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Jan 15 2009
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All the answers you seek are written in a book. It has nothing to do with the Myans. It's been around for a long time and almost everyone has one. |
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Dec 06 2008
23:27 (UTC) |
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Original Post by dnrothx:
Original Post by lnorris55:
Ecclesiates 9:3- the heart is evil
That says the heart is "full of evil," not that it is inherently evil. Take a look at Luke 6:45. Amongst all that evil, there is "good treasure."
Sharing what you believe is never useless - the Bible says his word never returns to him void
Isaiah 55:11? That just says that His word will do what He says it will do. I still question sharing one's beliefs repeatedly when it falls upon deaf ears...perhaps I should listen to myself. :D
To believe that Christ died for our sins and that if we accept him is Christianity, all else is religion.
So...you believe that your Baptist sect is Christianity en toto, and everyone else that calls themselves Christian is deluding themselves, because they believe in Christ differently than you.
That just seems wrong to me.
Even Satan believes in Christ but I doubt that he lives his life according to scripture and is not considered a Christian.
He certainly knows Christ exists, but he's definitely not trying to follow Christ's teachings, which is why I wouldn't call Satan a Christian.
I cannot powder coat my beliefs-I am sorry if they offend.
It's not about "powdercoating" your beliefs; it's about being less overbearing so people listen to you and take you a little more seriously. Your method of "This is truth and you are all deceived" is...obnoxious, for lack of a better word. I find the "let's see what we agree on and go from there" approach to be a tad more effective.
If you didn't like that one you might read Genesis 8:21
Please provide scripture for your thoughts. |
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Dec 06 2008
23:22 (UTC) |
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Original Post by azirra:
Original Post by dnrothx:
in my religion, we have a saying that we should be "bold, but not overbearing."
I think you just increased my respect for the LDS church by 1 point.
So you think you can just go and write your own Bible? Give me a break |
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Dec 06 2008
23:19 (UTC) |
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Original Post by dnrothx:
Original Post by splitrail:
dnrothx wins.
*wanders off to watch snow fall*
Woo-hoo!
Where's my trophy?
You think you deserve a trophy for diluting God's word????????
Baptist are not the only Christians- you should have read it closer.
To be honest with you, what you believe is irrelevant, what I believe is irrelevant, the only thing that matters is what the Word of God says- not your weak interpretation. I do not count myself anything but a follower of Jesus. I happen to believe closer to the Baptist faith than any other. Please do not presume that you can teach me. I appreciate the fact that you are sharing your beliefs, they are polar opposites from mine. I can not scripturally accept any of the premises that you have brought forth. They are "what you think". God has given his word, isn't that enough? |
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Dec 06 2008
19:05 (UTC) |
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Original Post by pgeorgian:
Please remember this that the heart is evil above all things, do not trust it.
i think this particular statement speaks volumes about lnorris and his desires. it's probably a good thing if he follows his own advice.
I am no different than anyone else-my heart is evil also.
It is not my desire to harm anyone.
What advice should I follow? If you knew my you would know my heart-my wife was reading a few of the comments the other day and said "it's obvious they do not know you by their comments. I wish they could see who you really are then they would understand". I cannot put my emotions on paper or the inflection of my voice. I do care about each and everyone of you- not because I feel you are less than me-because you are part of humanity, you are souls walking the earth in search of your identity and find your place in this world. I thought if I explained my position long enough that someone would understand where I was coming from, but I guess not. |
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Dec 06 2008
18:58 (UTC) |
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Original Post by dnrothx:
Original Post by lnorris55:
I do not know what form of Christianity you follow.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
I would suggest that you pay close attention to what you read since you have read the Bible.
Well, I try to pay close attention to pretty much anything I read. :)
I have you have accepted Christ but am confused that you do not understand what face to face means in my comment. If you have accepted Christ then you have realized that you are a sinner and deserving of hell but because of the price the He paid we are redeemed.
As long as I do my best to follow His commandments, yes (i.e., realizing I'm imperfect in this life no matter what).
I do not sense this in your comments.
Drat.
