "left foot of fellowship"?
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I'm not exactly sure of the true meaning of "left foot of fellowship" but my guess would be that it's from what our Lord said concerning judgment, "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.etc." It goes on to say how the sheep are the blessed of God and the goats are cursed of God. So, my interpretation of your questions would be that the right hand of fellowship would be between true Christian believers and the left hand of fellowship would be between the "so-called" Christians.
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That's great! Is it just one day a month? If so, will it be an all day fellowship?  I guess my idea is just find out what they relate to and talk about that. Also if your a Christian, then witness to them.
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Sure!\n\nIn Matthew, 18:8, Jesus says,\n\n"If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire."
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The story -- often repeated in print & orally -- is this:\n>\n>    The phrase "Rule of Thumb" comes from English Common\n>    Law which deemed it a man's right to beat his wife\n>    with a stick no thicker than the diameter of his thumb.\n>\n>For the last 6 or 7 years I have been looking for **RELIABLE** confirmation\n>of this, and/or the earliest legal reference to this "Common Law."  I have\n>found MANY sources that *claim* that it stems from English Common Law, but\n>searches of legal decisions (by friends who are lawyers or legal researchers)\n>and/or of Blackstone, etc. never turn up any actual reference to a legal\n>decision citing this "common law" or even any reference to it.  I'm beginning\n>to wonder if this is another Academic Myth.\n>\n>Please reply privately, and I will summarize for the list if there is interest.\n>------------------------\n>Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg  AT  eagle.wesleyan.edu>\n>Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA\n \nThe only place I know to look for answers to such questions is the OED.\nIt won't state straight out that such-and-such is the case, but if you know\nhow to read the OED you can often figure out likelihoods.\n \nThe whip thing is a bit of modern folklore.  It is typical of such back-formed\nexplanations well-known to linguists and folklorists.  (The folk etymology\nof 'asparagus' as 'sparrow-grass' and the plague interpretation of 'Ring\nAround the Rosie' are two others.)\n \nThe real explanation of 'rule-of-thumb' is that is derives from wood\nworkers (or other constructors) who knew their trade so well they rarely\nor never fell back on the use of such things as rulers.  Instead they'd\nmeasure things by, for example, the length of their thumb;  they measured,\nnot by a rule(r) of wood, but by rule of thumb.  The term was already in\nmetaphorical use by the late 17th century.\n \nI'd like to see the accumulated references to the wife-beating explanation.\n I wonder for instance just when that back-formed 'origin' came into being?
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The terms Left and Right" have been used to refer to political affiliation since the early part of the French Revolutionary era. They originally referred to the seating arrangements in the various legislative bodies of France, specifically in the French Legislative Assembly of 1791, when the moderate royalist Feuillants sat on the right side of the chamber, while the radical Montagnards sat on the left.\n\nOriginally, the defining point on the ideological spectrum was attitudes towards the ancien régime ("old order"). "The Right" thus implied support for aristocratic, royal, or clerical interests, while "The Left" implied opposition to the same.
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Look to the right of Jesus (your left).  There will be a disciple (man or woman?). Christ and this disciple are at an angle away from eachother forming a "V"
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While one-on-one time with God through prayer and bible study, is very important for Christians to fellowship with oneanother, and we are the message is clear throughout all of Paul's letters in the New Testament.\n\nChristians are called to have fellowship with other Christians.  Christians are all members of a connected Body of Christ, which means we are all inter-connected, and have to be together.  \n\nWhenever a group of Christians gather together in the name of Jesus, the Holy Spirit is is upon them, in a way that does not happen when they are alone.  Fellowship allows Christians to help each other, and ask each other for help.\n\nSo in answer to your question, Christians need felowship with other Christians.
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The Bible says light has NO fellowship with darkness.  Heed those words.  Also in Proverbs it says Bad company corrupts good character.\nLOVE JESUS and obey His Word
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I'm taking a stab at it without reading the context in which it was used.\n \nPeople use their devotion to god as a justification for their own motives and actions.  By claiming--especially if ostentaciously so--to be doing the work of god, people often mask their own motives, perhaps even unbeknownst to themselves.  Moreover, their claims of doing god's work insulate themselves against critics of their actions.  "If you oppose my actions, then you oppose god's will."   Unfortunately, the motives of the self-righteous when stripped of their piousness often appear patently contradictory to the values the "devoted" supposedly are attempting to espouse.   \n\nReligion can easily be used as a rationalization for an individual's action, regardless of whether the action is agreement with the principles of the religion or contradictory to them.  \n\nInterestingly, this can be seen in the action of a certain president and a certain leader of a group he opposes.   Each individual act in their own self-interests while blanketing himself in a cloak of religion.\n\n------------\nThe bible warns of devotion's visage and pious acts†:\nBook of Matthew (Chapter 6):\n2: Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. \n3: But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: \n4: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. \n5: And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. \n6: But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. \n7: But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
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you are spelling fellowship wrong....
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Interesting. Where did you find the quote?
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We all sin. However, we do not continue in sin as a lifestyle. It is impossible to walk in this world and not get your feet dirty.\n\n1 John 1\nThis is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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Sinistra is the Latin word for left-handed. Since so few Romans were lefties, it was believed that there was something wrong or evil with them. Thus, we have the word sinister is our language, meaning evil or devilish.
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They are called "LEFTIES"
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I'm not entirely sure, but I think it originated with the Rolling Stones as they described their backstage parties for an interview of somesort. The saying has pretty much been adopted by every rock group and wannabe rocker eversince as a way of answering why they're in the music buisness.
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The saying "two left feet" is an idiom - not literal - that is used to describe people who don't dance well.  \nMost people are right-footed which means their right foot is a bit more coordinated than their left foot (similar to right handed but not as obvious or pronounced).  Think about if you ran up to a ball to kick it you might arrange things to kick it with your 'dominant' foot (usually right foot).  Since the right foot is usually more capable, saying "two left feet" indicates uncapable feet, hence and incompetent or poor dancer.
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You just asked one of the top 4 toughest theological questions, and I don't understand it fully.\n\nThe phrase "the elect" was frequently used by Christians to refer to themselves ("Christian" on the other hand was a derogatory term used by the non-Christians). It appears throughout the New Testament, however the 1&2 Peter and Romans deal with its implications.\n\nNote that Peter was chosen by Jesus, not the other way around. Peter is depicted in the gospels as a bumbling fool. Certainly not a leader. What's more, Paul (number 1 opponent of Christianity turned most influencial leader in Christian history) considered himself the least likely person to be a member of the church, let alone a leader in it (this being to show God's glory through the extremely unlikely situation). \n\nHe was elected by God. Jesus FOUND HIM and 'turned him around'. This amazing fact blew Pauls mind, and he believed that God must have chosen him from the beginning.\n\nConclusion: God electing people for his purpose doesn't exclude people from exercising their free will. God does things that he has chosen to do, and are obviously not the work of man, BUT HE'S NOT RUNNING A PUPPET SHOW.\n\nAlso check out 2 Peter 1, where it talks about making your election sure.