and how do you know? How can you know what the lie looks like if you don't know what the truth really is? Instinct? Feelings? Isn't that really making yourself out to be God? I mean you think I'm a he but I'm not. I'm a she. So if you're wrong about something so trivial as this how do you know you're not wrong about the eternal? Is it really what "we" believe? I mean many believe in tree hugging. Is that ok? Is that going to gain them entrance to heaven?
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Who said I didnt know you were a woman? I've known that for quite some time now. If you have a difficulty trying to figure the difference between whats right and whats wrong then that's you. I believe know the difference my only issue is always choosing the right thing, which is the the mistakes come from. So, because I already knew you were a she, does that negate anything you said in the quote above?
I've never heard this for one thing. I've never met a church hiding illegals. On another level any true church worth its salt would not hide illegals unless there was some very extenuating circumstances involved probably involving saving a life.
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Well maybe you need to live a bit more in reality because these things have been in the news and on this site as well. This is the problem, you spend so much time letting God do things for you that you live in La La land and can't even see what's going on in your own front yard. You all need to wake up and smell he coffee because reality will one day come knocking on your door (like my grandmother) and will have a stronger effect than all the caffeine in the world combined. I can see why LW "loves" you articles so much.
Because the Christians are the "body" of Christ. We are to be the hands and feet of Jesus. He put us here to be a light and a help to the lost and hurting.
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Oh so now we are God's instruments where his miracles are done thru. You really need to make up your mind, either we worry or we don't. Either we pray to God all will be well or we take it into our own hands and make sure, or at least try to make sure, it's all well. This is the problem I have with religion, the constant contradictions of itself. On one hand God will save us so we don't have to worry, then on the other we worry because we are his body so he does his work thru us. Talk about having your cake and eat it too.
in scripture to worry is a sin. Are you, as a Catholic, familiar with the Sermon on the Mount? Do you remember what Jesus said about the sparrow and the lilies of the field?
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Hmmm so what you are saying is that God wants us to sin? I mean after all why does anyone help the helpless and hopeless? Ah, because we worry? As I said before I am not much of a religious person so I know very little about the bible and stuff but as you can see I know my way around things. If you believe in God and you know what you gotta do, no book or no history will make a difference if you go to heaven or hell. The mere fact that we sin on a daily basis proves that. WE are sinners the day we are born and will will be sinners the day we die. It's up to God to sort it out afterwards. That's why I do what I do, in the real world people only see the wrong you do, even when you have medals, trophies, certificates and a movie to prove all the good you have done. But what people here think is not what matters, it's what God thinks when your time comes. Till then you will have to prove yourself to him.
There's nothing we can do to "prove" this Charles. He already knows. We are sinners. He is not. He is Holy and we are not. That's a problem. The only difference between a sinner and a saint is a Savior. In order to enter Heaven we must be made into a Saint. We must be made holy to stand in God's presence. Thank God for Jesus. He took care of that part. We are made righteous only because he is righteous for us.
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Obviously it can't be proven since it's all based on faith, but faith is also based on what you have experienced in life. We are sinners from day 1, we have been graded with an F from the beginning and our job thru out the years in life we are given is to try to change that F into something better. Jesus sacrifice was meant more as a lesson than simply a solution to our problem of being sinners. He gave his life for us and here we are waiting for God to do everything for us. He lead by example but instead we sit there waiting for him to do more. Our path to heaven lies in doing the right thing, sitting there expecting God to take care of everything because you have faith in him is not doing something in my opinion. He was willing to sacrifice his son, what are you willing to sacrifice for him? Oh yea, I forgot, he's got you covered so you really don't have to do anything.
while this is true, our sacrifice is NOT going to gain us entrance into heaven. It's HIS sacrifice that opens the way for us. Our sacrifice is an act of obedience after accepting what he did for us. God isn't interested in our sacrifices. He's interested in our hearts. When our hearts are in tune with God our sacrifices are accepted.
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Here's another contradiction. First you say I'm right then you dispute my words. Man, it has to be your way or the highway doesn't it? If God is interested in our hearts, what fills our hearts? All the good things we have done during our time on Earth, hard work, good deeds, faith, love and yes even sacrifices. So in the end God gets it all in one neat little package called the heart. Sad to say that all the bad we have done is also there but that's what allows him to judge us. Because I think you believe in judgment at the hands of God right? But judgment would mean doing something good or bad, otherwise what would be the point of judging? But in order to do something (good or bad) you would have to actually do something, but what you are saying is that you dont really have to cause God got you covered. Double talk? Double standard? Contradiction? I pay attention to peoples words and I can usually notice when they contradict themselves too often. Just ask Col how many times I pointed out his contradictions in his own articles. You all need to get your stories straight.
We all make stupid mistakes no matter which side of eternity our feet are directed at. It's part of being human. Welcome to the human race Charles.
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Thank you but I have known I was here for a very long time. I accepted that a long time ago. Have you? Keep in mind that in order to make mistakes that means you had to do something, but if you believe you don't have to worry about anything cause God is taking care of you then why do anything at all? If God will solve all of our problems as oppose to letting us do it for ourselves and then judging us based on our actions to solve our problems, then why do we help the helpless and the hopeless? I thought you said God has it all taken care of? Are you questioning Gods actions by doing it yourself? Do you not believe in him enough that you feel compelled to take it upon yourself to get things done? You claim to have no need to worry because worrying is sin yet you admit to be a sinner so whats the difference if you sin or not? But I find it weird to believe that in order to do the right thing we have to sin first. Because we have to worry in order to have a reason to take action. If you saw a child in the streets with an adult and no signs of trouble, you probably won't really question the parent in any way, but if you saw signs of something going wrong, what is your reaction (take Gids situation as an example)? You worry, so our children depend on us being sinners in order for them to be happy and safe. Shall I continue with the contradictions?
I'm not here trying to change your (or anyones) faith and beliefs. I'm simply letting everyone know that my beliefs are very similar to many of the Christian faith but I live on Earth till the day I die so I make sure to keep my head out of the clouds till then. God gave us a reality, maybe we should start living in it and worry about the afterlife when the time comes.
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