I think the difference is that, in my religion, we have a saying that we should be "bold, but not overbearing." I take this to mean that, although I will share my religion when invited to by others, I'm not going to shove it down their throats when they're uninterested. I respect the fact that God gave us all the freedom to choose our own paths, which I find key to His plan for us, really. I don't really care about the decisions other people make as long as such decisions don't cause them to come after me with some sort of implement of destruction...or less money in my pocket. Therefore, respecting others no matter what their beliefs is something I strive to do.
Yes, I can see feeling sad for those that don't see it your way. However, I can see only one purpose to keep trying to persuade them to your way of thinking once they've made up their minds to do otherwise: To annoy.
I hope you do understand and are just afraid of standing on the truth in this forum, it is brutal in here.
Whuh? I have no idea what you're talking about here. Look, you and I believe in Christ. Others do not and we have all made up our minds. I don't see the point in restating Christian beliefs over and over again and telling non-Christians that you're going to pray for their souls.
I believe in science, God created it and all the principles that it follows.
In a way, I suppose.
Just as anything else it has been twisted to support the lies.
The Lies. Yes, we must beware of The Lies. They obscure the truth, like the fact that the Earth is flat and lies at the center of the Universe (and if the Universe has no limit, where is its center, anyway? :D).
Please remember this that the heart is evil above all things, do not trust it.
Where do you read that the heart is evil above all things? I don't see that anywhere.
We are born with the nature of sin since the fall in the Garden of Eden. If we are not strong then we will allow that nature to rule us.
I suppose.
The fact that you have read the Bible gives no proof of Christianity.
That's a given since it's a huge logical fallacy. Totally agree with you! :D
Satan uses scripture to deceive us every day. He used scripture to temp Christ and he still uses it today to confuse us. We must accept the entire scripture in context to now the way to follow him.
There are hundreds of Christian denominations out there based upon the Bible. How did you decide which interpretation of the Bible was correct?
Christianity is the acceptance of what scripture says about Jesus,
I disagree. Christianity, to me, is the community of all Christians, no matter their denomination.
yet you stand on principles that are against what scripture says.
Which are?
Please get on one side of the fence or the other.
If you are on one side of the fence, you can only see the side that you are on. If you are on top of the fence, you can see both sides, and a much further distance than if you were merely on the ground. :D
That said, I've chosen my religion. I've joked around in here because I find the conversation useless, but I know where I stand.
Stand up for what the Bible teaches or don't call yourself a Christian.
Just because someone, whether me or anyone else, disagrees with your interpretation of the Bible does not negate their own personal faith in Christ. Anyone who believes in Christ in my book is a Christian. I find your narrow view of what defines a Christian to be socially dangerous and...un-Christian, as a matter of fact.
You are deceiving everyone who reads what you say in the guise of Christianity. You lead them down a dark path and since you have read the Bible you will know that we will all have to give an account of the time we have spent here on earth. I would never want to be responsible for the demise of another, to have filled them with false teaching and lead them away from salvation.
Same to you, but I respect your right to do so.
Ecclesiates 9:3- the heart is evil
Sharing what you believe is never useless - the Bible says his word never returns to him void
To believe that Christ died for our sins and that if we accept him is Christianity, all else is religion. Even Satan believes in Christ but I doubt that he lives his life according to scripture and is not considered a Christian.
I cannot powder coat my beliefs-I am sorry if they offend.
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Dec 06 2008
18:08 (UTC) |
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Original Post by splitrail:
Original Post by lnorris55:
I am 53, I have been a Christian since I was 11, I taught Sunday school for 10 years, I am an ordained Deacon in the Baptist church, I have raised 2 very successful Christian Children who are grown, I have been married to my wife for 33 years. My beliefs are not a Sunday thing, I try to live my life every day the way God would want me to live. My daughter told me one time that the thing she appreciated most about me was that I was the same on Sunday morning as I was on Thursday night.
So your credentials are a lifetime of unquestioning delusion?
Where do I sign up?
