Posted on 04/14/2017 12:16:48 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell
Buzz.
JESUS should be counted as your strongest asset. Once you look at the faith as something that stands alone, it’s like talking about fire without talking about oxygen or fuel.
Some things don’t have to be stated. One can’t have “faith” unless it is centered on Jesus Christ. Then, all things will fall into place.
What I know for a fact is that there have been several times in my life when I could NOT have survived without Jesus Christ. Period.
Ahem, I have seen a lot of “faith” which ended up being about lesser things, such as institutions.
Such is the sin remaining in mankind that we always want to hog the limelight even when the stage directions God has written clearly say “exeunt.”
I.e. Jesus hasn’t presented Himself to your life just to save you from the desperation moments. He has also presented Himself to your life to put energy into your hopes.
Once more I am chary about “the faith” being propounded without explicit reference to Savior. Is it all that much trouble to append the few words “of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ”? There can be, and are, people who try to make it exist in a vacuum. This is not just a theoretical pitfall. It’s an oft-repeated practical one.
Thank you for explaining this to me. I don’t really understand what your end purpose is in telling me these things, but perhaps you should understand that I’m not interested in changing my “religion.”
I don’t believe I know you well enough to have a conversation of the type where you’re headed, and because of the fact that I’m dealing with some physical problems at the moment, I’m not up to a debate/conversation of anything that requires intelligent thought.
Perhaps another day, when I’m in remission.
Thanks again for your thoughts, though. It’s always nice to learn that people have common ground to get to know each other.
‘Face
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