(October 19, 2011 at 1:18 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(October 18, 2011 at 3:09 pm)Godschild Wrote: The LORD knows our thoughts before we think them, this is not surveillance, an all knowing God has this ability without sneaking around. Time has nothing to do with it, it's when the desire manifest itself in ones heart. You have confused a passing thought with a true desire, they are not the same.
There is no minimum time required when a thought becomes a desire it becomes a sin. Once a sin is committed the only way to get rid of it is ask for forgiveness from God, that is if you are a christian, and repent (which means not to take up that sin again). No one is being set up, that kind of thinking comes from guilt.
You write as though you know this stuff for certain and are not just making stuff up.
None of what you posted above is in the bible, which is the one and only way of interpreting this fictional character known as god, much like the works of arthur conan doyle are the only way to know sherlock holmes.
What you are saying is 'this is what I think, ergo fact' without anything to base it on but your opinion.
What I have stated is all through the scriptures, you do not recognize it for two reasons 1st you do not know what's in the Bible and 2nd you do not know where to go in scripture because I did not give you the books, chapters and verses to read. There is so much in the scriptures that I am not about to look up these things, my suggestion to you is to study the Bible and not just read it, the Bible was never meant to be a book of literature it is a study book about God and our relationship with Him.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.