yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
we can’t determine what is absolutely wrong or right because we are finite beings who are
not absolutely good or perfect! Only a being who is infinite and absolutely good can
determine what is absolutely right. When we lose God we lose our reference point to
determine what is right or wrong. If God doesn’t exist the question self-destructs.
yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
I f you are only born once, you are going to die twice, but if you are born twice, you will only die once...
Life not death is to be the victor !
yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
Meaning does the word grace hold for you ?
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.(Revelation 2:14)
why is death and destruction all you see ?
yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
He has already taken action
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16)
in the Bible we see God’s love is manifest to men and women everywhere in urging them to escape this judgment. God in love pleads with people, ‘Do not go on to this end!’ But ultimately he must judge those who refuse his offer of grace.
Fear not death but God's judgement
yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
the scirptures above speak for themselves
He has already taken action
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16)
yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
For tragedy befalling a fellow believer, the other believers select from the following buffet menu of options:
1) They weren't actually as good as they seemed to be, but had committed some unknown sins in secret for which God is now punishing them. God punishes the evil-doer, even those who cover their sins from other humans.
2) They were good and hadn't committed any sins for which they're now being punished, but as the Bible says, "unforeseen events befall all".
Although the Bible informs us how and why evil came about, We know that God is all wise and all knowing and that He has reasons for allowing things to happen that are beyond our comprehension.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.( 2 Peter 3:9
Men are slow in fulfilling their promises from various, often selfish, motives; the Lord's delay comes from love and long-suffering.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16)
It is essential to comprehend the difference between(1)unforeseen death and (2) judgement from God which is to perish with no future hope
yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
In fact, Jehovah verifies that mankind possesses morality in order to make judgments on fellow humans on matters of life and death, since capital punishment was delegated to mankind after the Flood; God even gave humanity a little pep-talk in Genesis 9 when He delegated Divine authority to humans, reminding mankind that man was made in "His image" i.e. possessing traits of logic similar to Gods.
Hence God felt we possessed morality sufficient to judge our fellow humans after the Flood, and we've a long history of developing the moral codes we follow today (including prohibiting actions that the God of the Bible endorsed, eg slavery).
Adam
So because a hockey captain is given authorization for certain things it means that he can challange the coach and team owner for total power
and authority ?
In ice hockey, the captain is the player designated by his team as the only person authorized to speak with the game officials regarding rule interpretations when he is on the ice. At most levels of play, each team must designate one captain and a number of alternate captains (usually two) who speak to the officials when the captain is on the bench. The captain wears a "C" on his jersey, while the alternate captains wear an "A".
Officially the captain has no other responsibility or authority, though depending on the league or individual team, he may have various informal duties, such as participation in pre-game ceremonies or other events outside of the game. As with most team sports that designate captains, the captain is usually a well-respected player and a de facto team leader.
Because God gave some power and authority over other human's does this mean He abdicated ? Or maybe granted them at least equal authority
with him ?
Abdication is when a monarch, such as a king (or queen) or emperor (or empress ) gives up or relinquishes his or her office and power
yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
In a perfect case of law evidence and facts adds up to established the truth and a proper conclusion.
Facts may be facts but to assume that individual facts establish truth may be wrong
Factual evidence helps to establish the truth .. but motive and intent are essential to understand. such . Also witnesses are only required to answer what they are in a postion to know
Here are two acceptable objections in a court of law with regard to questioning a witness
A witness may only testify to facts that are within his or her personal knowledge.
(Evid. Code, § 403.) Objection:Lacks Personal Knowledge
An attorney cannot ask the witness to answer a question for which he or she lacks
foundation.
(Evid. Code, § 400, et seq.)
http://www.calhr.ca.gov/Documents/making-your-case-before-spb-handout-3.pdf
The scan from the Oct 15 1913 Watchtower says:
"It is for each to accept or reject the facts" ( concerning the 1914 countdown)
found that they would use the word "facts" instead of "evidence" or some other word. To me, when you use the word "facts" it means
it is beyond rejection to believe otherwise. It's like they were trying to allow themselves room for a later rejection of looking to a certain date but at the end of the sentence they insert a word that does not allow room for any other conclusion but to believe what they are pointing at."
~~~NJY
My question did the WT. have all the facts right ? What of the great court case of God about the rightfulness and rightousness of his actions
do we have all the facts ? Is it simple or realistic to make the proclaimation.... ."It is for each to accept or reject the facts".
New International Version (NIV)
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord .
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts
yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
This is thoroughly dishonest, special pleading and no reasonable person is buying it.
You mean like "all true Scotsman " or all people of the world ?
Some of us beleive God is special, not all though
yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.
we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.
they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.
There are so called "natural disasters" like S&G that God does take responsibly for... Cofty ethic's
required that he be responsible for all of them .
New International Version (NIV)
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord .
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts
Cofty does not accept the Bible as the word of God so it means nothing to him however...
He insists christians must break their faith or acceptance of this as fact ( scripture above ) and give him an answer ..then he calls then excuses
I don't have "special knowledge" nor "special insight", nor does God or Christ come speak to me, nor do I have dreams and revelations ~~EdenOne
Do you insist also that as Christians , God must give special knowledge to some above and beyond ? Yet you condemn poeple like Tec who feel that messages are received from God for christians ....so which is it you want ?
Why can't the answer be ? we don't know or understand at this time ? ( I think you called this a non-answer )