No, I question every day, I have doubts from time to time, I fall in the same traps that everyone else falls into. I am a human walking this earth just like everyone else. I try to walk with a purpose when my flesh doesn't get in the way. The Bible says the we do the things we know not to do and we do not do the things we know to do, it is our nature. I am not delusional, I have just had a life of testing God's promises over and over and having him prove himself trustworthy again and again. |
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Dec 06 2008
18:00 (UTC) |
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Original Post by pgeorgian:
ugh.
lnorris, the idea that you know the right way to be a christian and that anyone who doesn't do it your way is either lying has been corrupted is unbelievably arrogant and self-centered.
to answer your questions, i'm 40. i was born into a christian family: my dad grew up presbyterian, my mom unitarian. my grandparents--at least some of them--were believers. i went to sunday school and church daycamps in the summer. but by the time i was six or seven, i knew that it didn't make sense. the fact that i had a catholic friend who told me on a regular basis that i was going to hell did nothing whatsoever to incline me toward belief. and when i was about 12, i joined a church youth group with a friend. at a presentation, i was told that i couldn't count on my family or friends, that they would always let me down. i was told that jesus was my only true friend. that was the end of my belief in god.
for a lot of years i was a private atheist. now i'm quite open about it. and you know what? my parents--both in their 70s--are now open about the fact that they don't believe either.
i think it's great that you're so confident in your belief. but your threats only undermine your credibility.
I have made no threats. I have just stated what the Bible says.
The Bible says that you can no someone by their actions-I am not judging anyone.
I am amazed that you were smarter than all the scholars when you were only 6 and had the world figured out. Our belief in God is a personal thing-we either choose to believe or not-it does not change God. He is where He has always been and will be for eternity (which He created by the way, and also the air that you breath, and the dirt you walk on, and the tree that was cut down to provide the paper for the books you read about evolution) God does not make or force us to follow him, we do it by choice and since I have chosen to follow him and I am in this forum I feel that I should speak the truth. I am not judging, if I seem to then I am sorry. I am a sinner myself saved by grace. I have no right to judge anyone. |
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Dec 06 2008
17:27 (UTC) |
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Original Post by dnrothx:
Original Post by lnorris55:
With these final comments I wish you all good-bye.
Tootles.
You will realize the truth of what I write but it will be too late.
Hey, as a fellow Christian, I think some of what you said is true, but not all of it by a long shot. I disagree with you that feeling the Spirit is the same as seeing Jesus face-to-face and that just feeling the Spirit ensures salvation or eternal life in Heaven.
You joke and laugh and tease but at the expense of the Creator of the Universe. I doubt that he is laughing.
In my experience, God has quite the sense of humor.
You have allowed the teachings of weak, mortal men to take you away from the truth.
In my book, true science and true religion go hand-in-hand; I don't think the Bible and science are as oppositional as many people think they are.
You have been taught that God does not exist and since you have laughed at him and he has not retaliated then he can not exist.
Whuh?
You are making choices that last for eternity. It is my prayer that some day you will see that what I say is truth.
Well, thanks. However, I'd only hope that the prayer is given with pure intent; I doubt God would take you seriously otherwise.
I do not know what form of Christianity you follow. I would suggest that you pay close attention to what you read since you have read the Bible. I have you have accepted Christ but am confused that you do not understand what face to face means in my comment. I you have accepted Christ then you have realized that you are a sinner and deserving of hell but because of the price the He paid we are redeemed. I do not sense this in your comments. Salvation is not a pick and choose, we accept or we don't. God has set the path to salvation and we are but to follow. I hope you do understand and are just afraid of standing on the truth in this forum, it is brutal in here. But remember, if we deny him then he will deny us to the Father. Follow what God says and not what the deceiver is saying. I believe in science, God created it and all the principles that it follows. Just as anything else it has been twisted to support the lies. I look at science and see God hand and see his truths proven over and over. I do not see science as a way to disprove God but a way to understand him. The Bible says that we cannot look at nature and not see that there is a God in heaven. His handiwork is in all creation. Please remember this that the heart is evil above all things, do not trust it. We are born with the nature of sin since the fall in the Garden of Eden. If we are not strong then we will allow that nature to rule us.
The fact that you have read the Bible gives no proof of Christianity. Satan uses scripture to deceive us every day. He used scripture to temp Christ and he still uses it today to confuse us. We must accept the entire scripture in context to now the way to follow him. We cannot pick and choose our way. Christianity is the acceptance of what scripture says about Jesus, yet you stand on principles that are against what scripture says. Please get on one side of the fence or the other. Stand up for what the Bible teaches or don't call yourself a Christian. You are deceiving everyone who reads what you say in the guise of Christianity. You lead them down a dark path and since you have read the Bible you will know that we will all have to give an account of the time we have spent here on earth. I would never want to be responsible for the demise of another, to have filled them with false teaching and lead them away from salvation.
