Do you realize how awesome the teachings in the Gospel of Jesus Christ are?

Question

If you simply will repent and accept Jesus Christ, you can enter into God's perfect plan for your life! Your sins will be atoned for by Christ's blood. You will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit of God, and he will indwell you and be with you forever! The scriptures will come alive to you! You will have a personal relationship with God!

Answer 1

yes.. I'm a believer...

Answer 2

Buddy, you have alot of thinking to do. First step: read the history of the judeo-christian religion, ALL the way back to the pre-Judaism days when it was a tribal desert cult worshiping Yahweh the Desert spirit.
Then read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
Then think for a second about the idea of Jesus Christs spirit inhabiting your body because you believe in him, and as a result you get guaranteed passage into an eternal paradise (can there be such a thing?) no matter how you behave the rest of your life.

Don't get me wrong, Jesus Christ was amazing, he had a revolutionary message for the downtrodden Jewish people: Salvation is not in the hands of the church!! Then not even a year after he died, everyone got it wrong and now we are doing the same thing the Pharisees were doing before Christ was born.

Look into Buddhism, it makes way more sense. Look into religious comparisons between the teachings of Christ and the teachings of Buddhism. And remember, the most ingenious thing about the virus that is modern Christianity is that even CONSIDERING other religions and philosophies is seen as a sin! How's that for a fail-safe??

Answer 3

There was no teachings in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ write no Gospel.

What kind of idiot are you, not to know even the most basics of a religion which you proport to follow so devoutly.

God has no perfect plan for anyone's life.

God is a teacher, not a dictatorial power hungry control freak.

Your life is what you choose to make of it. If your life is full of love and wonder it because YOU have made that happen, not because you follow some set of religious doctrine.

Answer 4

Just curious...but how can you have a so-called personal relationship with God if the only to God is through Jesus? To me a personal relationship means no intermediary.

To answer your question, yes. The true teachings of the prophet Jesus are awesome! In Matthew 22, he states the most important commandments: (1) Love god, and (2) Love your neighbor.

Answer 5

Hey man, do you realize how awesome the teachings of Harry Potter are? His teachings are like, "holy **** I can shoot fire outta my stick", and lightning man. Your sins will be atoned by like magical stuff, too bad they destroyed the philosopher's stone, cuz that'll save you, but they still gots the phoenix tears man. The scriptures will come alive to YOU! YES YOU! EVEN YOU! You will have a personal relationship with the HP, cuz he's like either dead or 18 now. I don''t know, I didn't read the 7th book.

Answer 6

yes, that's how it works. Pretty simple, huh? Or is it? He will indwell you with the Holy Spirit and scripture will come alive in you! That pretty much sums it up. Well said. This is the "proof" that unbelievers continually search for, yet, never find. That is all they have to do...have faith first.

Answer 7

Don't get me wrong. I am not a religious person but I believe I am spiritual. And I do HOPE that God does exist.

And if God does exist and He is almighty, I believe that the real Bible is a page long. Because He knows human races are not that smart. And He wouldn't expect us to follow what the Gospel says. He only expect us to have morals and to make sense in our lives.

Answer 8

Yes I do. For instance, the Great Teacher told us "take no thought for tomorrow". What awesome teaching that is! yet we ignore that; rather we foolishly invest and plan for tomorrow! How unwise to ignore the "awesome teaching"!

Answer 9

Lectio Divina is Latin for “spiritual reading” and represents an early monastic technique of prayer which continues in practice though less widely, intended to achieve communion with God as well as providing special spiritual insights and peace from that experience. It is a way of praying with Scripture that calls one to study, ponder, listen and, finally, pray from God's Word.

History
Lectio Divina was first expressed in the year 220 AD. It was found that to read the Bible profitably it is necessary to do so with attention, consistency and prayer. The systematization of “spiritual reading” into four steps dates back to the 12th century. Around 1150, Guigo II, a Carthusian monk, wrote a book entitled “The Monk’s Ladder” (Scala Claustralium) wherein he set out the theory of the four rungs: reading, meditation, prayer and contemplation. In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI stated, “This is the ladder by which the monks ascend from earth to heaven.”

Method
Lectio is typically practiced daily for one continuous hour. A selection from the Holy Scriptures is chosen ahead of time, often as a daily progression through a particular book of the Bible.

Time
Selecting a time for lectio divina is important. Typical methods are to pray for one hour in the morning, or to divide it into two half-hour periods, one in the morning and one in the evening. The key is to pre-select the time that will be devoted to the prayer, and to keep it. Using the same time every day leads to a daily habit of prayer that becomes highly effective.

Place
The place for prayer is to be free from distractions. This means it should be isolated from other people, telephones, visual distractions, etc. Some find a religious icon to be helpful. The same place should be used for lectio if possible, especially as one first begins to practice it. Familiarity with a location reduces the possibility of distraction away from the prayer. Some practitioners conduct other devotions, such as praying before the Catholic Eucharist, as a preparation for Lectio Divina.

Preparation
Prior to reading, it is important to engage in a transitional activity that takes one from the normal state of mind to a more contemplative and prayerful state. A few moments of deep, regular breathing and a short prayer inviting the Holy Spirit to guide the prayer time helps to set the tone and improve the effectiveness of the lectio.

Once the stage is set it is time to begin the prayer. There are four phases of the prayer, which do not necessarily progress in an ordered fashion. One may move between different phases of the prayer very freely as the Spirit guides.

The Four Moments
Lectio
Read the passage several times.

Meditatio
Reflect on the text of the passage, thinking about how to apply to one's own life. Gravitate to any particular phrase or word that seems to be of particular import. This should not be confused with exegesis, but is a very personal reading of the Scripture and application to one's own life.

Oratio
Respond to the passage by opening the heart to God. This is not primarily an intellectual exercise, but more of the beginning of a conversation with God.

Contemplatio
Listen to God. This is a freeing oneself from one's own thoughts, both mundane and holy. It is about hearing God talk to us. Opening our mind, heart and soul to the influence of God. Any conversation must allow for both sides to communicate, and this most unfamiliar act is allowing oneself to be open to hearing God speak.

Answer 10

Bless you, Curious I......

Sometimes it is good to hear a fellow Christian express such deep held beliefs instead of hearing all the bashing.....

Thx,

Your sister,
Ginger,
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Answer 11

AMEN! You said it all! The Lord Jesus has come that we might have Life and have it more abundantly!