This showcases the deep irrationalism of Christian belief. This is not at all like the Fourth of July. There is no freedom in the choice, believe in me or burn in hell forever (which is, by the way, a profoundly depraved act of pettiness).

I wish someone would point out to me what, if anything, the Bible has in common with Enlightenment human values, the actual foundation of our country. The Old Testament sanctions slavery, in fact, its central purpose appears to be to demand worship, a slave-like act. Justice in the Bible is punitive and arbitrary, far from fair. It implies inferior status and describes the genocide of certain peoples, far from, "all men are created equal", Heaven is the polar opposite of a democracy, it is a tyrannical dictatorship of one. Certainly, the Old Testament and most forms of Christianity will brook no free thought, open debate and compromise, the backbone of American democracy. The best it can do is call it a sin and forgive it ( under very strict conditions). Democracy is built on the proposition that humanity has inherent value and dignity. Christianity preaches that we are all broken and require redemption. America was founded on Enlightenment reason, and Christianity was founded on irrational faith. In America we demand the separation of church and state, the Bible really promotes a theocracy. And on and on.

And one cannot take refuge in the New Testament. Despite it recording Jesus saying many wise and good things it also records him validating the Old Testament

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished” (Matthew 5:17–19)

"The Scripture cannot be broken" (John 10:35).

He referred to Scripture as ‘the commandment of God’ (Matthew 15:3)

I have always thought the idea that America is a Christian nation, founded on Christian principles to be bizarre and absurd, a prime example of cognitive dissonance. I believe the founders claim a certain inspiration from Jesus
and certainly, the country was settled predominantly by Christians but it was decidedly not founded on Christian principles. For me, the irony and the wisdom displayed by the founders not to do that is truly something to be thankful for.

Snowduck, from one blogger to another, I just want to thank you for the things you do on here. You've shared great stuff, and I'm looking forward to next month's offering here.

God bless!

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His wheat and his barn are for security referenced to those who are His, okay I get that. The chaff burning is the result of the enemy going for it as to them it will seemed like "wheat that got away."

It is hard to know why He would take the time to speak to those who are already His. I suppose He figured idle minds makes for trouble.

Thanks for the share. Here is one you might digest: [B]And no man has ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.[/B] John 3:13. Somebody made a point they didn't know they made but John 3:16 should be 3:14-16 else evil would focus only on 3:15 and get some body hurt.:shocked::dubious:

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How have to a Christian network be?” write the bible students at the internet site of the Order of Carmelites, answering the question, “What is the which means of Matthew 23:12?” with a statement much like maximum floating across the Internet. “All the network capabilities have to be assumed as a service: “The best amongst you ought to be your servant!” You have to name no one Teacher (Rabbi), nor Father, nor Guide; due to the fact the network of Jesus has to maintain, legitimize and nourish now no longer the differences, however instead the fraternal spirit. This is the essential Law: “You are all brothers and sisters!” The fraternal spirit comes from the revel in that Jesus is Father, and makes of everyone brothers and sisters

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I was just reading about Paul !

Snowduck,

Thank you so much for blogging about this. I'm not exactly sure how many 'Christian blogs' there are out there (as I haven't really searched), but I certainly got excited when I saw "Titus 2:1" as the first part in a blog. I thought, "Holy cow!" (no pun, intended) "There is another Christian!" ....... but really, isn't there something wrong when in the mainstream of any kind of media, there doesn't seem to be much light or "salt" anymore? .... We are indeed in the Last Days, and have been.... for maybe 100 yrs, maybe more. (As we know a day in the Lord is a 1,000 yrs -- or something like that.)

You are 100% correct about your 1st sentence; of course, it's God's word, it should be correct. But you didn't take it out of context, like so many do.

Maintaining that saltiness seems to be a challenge for some, but it's only because they don't want to offend others. Wrong, and scary... but we're not supposed to be a part of the world anyway. Friendship with the world is to be an enemy of God -- something we're both aware of... but what they forget (or don't know) is that the bible teaches that in the last days (as Jesus warned us) that there will be false teachers, those who have a form of godliness, but deny it's power.... and therefore, teach or say what "itching ears" want to hear.

