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Are you a good person? Take the Bible challenge.

by jesusisgod in

most people consider themselves to be a good person.

i have asked several people just in passing and with family members, and they have confirmed this.

when asked, "do you consider yourself to be a good person?

jesusisgod

Rabbit,

I've never been a JW. I have met a good number of them and invited them in for a chat. All of the ones I've met lied to me. One tried to take my NWT by pulling it out of my hands by force. Also there is a Kingdom hall just up the road from me, I hope I can setup a debate one day there. Do you think they would allow me to debate their pastor (or whatever they call them)?

Gen 2:17 A&E did die spiritually that day and all his offspring are born spiritually dead also. This is why we need to be spiritually made alive or born again. Nicodemus thought to himself, "how can a man be born from his mother's womb a second time?" No one can be born physically a second time. We must be spiritually made alive through the Holy Spirit, please read John 3.

I don't get enjoyment or happiness thinking about people who will be facing God one day with all their sins. I don't share that view with those JW's who you knew or know. I deserve God's judgment! I ask myself, "Why me? Why not someone else?" I am very grateful for my salvation which was a gift from God, it wasn't, nor could it be earned by me. I am greaved over those who reject Christ and will end up in hell. I have family who reject Christ, (this is very personal) but my own father who died showed he had no faith but taking his own life. Do I find pleasure in others facing God's wrath over sin? How can I when I am no better then anyone else! If I thought I was better then anyone I would show myself to be blind not knowing the scriptures.

God knew everything before it even happened. Did God create sin? No. He created the potential for it by giving A&E free will. We to are given free will. When we sin its a choice we make. If we didn't have free will then chosing to do good or bad wouldnt exist. I chose to sin all of my life and thanks to God for His salvation and changing my heart. He does the same for all who would believe and repent. God's plan of forgiveness and salvation was also from the beginning (Gen 3:15). So there always was a way of escape. Those in the OT who looked ahead to God's promise and now Christians today who look back to the cross, all were and are saved by grace, not by works. But again who is innocent, you keep saying this, "innocent people" who is truly innocent? When God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah God wouldnt have destroyed the city if there were 10 righteous people, remember? Did He destroy the city after the angels pulled out Lot and his family? Of course. No one is righteous, no one is good, no not one (Rom 3:10). God is therefore just if and when He judges. Also have you thought about this? Since God is just and we have all rebelled in sin against Him why has He allowed us to live this long? Why hasn't to destroyed the world who is in rebellion against Him? What's taking Him so long? Supreme patience! For He is not willing for you to perish but for you to come to repentence. There is a lot of people who are going to stand before God on judgment day who God gave chance after chance after chance to repent, to know Him truly and to receive forgiveness. There will be no excuse because God showed patience. Does God have to show patience? No, He has that right, for we are all guilty of sin deserving hell, except when under the blood of Christ.

Robin

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Are you a good person? Take the Bible challenge.

by jesusisgod in

most people consider themselves to be a good person.

i have asked several people just in passing and with family members, and they have confirmed this.

when asked, "do you consider yourself to be a good person?

jesusisgod

nvrgnbk,

Did Jesus say he wasn't good? Does he say 'Why do you call me good because I am not, for only God is good." No.

Mark 10:18 "Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone."

First what is the context? First figure out the who, what, when where, how. Who is Jesus speaking to? What do we know about the man who came to Jesus? Etc, etc.

Jesus says in effect, you are not conceiving of goodness in an adequate way when you so lightly address me as Good Teacher. If you wish to contemplate goodness, you should think of God who alone is good and of the keeping of his commandments. Jesus' concern is not to glorify himself but God. Its not to give any instruction concerning his own person whatsoever, but to indicate the published will of God as the sole and perfect prescription for the pleasing of God. Christ wants the questioner to realize: Do not lightly, that is, without knowing to whom you are speaking-- ascribe to me that which pertains alone to God." Jesus intimates that the thoughtless use of the word "good" in addressing one whom he regards as a merely human teacher, is an index of his (the rulers) superfical view of goodness. The questioner didn't know Jesus, didn't know who He really was, if he had known whom Jesus was and known and believed He was good in the truest sense then he would have listened to Jesus and obeyed the command He gave him.

Robin

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Are you a good person? Take the Bible challenge.

by jesusisgod in

most people consider themselves to be a good person.

i have asked several people just in passing and with family members, and they have confirmed this.

when asked, "do you consider yourself to be a good person?

jesusisgod

Parakeet,

You judged me again, saying I am judging everyone by this post. I did this post so others can judge themselves to see if they are good or not good.

Terms like "lost" or "warned" are terms used in the Bible.

Luke 19:10 "the Son came to seek and save the lost"

Galatians 5:21 "...I warn you, as I warned you before that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God..." God warned Noah of judgment on the world? Why because God loved Noah. Noah in turn warned others. The apostles warned others out of love, Paul wished he could be damned if it meant the jews who weren't saved, could be saved. Their motive was love.

So if these terms offend you, I don't apologize for it, its God's word.

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Are you a good person? Take the Bible challenge.

by jesusisgod in

most people consider themselves to be a good person.

i have asked several people just in passing and with family members, and they have confirmed this.

when asked, "do you consider yourself to be a good person?

jesusisgod

Parakeet,

Are you judging me? You disagree with what I have said, which is fine, we can agree to disagree. Don't know presume to know my own heart, only God knows that friend. Next, Uriah Heep in the book had a quest for power, weath and the hand of Agnes, daughter of Mr. Wickfield. He ruined lives and in the end gets justice. Good book.

I have a book for you to look into, its called Pilgrams Progress. Its a classic.

