04-19-2004, 11:07 AM
Man has ALWAYS had a choice since the beginning. He gave man paradise and said you can do ANYTHING but don't eat or touch one tree lest you will die. Man, always striving to live for himself and do what he wants, failed that day and doomed everyone to an inherited sin. Man still has freedom of choice today with God. God gave us the answers as to what He wants us to follow, yet man still follows his own path in indifference to Him. Man thinks he knows all the answers through his science and thoughts. Man even created his own origins through the unproven science of evolution. Did you know that Darwin finally succumbed to the truth and said that God was real? He couldn't put his Bible down in his last days. In fact, the majority of the great scientists of mankind believed in a Creator (Faraday, Newton, Pastuer, Lister, Kepler, Boyle, Linnaeus, Joule, Dalton, Maxwell, Ramsey, Einstein). The sad thing is that most of the evolutionary theorists believe that evolution, with no transitional fossil record, is a farce; they factually admit that they refuse to believe in a God and willfully believe in the only other option. Man, standing in his own reason, refuses to bow down to a higher power. They create their own gods like money and politics and sinfully idolize them daily. They hold to the belief that 'seeing is believing'. Jesus said the opposite, "believing is seeing".
People think that going to church makes you a Christian....wrong. People think that good works will get you to heaven...wrong. People think that a loving God will surely not punish generally good people....wrong. Nothing has hurt the true belivers and church of today than what the Bible calls 'false prophets'. These so called 'men of God' who kill millions of people for not believing in Catholicism, who re-write the true manuscripts from God into versions that confuse the meaning, that change what was originally said. You know, people think because they believe in God that they will be saved. This is wrong. Jesus said that Satan and his minions believe in God AND Him. How does this save them? Those that are true to God's Word and live by it know the answers to salvation. God is foremost a loving being...but He is also a vengeful spirit. He will judge every single living person who was ever alive. Those who have not 1) acknowledged that Jesus is the Son of God 2)sincerely repented of their sins through the death of the Son 3)live a righteous life according to the rules after this acknowledgement 4) shared the knowledge to others will NOT go to heaven. You can NOT change the Word of God; you can NOT change it to make yourself more comfortable or pollitically correct.
Christians have been dealing with persecution for 2000 years and will continue to deal with it. Americans take for granted the freedom they have to practice Christianity. We are not persecuted here physically to the point it means death as in China, Muslum countries and even in places like Mexico.
Do not get frustrated with life. People who try to live their life on their own WILL have frustrations. Christians have frustrations too...even more. We have the same bills, problems at work, relationship problems..etc in addition to focusing on staying away from worldly sin and leading a somewhat sinless life. If you don't believe the Bible, I ask, have you ever really read any of it? I'm not talking about the story of Moses and the splitting of the Red Sea either. People say, I just don't have time to read it or i can't understand all the thous, thees and begets. A lot of people are actually scared to read it because they know they will have to stop the worldly things they so love and crave if they hear the truth. God is fair but he will have enough one day of the outward rebellion against Him. The prophecies ARE being fullfilled. The true prophecies of true prophets ALWAYS come true. False predictors are always made foolish because their prophecies might only hit the mark some of the time just like on a roulette wheel. When Jesus finally died on the cross, over 30 prophecies were fullfilled written 400 years before it happened. Many have happened over the last hundred years regarding Israel and the end times to come. People have been watching the skies for 2000 years for the return of Christ. The Jews are still looking for him to come the first time and sadly they missed his first...which was prophesied also. Man rejected Him....from creation to his death and still now.
Finally, I just want to say that Christians are by no means perfect and stand above unbelievers. We stumble every day. People love to see a Christian stumble. It makes them feel safer in their beliefs. But we pick ourselves up and repent and say we are sorry. That is all Jesus said we can do. We forgive others so we can be forgiven. We love others so we can be loved. And we speak up proudly of God, His Son and His Spirit so that He will speak up for us to the Father when our duty is over. I pray for all of you that I know here. Why would I do that?? Pity? No, by no means. I do it out of genuine care and hope that you will not miss out one day on what the future holds. It could be in the next hour or it could be a thousand more years. But when the time comes....it's too late. Jesus said Himself, "Every knee shall bow, every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord". Sadly, even Satan himself knows this...why doesn't God's most precious creation believe this?
People think that going to church makes you a Christian....wrong. People think that good works will get you to heaven...wrong. People think that a loving God will surely not punish generally good people....wrong. Nothing has hurt the true belivers and church of today than what the Bible calls 'false prophets'. These so called 'men of God' who kill millions of people for not believing in Catholicism, who re-write the true manuscripts from God into versions that confuse the meaning, that change what was originally said. You know, people think because they believe in God that they will be saved. This is wrong. Jesus said that Satan and his minions believe in God AND Him. How does this save them? Those that are true to God's Word and live by it know the answers to salvation. God is foremost a loving being...but He is also a vengeful spirit. He will judge every single living person who was ever alive. Those who have not 1) acknowledged that Jesus is the Son of God 2)sincerely repented of their sins through the death of the Son 3)live a righteous life according to the rules after this acknowledgement 4) shared the knowledge to others will NOT go to heaven. You can NOT change the Word of God; you can NOT change it to make yourself more comfortable or pollitically correct.
Christians have been dealing with persecution for 2000 years and will continue to deal with it. Americans take for granted the freedom they have to practice Christianity. We are not persecuted here physically to the point it means death as in China, Muslum countries and even in places like Mexico.
Do not get frustrated with life. People who try to live their life on their own WILL have frustrations. Christians have frustrations too...even more. We have the same bills, problems at work, relationship problems..etc in addition to focusing on staying away from worldly sin and leading a somewhat sinless life. If you don't believe the Bible, I ask, have you ever really read any of it? I'm not talking about the story of Moses and the splitting of the Red Sea either. People say, I just don't have time to read it or i can't understand all the thous, thees and begets. A lot of people are actually scared to read it because they know they will have to stop the worldly things they so love and crave if they hear the truth. God is fair but he will have enough one day of the outward rebellion against Him. The prophecies ARE being fullfilled. The true prophecies of true prophets ALWAYS come true. False predictors are always made foolish because their prophecies might only hit the mark some of the time just like on a roulette wheel. When Jesus finally died on the cross, over 30 prophecies were fullfilled written 400 years before it happened. Many have happened over the last hundred years regarding Israel and the end times to come. People have been watching the skies for 2000 years for the return of Christ. The Jews are still looking for him to come the first time and sadly they missed his first...which was prophesied also. Man rejected Him....from creation to his death and still now.
Finally, I just want to say that Christians are by no means perfect and stand above unbelievers. We stumble every day. People love to see a Christian stumble. It makes them feel safer in their beliefs. But we pick ourselves up and repent and say we are sorry. That is all Jesus said we can do. We forgive others so we can be forgiven. We love others so we can be loved. And we speak up proudly of God, His Son and His Spirit so that He will speak up for us to the Father when our duty is over. I pray for all of you that I know here. Why would I do that?? Pity? No, by no means. I do it out of genuine care and hope that you will not miss out one day on what the future holds. It could be in the next hour or it could be a thousand more years. But when the time comes....it's too late. Jesus said Himself, "Every knee shall bow, every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord". Sadly, even Satan himself knows this...why doesn't God's most precious creation believe this?