PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

I love the picture of the kinder. It is very lovely. :thumbup:

jack sequim wa Loc: Blanchard, Idaho

Biblically speaking, the unbeliever is completely and totally affected by sin in every area of his being: heart, soul, mind, body, emotions, etc.  In this sense he is desperately wicked (though not all unbelievers are as bad as they can be in the manifestation of that wickedness).  This is why the Bible says that man is deceitful (Jer. 17:9), full of evil (Mark 7:21-23), loves darkness rather than light (John 3:19), does not seek for God (Rom. 3:10-12), is ungodly (Rom. 5:6), dead in his sins (Eph. 2:1), by nature a child of wrath (Eph. 2:3), cannot understand spiritual things (1 Cor. 2:14), and is a slave of sin (Rom. 6:16-20).

However, when we become regenerate, we are new creatures in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17).  Yet, we're also still desperately wicked.  We won't be delivered from this until we receive our new bodies in the future resurrection (1 Cor. 15:35-45).  For now, we still live in fallen flesh and struggle with the sin nature that affects all of who we are.  It is in the battle between our old sinful selves and our new redeemed selves that our victories overcoming sin and failures in sin manifest.  So, even as Christians, we are still touched by sin in all areas of who we are; hence, we are desperately wicked--in that we are still completely touched by sin.  The difference is that we also now struggle against our wickedness because we have been changed by God.  We have been made new creatures; and because of that work of God, we can now recognize our sin and seek to turn from it where the unbeliever will not.

I think the words of Paul the apostle are appropriate here:

"For the good that I wish, I do not do; but I practice the very evil that I do not wish. 20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not wish, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. 21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wishes to do good. 22 For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, 23 but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin," (Romans 7:19-25).

susanblange Loc: USA

Jesus is prophesied in the OT not as the Messiah, but instead as the modern day idol of Israel. Christianity is called "Babylon" and Lucifer is its leader. Lucifer means "morning star" and that is who Jesus claims to be. Revelation 22:16. He is also the leader of the "sons of darkness". Isaiah 14:12-15 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!. For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit". This is from Ezekiel 28, "Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God".

susanblange Loc: USA

It was the summer of 1964 and I was at Santa Monica beach in California with my family. I was about 2 1/2 years old. I was at the waters edge with my brother who was all of 5 and a big wave came over my head and swept me out to sea. A dolphin swam underneath me and lifted my head up above the water so I could breathe. I latched onto him, hanging onto his dorsal fin and riding him like a horse. He swam to some rocks that were several hundred yards off shore and he bucked me off his back landing me on the rocks. I remember thinking I was going to have to eat seafood for the rest of my life and I was wondering how I was going to cook it. There was a man on the beach with binoculars who spotted me and my father came out on a raft and got me.

jack sequim wa Loc: Blanchard, Idaho

I actually believe that story. I have heard of other documents events when dolphins saved lives in simular stories. The question in my mind, are dolphins that intelligent to rationalize the life and death threat, or did God send the dolphin. My gut tells me it's God.

jack sequim wa Loc: Blanchard, Idaho

Here is a link in answer to your reply, I would have cut and pasted with comments the relevant response to save myself time and you reading , but this link addresses several of our replies and responses. I hope in good spirit you will consider the conflict of your replies.

jack sequim wa Loc: Blanchard, Idaho

Old testament prophecies of babaylon, and end times anti-christ

susanblange Loc: USA

I also believe it was God who was responsible for saving me. God has a purpose and a plan for my life. What happened is very similar to Jonah and the whale.

susanblange Loc: USA

Jesus is the "Antichrist" and he has been reincarnated among many others. He is alive on earth today and is an enemy of the real Messiah. He is a thief and a false witness. This time he will burst into flames along with all Christians. Zechariah 14:12, Ezekiel 28:18-19.

jack sequim wa Loc: Blanchard, Idaho

Evidence, historical and archeological is defying your theology.

susanblange Loc: USA

Who does God forgive? Christians forgive deadly sins without repentance and atonement. We are only required to forgive those who truly repent. This is a four step process. 1) Remorse, 2) Confession, 3) Restitution and most importantly, 4) Change. The wicked are also called "the guilty" and are those who will not repent or have committed a deadly sin. The seven deadly sins are 1) Any sin against God's person 2) Abuse or neglect of a child 3) Murder 4) Rape 5) Kidnapping 6) Paying or taking a bribe to do something unethical 7) False witness or swearing falsely by the name of God. We are not to avenge or hold a grudge against someone who repents. In the eyes of God, the sin is forgiven and forgotten and will never be mentioned. If we do not forgive God the Messiah, then he cannot forgive us.

jack sequim wa Loc: Blanchard, Idaho

The word repentance means to turn from your sin, or hate the sin. Salvation is not a 10 step process. It is recognizing sin, the need of a Messiah, asking for forgiveness and by faith are saved. We are saved sinners, we do not become sinless once we are saved.

jack sequim wa Loc: Blanchard, Idaho

Your are deceived by satan, demonic forces.
You are "a" anti-Christ. Your words decieve, and those who follow you, your sending to hell.
Jesus, God in the flesh

Weewillynobeerspilly Loc: North central Texas

WHAT??? .please step away from the bong, back up slowly and drop the lighter.

susanblange Loc: USA

My experience was very real and you can also call it a "theophany". The Holy Spirit causes visions and dreams and I received it on 8/22/83. My vision came about two months later and it was not drug induced. I am the messenger of the living God of Israel and according to scripture, I will have another theophany, this time a dream. Joel 2:28. Numbers 12:6 "If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream".