1. God LOVES you and offers a wonderful PLAN for your life.
"God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life" John 3:16.
Why is it that people are not experiencing the abundant life?
2. Man is SINFUL and SEPARATED from God. Therefore, he cannot know and experience God's love and plan for his life.
Man Is Sinful
"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23.
3. Jesus Christ is God's ONLY provision for man's sin. Through Him you can know and experience God's love and plan for your life.
"God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8.
4. We must individually RECEIVE Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives.
"As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name" John 1:12
2007-05-16 04:36:37 · 12 answers · asked by Theophilus 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Imagine what God has to hear everyday: the whining and ranting of millions of people filling His ears and eyes with so much drivel. Some people put God in such a little box.
My first spiritual thought is that our lives and this world are an absolute miracle, unparalleled in the solar system or any stellar system we can see. How could this happen? There are so many aspects of life that have occurred that have no purpose but exist anyway, like our advanced imaginations and colors on butterflies; people and bugs could have survived just fine without them. I have no idea how the world was created the right size, distance from the sun, with a magnetic field and with a moon that perfectly eclipses the sun from time to time; it simply is and it's beautiful.
My second spiritual observation is that there are millions of fakes, frauds and liars who flock to religeon as an easy way out. Everyone can name a few, and they are even mentioned by Jesus himself. Watch out for them, some are very creative.
My third belief, I suppose, ( I never really thought about writing it down) would be that salvation is available to everyone, the same way air is available to all (See Romans 2:12-16). The number of people who have existed without knowledge of Jesus greatly exceeds the few who have read the Bible; that's too many excluded souls. God's real plan has to be better than that.
Fourth I would say is to respect other people. This is way out there for some people, but evangelical harpooning really just annoys people. Getting out in the community and helping people is far more effective in demonstrating "God with us".
Yes, I do a lot of thinking in church. I have trouble with the idea that the Bible is the absolute, unabated truth; how could it survive so long without people messing with it? Don't abandon your inner skeptic; it's part of your mind, it's important and you need it to survive in this world.
2007-05-16 05:44:51 · answer #1 · answered by n0witrytobeamused 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they are as follows:
1. Don't preach that love is God, but practice love yourself.
2. Sin is in the mind of any evil person who imagines that he sees sin in his fellow beings.
3. Do not practice bigotry, which is not of God.
4. All religion is equal, for all have good intentions though their doctrine may be in error.
2007-05-16 11:44:51 · answer #2 · answered by shericomes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Have noticed the Mention of God anger so many people.Yes, I am and love every word of God. I wish people could really come to know him . We would have so much less pain, crimes, and a much nicer place in which to live.God will get his Glory. It is his will. Every knee shall bow and tongue confess That Jesus is lord. There will be a time when many will wish they had listened.
2007-05-16 11:45:37 · answer #3 · answered by Sugar 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes! Praise God!
2007-05-16 12:08:07 · answer #4 · answered by jasmin2236 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am familiar with the 4 Spiritual Laws, very encouraging...its too bad that some people who don't understand our beliefs, instead of going to another question, they feel they need to leave comments on something they obviously know nothing about.
2007-05-16 11:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by Lil_MissVal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MAN MADE LAWS created to become supreme over the DIVINE LAWS.
GOD wont let it happen.
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2007-05-16 11:40:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you haven't really asked questions, so I'll do it for you.
Did you know that there is a difference between your beliefs and the objective truth?
Did you know that not knowing this makes christians seem incredibly unintelligent and narrow minded?
Did you know that your jesus is just a rehash of earlier, cooler gods?
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa5.htm
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/origen
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/
Did you know that the bible is a pretty horrible book?
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/
http://www.evilbible.com/
2007-05-16 11:41:30 · answer #7 · answered by eldad9 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yep, I have 'em marked out in my Bible.
2007-05-16 11:39:33 · answer #8 · answered by Janet H 24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-05-16 11:39:17 · answer #9 · answered by icycloud 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Preach it preacher!
2007-05-16 11:39:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