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"Believe or don't ... I stand with the universe on this one."

I am someone who sought TRUTH (absolute, verifiable Truth with a capital 'T') and have little interest in speculations on truths (relative, non-verifiable speculations, you have your truth and I have mine). I am not an Apologist at heart. I have found Truth and I am happy to point anyone who asks in the correct direction, but I view God as more than capable of defending himself. I feel no great personal drive to defend the Truths of the faith. Believe them or don't. Just as I would not bother arguing with someone who insisted that the world was flat (I have met someone who genuinely believes this) since it is not my job to make sure that everyone believes the world is round, I feel no need to make someone believe the truth about God. It is self evident. However, only God can open the eyes of the blind to what is right before them.

Nor am I an evangelist. I have no great gift for speaking...

sounds like a ton of political horse dump, according to your post. as far as I know from being in the service some years ago, there is nothing in the service reg's that would prevent a true Christian from walking the walk. also when a person volunteers to become government property one agrees to the terms of service. and in this day and age no one made you volunteer.


also its delusional to think the constitution has anything to do with following Christ. the constitution is an agreement with a gov and its people, no God involved there, but again there is nothing there to prevent a believer in Christ to follow Christ. and the commandments are a agreement between God and His People, not the whole world.

just because you might be bound to the Lord God of Israel through Jesus Christ, doesn't mean everyone around you is. the Lord knows this and doesn't have a problem with it, why do so called Christians do?

Glad to hear that you came because of evidence. I know a atheist who became atheist because of problem of evil and I don't think it do any harm to concept of God in the Bible.
I'm not accepting multiverse as absolute truth.
I was simply replying to the notion that there's a way out from ex nihilio creation and of someone argue that creation out of nothing is impossible based on Aristotelian causes, the universe will have only efficient cause from a theist god but for a pantheistic or panentheistic god, it will have both material and efficient cause. Something can't come out of nothing also implies a material cause you should heed it. I sometimes think, a panentheist might regard multiverse as god. Also I was asking how can we know out of Universe there's nothing.
Also, I should reply to the question do I believe that an impersonal force can create the universe, I don't know for I'm not claiming it happened such so .
For multiverse, I think we have two beings who...

You have it backwards. I came to atheism for emotional reasons. I came to faith based on the evidence.
It is not my place to speak to you of my evidence. That is why I have urged you to gather your own data or conduct your own experiments and examine your own evidence.

Respectfully, the fact that you accept unprovable assertions of multiple universes with something beyond the natural laws that allows something to be created from nothing ... yet ask for proof that God might be that 'someone' who creates a universe from nothing ... speaks volumes.
I wish you well on your quest, but I am not really an apologist or evangelist.
Believe or don't ... I stand with the universe on this one....

In my recent posts we saw some facts, particularly in James 3:1, that no one should teach the WORD unless they received the gift of teaching when saved.1 Corinthians 12 makes it clear that the gifts are sovereignly bestowed upon us at salvation at the moment we were baptized by the HOLY SPIRIT into the Body of Christ, the Church. As I have taught on many occasions the ministry of Spirit Baptism is unique to the church age, beginning when the Church was born in Acts 2 and continuing until the Rapture.
The problem has always been the sin nature of man In Romans 7 Paul teaches that as soon as a command is given and understood our old sin nature wants to rebel, and Paul found this out in his early months as a believer as we see in Romans 7:7-13.So the command not to teach error, or if one is not gifted, is ignored by many and the fact is that they do not fear GOD ie they are not in awe of him and they do not know HIM.In James 3 The apostle warns that Bible teachers will receive the...

The purpose of the Bible teacher is not to set up his own throne and gather his own followers but is to present the truth as simply as possible.Like all gifts, the intention is to serve, not rule, and to bring glory to Jesus and not ourselves. I have found that those who teach the truth have no interest in their ministry for their own sakes.but those who teach error expose their motives, some clearly and others more artfully. The so-called God channels reveal the spirit of the world not of Christ.Many reveal themselves by asking for money!! They are deceivers and false teachers but as we saw in. 2 Timothy their success is guaranteed.As the LORD said it is the blind leading the blind.
The truth is that the Church has not evangelized the world but the world has evangelized the Church.
It is a terrible truth that most Christians do not want the meat of the WORD which, even with excellent bible teaching, means they need to get a concordance, check out all they are taught and...

