I don't think even Jesus was trying to "convert" anyone. Its like a toddler who plays too near the road. Dad warns them not too, and tells them why, and even may lose his life pushing the toddler out of harms way. Jesus did this too. He came here and warned us of Hell, told us about in in a...
While I abhor the thought of an actual lake of fire, Jesus plainly warned us of Hell fire as well as Isaiah and John and others. I know God is love and also just as well as fair. I know he will judge all men fairly. Jesus came to earth, suffered and died to save us from something. If he had to...
Yes, the Bible says if a prophet says something will happen and it does not, that prophet is not of God, for only the one true God knows the future. Unitynow, actually Luke, an apostle who knew Jesus wrote in Acts that Paul met Jesus on the way to persecute Christians and was blinded by him and...
I don't know why he loved me enough to die for me, let alone raise from the dead, but I'm sure glad he did. While I believe by faith, I have read that many great scholars, lawyers, etc. call the resurrection a historical fact, many of whom began to examine the scripture and such in an attempt to...
I believe in the Doctrine of the Deity of Christ. I believe there is only one God made of three distinct persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Mathew says, "his name shall be called "Emmanuel", which being interpreted means "God with us".
Either/or and both. At the time, a Jewish man would divorce his wife and marry another for no reason but that he was bored and wanted another wife. This was like a death sentence to the wife as she had depended on him to provide for her. Except for fornication, Jesus condemned this practice as...
Jesus said to do this in remembrance of him. To remember his death on the cross that paid for all our sins. Breaking bread is symbolic of his his suffering body, and drinking the wine is symbolic of the blood he shed for us, without which there is no remission of sin. It is only in...
I believe, as it says in Mathew, that they shall name him Jesus, which, being interpreted means, "God with us". I believe in the Deity of Christ, that is, that Jesus is God--the very reason they crucified him. I believe there is only one God, but he is a plurality, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost...
I'm neither "Arminian" nor "Calvinist", nor "Hyper-Calvinist", etc. I do believe in the Doctrine of the Eternal Security of Every Believer, or Assurance of every believer. I guess you could call me a "Calvarinian", I believe Christ paid for ALL my sins IN FULL, on Calvary and trust that his...
Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more...
Some scripture on the 2nd Coming/Rapture: While most every Christian believes Christ will return, we differ on things like whether the Rapture and 2nd Coming are separate events, if the Rapture will occur before the Great Seven Year Tribulation, in the middle, or after, before or after the...
Christ is the Only-Begotten, (not made) Son of God. Angels, including Satan, are created beings, as are we. Jesus is THE Son, The ONLY BEGOTTEN Son of God. The very reason the Jews sought to kill him was for the "blasphemy" of calling himself the Son of God--making him EQUAL with God:
John 5...
Hmm...well, sometimes my hair is probably "too long", I like to have fun and act a fool and cut up alot, I don't own a suit, or a little american flag pin...I sometimes smoke cigarettes and drink vodka, and I used to LOVE pot many years ago, but don't smoke it because I'm married with children...
I would like also to simply show Isaiah 53, about the Suffering Servant. Jesus always taught that he must suffer according to scripure. he taught that he that would be first must be servant of all and washed his disciples feet. He was the Suffering Servant:
Isaiah 53
1Who hath believed our...
Note the following. Jesus read HALF of a scripture from Isaiah, and said that this day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears:
Luke 4
16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read...
The Bible says God judges with equity. He takes everything into account. Trouble is, we ALL have sinned, the penalty for which is death. OUR righteousness, (good works) are as filthy rags to a pure, good and holy God. So, God provided a way to reconcile us to himself, while we were yet...