it used to for me, and now it doesn't.. i'm not sure how i was able to accept that argument now that i don't, but perhaps it was connected with my increasing compassion for people and their personal suffering as i've grown older.. now it seems like a sick excuse.
more like a bar-bet with satan and all of creation suffers.. i read paul's words and he has no rejoiner except to say in effect "sucks to be a vessel of wrath...glad i'm not one, but who are you to complain anyway, huh?
who's bigger, smarter and more powerful than you, you, you complaining vessel of wrath, you.
dear MrFreeze...
you said: "Also, this "test" that we all are supposed to undergo is an unfair one. We are immediately at a severe disadvantage because of our imperfection"... how is our imperfection a disadvantage to being able to choose to believe that we are lost and in need of a saviour?
...MANY mentally disadvantaged individuals have made the choice to believe that Jesus Christ is their Saviour. are you at a greater disadvantage than them?
love michelle
it used to for me, and now it doesn't.. i'm not sure how i was able to accept that argument now that i don't, but perhaps it was connected with my increasing compassion for people and their personal suffering as i've grown older.. now it seems like a sick excuse.
more like a bar-bet with satan and all of creation suffers.. i read paul's words and he has no rejoiner except to say in effect "sucks to be a vessel of wrath...glad i'm not one, but who are you to complain anyway, huh?
who's bigger, smarter and more powerful than you, you, you complaining vessel of wrath, you.
dear Terry...
you said: "Once you accept an unproved foundation you are stuck with your conclusions that flow from it!"...except we are free to change our minds.
you said: "Good would automatically be only what is practical to our survival."...no more fit of giggles?
you said: "Evil would be whatever opposes it."...that's pretty strict...
love michelle
for those of us who must walk by sight (for now), there is nothing wrong with using the bible to help learn about christ and god... as long as ... you look to christ first and foremost and over anything else.
otherwise, i do not see the point in saying you follow christ or you are a christian.
he is the truth.
Thus says the LORD:
“ Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Also, I set watchmen over you, saying,
‘ Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
Therefore hear, you nations,
And know, O congregation, what is among them. jeremiah 6:16-18
(the beast out of the sea is social/political "gospel"...the authority comes from "diplomacy"...the beast out of the earth is "pseudo religious"...the authority comes from the unconverted church)...revelation 13:1-18
love michelle
i have started reading in search of christian freedom by franz.
the idea of searching for christian freedom is very important to me, and i already know that this book is going to be very helpful in this regard.
on pages 12 and 13, i read something which has been on my mind recently regarding the removal of the mosaic law and its replacement with love through jesus christ.
dear Timothy T...
God is looking for ones to serve/worship Him in spirit and truth
“Thus says the LORD:
I will return to Zion,
And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth,
The Mountain of the LORD of hosts,
The Holy Mountain.’ ...zechariah 8:3
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth...psalm 119:142 (Jesus came to fulfil the law...not do away with it)
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free...john 8:32
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me...john 14:6
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come...john 16:13
that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—...ephesians 4:15
This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth...1 john 5:6
These are the things you shall do:
Speak each man the truth to his neighbor;
Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace;
Let none of you think evil in your heart against your neighbor;
And do not love a false oath.
For all these are things that I hate,’
Says the LORD.” ...zechariah 8:16-17
AGuest is right...in that there is no law against love.
love michelle
for those of us who must walk by sight (for now), there is nothing wrong with using the bible to help learn about christ and god... as long as ... you look to christ first and foremost and over anything else.
otherwise, i do not see the point in saying you follow christ or you are a christian.
he is the truth.
dear vander...
Tammy asked you a question about 7 hours ago. can you tell her if her bridge is out?
love michelle
for those of us who must walk by sight (for now), there is nothing wrong with using the bible to help learn about christ and god... as long as ... you look to christ first and foremost and over anything else.
otherwise, i do not see the point in saying you follow christ or you are a christian.
he is the truth.
dear Tammy...
