Posted on 12/07/2019 1:52:35 PM PST by Faith Presses On
Evangelist Ray Comfort is well-known for presenting unbelievers with "the good person" test, asking them if they've ever broken any of the Ten Commandments in order to demonstrate that everyone is a sinner and "there is no one who does good, no, not one," (Romans 3:10-12, Psalm 14:1-3).
So many people, though, still don't believe that they're sinners even after being confronted with their sin. Satan has blinded them with self-love.
But if unbelievers today in places like America are less likely to acknowledge their own evil nature, they might be more likely to admit the evil nature in the people around them. While they think of themselves as pretty good, if not excellent, moral creatures, or at the least "good enough," they just might recognize that the people in their lives -- even those close to them -- are wickedly selfish at heart.
It's common to hear people today say that they've been betrayed by close family members and friends, that they have no one they can count on, or that they find other people so sickening, they think they might prefer the company of animals to humans.
Of course, again, they're fine in their own book. Other people are the problem, the cause of their unhappiness.
Those, then, who believe in something beyond the natural, including life after death in Heaven, but have so far rejected Christ as their Lord and Savior, or have made Him into a Christ of their own liking versus what the Bible teaches, can be asked how they would like to live in eternity with the people around them, just as they are, and if they think it would be Heaven, as well as how would there be unity and peace with people continuing to be in disagreement? People can sometimes "agree to disagree" with a little success so that they don't openly argue over whatever they fail to share, but disagreement necessarily means division and distance. Or do such people think that, for it to be Heaven, they'd have to be there alone, since they're the only truly "good person" that they know and like?
In Christ, believers yield our wills, which are governed by our faulty, limited individual sin natures, to One who is perfect in every way, and so is qualified to rule over us absolutely, for the good of us all, including to bring us true happiness and satisfaction. Among Jesus' last instructions to His disciples were to love each other (John 13:34) and to have unity in spirit (John 17:22-23), and in Him, we can enter into God's Kingdom, the Kingdom of Heaven, and remain in and enjoy true love and spiritual unity with God and other human beings.
So is cancer a metaphor for the entrenched systems that are dug in deep, like the deep state, or is the established system that is "too big too fail" the basis from which cancer gets its legs? The chicken or the egg conundrum.
No one is going to cure cancer by doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
John was the one who received the revelation (discovery) of Jesus Christ. He was the same who was very careful not to read into things:
John 21
22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
John sounds like the wet blanket of the group. It might explain why he ended up on an island by himself.
Your reply is very speculative and unclear. Do you accept the Bible as God’s inspired, inerrant Word?
God and the Messiah already know the answer to that one, and have responded accordingly.
Anyone else may conclude whatever he or she wants.
But we truly should be straightforward with other people, especially in spiritual matters. It’s important that one person knows where another is coming from.
It isn’t right, for example, for people (and churches) who don’t believe in the Bible, or are even atheists, to misrepresent themselves as Christians, allowing people to assume they believe in God and the Bible when they don’t. Some even become pastors.
Our relationship with and our responsibility to God is interwoven with our relationships and responsibilities to other people. Our responsibility to be as clear and honest as possible about our beliefs is part of our responsibility to Him, not just to others.
Americans (the real definition, from above) are a good-hearted, whole-hearted, and good-natured, merciful people.
Anyone elso doesn’t meet the qualifications.
Bill and Ted (IOW, Hollywood, the last place anyone would expect) proclaimed the good news of the Kingdom from outside of the religious spheres when they said, “Be excellent to each other.”
There’s even a new movie due out next summer. All in the timing.
People will be shocked at how simple this all is. The ideal man is the last guy any of the experts expect. They are too busy beating everyone down and scrutinizing for any fault.
Egads. Time for all that to end. Trash day is almost here.
In the real world the big trash day is the day after Christmas!
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