If someone is a believer in the LORD JESUS CHRIST he will have understood the basic gospel message found in many places in the New Testament such as 1 Corinthians 15:1-4;Ephesians 2:8-10; Romans 10:9-10. These verses written by divine inspiration through Paul, one of the 15 and only apostles, all of whom qualified as apostles in at least 3 ways, and state that the specific reason Jesus came to earth as a man was to fulfill the Law of Moses and die for the sins of others. He was also buried and resurrected.We are only saved by Grace and the only human element in our salvation if that we believed.This is a free gift of GOD. The purpose we see is that we walk in HIS WORD. At the point of salvation we confessed Jesus (his humanity) as LORD HIS DEITY) at the very moment we believed in our hearts. All these facts and others are found in these verses.
Briefly the NT tells us the 4 things that qualified the 15 apostles: the first group of 12 , including Matthias, were firstly disciples...

Capt. Sonny Hernandez, an Air Force Reserve chaplain, believes that Christians who tolerate the practice of other religions are worshipping Satan, according to a blog post he for penned for Barbwire.com on Sept. 12.

"Christian service members who openly profess and support the rights of Muslims, Buddhists, and all other anti-Christian worldviews to practice their religions -- because the language in the Constitution permits -- are grossly in error, and deceived," Hernandez wrote.

Hernandez, who serves in the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and was his unit's Company Grade Officer of the Quarterin 2015, says heaven does not have a place for service members who put the Constitution -- particularly the establishment clause of the First Amendment -- above a Christian God. He believes it is his duty to make sure that chaplains across the military advise Christian service members on their duty not to tolerate other religions....

Jemar Tisby shares how knowledge, prayer, and action can work in tandem to speak truth into often-misunderstood issues of race and justice.



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Oregon taxpayers will be forced to pay for unborn babies to be killed, a move that Gov. Kate Brown and her fellow Democrats celebrated on Monday. The Washington Times reports Brown, a former abortion lobbyist, held a signing ceremony Monday to honor the new Oregon law that makes abortions free for everyone, including illegal immigrants. […]

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Many christians believe that all translations of the Bible contain errors. If ALL translations of the Bible contain errors where is the truth?

Faith alone ? This is a phrase i"ve heard often , but i'm not sure i understand what it means. I want to start a discussion about Faith , and the Salvation process. But before i do , could someone who knows about "Faith alone" , tell me what it means?

Just curious what people's thoughts are on the miracle at Fatima in 1917? A quick summary of the facts:

• 3 young children claimed a "lady from heaven" appeared out of nowhere in a remote field in Portugal where they were watching their animals, and the lady gave them a Catholic related message to relay to the people where they lived. This lady also told the children to meet her in this same location on the 13th of the month for the next 5 months at the same time where she would tell them more. Of course no one believed the children when they returned home with this news, and it caused a massive stir in their town.
• The 3 children returned the following month, and many curious people came along with them. The children again claimed to see and speak with this "lady from heaven", but other bystanders could not see her. Since no one would believe the children, the lady told the children in July that she would perform a miracle on her last visit (Oct 13, 1917) so as "to

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This is one of the most raised questions by our atheist brothers. Most of them, basing on this, seem to have resolved to become non-believers after being unable to get the appropriate answer.

Honestly, I think about this every other day-how do we really know that indeed the God we believe in we as Christians is the one to be worshiped ? Why not the god in the Muslim context or any other world religions?...