I formed my questions in such a way as to only require a yes or no answer.
the scripture in john 8:24 says "Therefore I said to YOU that YOU will die in YOUR sins; for if YOU do not believe that I am He, YOU will die in YOUR sins."...?"...are words that Jesus said and I was asking for YOUR answer...
"do YOU believe this is true for YOU...and that is why YOU put YOUR faith in Jesus?"...your answer is, "I don't do it to save my life - my life belongs to him, whatever he chooses to do with it. I just do it because I love Him, and I follow Him for the same reason."...why is it so hard for you to say yes and yes?
you said: "But if you think that I am going to condemn anyone by my words... then you are mistaken"...let's talk about YOU...John 3:16-18...
you said: "Like I said, He said a lot of things. Love and mercy being of utmost importance."...isn't truth of utmost importance?
you said: "Yes, those who believe in and belong to Christ have eternal life in Him"...but you don't BELIEVE that He saves you...it's just a possibility.
you said: "I do trust Him entirely."...then why is it so hard for you to say yes and yes?...is it because it means that YOU would have to believe the same thing for everyone else and YOU don't think that is loving and merciful?...what is of utmost importance: love and mercy or truth?...what does the Holy Spirit say to you about this?
love michelle
was the snake or serpent created perfect, god saw it was.
good.
so if the serpent or snake(presumably innocent).
dear Prodigal Son...
you said: "No. Sometimes free will is interfered with by those who are selfish....It goes in astrological cycles as far as how much interference is allowed."...but this sounds like a "western" sweetening up of the "law" of karma...which you said that you didn't believe in.
you said: "An "incarnate" must first find out what he is capable of before he can move forward. Staying stuck in restrictive mindsets will keep a person from evolving"...if Jesus was an exemplar of this type of thinking...how do you explain His dogmatisim?
..."They are mind-control Nazi-types and they know exactly what they are doing. They've bought up all the media and taken over educational curriculum. We have little chance without some serious soul-searching and investigation of various philosophies above and beyond the "status quo"... Humanity as a whole is ready to do exactly that.... once the dark and selfish elite are out of the way. Problem is they ain't going quietly but they've been check-mated and are currently negotiating to save their necks from the wrath of their victims."...you're actually a bit of a nut aren't you?
love michelle
was the snake or serpent created perfect, god saw it was.
good.
so if the serpent or snake(presumably innocent).
dear Prodigal Son...
are you saying that free will ALWAYS involves moving forwards or evolving?...
does an "incarnate" have the free will to choose to move forward...or...is he subject to something else besides his own free will?
with free will couldn't he choose to jump to the "good life"?...or no...there is no such thing as free will in your theory...really.
how do YOU equate the two?
love michelle
for those of us who must walk by sight (for now), there is nothing wrong with using the bible to help learn about christ and god... as long as ... you look to christ first and foremost and over anything else.
otherwise, i do not see the point in saying you follow christ or you are a christian.
he is the truth.
dear still thinking...
you said: "Gandhi made no money so following anything they teach by their example is not harmful."...so what about money!?!?!?
I have read that ghandi was a firm believer in the caste system...read up about that.
I have read that ghandi believed in reincarnation and karma...read up about that. there is no justice for someone like hitler...everything will be evened out in the end and he wont have to stand and pay for his murder of anyone...as hitler, the genocidal murderer.
I have read that ghandi believed that india should be a hindu nation...forgoing freedom of religion.
concluding...he didn't teach about love per se, but peaceful protest...his protest.
you said: "take what you want and leave the rest applies in most situations, if it doesn't seem right...it probably isn't."...indeed.
love michelle
was the snake or serpent created perfect, god saw it was.
good.
so if the serpent or snake(presumably innocent).
dear darth frosty...
easy now...no need to get angry and accusative.
the LORD God said: "And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." "...history continues...Jesus did know the evil of death.
And all who dwell on the earth will worship him(the beast), whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the earth. (revelation 13:8)
love michelle
