Are you a good person? Take the Bible challenge. (page 6)

Shawn10538

I guess this makes me a very, very bad person.

PEC

JIG, I have just one question for you. Can you tell me what it feels like to receive the Holy Sprit?

I think may have received the Holy Sprit; or, it may have just been indigestion. I am not sure, please, let me know ASAP; because, I don't want to die and go to hell, thank you.

Sincerely,

Philip

jesusisgod

Hi all,

Sorry for the delay in responding. This is a response to some of you.

Paralip- The greatest commandment is to love the Lord thy God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. The Lord Jesus also said there was one like it, equally important, to love your neighbor as yourself. This is an answer to one question.

Hortensia & Eclipse- The Bible is a supernatural book and is how God chose to communicate to humanity. The books of the Bible were written by 66 authors over different centuries, cultures and places, yet all wrote in harmony. How can the Bible penned by man be God's word? Just like you sign your name with a pen, the instrument you use is a pen, well the instrument God chose to use was man. Also the vast manuscript evidence shows the Bible then is the Bible now. So the gospel of John if read in their original manuscripts would and do read the same. There is over 5000 Greek New Testament manuscripts to prove the preservation of the New Testament. This is better then any ancient writting of antiquity, like Plato, Aristotal and more. This is but a snibit of the vast amount of evidence for the Bible. But even more importantly is the fact of Jesus resurrection. There were over 500 eye witnesses to his physical resurrection. Also outside of the bible there is non-Christian writtings from such writers as Josephus a Jewish historian and Tacitus a Roman historian. Both support the claims of the New Testament to some degree as far as the areas that were touched on concerning Christians.

Next, let me stress to all that the 10 Commandments cannot make a person good. All the 10 Commandments do is show a person the state of their own hearts. The law shows we are all guilty of sinning against God and deserve judgment. That is the laws function. I am not saying I am better then anyone else either, for I have already said I deserve hell for my sins, and they are many. Many people believe they are good, but based only on their own standards of goodness. Yet this is faulty thinking, a murderer can come to a conclusion and say they are a good person because they never raped, or your average person thinking lying is ok if it never hurts anyone.

Robin

jesusisgod

The Law of God, the 10 Commandments shows we have all sinned and fall short of God's standard of goodness. Like a dart board, I can never hit the bulls eye, and nobody can hit the bulls eye of perfection by being a good person. As a result of our sins we deserve hell forever, but God isn't willing for anyone to perish but for all to come to repentance. This is why God the Son became a person, a positive thing the eternal Son took upon Himself. He died on a cross paying our fine of sin. And whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. A free gift offered. This free gift is accepted by some and spit on by others, but what will you do with the Son of God?

Gopher

If there is a God who created me with a brain, I can use that brain with a possible outcome being doubt. I personally doubt there is a God who cares about us. I won't get into all the reasons here, I trust you are aware of good reasons for skepticism.

So nobody's "good" and they "need" Jesus to be "saved from hell". Ah, the essence of Christianity.

What I think is "good" I posted earlier on this thread -- a love of humanity, open mindedness, living with wonder and awe. I think people can be generally good, even without having the fear of an eternal blazing fire prompting them into a fearful form of belief. If "God" requires absolute belief based on what many people (myself included) think is skimpy evidence, or else I burn forever, I want nothing to do with such a merciless deity.

If there is a God, and there is a second life, and this God allows room for people who were skeptics in the first life, that would be reasonable.

parakeet

jesusisgod (Robin) wrote: "When I received the gospel and God saved me that burden was lifted from me. My desire is now to live a life of submission toward my Lord Jesus and to do what is right."

My question is: Why are you boring us with this stuff? Your burden may be lifted, but reading about your preachy, holier-than-you experience places a terrible burden of boredom on me. Does that seem right to you?

Keeping your personal "revelation" to yourself would have been the most Christian, charitable thing to do. I'm sure you transgressed at least one commandment by coming here and insulting me and other posters for not living up to your specifications for a "good person." Yes, I know you'll say they're God's specifications, but I don't buy that crap any more.

PEC

JIG, since you can not answer my question, you must be from Satan.

In Jesus name I say, get away from me Satan, amen.

Philip

LtCmd.Lore

I'm curious how you deal with the fact that god himself broke at least 6 out of these 10 commandments.

He can't die for your sins, he has his own to pay for.

5go

An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who intentionally posts controversial or contrary messages in an online community such as an online discussion forum or USENET, with the intention of baiting users into an argumentative response.

WOW! That is me to a T!

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