There is a massive generation out there, who have not only fallen away from the Truth, but have forgotten it's importance, the sheer power of God's word, and most of all what the whole purpose behind teaching the word of God is (which is to save God's children from the pit of Hell), and also living out the word of God in such a way that it brings more people into His Kingdom. Didn't Jesus say that if you deny me before men, I will also deny you before my Father in heaven? Didn't Jesus say whatever you do to the least of these, you also do to me??

There is also another generation out there who is soooo hungry for God. I call them Runners; actually, I was a jogger at first, now I am running - so hard, and so fast. Not only do I want to see the face of God, but I want to know what His EXACT assignment is for me, before He calls me home. .... Anyway, the runners ...they are running after God with all their hearts, and they are experiencing God like they did in the days Jesus was still here on Earth! I don't know if you have seen a mass movement in the church, but it's out there. It's happening all around. Actually, a lot of things are happening, both good and bad in the 'spirit world.'

There is another group out there that I call The Sleepers. They are Christians, but they have (as Jesus warned would happen) fallen asleep in Christ. ... ..... Did they forget that Jesus said to stay awake until the midnight hour? Didn't Jesus say that? .... Didn't Jesus say that he would come back, like a thief in the night? That the day and hour are unknown, but to be prepared for His second (and final) coming? How is it, in these days, where it's so apparent that Satan has consumed so much of the minds of others, that we depend on our pastors to feed us once a week??? Really??? WE NEED THE SLEEPERS TO WAKE UP, and the church (His bride) needs to start reading again, praying again, and seeking the face of God again. Some are slowly waking up, but we must hurry. The seals.. yes, the seals... I am sure, have already began opening. Read about the one seal in Revelation (if you haven't already) where it talks about the angel that was given the power to release something very powerful that makes people kill each other. I'd have to go back and read it again, but I read that maybe 3 months ago and gasped b/c as we all know.... the killings around the world are increasing. ....In mass numbers. You know this. I had a very disturbing dream last May actually, after attending a service in Phoenix. It was so disturbing, that my mother couldn't console me 20 minutes after I woke up. And that DOES NOT happen to me. Never happened before, not like that. .....I mean, I could go on and on about scripture talking about God will pour out His spirit on His son's & daughters in the Last Days, or how Jesus (I think) told us that young men would have visions, and your old men would dream dreams (I believe). .... It's all in there, it's all written. It's there.... It's there, but what.... there is a high percentage of Christians who attend church and don't even crack open the good book themselves. Matter of fact, it has dust on it. ....... We must, we must.... turn our faces back to God and seek His face, so that He will heal this land (or souls) for eternity.

WE, THE CHURCH, need to be making sure that our pastors are leading us correctly, by reading God's Holy Word ourselves, so that WE will be able to tell the difference in a real, and false teacher. .... As Jesus said, have been, and will be, in the world.

We must remember that in Revelation it says that many will fall away from the Lord in the Last Days, and that Satan will come as an angel of light and deceive many. ...... We must remember to be ON GUARD, and not forsake the simple, but powerful teaching of God's Word... but most importantly, seek guidance from the Holy Spirit himself. .... There are so many who have squelched the tugging of the Holy Spirit.... so they don't know what to do anymore, b/c they have lost fellowship not only with God, but the Holy Spirit himself who knows and sees all things. It is the trinity: God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit the Counselor... that all work together for the Kingdom of God, and to save as much people as possible from the nasty claws of Satan and the gnashing of teeth. ...... But no one wants to "offend" anyone. Some people want to teach only the soft and happy side of the gospel. .....NO! .... NO! It's not only.... wow... depriving our fallen (or spiritually dead) brothers and sisters, but we are basically saying, "Hey, it's okay. You're ok, I'm okay, we're all going to be okay..." Um..... no we're not if we continue to let little false teachings slip into the church, or 'let this go,' or 'let that go,' ..... well hm........ then how much are we going to 'just let go?' .........