It is clear that very few in here are concerned about their salvation and that breaks my heart. But if they have read what I have said they at least know what the Bible says, I have given them the truth. They can now accept it or walk away. I will not be guilty of leading them astray. Christ told his apostles that when they went to a town to share the gospel that if the word was not accepted that they were to wash the dust from that town off their feet and move on. Jesus knocks on our heart over and over to get us to repent and follow him but he does not knock forever. He is still knocking on your door. Will you open the door or just let him pass by?
I am curious of the age and history of the people in this forum. I am 53, I have been a Christian since I was 11, I taught Sunday school for 10 years, I am an ordained Deacon in the Baptist church, I have raised 2 very successful Christian Children who are grown, I have been married to my wife for 33 years. My beliefs are not a Sunday thing, I try to live my life every day the way God would want me to live. My daughter told me one time that the thing she appreciated most about me was that I was the same on Sunday morning as I was on Thursday night. I am not boasting of myself but please understand you are not listening to someone who has just found religion and has no history of what I speak. Please share, I would love to know.
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Dec 06 2008
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With these final comments I wish you all good-bye. You will realize the truth of what I write but it will be too late. The Bible says "every knee will bow and every tongue confess the Jesus is Lord" Not only those who choose to believe everyone. You joke and laugh and tease but at the expense of the Creator of the Universe. I doubt that he is laughing. You have allowed the teachings of weak, mortal men to take you away from the truth. You have been taught that God does not exist and since you have laughed at him and he has not retaliated then he can not exist. You are making choices that last for eternity. It is my prayer that some day you will see that what I say is truth. |
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Dec 06 2008
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Original Post by splitrail:
Original Post by lnorris55:
You will not feel the Spirit unless you have met Jesus face to face
And the benefit of feeling the spirit would be?
Eternal life in heaven with God |
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I think I'll come back when the adults get back. |
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You will not feel the Spirit unless you have met Jesus face to face |
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Original Post by dnrothx:
Original Post by lnorris55:
Original Post by dnrothx:
Original Post by lnorris55:
Original Post by azirra:
I was hoping norris was going to tell us that Jesus physically manifested himself in front of him.
"He lives in our heart" is a little anticlimactic. 
Not if he was living in your heart. Then it be very obvious what I mean when I say meet him face to face.
This is an interpretation of the Bible I have yet to have encountered.
I'm just curious, how much of the Bible have you actually read?
I've read the entire Bible (KJV) at least twice. I'm Christian myself.
What interpretation are you talking about? |
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Dec 06 2008
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Yes, I believe that the Bible is literal truth but you have to look at the entire book. Many people take small parts or one single verse and claim that it is the whole truth. We have both old and new testament. The old testament in many cases explains what the new testament is talking about. They together are Gods word given to man. Many passages in the new testament are pulled out of context and used to say that women are second class citizens. They are not. One passage refers to the Church at Corinth where there was a problem with women and their new found freedom to express themselves in church )in the Jewish synagog they were not even allowed in). They were continuously asking questions and disrupting the services and teachings. Paul asked that if they had questions that they should ask their husbands in the privacy of their homes and let the teachings not be interrupted. Paul was not saying that women could not speak in church but that in the Church at Corinth they should not interrupt with so many questions. A statement that he would have given to the men if that had been the case. |
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Dec 06 2008
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Original Post by pgeorgian:
Original Post by lnorris55:
John 14: 16-17
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
doesn't sound face to face to me.
i mean - whatever. but you claim to accept the bible as the literal truth, right?
and what do you think you have up your sleeve? Let's hear it... |
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Dec 06 2008
02:35 (UTC) |
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Original Post by pgeorgian:
Original Post by lnorris55:
Original Post by dnrothx:
Original Post by lnorris55:
Not if he was living in your heart. Then it be very obvious what I mean when I say meet him face to face.
This is an interpretation of the Bible I have yet to have encountered.
