“We are to be obedient to God. He blesses obedience.” No, my dear Friend. At least as far as Jesus Christ is concerned, this is absolutely not the case at all … Obedience is always fear-based, Dan – or a form of “respect” that has at the very least been tainted by fear. And […]
“The truth is that there is spiritual warfare all around us and we are all involved in it.” I guess I can agree with this statement – depending on what you mean by “spiritual warfare”, of course. Personally, each and every one of us fights an internal, spiritual “war” in every moment of our […]
“The Holy Spirit will have to guide us in those endeavors … Let us all be still and know that He is God.” Actually, my dear Friend, the Holy Spirit is not only guiding us in every moment of our lives, it is pretty much saying exactly the same thing every time it does […]
“Thank you Jesus, for all of your lessons.” I wholeheartedly agree, my Friend, and thus ask you once more: If you are truly thankful for the lessons of Jesus, why are you not heeding them? Again, please consider the Word of God: Lesson #01: Salvation requires becoming humble as a child. “Truly […]
“Thank you Jesus, for being without sin and becoming sin so that we might become your righteousness. Not one of us could ever do that on our own” Dan, my dear Friend, at least according to Jesus himself – this is simply NOT SO! Now I do realize and admit that this is indeed what […]
“Thank you Jesus, for telling us that we should live holy lives” … Yes, my Friend, Jesus most certainly did intimate that we were all to strive to live holy lives. And yet you seem to have forgotten what constituted such a sacred existence for him … Please consider (and then please enliven) the following […]
“Thank you Jesus, for knocking on the door in the hope that we will open that door and receive all of your truths” Yes, my Friend! Jesus is knocking on your door – indeed, he is doing so in this very thread. So I am wondering – since you clearly know that he is knocking, […]
“Homosexual sex is immoral and therefore a sin” Yes, according to a small handful of Scriptures, including a few of the Old Testament laws that Jesus came to radically amend &/or discard (like Leviticus 18:22 & Leviticus 20:13), and a few New Testament verses from Paul (who obviously had no idea what Jesus’ Life, Truth […]
“Every excuse for sin condemns God” Fair enough, my dear. While even you must admit that the word “condemns” is more than a bit harsh, I admit that it can be reasonably stated that making excuses for our failings &/or enabling the misdeeds of others does flow against the Will of the biblical Father. That […]
“Either there is no apology for [sin], or God is wrong” … Hmmmm … Maybe so, my Friend. May be so ……… … or, maybe there is no sin being committed at all (as in the case of Oliver Clyde Allen & his husband in the image that inspired our current conversation), … […]
“Every excuse for sin charges blame upon God, and virtually accuses him of tyranny” … Not accuses Him of tyranny, my dear – but rather correctly identifies Him as a tyrant! You see, an accusation – by its very nature, contains a taint of unfoundedness. If God is indeed a perfectly Loving heavenly Father […]
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