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fdhfoiehfeoi
2022 Dec 23, 9:56am
fdhfoiehfeoi
2022 Dec 23, 9:56am
PeopleUnited says
You're forgetting this is a world of choice. Not everything happens the way God would do it, because He allows us to choose.
PeopleUnited says
I heard a story once about a missionary traveling down the river to bring the gospel to a tribe. On the way he passed a different tribe who knew he was a missionary, and desperately tried to get him to stay as his boat passed. As he went out of site down a bend in the river, he heard a great wail. Point being, not everyone gets the same opportunities to learn about God.
PeopleUnited says
From God yes, but we have a duty to personally demonstrate those qualities as well.
PeopleUnited says
Absolutely, don't sugar coat the truth. But also don't forget the most important part of salvation, is that it's only by grace. And if we can't demonstrate grace in our lives with others, how can they understand that crucial point?
because God allows everything that happens for a reason
You're forgetting this is a world of choice. Not everything happens the way God would do it, because He allows us to choose.
PeopleUnited says
And every person knows in their heart that there is a God, no matter how hard they try to tell themselves differently and justify their rebellion against Him.
I heard a story once about a missionary traveling down the river to bring the gospel to a tribe. On the way he passed a different tribe who knew he was a missionary, and desperately tried to get him to stay as his boat passed. As he went out of site down a bend in the river, he heard a great wail. Point being, not everyone gets the same opportunities to learn about God.
PeopleUnited says
Grace and Mercy abound.
From God yes, but we have a duty to personally demonstrate those qualities as well.
PeopleUnited says
well that is why everyone deserves a warning because without repentance, changing your mind about sin and rebellion against God, there can be no forgiveness.
Absolutely, don't sugar coat the truth. But also don't forget the most important part of salvation, is that it's only by grace. And if we can't demonstrate grace in our lives with others, how can they understand that crucial point?
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PeopleUnited
2022 Dec 23, 4:18pm
PeopleUnited
2022 Dec 23, 4:18pm
Well said brother.
And surely God never wanted people to suffer or die in the first place, but that is the path we all have chosen (sin). But if a person is bitter about their parents, their upbringing, how they were treated, their infirmity or unfair lot in life, they truly are bitter at God, because He reminds us that His grace is sufficient. He knows our suffering and sorrows, and He endures them with us, if we let Him. Even the apostle Paul has a chronic ailment that God did not heal him from, and only God knows for certain why all the evil things happen, but still He can turn every evil, and every pain into victory.
Not everyone has equal access to the gospel, but everyone who seeks Him will find Him, no matter the odds.
The gospel is a two edged sword, Grace yes, but repentance as well. The momentary pain of repentance is replaced by joy. But if there is no conviction, no pain of repentance, there is no salvation.
And surely God never wanted people to suffer or die in the first place, but that is the path we all have chosen (sin). But if a person is bitter about their parents, their upbringing, how they were treated, their infirmity or unfair lot in life, they truly are bitter at God, because He reminds us that His grace is sufficient. He knows our suffering and sorrows, and He endures them with us, if we let Him. Even the apostle Paul has a chronic ailment that God did not heal him from, and only God knows for certain why all the evil things happen, but still He can turn every evil, and every pain into victory.
Not everyone has equal access to the gospel, but everyone who seeks Him will find Him, no matter the odds.
The gospel is a two edged sword, Grace yes, but repentance as well. The momentary pain of repentance is replaced by joy. But if there is no conviction, no pain of repentance, there is no salvation.
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AD
2022 Dec 23, 4:53pm
AD
2022 Dec 23, 4:53pm
Conservation of matter applies, as the universe has always existed even if its total mass has changed in shape, etc.
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The questions I have posed to numerous clergy of all denominations are as follows:
What was God doing before he started creating ?
Where was God, if there was nothing before he started creating ?
According to the physicists etc. there was nothing so how did God come out of nothing ?
https://www.cnet.com/science/stephen-hawking-tells-degrasse-tyson-what-preceded-big-bang/#:~:text=%22Nothing%20was%20around%20before%20the%20Big%2C%20Big%20Bang%2C%22,universe%20is%20best%20described%20by%20a%20Euclidean%20approach.
https://www.livescience.com/what-came-before-big-bang.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/10/05/what-existed-before-the-big-bang/?sh=67c5e507671e
So as of today I have yet to get anything but a variety of wonderful word salads for an answer from clergy of any church or denomination.
Anyone on here have something better than word salad for an answer ?