Posted on 08/27/2022 7:52:35 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
The Laodicean church.
Prosperity has done us in. Very few people have the spiritual maturity to handle earthly wealth appropriately.
I met a woman once believed that God did not care if she sinned, so she didn’t worry about what she did.
That and turning a blind eye towards sin. The main focus of the church has been the forgiveness of sin but no required repentance of it. People go to church without asking for forgiveness because they think there’s nothing wrong with them and Jesus forgives..etc…. Apathy towards sin increases to the point where see it now, anything goes. Gay marriage, pornography, sex outside marriage entitlement, other lusts…
Believing that sure makes it easier to be all things at once and a member in good standing with all clubs.
No era has been perfect, but Revelation Chapter’s 2-3 gives a prophetic view (then) of the last 2000 yeas (as viewed back now).
- AD 590-1517: The Catholic Church Age (”The Dark Ages”)
- AD 1517-1750: The Protestant Reformation Age (”The Age of Enlightenment”)
- AD 1750-1900: The Missionary Church Age (America and Freedom is birthed)
- AD 1900-Present: The Lukewarm Church Age (the Preeminence of Man (not God))
Good article Sextus
Xlnt point. I will use it when appropriate.
“The Protestant Reformation Age (”The Age of Enlightenment”)”
The Protestant Reformation had nothing to do with the Age of Enlightenment, its main spokesman being Voltaire, who hated Christianity.
11. Biden is a legitimate POTUS.
12. America is the greatest nation on earth.
13. The 2nd Amendment is to show that we are tough and ready to fight injustice at any time.
14. Political criminals will be held accountable.
15. Homosexuality is a “normal” lifestyle
16. Diversity is our strength.
17. The use of fossil fuels causes climate change.
18. We must make the world accept American-style democracy even if it kills us.
19. Islam is a religion of peace.
20. Windmills and solar panels will some day provide all the needed energy.
Man will never defat sin. Christ the Victor defeated sin on the cross taking God’s full condemnation, judgement, and punishment for the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2). God is NOT imputing the world’s sin to them but instead is reaching out in love to be reconciled to the world (2 Corinthians 5:17-19).
The only sin left is that of not receiving Christ. CHRIST, not sin, is the issue. “What will you with Christ?” has been the issue for 2000 years and is the issue today.
Maybe so, but the Protestant Reformation Age brought the world out of the Dark Ages.
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Maybe so, but the Protestant Reformation Age brought the world out of the Dark Ages.
Jim, if there were only ‘about 1,5000’ demon possessed swine in Mark , these last 500 could be considered a break from the Dark.
But the bible predicted about 2,000
That about 2,000 figure was used in the Old Testament for distance once.
The distance Israel was to be kept from the Ark before crossing over into the Promised Land.
Spiritual Israel has the same distance.
Not about 1,500 but about 2,000.
And that’s how long the Ark has been in Heaven. About 2,000 years.
The 1,500 plus these last 500 , Likened to demon possessed unclean animal that wasn’t to be eaten or even touched.
Doctrines of Demons.
Fully leavened Church age since the Light left.
Not sure Mother and daughters are ready to own that part of bible prophecy
Amazing Grace
There are varying degrees of Karma. Karmic debt as you describe above can be used by some to explain bad things happening to otherwise good people or explaining how someone could be born with a serious genetic abnormality. In many cases it is easier for people to find some reason behind things. Many people do not like the fact that random chance occurs in life.
Is it any different than trying to explain original sin?
The Karma that most people think of is of the "you reap what you sow" variety. Which is also an eastern religious explanation of Karma. If you lead a sinful life and continue to make non-virtuous decisions you will start to pay the price in this life for those decisions.
Karma is a nice short word. As a Christian I can use it to mean the within this lifetime kind of karma. In using it I don't necessarily have to buy in to a reincarnation philosophy.
With that said while it's not standard Christian philosophy there have been Christians that believe in reincarnation. The early gnostic Christians, General Patton, my Aunt for instance.
If I have faith that Christ paid the debt for my sins, does a distorted metaphysical world view negate that? If my faith would save me from Hell would it not also save me from future lifetimes if they existed?
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