RE: Christians: how do you sleep at night?
February 22, 2015 at 6:49 am
(This post was last modified: February 22, 2015 at 6:51 am by Huggy Bear.)
(February 21, 2015 at 5:57 am)Norman Humann Wrote: The very idea that you need to baptised before you're a human being is disgusting. We're god's perfect creation, but we're born sick? God is merciful and forgiving, but won't let you into his VIP club in the afterlife if you don't get water poured over your head?Take the law gravity for instance, we're not confused when we toss something in to the air and it comes back down, neither are we confused when we see something behave according to the laws of physics, yet, your confused by the laws of nature?
The rules God has set spiritually, parallels the very same rules found in nature, and seeing how he is the creator of both, this shouldn't be surprising.
You brought up Baptism. Jesus stated that you had to be reborn in order to enter the kingdom of God, and that is accomplished through water baptism.
the number 3 represents perfection, in this case, water/blood/spirit
What happens when a child is born in the natural? The water breaks, then the blood, then the breath of life (spirit)
You must be born a child of God in the same manner, baptized in water, then the blood of Jesus atones for your sin, then you are given the holy spirit.
Quote:Luke 3
16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Likewise there shall be a new earth and guess what? It has to be born in the same manner.
It received it's water baptism through the flood, God himself spilled his blood upon it, finally it will receive it's baptism by fire.
Quote:2 Peter 3
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Also we understand that in order for us to live something must die to provide sustenance, Likewise, in order for you to partake of eternal life, Jesus had to lay down his life.
The spiritual and natural realm abide by the same principles.