Posted on 04/03/2015 7:51:57 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
It is that too many Christians spend too much time, and devote too much energy attacking other Christians.
NOT all christians are christians..
It’s like a transgender thing..
or religious Kabuki Theater..
like being a NYC Jew.. it’s possible but extremely rare..
Most NYC Jews despise Judaism..
That’s true but also true that they aren’t attacking other Christians (there are lot of fruit cakes out there) as much as they are attacking false doctrine.
Great post, Jan!
Nailed it. When I read posts that call Obama a muslim, I think it is a matter of perception. He is a commie who despises America. And he sees the Mohammedans as despising America. So naturally he sees an ally with radical Mohammedism.
You want to see brave action, do you know that the person who set up the “go fund me account” for the pizza place has now up to about over 500,000 dollars. Goes to show who is getting supported.
....Or believe and repent once again.
Plus the attacks are coming during the most important week in the Christian calendar, Holy Week.
There will be plenty of time (maybe) in the camps to have those arguments. Or do you believe the haters of Christianity will be only rounding up those who hold the pure doctrine?
And, if Prov. 16:9 & Prov. 20:24 are true, they will not because He directs them to refuse to receive the love of the truth...
“The mind of man plans his way,
But the LORD directs his steps.
Man’s steps are ordained by the LORD,
How then can man understand his way?
These are great verses, but I do not understand them to be salvific. More like David praying in Psalm 119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Counting on the Rapture to come first...but it is possible...
Am I to understand you to be saying that Solomon is speaking in hyperbole or “just, sorta, kinda”?
Because God competes with the State. They worship the State. Just like good little commies.
Choose this day whom you will serve..."
But, those are easily subsumed by the remarks about the One who directs the show. Choose...if He so directs.
But, you cannot subsume the other way round. God directing your path cannot occur if you are freely directing your own path. And, we are now entangled with the interwoven doctrines of foreknowledge, predestination, divine determinism, etc. Are we monergists or synergists?
Yep. Synergism ;-))
Good point...in the end the choice is not Heaven or Hell. The true choice is serving God (which leads to heaven) or Serving state/man (which leads to hell).
Well, then, Clark Pinnock, CS Lewis, and Jacobus Arminias would all be proud of you.
Don’t forget the Apostle Paul ;-)
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