The OP said...
I've always wondered what the true meaning of those verses is.
So, while you have much to say about God and the Bible, what you have to say, is not the true meaning of the verse. The true meaning of the verse means nothing to you... as seen below.
I don't mean to gross you out...
Habakkuk is living in very difficult circumstances. God hasn't acted yet, and there is no sign that the fulfillment is just over the horizon. But he chooses to have joy because he knows God will act. This is an anticipative joy.
You put your standard for enemies..
Matthew 5:43-45:
"You have...
If my conscience tells me torturing, hurting people, genocide, and slavery are wrong, and so is a proud , jealous, narcissistic God , who tortures and kills people for not believing in or worshipping him, I should never go against my conscience, and do what my conscience tells me is wrong, or...
As Jeremiah 17:9 says the heart is treacherous, so the heart is Not a reliable guide.
The imperfect heart is like having a traitor inside of us.
At first the heart tells or urges us to do something, then after we do it then the heart gives all the reasons why we should Not have done what we did...
I'm wondering the same thing, since you evidently don't get any of them.
You don't point out any problem with them, at least I don't see that you do.
I guess we'll just continue until someone get something.
That's not the point. Could you review my response in relation to your comment.
I don't...
... and yes, to the 'making of books there is No end' so says at Ecclesiastes 12:12.
Yes, futile battles with the devil, and pride (ego) is a battle Not yet won.
This I find can also be true with the Shrine of one's own Heart. (an imperfect heart)
For a deceitful heart is treacherous and who...
Where did Jesus teach to listen to your heart? Jesus taught us to trust and rely on God for everything.
Listen to Your Heart: More Things God Never Said
Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.
proverbs28:26
I was an atheist who believed in evolution and ET, before I learned more about the subjects
savagewind,
Are you now trying to twist my words as you seem to do to Scripture??? I cited 2Peter 3:15,16, which says that either ignorance or untaught will get you destroyed. That is why James said, Not many of you should be teachers brothers, because we shall receive a heavier judgement...
The funny thing is, and something I only realized as an adult, that as a gentile woman from a descendant country of the Roman Empire, Jesus would NOT have loved me. If I went back in time to go meet him, I'd be stoned to death before I ever got to the right neighborhood for being a white devil...
Anyone who has accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior and has been indwelt by the Holy Spirit
knows with absolute certainty that the Bible is true and Jesus is who it says he is
Everyone else is just groping around trying to explain reality through their own mind
Proverbs28:26 "He who...
What is the exegesis behind the author's text?
For instance, someone can put their trust in "God" and not put their trust in the Bible.
For instance, man wrote the Bible. Yet, cursed is the man who puts their trust in men.
For instance, it says not to put trust in the heart. What happens...
Sunstone,
Most things come down to this; God had His word written down, and promised to protect His word from every generation, Psalms 12:6;7. The Bible tells us to put our trust in God, meaning what is written in the Bible, Proverbs 3:5,6. God says not to trust in men because no Salvation is...
joe1776,
I hate to say it, but your reasoning is untenable, when you compare facts to opines.
In the very first place, our conscience, which is called our superego, is extremely rudimentary when we are born. We all develope our conscience from learning from our parents. If the consciences of...
PopeADope,
There re a few places where some truth can be found, but the only place to get true doctrines, to mean Everlasting Life to mankind, can only be found in the Holy Scriptures.
Allow me to refute a few of your sayings. The very worse thing you can do is follow your heart, unless it...