RE: Ask, Seek, Knock
October 12, 2012 at 12:57 am
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2012 at 1:44 am by Godscreated.)
(October 12, 2012 at 12:36 am)System of Solace Wrote:(October 12, 2012 at 12:34 am)Godschild Wrote: What you have stated involves work, that's you doing something for your salvation, it does not work that way (no pun intended). Drich like myself understand that sincerity is the key, a desire to see God's truth.
......that's exactly what I said. Drich claims that even in cases of people that ARE sincere, they are "not sincere enough". He claims to know more than he actually does.
I'm sorry, I did not make what I wrote very clear. The sincerity I stated should have followed the word undying (undying sincerity). A parable by Jesus explains sincerity, "if you knew that a great treasure was buried on a certain piece of property wouldn't you spend everything you had to obtain that property, so that treasure will be your's. The treasure is salvation in this parable."
(October 12, 2012 at 12:50 am)Brian37 Wrote:(October 12, 2012 at 12:34 am)Godschild Wrote: What you have stated involves work, that's you doing something for your salvation, it does not work that way (no pun intended). Drich like myself understand that sincerity is the key, a desire to see God's truth.
Ok, I sincerly KNOW that virgin births are bullshit because of DNA and I sincerly KNOW that humans do not survive rigor mortis. Just like you know that you wont get 72 virgins if you slam planes into buildings.
Not my fault you fell for a comic book delusion. I cant help you if you "sincerely" believe that bullshit.
People once "sincerely" believed the sun was a god. Muslims "sincerely" believe that Allah is the one true god. People "sincerely" believe that the moon landing was faked. Some people "sincerly" believe that Oujia boards work. Some people "sincerly" believe in voodoo.
Your sincerity only means that you want to believe it no matter what. But lots of people in our evolution over the past 500,000 years "sincerely" believed bullshit.
A scam artist will sell you snake oil and call it a cure all. Stage magicians were mostly con artists when they were popular.The honest ones call themselves illusionists. Most people today when they see that woman sawed in half know it is a trick, even if they don't know how the trick was preformed.
You have merely fallen for your own desires. You want that mental delusion to be more than your own credulity but it is nothing more than a mental sugar pill. The magician is YOU scaming your own brain into buying into your own immagination.
Something you should know about me, I am skeptical by nature, I do not let anything or anyone into my world very easily. It is of coarse up to you whether you believe this. Many that know me would tell you I question much, my pastor would tell you this.
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.