"I guess you'll have to explain that one to us, Stingray. How is it slandering God to say that there ARE consequences for our self-indulgence, for ignoring God's statutes? I'm sure that there were many Jews taken into exile in Babylon who wanted to believe that it had nothing to do with their disobedience."
There are consequences, but what happened 9/11/01 wasn't one of them. It was an act of incredible evil, pure and despicable.
America is not Israel. Americans are not "God's chosen people."
And one more thing...
God poured out His wrath on mankind's sin at Calvary. Read Isaiah 53 and John 3:16-18 to see how this was done. The next of God's judgements to fall won't come until the end of this age of grace, when God will judge all flesh for unbelief (that's what the Book of Revealtion is about.)
In the meantime blaming God, and blaming the thousands of innocents who died, for the barbaric acts of 9/11 are slanders against both God and the victims: against God because you're implying that He poured out His wrath on innocent flesh (which means He is both unjust and unloving) and a slander against the victims, because if God is just, and this was His judgement, then they somehow deserved to die for America's sins!
Are you suggesting that Christ's death was not sufficient to satisfy God's sense of justice, that He would require the death of thousands of our countrymen to pay for those sins not covered by Christ's death?!?! That's exactly what you are saying when you say this was "God's judgement," and it makes no more sense coming from you than it does from the Muslims who perpetrated this cowardly act against us!!!
With all due respect, you people are slandering God and the victims and you need to stop this now!!!
You are all a disgrace to the faith for preaching this kind of bogus, unscriptural nonsense!
Not that I'm sure it matters to any of you, but I am ashamed of you all nontheless!
"Not that I'm sure it matters to any of you, but I am ashamed of you all nontheless!"
I understand your frustration Stingray...believe me I do.However I don't believe you really meant the above...not for one minute.Their words maybe...but not them.
"This is how ye shall know ye are my disciples,if you love the brethren"
It should matter to them what you think...and I hope they listen to what you are saying.
When we move away from God...we move towards the camp of the enemy.There are no bystanders in this.
grace and peace to you friend.
God bless all and God bless America.