“The apostle Paul then [asked], “If you died to sin, then how could you [continue to] live in sin?” Yes, that is true … Paul did indeed pose that question (see Romans 6:2) … And Jesus Christ made quite clear beforehand what is already clear to every single sinner on Earth (Christian & non-Christian […]
“If you are saying that no one should hate the sin in someone else’s life more then their own, then I would agree with that.” Actually Dan, I am not making that claim at all (though I do happen to agree with it). What I am saying is exactly what Jesus himself said – […]
“[God] wants to give people His Grace and His Love so that all may find Jesus. Once they do their hearts and minds will be transformed into Christ-likeness.” YES, my Friend! The Bible says exactly the same thing many times – which means that you & yours do not need to “save” anyone else […]
“I am not condoning any sin or promoting any.” Good; me neither! Each and every one of us (you & yours included) will reap exactly what we each sow – and only what we each sow; whether man or woman; whether gay or straight, whether Christian or “unbeliever”, whether conservative or liberal … Please […]
“Let us renew our minds in Christ.” Well, I will readily admit that this is a start, my Friend, and a very good start indeed. Of course, to “renew our minds in Christ” we must first humble those minds – we must drop our pretentious convictions as to what we have been taught about […]
“Paul was stoned and left to die … He was imprisoned … The Romans wanted to kill him … He was shipwrecked … And yet the last chapter of Acts tells us that the islanders built him and his men a bonfire to celebrate their escape from death. God had watched over them with His […]
Next you state that, “After it was lit Paul went over to the fire to stir it with a piece of wood, and a viper came out from the fire and coiled itself around his hand and bit it. Paul then shook the serpent back into the fire where it came from. And here is […]
“Perhaps if we focus on what God says is good and make that big in our lives, we would all be better off.” And once again I find myself responding with a heart-filled, YES! For that is exactly what I have been saying all along, Dan … And since we both agree on this […]
“Satan is hard at work trying to confuse and confound, but God will give us clarity on all things, if we but ask Him.” Yes … or we can simply heed the words of Jesus Christ as found in the Gospels. After all, they really aren’t that complicated; especially those directly related to the […]
“Satan comes to kill, steal, and destroy, but God offers us living water so that we will never hunger or thirst again.” Yes, that too is true enough, though it then begs the plain & obvious question: If God offers us all “living water” (via the teachings of Jesus in the Gospels, like “He […]
You then go on to say that, “God is good.” … Frankly, my Friend, I would go so far as to say that God’s LOVE actually goes beyond merely being “good”. Indeed, I would rather side with Jesus on this one, and say that God’s LOVE is absolutely perfect – given to all without condition, […]
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