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To: Mark17

You can believe that all of it is true, and many do.

But not many throw themselves on the mercy of the court, so to speak.


18 posted on 05/25/2017 2:33:12 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom
But not many throw themselves on the mercy of the court, so to speak.

Not many indeed. I would guess that maybe 5% or less, of the world's population will go to Heaven, so 95% or more, will go to Hell. That ought to motivate people to find out the truth, but I doubt it will. Most people will gleefully continue down the wide road that leads to destruction. We keep preaching.

19 posted on 05/25/2017 3:09:28 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is history)
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To: metmom
But not many throw themselves on the mercy of the court, so to speak.

A 'wise' person would make sure that the fix is in to the judge or a few jury members.


Luke 16:1-9    English Standard Version (ESV)

The Parable of the Dishonest Manager

He also said to the disciples,

“There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’

So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness.

For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

43 posted on 05/26/2017 4:56:03 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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