God is the source of everything good. Love, light, happiness, comfort, peace, love, mercy, and joy. Everything good. He respects our choice to reject him, but in the end, rejecting him means rejecting everything good that comes from him.
If you reject food, you’ll go hungry. If you reject water, you’ll suffer for lack of hydration....everything you need to sustain life. If you reject the source of everything good, you can't have anything good. If you don't want him, you are rejecting his benefits. It’s not about a monster, casting people into hell. It’s about people refusing the source. He didn’t have to die for our sins, but he did. In fact, he volunteered.
@LadyGrace In a world of politicians who lie and deceive it saddens me that there are people hating Christianity but who hang on the words of political leaders waiting for them to provide a better world. They never will get that putting their faith in politicians. They may say "yes but politicians are real at least!" There is a great irony in this. They are anything but "real".
@Pitchblue Can you believe it? Such liars. Shame on all of them. God wants me to have this jet, indeed!! False teachers and prophets, dear. They’ll be sorry. God will not be mocked.
TRUE!! But it is still stealing. They’re using the pulpit as a tool to do evil. That’s how they get their mansions and swimming pools, three cars, a tennis court, and private jets. @Pitchblue
I try to stay out of these threads because i don't understand any religion . Can anyone explain how jesus died for my sins hundreds of years before i was even born? Also i have first hand experience of how the richest church on earth handles the demons within it. The catholic church is nothing more than a pimp to pedophiles ,Why does god let this happen in his name ? They say everything is part of gods plan.Did he plan for thousands of kids to be molested?
@kodiac You are correct!! Now, I don’t think it’s fair to say ALL churches do this...even Catholic....but certainly some do. I promise to answer your other questions tomorrow, as these old eyes are getting much too blurry. I promise I will.
Let’s take this slow. I don’t want to go into great detail and confuse you. I’ll answer each thing as we go along, but let’s address one thing at a time. Then if youhave anymore questions, I’ll address them.
God created everything perfect in the beginning. Even Adam and Eve in the garden. However, God did not want robots to fellowship with, so he gave mankind free will. Man abused that free will, and decided he was going to do what he wanted to do, even if it was in disobedience to God. So when Adam disobeyed God, that introduced sin into the world and caused himself and his offspring to have the sin nature. That separated all of mankind from God the Father, their creator. But the good news is, that’s where Jesus came in and gave us a way to have fellowship once again with God the Father, through the forgiveness of sins. Through Jesus, so we could have eternal life.
In the spiritual world, the wages of sin is death. We all have sin, so to keep us from having to pay for our sins by death, Jesus....who is sinless....took our sins upon him on the cross and paid them in full. That means we must ask Jesus’s forgiveness, so he can go to His Father in heaven on our behalf, and ask for His pardon from our sins, before they can be forgiven. God does that, declares you ”Not guilty!” and then you are forgiven, redeemed, and accepted into God’s family and home. You get a brand new home, and brand new life in Christ, having your sins forgiven, everyone of them, and you are declared righteous before God the Father. Your destination after you leave this life, is in heaven with God for eternity.
@kodiac Did he plan for thousands of kids to be molested?, you asked.
Certainly not. The evil we’re seeing in this world, is the result of sin in this world, which shows us exactly [b]why[/b] we need Jesus. Some people don’t need an excuse. They choose to do evil, with or without the devil's coaxing. That’s not God’s fault.
Contrary to belief, God did not create sin or tsunamis. How could He, when He is perfect, and therefore, there is no sin in His flawless character? John 10:10 says, “The thief (Satan) comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy. Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” This verse makes it clear that it's the devil who steals, kills, and destroys—not God. Even nature is angry and rebellious in a sinful world. We see sin in the very nature of animals, as they attack and kill each other. In the perfect world that God shall make, the lion shall lay down with the lamb, in perfect peace and harmony.
@LadyGrace God has not fulfilled any of these promises to me. God has dismissed me and I am not a bad person I have saved 2 peoples lives on 2 different occasions.
@Pitchblue I’m sure you’re [u]not[/u] a bad person, however, God’s Word says we don’t get to Heaven by doing good deeds, no matter how noble. We are only saved by grace, through faith. I still don’t know how God has dismissed you, as you claim.
I’m very happy you saved two people’s lives. That’s really great. Congratulations!!
