[quote]vroom wrote:
Holy Shit! This thread has seen a fucking resurrecton of it’s own. I think maybe it’s because it’s a Jesus thread.[/quote]
Vroom, now I think you are beginning to get it – somewhat.[quote]
See, I listened to these tards… if I don’t want to read it I don’t have to, but just like the devil, this thread keeps popping up and tempting me.[/quote]
Yes, Vroom, when you don’t agree with someone, then that person or persons is/are labled “tards” and other choice names that you have in your expansive mind of yours.[quote]
It’s a wicked thread. Damn it! Damn it to hell.[/quote]
Actually, I need to correct you. This is a very holy thread since it is about God and Jesus Christ. As for your remark about Hell – this thread is designed with that exactly in mind. Except, unlike you, I pray that people consider the things of God and will not be damned to Hell! .
Remember, God wishes that “all come to repentance [salvation].” Even you![quote]
Anyhow, unless you are zealot there is plenty of room for interpretation in many areas of most religions. It is the room for interpretation and relaxation that allows religions to coexist peacefully with those of different beliefs.[/quote]
Yes, there is plenty of room for interpreting: “As many received Him, he gave them power to become the sons of God.” And, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved, and thy house.” And, “whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.” And on and on we go…
Seriously, I will give you the fact that some of the Bible is very difficult to comprehend. However, would we not expect that if God wrote the Book? I mean, if WE could contain HIM in our intellect, then how could He be God?
That being said, much of the major doctrines – salvation, holy living, etc. – are quite straightforward, if you read and interpret the Bible in its historical, and verbal context.[quote]
Zealotry and unflinching “I have the right interpretation and all must adopt it” attitudes are the bane of the Earth.[/quote]
Not if you have the “T” truth! The Bible = Truth![quote]
Suck it up. Saying so does not make me an athiest you retarded idiot. I trust everybody knows that I’m talking to Steveo?[/quote]
Oh, I am so hurt…sob, sob, sob…[quote]
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P.S. Zeb, you know full well that you and I have sparred with quoted passages and there are some that appear to have Jesus saying it is enough to live appropriately and love God… you don’t have to be a dork like Steveo proclaims, loudly and repeatedly, to everyone who might have been interested in Christianity until he opens his mouth.[/quote]
Jesus was very clear in His pronoucements. He was also clear that those who were “not of His sheep” were “of their father, the Devil,” and thus could not understand spiritual truth.
You wish to make this out to be like academics. It is not. If you are totally blinded in your HEART to the truth, you cannot understand it. You have to WANT IT to understand it.
Vroom, on the basis of the teaching of Jesus and upon the Word of God, you are an unrepentant sinner, you are on your way to a Christless and Godless Hell where you will be:
(1) Alone in the outer darkness of nothing.
(2) You will be eternally separated from God and all of your loved ones and everyone else for that matter.
(3) Your body will be on fire for eternity, but will not consume itself. You will feel agony for ever and ever.
(4) You will be screaming on the top of your lungs and grinding your teeth for pain, for ever and ever.
Hell, my friend, is very real. Jesus paid for your sins. If you don’t accept his free gift, you will have to pay for your own sins.
I don’t want that for you, Vroom.
Accept Jesus and be saved!
Eternity awaits…