In a discussion about Perseverance of the Saints someone dropped a bomb of a quote. Made me think in that moment the difference between "Perseverance of the Saints" and "Once Saved Always Saved":

“No man living is perfectly assured of God’s love, or is so certain, that he cannot be made more certain.” –Daniel Burgess (1645–1713) The Marks of a Godly Man

God bless,
William

On another thread I asked the following question: "Why were those from Adam to Moses dying? Were they dying because the law condemned them to death? No, the law had yet to been posted by God on Mount Sinai. Therefore "sin is not imputed when there is no law" (Rom 5:13). Then why were they dying?

Answer: Because all men share Adam's fallen life indwelt with sin and therefore stand disqualified for heaven and eternal life.

This leads to another question: If there's nothing good in our flesh then why do some Christians teach that something goes to heaven upon the death of the believer?

Let's look at Acts 2:29 “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. ...34 For David did not ascend into the heavens.

David was a man of God. He was a believer, yet we clearly see from Scripture that he did not enter heaven upon his death. Why?...

I never really understood protestants hostility towards Marian doctrines. There is not a single Marian doctrine that does not center and hinge on Jesus Himself. They are all Christocentric. To downplay her role and status is a direct effrontery to Jesus Himself. I don't go to Mary unless it was Jesus whom I was trying to get to ultimately. She is as much of a help, as Abraham helped, Noah, Moses, the prophets were in bringing souls back to God. Mary does not save souls, God does but God has deigned to make Mary someone whom we can come to for help. The power with which she can intercede for us comes from Christ Himself. She does nothing on her own. Her own sinless life has given her the privilege to be very close to God. Our veneration and prayers do not amount to deifying her.

If Jesus was whom all we ever needed then why did God use so many outstanding people in salvation history to get his message across? Why do through the incarnation? Why bother using Mary's body and...

I was told that I was required to work today and I called in and said that I would not work because I guard the 10 commandments. I live in an "at will" state and have a high probability of being fired for doing this, but I believe that I have done the right thing at this time. If I have not done the right thing, why is this so and where can it be found in scripture? My interpretation of what Jesus spoke against was not the law of Moses, but against the ridiculous additions that were made to it by the scribes and Pharisees. I also know that the Sabbath day (or seventh day) was created before the law of Moses.

The Sabbath day appears to be a gift from the most high to mankind for rest and for learning about God (Jesus taught in the tabernacle on the Sabbath day routinely, and this is why I want to learn about the Sabbath day now), and it feels wrong to deny a gift from God.

From the dying embers of faith, via atheism and evolutionary compromise, to a rock solid confidence in biblical creation and Scripture-one man's fascinating journey.

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I. It pleased God, in His eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, His only begotten Son, to be the Mediator between God and man,[1] the Prophet,[2] Priest,[3] and King,[4] the Head and Savior of His Church,[5] the Heir of all things,[6] and Judge of the world:[7] unto whom He did from all eternity give a people, to be His seed,[8] and to be by Him in time redeemed, called, justified, sanctified, and glorified.[9]
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I. The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto Him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition of Him as their blessedness and reward, but by some voluntary condescension on God's part, which He has been pleased to express by way of covenant.[1]

II. The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works,[2] wherein life was promised...

I. Our first parents, being seduced by the subtilty and temptations of Satan, sinned, in eating the forbidden fruit.[1] This their sin, God was pleased, according to His wise and holy counsel, to permit, having purposed to order it to His own glory.[2]

II. By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion, with God,[3] and so became dead in sin,[4] and wholly...

I. God the great Creator of all things does uphold,[1] direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things,[2] from the greatest even to the least,[3] by His most wise and holy providence,[4] according to His infallible foreknowledge,[5] and the free and immutable counsel of His own will,[6] to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy.[7]

II. Although, in relation to...

I. It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,[1] for the manifestation of the glory of His eternal power, wisdom, and goodness,[2] in the beginning, to create, or make of nothing, the world, and all things therein whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days; and all very good.[3]

II. After God had made all other creatures, He created man, male and female,[4] with reasonable and immortal souls,[5] endued with knowledge,...

I. God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass;[1] yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin,[2] nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.[3]

II. Although God knows whatsoever may or can come to pass upon all supposed...

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