I'm just curious, how much of the Bible have you actually read?
i can't speak for dnrothx, but i've read quite a lot of it. can't say i remember that particular passage either. can you give us a reference?
John 14: 16-17 |
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Dec 06 2008
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Original Post by pgeorgian:
Original Post by lnorris55:
Original Post by dnrothx:
Original Post by lnorris55:
Not if he was living in your heart. Then it be very obvious what I mean when I say meet him face to face.
This is an interpretation of the Bible I have yet to have encountered.
I'm just curious, how much of the Bible have you actually read?
i can't speak for dnrothx, but i've read quite a lot of it. can't say i remember that particular passage either. can you give us a reference?
Are you talking about the indwelling of the Spirit? |
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Dec 06 2008
02:21 (UTC) |
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Original Post by dnrothx:
Original Post by lnorris55:
Original Post by azirra:
I was hoping norris was going to tell us that Jesus physically manifested himself in front of him.
"He lives in our heart" is a little anticlimactic.
Not if he was living in your heart. Then it be very obvious what I mean when I say meet him face to face.
This is an interpretation of the Bible I have yet to have encountered.
I'm just curious, how much of the Bible have you actually read? |
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Dec 06 2008
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Original Post by fortius:
Imagines Inorris55 performing an exorcism on Pgeorgian.
I am not saying that she is from Satan or controlled by any spirit. Why should she need a exorcism? People have not believed in God from the beginning. |
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Original Post by azirra:
I was hoping norris was going to tell us that Jesus physically manifested himself in front of him.
"He lives in our heart" is a little anticlimactic.
Do you think it would have made any difference? Jesus walked among us for 33 years and that doesn't seem to make any difference. His tomb was empty on the 3rd day and that doesn't make any difference. He appeared to his disciples after he rose and that doesn't make any difference. He appeared to Mary in the garden after he rose and that doesn't make any difference. I tell you he does live in my heart and that doesn't make any difference. What will it take for you? (Be careful what you ask for) |
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Original Post by azirra:
I was hoping norris was going to tell us that Jesus physically manifested himself in front of him.
"He lives in our heart" is a little anticlimactic.
Not if he was living in your heart. Then it be very obvious what I mean when I say meet him face to face. |
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Original Post by pgeorgian:
lnorris, it was just a tip. you're free to ignore it, as clearly you are choosing to do. but keep in mind that my beliefs as an atheist are every bit as strong as yours as a christian. i'm just as passionate about my beliefs. so if you're going to ask me a raft of questions, you're likely to get answers, and you probably won't like what you hear.
Which way will you choose?
i choose the way that meets my needs and allows me to meet the needs of others.
The question is, will you meet Jesus face to face? Will you look into his eyes and then decide to walk away?
no, 'cause he's dead.
You see, we all have a chance, what will you do with the chance you have been given.
moot.
The Jews in Rome decided to crucify him. What will you do?
irrelevant.
What I feel about the way you believe is irrelevant. We must all answer these questions and clearly you have answered them for yourself. My question is why then is a "dead man" still so much in the conversations of today. If he is dead and what he said is so false then why is everyone still trying to convince themselves that he is dead and what he said was a lie? |
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Original Post by azirra:
When you say youve "met Jesus face to face"...you mean metaphorically you feel as if you know him by reading the bible, right?
No, I mean exactly what I said. When we become a Christian the Spirit of God indwells us. Jesus did die on the cross 2000 years ago, but He was raised for the dead and has ascended into Heaven where he sits at the right hand of the Father. When He left this earth He said he would send the spirit to comfort us until his return. That Spirit lives within us. Jesus is alive today and still bears the scars of the cross. He came the first time as Redeemer, He returns as the Judge when we will account for ourselves and Satan will be locked away. Do not fall into the trap that He is dead and something to remember from long ago. He is still with us. |
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Curlygirl28, I am so glad that what I said encouraged you. It is so hard to remember that God is on his throne and in control. We wonder where he is during the hard times and when we emerge from them see that He was carrying us through it. I will remember you and your family in my prayers. Remember that on the cloudiest, stormiest, coldest day above the clouds the sun is shining as brightly as it has ever shown. He will not leave you or forsake you, just trust him. |
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Original Post by curlygirl28:
Original Post by lnorris55:
Just because you do not believe in the wind doesn"t mean it doesn't blow your hair.
