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
2007-10-12 14:10:25 · 14 answers · asked by Theophilus 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Classic snake oil sales pitch.
Convince people that they're sick, then sell them the cure.
2007-10-12 14:13:33 · answer #1 · answered by sfbcaptain 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
without saying the bible or he is real, or whatever, using logical sense, with logical answers, can you really say that the bible is not the same thing as mythology? They both have creation stories, stories of how man became, stories of good and evil things, how people became corrupted. The only thing the bible has done different was give their god no real name, no real shape or image, so pray tell, what is the difference?
2007-10-12 21:24:00 · answer #2 · answered by Hamel M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
[ God LOVES you and offers a wonderful PLAN for your life. ]
George W. Bush and his policies don't fit into this plan. God seems to be mistaken or he doesn't know me AT ALL!
2007-10-12 21:15:52 · answer #3 · answered by ideogenetic 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
But my life *is* abundant, and very, very happy.
I suppose if I *were* miserable, I would be searching for something.
But what do you say to an exceedingly happy atheist pagan?
: )
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2007-10-12 21:14:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's rude to act like you know how people feel when you don't even know them. You don't know me. How do you know how I feel? I'm quite happy the way I am. Thank You.
2007-10-12 21:15:43 · answer #5 · answered by punch 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Would you like to experience the joy of Science or are you content in your misery?
2007-10-12 21:14:36 · answer #6 · answered by Ziggy Stardust 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Misery? Who’s miserable? You must be confusing us atheists with someone else. We’re a pretty upbeat lot, we are.
2007-10-12 21:13:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
just cuz were not christian doesn't mean we're not happy. i am perfectly happy and i'm not christian. if you think that fine but don't tell us that we're wrong for believeing what we believe.
snake oil guy, that is put so perfectly i recently started thinking something like that but i couldn't really put it into words.
2007-10-12 21:16:51 · answer #8 · answered by dwadefranchizemia03 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I am enjoying God's Joy and His Peace , thank you .
2007-10-12 21:14:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
*** w94 3/1 p. 29 Are You Doing God’s Will? ***
While there is joy in learning what the Father’s will is, there is greater joy in teaching others God’s will. Jesus found joy in teaching people about his Father. It was like food to him. (John 4:34) We too will enjoy true happiness if we do as Jesus did, namely, preach and teach the things he taught, the things he received from his Father. (Matthew 28:19, 20) As Jesus promised, “if you know these things, happy you are if you do them.”—John 13:17.
*** w94 3/1 p. 30 Are You Doing God’s Will? ***
Maintaining the Joy of Doing God’s Will
King David of ancient Israel was one who sought to do God’s will all his life. In spite of the many hardships and pressures brought against him, he was inspired to say: “To do your will, OÂ my God, I have delighted, and your law is within my inward parts.” (Psalm 40:8) Doing Jehovah’s will was in David’s very soul, in his very being. That was the secret of his unfading joy in serving Jehovah. Doing God’s will was not a hardship to David. Rather, it was a delight, something that came from his heart. All through his life, he struggled to do his best to serve his God, even though he did sometimes sin and fall short.
On occasion, our joy may wane. We may become fatigued or downhearted. Perhaps our past haunts us, our conscience troubling us over some wrong act committed long in the past. Often, we can conquer these feelings by a more thorough study of God’s Word. We can aim to inscribe God’s law on our “inward parts,” as David did. If we try to do the will of God whole-souled, that is, to the best of our ability, he will reward us accordingly because he is faithful.—Ephesians 6:6; Hebrews 6:10-12; 1Â Peter 4:19.
Interestingly, at Hebrews 10:5-7, the apostle Paul quoted David’s words at Psalm 40:6-8 and applied them to Jesus Christ. In doing so, Paul pointed out how close Jesus was to his Father. The Hebrew word for “will” carries the thoughts ‘delight, desire, favor, or pleasure.’ Therefore, Psalm 40:8 may read concerning the Christ: “To do your pleasure, OÂ my God, I have delighted.” Jesus wanted to do what pleased his Father. Jesus went beyond doing what was asked of him. He did what was close to his Father’s heart, and he enjoyed doing it.
Jesus’ whole life revolved around teaching others what God’s will is and what they must do to gain God’s blessing. He was a full-time preacher and teacher and found great joy in doing that work. Therefore it follows that the more we do God’s work, the more joy we will receive. Can you too serve full-time in the preaching work so that your joy may also abound?
A further aid in maintaining joy in doing God’s will is to keep the future in sharp focus. That was what Jesus did. “For the joy that was set before him he endured a torture stake, despising shame.” For him, the joy was proving faithful to God to the end and then gaining the reward of kingship at his Father’s right hand.—Hebrews 12:2.
Imagine the future joy that will come to those who continue to do God’s will. They will see the destruction of those who insist on doing their own selfish will even if this causes suffering to those who endeavor to do God’s will. (2 Thessalonians 1:7, 8) Think of the joy of resurrected loved ones in gaining the opportunity to learn and do God’s will. Or consider God’s purpose to restore the earth to Paradise. And finally, imagine the freedom that will result from the complete destruction of Satan, the opposer of God’s will.
Yes, doing God’s will today can bring much joy now and endless happiness in the future. Regardless of the response that we receive in the preaching work, let us imitate Jesus’ example in taking pleasure in doing his Father’s will.
2007-10-12 21:15:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