Very good comment on the “predestination of mankind.” Suffices to mention that there is no exception to the rule; that it’s to say one name was given to us through which it one can be saved and that name is Jesus Christ. And this rule applies to Jews, Greeks, Gentiles etc… no one is blessed by nature; only in Jesus Christ we are blessed. Gene546
@gene546 - that's true. people usually know the truth when there hear it, but if it's not going to make their body feel good, they do a superb job of acting like they don't know. denial is a strong deceiver. the Jews in the NT disregarded the miracles that Jesus was doing because they were afraid of what would happen to them politically john 11:47Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "What are we accomplishing?" they asked. "Here is this man performing many miraculous signs.
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If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place
Regarding the predestination of mankind to heaven or hell, it’s not up to Christ who will go up or down, but it’s up to our FREE WILL. Because one thing is that God knows who would end up in hell, and the other thing is that He willet the damnation of that soul. It seems that the infinite knowledge of God clashes with man’s free will but it doesn’t. For the Cross is there for all of us to be saved; but not all of us want to be saved by the Cross. Why? Pride that is. Gene546
Hi, how’re you doing? Hopefully good that it’s my best wish to you. In taken your comment let me add something which I consider important on this subject: our political system (democracy, the power of the people; or the will of the people; is contrary to natural law if and only if the rights of Christ come after the will of the people). Are based on the rights of the people, and not on their natural responsibilities; for when rights come first, responsibilities are totally ignored. The rest is history. Let me be clearer to you: in my native country there are not African Mexicans, Euro Americans, or Indian Americans; all of us in Mexico are Mexicans period. Did you get my point? In Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek so, base on this premise democracy, should apply the criterion regarding population, there shall be no distinction amongst r
I know that both have many things in common: the love for the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE. Let God to give us his Word to work together for the love of Christ. gene546
@gene546 - The bible says that to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. So I guess evolution is sweet to a desperate soul.
People, because of their empty spirit, are looking like those in the desert for an oasis to satiate their thirst. These phenomena amongst lukewarm people it is because their faith is fading away. They are struggling for temporal things (the horse back on the wagon), if they would try to go after heavenly things, the rest of their temporal needs should add to them. Gene546
When people strive, and gives all its strength to gain material things in this temporal world; are totally empty, spiritually speaking. That is it their weaker point; they fall into anything that would not contradict their desires for early pleasures. “Go after heavenly things and the rest it will be added to you.” This premise is the main center of my life; for without Christ, anything else it would become useless. Gene546
@gene546 - Sorry I haven't been responding to all your comments. I've been very busy lately. But you always have some good points. And regarding the evolution thing, it's amazing how fragile much of that theory is and how many people put their faith in it. Of course, when you have nothing else to hold on, you'll hold on to the only thing you have left regardless of how weak it is.
You see? Another movie to promote evolution as a fact, being superfluous only, for nothing regarding evolution has been proven. But, it has long been proven that dinosaurs walked along with man before the Deluge. That the world is about 10,000 years old as the universe is. As I have told you, they need to indoctrinate people into evolution, and make the Bible sees as mere mythological book. Gene546
This main problem with Mr. Obama: most of the left wing of the Media will never mentioned what rally Obama stands for, and what are his ideals, nor he aims regarding the welfare of our country. His pro-abortion, pro-gay marriages-pro-people control through the Homeland Security’s new program in which they plan to implant a kind of chip in your home to monitor your activities, and total control of the internet. This control would be under the banner of protecting your identity from theft. Added to this, his well known anti-Christian, and one the best disciples of Saul Alinsky; the latter well known for his radicalism, and sadism torch children; like the “pederast cartel” of the Catholic Church. I’m Roman Catholic, but, however, I always against this perversities. Finally, he wasn’t born in USA. He never had exposed to the American people his
@nullspace - but yea i wasn't trying to prove God's existence. i was just trying to show them that the world and universe was not created randomly at all b/c it would be virtually impossible by all the numbers i posted. i just want to make them utterly lose faith in their worldview even if they never became Christian.
@nullspace - i haven't read hardly any of the comments b/c it's all foolishness. it's just them feeding off each others' negative energy. no one's has yet to say anything to make me change my mind or inspire me. i've already written other posts that answered most of what they say one post isn't answering. the bible says that the fool has said in his heart "there is no God" and the bible also says not to argue with fools. they'll find out i was right sooner or later. (and hopefully sooner than later!) but yea i realized that even if i answered every doubt they had, they'd still want a God who would allow sin sans punishment and life sans pain. if that's what they want, i can't offer it to them.