Robin

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Are you a good person? Take the Bible challenge.

by jesusisgod in

most people consider themselves to be a good person.

i have asked several people just in passing and with family members, and they have confirmed this.

when asked, "do you consider yourself to be a good person?

jesusisgod

Rabbit,

I guess your mind is made up already. I would disagree though.

If it hadnt been A&E it would have been Jack & Jill who would have eaten. I mean you can makeup whatever hypothesis or alternative solution. Would God not have known best? God being omniscient, knowing the future also before it happens, did He somehow not know what is best?

And why do you think its a lie that A&E dying in that day they ate the forbidden fruit? Why do you call it a lie? Because you don't believe it or they didn't age then die? Also tell me why you think they didn't know about death coming to all their descendents? Are you assuming this or are you reading a passage of the Bible?

Robin

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Are you a good person? Take the Bible challenge.

by jesusisgod in

most people consider themselves to be a good person.

i have asked several people just in passing and with family members, and they have confirmed this.

when asked, "do you consider yourself to be a good person?

jesusisgod

Seeker4,

May I ask you a question? You said, "We might have believed at one time, as you still do..."

So I will assume you once professed to be a Christian? Let me ask you, did you know the Lord?

Robin

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Are you a good person? Take the Bible challenge.

by jesusisgod in

most people consider themselves to be a good person.

i have asked several people just in passing and with family members, and they have confirmed this.

when asked, "do you consider yourself to be a good person?

jesusisgod

Rabbit,

Hello. I hope I can answer your question. Your question seems to have some different ideas mixed together so I will do my best to explain.

First, God bringing judgment on all Adam and Eve's descendents isn't entirely accurate. Why? If God brought judgment on all of us we would all be going to hell, we'd all be eternally separated from God. But judgment against sin for all believers fell on Christ. Thats why the Bible said, "Therefore there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus (Rom 8:1). Like if you owed a billion dollar fine and you simply cannot pay it, either you pay the fine or do the time, yet if someone else steps in to pay your fine for you then justice is met by the fine being paid and you can go free. This is what Messiah has done and its a free gift of God, not of works we can do. People show they are the people of God by receiving the one who stepped into time and space to pay our fine of sin. So God's judgment against every human being for sin isn't completely accurate.

Two, let me sum up your second point. "God created evil humanity or evil but judges us for our evil. This is unloving and sick." I see a problem or misconception about humanity, God and evil in your question. Please don't take this to heart. First, when God made Adam and Eve, He had made them good, and had given them the ability of free choice. Without free choice humans would be mere puppets or robots awaiting every command. Second and thirdly, God is not the author of evil, He allowed for the potential for evil. Adam and Eve's free will would not have truly been free if their was no potential for evil.

Next, "innocent people" according to the Bible as you may already be aware there is none good, no not one, there is none who seeks after God. We have all sinned and fall short of God's standard of goodness. What standard are you applying in saying there are innocent people? If all humanity is guilty of sin against God then none of us are innocent. If we were innocent and God judged us then yes he would be unjust. I dont believe this is the case though.

Finally, Adam and Eve did chose to sin against God. And as a result their offspring did inherit their sinful nature. And we sin everyday, maybe not taking the fruit of the forbidden tree but in other ways. We willingly rebel against our creator. When God confronted Adam about eating the forbidden fruit, "Why have you done this?" He played the blame game and blamed his wife. Then Eve played along and blamed the serpent. Who's fault was it in the garden? Adam and Eve's! Are you going to continue playing this blame game also? Has anyone made you lie? Steal? Not love God? Not love your fellow man made in God's image? Blame yourself. If you come to a place that you understand that you sin willingly against God and you are responsible for your sins to God, then God's true love for you may make more sense. How much does God love you and desire that you come to a place of repentance? God demonstrated His love toward you that while you were a sinner Christ died for you. God love for you and God's love for justice is both demonstrated on the cross.

Robin

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Are you a good person? Take the Bible challenge.

by jesusisgod in

most people consider themselves to be a good person.

i have asked several people just in passing and with family members, and they have confirmed this.

when asked, "do you consider yourself to be a good person?

jesusisgod

Seretonin,

From this line of thinking about Exo 34 should we then add all the other laws mentioned there to the 10 Commandments? Who was rewriting the 10 Commandments? And who was writing the others laws that were different from the 10Commandments?

v11-26 Moses wrote the ceremonial and judical laws

v27 While God was rewriting the 10 Commandments on new tablets, compare Deut 10:1-4

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Did Jesus rise from the dead with 1.His physical body (or) 2. As a spirit

by jesusisgod in

please post your view, then some scriptures to back it up.

then look at what the bible has to say.. my view is simple.

jesus did rise from the dead with his physical tangeble body and he had the marks to prove it.. my scriptural proof are as follows,.

jesusisgod

Bonnie,

I just thought of another thing. The spirit of a person doesn't die. Man cannot kill the spirit. Remember "do not fear him who cannot kiil the body, but fear him (God) who can kill the body and throw both soul and body in hell."

When Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again." John 2:19 He was talking about His physical tangible body. Only man could kill the body, not the spirit. So the only conclusion is Jesus rose his actual body.

Dont let grey areas that were not sure of cloud our thinking of the solid areas like this one.

Robin

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Are you a good person? Take the Bible challenge.

by jesusisgod in

most people consider themselves to be a good person.

i have asked several people just in passing and with family members, and they have confirmed this.

when asked, "do you consider yourself to be a good person?

jesusisgod

Exodus 23:19 mothers milk verse. This section is talking about Laws about the sabbath and festivals, not the giving of the law at mt. sinai

Exo 34:26- read context this isnt about the giving of the law, read entire chapter.