RE: Admitting You're a Sinner
February 2, 2018 at 6:27 pm
(This post was last modified: February 2, 2018 at 6:37 pm by Banned.)
(February 2, 2018 at 5:57 pm)Cyberman Wrote: And how do you know what "Christ" said? Or what "God's" will is?
You have to test whether you are connecting with God or not, and know whether the Bible is true or not. It's called experimental Christianity, a real experience with Christ.
It is easy to say that the Bible is fiction and therefore anything garnered from it is garbage.
According to the Bible, it claims to be able to provide the resources of truth, and to be the medium by which God communicates to you.
The texts will come to mind. Yet, whatever enters your mind, is always open for scrutiny and confirmation by life' experiences and further clarification of the truth, so it will be a continuous learning experience, where mistakes can be made.
So a daily awareness of God's leading is essential, because there is a person who will not tolerate that safety zone and attempt to ruin your career for eternal life - because he has forfeited his own position in heaven a long time ago.
That's what Jesus meant when he said that I bring a sword and not peace. It is a battle against the downward trends of the heart and the world.
(February 2, 2018 at 6:13 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:(February 2, 2018 at 6:00 pm)Banned Wrote: Unlike the god of science, there's no spoon feeding - you have to do the research.
Okay, nobody has ever been spoon-fed the Bible.
Are you aware that there is a Hindu book (which some people take as a true and inerrant account of events) about an incarnation of Vishnu? In it, Vishnu claims that he answers prayers made to all other gods. If you were to encounter a Hindu who claimed that it was actually Vishnu who answered your prayers (not Jesus), how would you respond? What if he countered your response by pointing to a verse in his holy book? Would you find that convincing? Why not?
The Bible makes it clear that it is possible that delusions can be proven to be true to those who cling to them by demonic activity.
That is where science will eventually be conned, if not already.