@gene546@revelife - i voted for obama b/c i really believed (and still do) that he wouldn't ruin america as bush did and as mccain would have. but i agree that he is behaving SO unchristlike. he has lied about what he would do (pull people out of iraq), has not helped w/ jobs and homes very much, has not found a more cost-efficient fuel source (which i admit may take some more time), has allowed mothers to murder their babies (abortion), and is not being firmly against gay marriage. but ur right about presidents have their own agendas. to be honest though, gene, obama is just a Black face on what's been going on and will continue to go on. i believe demos and repubs are all working together for their agenda. no doubt. i just feel that obama won't be as ruthless (for some unnamed reason). it wouldn't matter who you voted b/c mccain, clinton, bush, and barack are al
woah, the comment board cut me off. Anyhow, I think it's important to realize that we don't have the burden of proving God's existence; He will reveal the truth in time. So no need to obsess over every comment. I once committed social media suicide over a popular blog because I became paranoid of all the random people and trolls commenting on it. I shut it down because I was being driven insane.
Take a break and go to a quiet place to pray and refresh yourself once in a while, if you aren't already doing it. ;)
Ok, I just read some of your above entries, and I'm sorry if my ideas are causing you unnecessary stress like some of the other comments. I didn't really want to come out and say it (as to induce bias), but I'll try to encourage you a bit.
I am also a Christian. I tend to think outside the box a lot, and have consequently generated much doubt and caused me to struggle with many difficult questions, some spawned by others and others self-initiated. I am not saying that you should take the same extreme path that I did. I went to the extreme end, because I believed that God could use my mathematical mind to make sense of the chaos. I'm glad that you are reading a lot of books by famous apologists. Another one I would recommend is "the Reason for God" by Tim Keller, if you have not read that. That one deals more with social issues and bias toward Christian doctrines of justice and grace.
I prefer playing devil's
Regarding the Office of Barack Obama (the presidency), I didn’t vote for him; for he is against all my Christians beliefs. He doesn’t even was born in the USA, and I’m willing to say this from the rooftops. Added to this, when I talking about “agenda,” I meant that each president has his/her plans already made up, as to how the nation has to be guided according to their political principles. As it is in this case, Mr. Obama is a SOCIALIST, and anti- Christian, pro-homosexual, abortionist, and everything against Natural Law. As for the homosexuals I had never judged anyone of them; what I have said was the SIN of SODOMY cries out to Heaven for vengeance. Now, when they are looking for counseling, they shall be welcome to guide them back to their NATURE, and not feed their perverse inclinations. I hope this short post will clear up my position on Pathos, Logos, and Ethos accordingly to their exact meaning given by God to human’s conscience. Gene546.
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@starrynite45 - certainly not. i wish i had that ability!
Hey, I love your theme! :D Did you make it yourself?
@ISpeakLife -
Very good comment on the “predestination of mankind.” Suffices to mention that there is no exception to the rule; that it’s to say one name was given to us through which it one can be saved and that name is Jesus Christ. And this rule applies to Jews, Greeks, Gentiles etc… no one is blessed by nature; only in Jesus Christ we are blessed. Gene546
@gene546 - that's true. people usually know the truth when there hear it, but if it's not going to make their body feel good, they do a superb job of acting like they don't know. denial is a strong deceiver. the Jews in the NT disregarded the miracles that Jesus was doing because they were afraid of what would happen to them politically john 11:47Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "What are we accomplishing?" they asked. "Here is this man performing many miraculous signs.
48If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place
c]'>[c]and our nation."
49@ISpeakLife -
Hi, how’re you doing? Hopefully good that it’s my best wish to you. In taken your comment let me add something which I consider important on this subject: our political system (democracy, the power of the people; or the will of the people; is contrary to natural law if and only if the rights of Christ come after the will of the people). Are based on the rights of the people, and not on their natural responsibilities; for when rights come first, responsibilities are totally ignored. The rest is history. Let me be clearer to you: in my native country there are not African Mexicans, Euro Americans, or Indian Americans; all of us in Mexico are Mexicans period. Did you get my point? In Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek so, base on this premise democracy, should apply the criterion regarding population, there shall be no distinction amongst r
@ISpeakLife -
I know that both have many things in common: the love for the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE. Let God to give us his Word to work together for the love of Christ. gene546
@gene546 - The bible says that to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. So I guess evolution is sweet to a desperate soul.
