Not exact matches
I think of the waiting for the
Christ child, yes, and I think of the still - waiting for all
things to be
made right, for our longing for Shalom.
The family resemblance consists in the idea that people do not need to know Jesus
Christ to have some knowledge of what is
right and good through the law of creation and conscience, that is, by way of «the
things that have been
made» (Romans 1:20).
O when one beholds a man who protests that he has entirely understood how
Christ went about in the form of a lowly servant, poor, despised, and, as the Scripture says, spat upon — when I see the same man so careful to betake himself thither where in a worldly sense it is good to be, and accommodate himself there in the utmost security, when I see him apprehensive of every puff of wind from
right or left, as though his life depended upon it, and so blissful, so utterly blissful, so awfully glad — yes, to
make the
thing complete, so awfully glad that he is able to thank God for it — glad that he is held in honor by all men — then I have often said to myself and by myself, «Socrates, Socrates, Socrates, can it be possible that this man has understood what he says he has understood?»
When I began serving a mission for the Church in Philadelphia many years ago, I had a testimony of the Spirit of God that what I was doing was the
right thing and when I returned home from Philadelphia,
Christ made himself known to my by showing me a vision of him in his glory in Philadelphia.
So to those people that have a problem with the politics of the «religious
right», I'm with you, but don't confuse
things and
make that out to be a problem with
Christ, because they're not the same
thing...
The kid is
right in a way Religion is a way to enslave people to the thinking of that particular religion Jesus didn't come to form religion but to give us a way to get to Heaven through him The only mission of a church is to teach you about God's love to help the poor to love one another to do
things that
Christ would do There is a penalty for not being saved by the blood of Jesus There will be a separation from God for all eternity God
made us for one reason to love Him the Creator of all The meaning of life
Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad
things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus
Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to
make of that.What we do know is that God will set all
things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me
Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus
Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus
Christ.brentnz
Colossians 1:16 says, ``... by him were all
things created...» Consider Hebrews 1:1 - 3: «God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all
things, by whom also he
made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all
things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the
right hand of the Majesty on high;» You see, by Jesus
Christ the worlds were
made, and by Jesus
Christ all
things are upheld.
If you could get in heaven because of your good deeds, why would JESUS had to have gone to the cross, you will not go to hell because you sinned, the bible says we all have sinned, you will go for rejecting GODS free gift, his son, JESUS, SEE, HE TOOK YOUR PLACE IF YOU EXCEPT HIS OFFER BUT IF NOT YOU PAY FOR ALL YOUR SINS, KIND OF LIKE COURT, BETTER TO TAKE AN ATTORNEY THAN REPRESENT YOURSELF, sorry for caps, GOD loved you so much he sent his son to die for you as payment for sin, you will answer to GOD for everything you do, JESUS lived a perfect life which was accepted by GOD for payment of sins, thats up to you if you except it, is bible vs man
made religions, thats alot of commeon since, there are man
made laws you go by or suffer for, plus, there are so many religions you can
make one up to best suit you, it do nt work that way, plus, excepting JESUS is the best way to heaven, why would you think you caould live perfect your whole life, you cant, the devil will use religion to lead as many people away from
CHRIST as he can, even in the garden, eve was decieved.if the bible is not true than no man has anyright to even say whats
right or wrong,
things some people do they think is fine and so on, is stealing your car wrong, why, who said, and why are they
right, think about it, salvation is simple, man
makes it hard, other religions say you have to earn it, fine, if they live that good, they should except JESUS, why not except him, my way is through JESUS, if thats wrong, what have i lost, other ways are thru something or anything else, what if they are wrong, high price to pay for opinion, what if your son took someoneles punishment, and it cost him his life, how would you feel, think about GODS feelings, you cant take a few verses from man religion and get anywhere, read the bible, if you believe theres a GOD in heaven, please do nt reject his son, all very good questions, thanks, i do nt want to be a problem, i just want you to be in heaven someday, i cant be good enough to there there on my own, so i looked to the perfect one, JESUS, you do nt worked to get saved, you work because you are savd.you get get back out in sin and backslide, but, if your really saved, the LORD lives inside you, it will bother you to do certain
things, but you can get numb to it, plus, the bible says, you are not your own, you were bought with a price, JESUS BLOOD, free to you but cost him his life, GOD will chastise for repeated sin, you are his child, just like with your children, spend some time alone with GOD, ask him to show you, would love to talk to you guys over phone, i cant type, you can tell, theres so much more i can say please call me [PHONE NUMBER REMOVED] or email is [EMAILREMOVED]