If you do not believe in gravity and jump off a building, you will still be squished at the bottom.
There is no explaination outside of a living God that makes any sense. If there is no God and there is no life other than this, how or why do you get up in the morning? I live to serve a risen savior who died on the cross for my sins, He paid the price that I should have paid. He sustains me and encourages me and through him I am better than I could ever be alone.
I did not come from monkeys, I was formed and created by God to serve his purpose. He gives me life and asked only that I love him in return. If God were not real, then life has no meaning or purpose. I do not require an explaination for everything, he assures me that in time I will gain all knowledge.
I know this isnt on topic, but I just wanted to say thank you. My family & I are going thru a very rough patch right now & I have been very discouraged and hopeless lately. Reading this post has given me hope. I just needed to hear/ read this today, and here it was. I am a christian & I believe there is a God. I believe he works thru in his own time & in his own way. I needed encouragement & here it is. Thank you & God bless!
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I'm sorry, are you the self proclaimed moderator now? Should I have checked with you before I posted again?
If you will read back you will see that I was answering questions and making comments. I never asked you to believe or accept what I had to say. I have been called uneducated, silly, that my beliefs had nothing to stand on. I think people will believe anything. I have a favorite saying "If you don't stand for something , you will fall for anything". That is what we are seeing here. Yet most people when they come face to face with Jesus Christ are still saying the same thing they said 2000 years ago, "Crucify Him". It is easier to just sweep him under the rug than to look into his face. I will say this, anyone that has looked into his face is changed forever. The soldier at the cross even said " This is truly the Son of God" as he came face to face with Jesus. Being a Christian is not an easy task, the attacks that I have faced on this forum are kiddy play when placed against those of Satan. He seeks to devour those he can not control. He is the "great deceiver" as he is called in the Bible. He makes truth seem silly and makes anything that not of God seem sensible. In short, he deceives. He will in fact according to the Bible deceive many. "crooked is the way and narrow the gate that leads to salvation; straight is the way and wide the gate that leads to destruction" Which way will you choose? The question is, will you meet Jesus face to face? Will you look into his eyes and then decide to walk away? You see, we all have a chance, what will you do with the chance you have been given. The Jews in Rome decided to crucify him. What will you do? |
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caverlady- I am glad I'm not alone in my beliefs. I explained until I was blue in the face and finally let them have this forum. I don't see why it is so confusing to everyone. |
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I have enjoyed this forum. I have had the opportunity to share my views and have listened to all of yours. I know better than to discuss these things in this setting. As a Christian I am not responsible for changing your minds, I am simply to share what has been proven over and over to me the last 42 years of my life.
I know that God is in Heaven and on his throne.
I know the His son Jesus is setting at his right side.
I know that there are forces that we can't see at war over the same things we are discussing...Belief vs Indifference.
I know that Jesus Christ came to this earth,died for my sins and rose on the 3rd day and ascended into Heaven
I know that I am a sinner and because of that I do not deserve to enter God's Kingdom for he can not be in the presence of sin.
I know that because of the sacrifice that Jesus made of us we can be forgiven of our sins, covered by the blood of Jesus.
I know that I have acknowledged my sin and asked Jesus to be the Master of my Life.
I know that He now lives in my heart, my old self is passed away and I now walk in a newness of life.
I know that I continue to sin but as I confess that sin daily He gives me strength to overcome that sin.
I know that he is at work in my life and the more questions I ask the more he proves himself to be the one and only God.
I know that he will give you the same understanding and comfort that he has given me if you will only ask Him.
I know that he can make a difference in your life the same way he has made a difference in my life.
The bible says: all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
The wages of sin is death (separation from God) but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
If we will confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
My prayer is that you will ask him today. |
| The Lounge |
Religion! |
Nov 30 2008
04:37 (UTC) |
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I can decide to make my own country and make my own laws but every April the 15th I am reminded that I am a citizen of the USA and my taxes are due.
We can not just in vent what God is, He is what he is. He made the laws and guidelines. We can choose who we are but we can not choose who God is.
I don't mean to be offensive if I seem to be. It's hard to show emotion and in inflection in writing. |