@ISpeakLife -
People, because of their empty spirit, are looking like those in the desert for an oasis to satiate their thirst. These phenomena amongst lukewarm people it is because their faith is fading away. They are struggling for temporal things (the horse back on the wagon), if they would try to go after heavenly things, the rest of their temporal needs should add to them. Gene546
@ISpeakLife -
When people strive, and gives all its strength to gain material things in this temporal world; are totally empty, spiritually speaking. That is it their weaker point; they fall into anything that would not contradict their desires for early pleasures. “Go after heavenly things and the rest it will be added to you.” This premise is the main center of my life; for without Christ, anything else it would become useless. Gene546
@gene546 - Sorry I haven't been responding to all your comments. I've been very busy lately. But you always have some good points. And regarding the evolution thing, it's amazing how fragile much of that theory is and how many people put their faith in it. Of course, when you have nothing else to hold on, you'll hold on to the only thing you have left regardless of how weak it is.
@ISpeakLife -
This main problem with Mr. Obama: most of the left wing of the Media will never mentioned what rally Obama stands for, and what are his ideals, nor he aims regarding the welfare of our country. His pro-abortion, pro-gay marriages-pro-people control through the Homeland Security’s new program in which they plan to implant a kind of chip in your home to monitor your activities, and total control of the internet. This control would be under the banner of protecting your identity from theft. Added to this, his well known anti-Christian, and one the best disciples of Saul Alinsky; the latter well known for his radicalism, and sadism torch children; like the “pederast cartel” of the Catholic Church. I’m Roman Catholic, but, however, I always against this perversities. Finally, he wasn’t born in USA. He never had exposed to the American people his
@nullspace - but yea i wasn't trying to prove God's existence. i was just trying to show them that the world and universe was not created randomly at all b/c it would be virtually impossible by all the numbers i posted. i just want to make them utterly lose faith in their worldview even if they never became Christian.
@nullspace - i haven't read hardly any of the comments b/c it's all foolishness. it's just them feeding off each others' negative energy. no one's has yet to say anything to make me change my mind or inspire me. i've already written other posts that answered most of what they say one post isn't answering. the bible says that the fool has said in his heart "there is no God" and the bible also says not to argue with fools. they'll find out i was right sooner or later. (and hopefully sooner than later!) but yea i realized that even if i answered every doubt they had, they'd still want a God who would allow sin sans punishment and life sans pain. if that's what they want, i can't offer it to them.
@gene546@revelife - i voted for obama b/c i really believed (and still do) that he wouldn't ruin america as bush did and as mccain would have. but i agree that he is behaving SO unchristlike. he has lied about what he would do (pull people out of iraq), has not helped w/ jobs and homes very much, has not found a more cost-efficient fuel source (which i admit may take some more time), has allowed mothers to murder their babies (abortion), and is not being firmly against gay marriage. but ur right about presidents have their own agendas. to be honest though, gene, obama is just a Black face on what's been going on and will continue to go on. i believe demos and repubs are all working together for their agenda. no doubt. i just feel that obama won't be as ruthless (for some unnamed reason). it wouldn't matter who you voted b/c mccain, clinton, bush, and barack are al
woah, the comment board cut me off. Anyhow, I think it's important to realize that we don't have the burden of proving God's existence; He will reveal the truth in time. So no need to obsess over every comment. I once committed social media suicide over a popular blog because I became paranoid of all the random people and trolls commenting on it. I shut it down because I was being driven insane.
Take a break and go to a quiet place to pray and refresh yourself once in a while, if you aren't already doing it. ;)
Ok, I just read some of your above entries, and I'm sorry if my ideas are causing you unnecessary stress like some of the other comments. I didn't really want to come
out and say it (as to induce bias), but I'll try to encourage you a bit.
I am also a Christian. I tend to think outside the
box a lot, and have consequently generated much doubt and caused me to
struggle with many difficult questions, some spawned by others and
others self-initiated. I am not saying that you should take the same
extreme path that I did. I went to the extreme end, because I believed
that God could use my mathematical mind to make sense of the chaos. I'm
glad that you are reading a lot of books by famous apologists. Another
one I would recommend is "the Reason for God" by Tim Keller, if you
have not read that. That one deals more with social issues and bias
toward Christian doctrines of justice and grace.
I prefer playing
devil's
Solomon in the Book of Wisdom tells us:
God created man for incorruption, and made him in the image of
his own eternity, but through the devil’s envy death entered the
world, and those who belong to his party experience it
13
gene546.