I guess what I'm saying is this: Yes, you are totally right in what you said. I am so ecstatic that I even came across your blog in the first place. I want to see so much more of this, because this world is falling away so fast that I can't even bare to turn on the tv anymore. And I am 37.

I want to encourage not only you, but any other believer (or non-believer) to start to pray again, or even for the first time. We have forgotten just how powerful prayer is..... isn't that how the church started?? The disciples in the upper room, who didn't know what to do b/c Jesus died and they thought Jesus had left them for good? Remember that? ... And remember it was the Holy Spirit who fell upon them, not only giving them power, but the authority to teach where Satan didn't want them teaching?... And who won, what happened..?? Jesus won... and the church GREW. Yes, Jesus said on the cross, "It is finished," but us, the church.... we are far from finished. ... We're still here, aren't we? ... I used to ask God to just take me home already, but then... something shifted. I don't want Him to take me home, until I've completely discovered and completed the assignment He gave me while He was forming me in the womb. 8 years in, and I just got my 'assignment' last year. Gave my life to Christ in 2010... when I had just turned 29.

We should pray not just for the country, not just for the world.... but for each other and ask God Himself, what is it... that we need to do, in order to reach the lost, the hurting, or those who simply need to hear/feel the simple (but powerful) pure love of God.

We, the church, can make it so complicated sometimes. More complicated that it was ever meant to be; thus that's how the divisions in the church were created 100's of years ago. We must bring it back to the basics: read the Word of God, pray, and obey. Simple.

As I said, there is a lot going on in the 'spiritual world'.... both good and bad. And it looks like you're on the good side of the good fight; and I thank God for you.

God Bless Snowduck, and thanks again for posting...
--Smile37

"Putting your salvation in jeopardy" the implication being that you can sin to a point that God will take away his blood from your heart despite dying on the cross for your sins knowing full well every sin you will commit even after that you were saved. I think if I could sin to a point where God could not for give me for what I have done after I was purged from my sins then that would completely do away with the FINISHED work that Jesus did on the cross.

Why do they get to misuse their powers for sinister, evil on people who are terminally ill and grieving the death of a parent???

Help, help, help

And white men through my. Odd that hurt burn and itch. I have done nothing to anyone in my entire life to deserve this. I just want to die alive and I live far enough away I never want anything to do with my stepdad ever again. I just want peace so I can die alone. What can I do or who can help stop or reverse this so I can die I. Peace?

Help! My stepdad just told me he practices odinism and was raping and beating me and drugging me while he hired my so called friends, Rachel Fedden, her boyfriend Johnny and their friend Matt, the comrade to kill me. I finally got away from the gayness acts of my stepdad and killing me was his way of keeping my passing mothers house without argument even though I told him I didn't want it. I finally closed escrow and moved 3 1/2 hours from his house thinking all this sinister acts of roses and beating would stop but I have been doing surveillance at my house and on the the videos I hear my so called friends talking about my dad paying them to kill me and shut me up but I wasn't planning on ever living or wanting my childhood home as he raped and beat me in this home and is now tainted. He has paid these ex friends to kill me and I need someone to reverse the curse or the odinism prayers to kill me . I am still bring roses and beat by my friends now and hear them all having sex in my house when I'm the only one here. I need it to stop. I have just been diagnosed with lung cancer, cervical cancer and severe emphysema as if that wasn't a horrible way of my death and having a front row seat watching my mom die January 13th, 2016 of the same thing wasn't torture enough they put gerbals,

That's wonderful. There is many things in the word about gardenings, planting, harvesting. God made us to live off the land.

"a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land."
Actually Jesus did not reign as a king [nor did he claim to be a king] In fact he never held any public office. There were some good and righteous Kings after Jeremiah and some were in the 400 year gap between Malachi and the N.T.

Matt. 24 :34; Jesus says, " Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled."

Surely He was talking about the generation that He was in at that time. ??

These are some good comments on christian freedom. Yes I think that Paul was trying to free people up and move them away from the OT law.
Another thought that I had was that when Paul wrote this there was about 200 million people in the world and now we have slightly over 7 billion, that alone, it seems to me changes how much freedom we have as well as the nature of that freedom.