[NYer]

Realm of darkness, ping!

[knarf]

Pretty dark, gloomy and scary ...

Thank GOD HE offered,
"Whosever shall call upon the name of the Lord .. shall .. be .. saved."

[HarleyD]

Bottom line: either God is Love and we are free to choose him or not, in our own act of Love, or God is a slave driver and, no matter what, what have to go to his heaven and live with Him for ever. In other words, freedom means choice, and choice permits the “no” to God. And thus there is hell.

Poor logic and completely Pelagian. There is another "choice".

God is NOT a slave drive. God is love, beauty, and perfection. God calls to us and keeps calling... and calling... and calling. We, in our nasty rebellious state want none of it. God gives us commandments to help us. We don't want to obey them. God gives us a promise land. We want to worship idols. God sends His Son. We kill Him. This is what man is all about and is there any question that we should not go to hell. In fact, given our history we would rather be in hell then to be with God in our natural state.

Make no mistake, God purposely has to change our hearts to follow Him. This isn't a "choice" because we would choose not to. And even when God has changed our hearts we half heartedly follow Him. He has to work out His will in us. Yet God is satisfied by His own goodness to welcome His prodical sons and daughters home and cloth us with His righteousness, put rings on our fingers and kills the fatted calf. This is the great love of the Father. He SAVED US and He who began a good work in us will complete it.

Psa 23:3 ... He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

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Psa 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

This is the grace of God to the glory of His name. Christians can only stand back and say, "Why me?" There is no answer to that question because we don't deserve anything.

[coronado]

This is why I went back to Church and wear a Jesus bracelet. I hope that interested people will watch the whole thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTU7MfOgDKM

Thanks, Susan

[Biggirl]

All the NDE’s or “near death experiences” that some people have had and have been written about in a number of books are more often than not confirming what the Bible has been teaching for years.