chuck slusser wrote:
if you are in good standing with GOD...THEN BY ALL MEANS CALL HIM YOURSELF AND ASK WHERE HE HAS BEEN..should not be a hard for a beliver to do... maybe you could post a contact link then I'll ask him (or her)myself.....MY POINT IS THAT YOU NOR ANYONE CAN PROVE WHAT YOU SAY ,,IT IS CALLED FAITH...AND HAS NO TOLERENCE FOR NON-BELIVERS.....MMMMM SOUNDS LIKE ISLAM NOW DOES IT NOT......FUNNY HOW ALL RELIGIONS SPOUT THE SAME RETORIC,,,IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY THEN YOU ARE THE ONE MUST BE SCREWED UP NOT THE RELIGION OR CHURCH,SECT OR GANG,POPE OR WH**EVER...IF YOU DO BELIVE THEN YOU WILL GET OUT OF JAIL FREE, AND ALL THOSE VIRGINS THAT ALL CHURCH'S PROMISE ...OF COURSE THEY ARE WAITING JUST FOR YOU ,,BELIVE AND GOD WILL FIX IT UP SORRY TO RANT AT YOU BUT THIS IS THE REAL WORLD NOT SOME POTENTATE PLAY GROUND...NO DOUBT THAT MY VIEWS ARE MY CROSS TO BEAR AND IT AIN'T HEAVEY...MY WORK MY REWARD, AND THINGS DO GET DONE,AND ON TIME..........GODS WORK IS NEVER DONE::SOUNDS LIKE THE CONGRESS
if you are in good standing with GOD...THEN BY ALL... (
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1. Where has God been? "With the merciful Thou [God] will show Yourself merciful; with an upright man Thou [God] will show Yourself upright; with the pure, Thou [God] will show Yourself pure; and with the froward [adverse], Thou [God] will show Yourself froward [adverse]." Psalms 18:25-26 In other words, to the believer, God shows Himself everyday in His word, His creation, His protection, His guidance, and His comfort. But to the nonbeliever, God shows Himself in their non-belief and to the mocker, God shows Himself in their mocking. To the blind, God shows Himself in their blindness. "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked for wh**ever one sows [belief or non-belief], that will he also reap [more faith or more disbelief]." Galatians 6:7
2. The "contact link" between you and God has always been there. It is called the humility of faith: "For whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13 So, please: go ahead and call him yourself. He's been waiting a long time for you to "contact" Him.
3. So, you think "proof" is all that is needed for one to believe? "Because that which may be known of God is manifest[ly clear] to them [unbelievers]; for God has shown it unto them [all unbelievers]. For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are CLEARLY SEEN, being understood by the things that are made [proof], even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they [unbelievers] are WITHOUT EXCUSE." Romans 1:19-20
4. Faith has no tolerance for nonbelievers? Really? From where or from whom did you get that sweeping generalization? Not from scripture.
a. The Moslem "faith" as written in their unholy book, the Koran, COMMANDS that all non-believing Moslems are to be given the choice to be assimilated through lying and deception and if not acquiescing to them then to be brutally k**led. This is the "faith" that has absolutely no tolerance for others of differing "faiths".
b. The Christian "faith" as written in the Holy Book, the scriptures, paints a very different picture of God's view of unbelievers: "But God commends His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners [unbelievers], Christ died for us." Romans 5:8 Christ then goes on to COMMAND those that follow Him by "faith" to "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that h**e you, and pray for them that deceitfully use you and persecute you." Matthew 5:44
c. So, while Allah COMMANDS his followers and all nonbelievers to die for him; God, through Christ, SACRIFICED His own life for His followers and all nonbelievers. Quite a marked contrast to say the least.
5. The Church has never, ever promised any virgins...only the Moslem faith. Please, get your facts straight.