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10-29-2008, 04:16 PM
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Legislating Morality is Immoral
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Originally Posted by kawgpz550
Answer: Our relationship with God is similar to our relationship with others in that all relationships require faith, and I can never and will never fully know any other person.
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I'm sorry, but I don't think I use faith when deciding whether or not my friends actually exist. |
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10-29-2008, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Ghost 7
the misunderstanding of the gospel had lead to a 'I'm waiting for the Kingdom of Heaven'-attitude without realising that that Kingdom started 2000 years ago, right here, right now. Life here now is just as important as life after death and within this life there is an enormous task of bringing hope and justice to a broken world.
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How can you have a kingdom without a King to sit on His throne?
We are just tourist here our citizenship is in heaven
(Colossians 3:2)
2 "Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth". |
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10-29-2008, 04:21 PM
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Legislating Morality is Immoral
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Originally Posted by Fundamentalist
God does my friend, the creation screams, there's a God. Even if God showed Himself people still won't believe. Jesus proved that.
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Jesus never showed himself to me, so I'm still agnostic. But you are right, the bible says Jesus showed himself to people. So why can't he do it again? |
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10-29-2008, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by LogicIsYourFriend
Jesus never showed himself to me, so I'm still agnostic. But you are right, the bible says Jesus showed himself to people. So why can't he do it again?
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Because when he said, "It is finished" on the cross, He meant it was finished. We modern types have the entire gospel, the Old Testament, the New Testament. The bible is an on going revelation. We have an advantage over the people of the past which is why God showed Himself. Jesus said, blessed are those who do not see and yet believe.
God doesn't need to show Himself. He reveals Himself through the bible. |
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10-29-2008, 04:33 PM
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Legislating Morality is Immoral
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Originally Posted by Fundamentalist
Because when he said, "It is finished" on the cross, He meant it was finished. We modern types have the entire gospel, the Old Testament, the New Testament. The bible is an on going revelation. We have an advantage over the people of the past. God doesn't need to show Himself. He reveals Himself through the bible.
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No we have a disadvantage, in that we have to rely on hearsay rather than actually seeing with our own eyes. |
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10-29-2008, 04:38 PM
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No we have a disadvantage, in that we have to rely on hearsay rather than actually seeing with our own eyes.
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will be back......going home |
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10-29-2008, 06:18 PM
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No we have a disadvantage, in that we have to rely on hearsay rather than actually seeing with our own eyes.
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I am Christian. I don't have a disadvantage. I accept. I believe without seeing because I experience His presence through nature and through His word. |
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10-29-2008, 06:43 PM
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East Meets West
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Location: San Gabriel Valley, CA
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Originally Posted by Fundamentalist
How can you have a kingdom without a King to sit on His throne?[/i]
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Why do we have to have a "kingdom" at all? |
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10-29-2008, 07:04 PM
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Why do we have to have a "kingdom" at all?
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God's kingdom is in all of us but until he comes back, the King will restore his kingdom here on earth, no more pain, sickness, war etc... the earth will as it was supposed to be before Adam sinned. |
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10-29-2008, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Fundamentalist
God's kingdom is in all of us but until he comes back, the King will restore his kingdom here on earth, no more pain, sickness, war etc... the earth will as it was supposed to be before Adam sinned.
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Utopia....a nice dream but impossible.
As long as there are human beings, there will be pain, sickness, and war. And no magical being can or will stop it. |
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