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1 | Death God's friend or enemy? | 1 Cor 15:25 | FlintyJoe | 207567 | ||
I'm going to use a 2-letter word that a lot of people don't like, but since Jesus said it, here goes: "I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death." No it's not "my" or "he". Allow me to digress. I was raised in a nominal Christian religion that taught that under no circumstance could a Christian get a divorce. (Of course, divorce is as prevalent in this sect as in the population in general.) But then I actually began reading the Bible and I learned that God has allowed for divorce, if one of the mates is unfaithful. Why did God agree to this one exception? Because he knows how it feels (the agony, betrayal and reproach that comes upon the innocent party) for someone you love to be so disloyal. How merciful the true God! But the Pharisaical leaders of this cult, that even forbid some to marry and command that its members not eat certain foods, (1 Tim 4:1-4)do not reflect his qualities. They can't - that would require the Holy Spirit. But I fear that too many would turn God into someone who has somehow changed his standards - "Yes, he put thousands of people to death in the OT, but he's chilled out since then - since he watched his precious first-born die an excruciating death while ungrateful nominal Jews looked on and mocked." How much moreso will God judge those today who would "deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth." (Heb 10:26) He'll lop me off just like he did those unfaithful Jews if I would treat the sacrifice of his Son so disrespectfully. A lot of pre-trib talkers will be saying during the tribulation: "I guess the rapture takes place during the tribulation after all." Then, in their desperation (as they were not prepared to endure to the end) they will go looking for their ministers that fed them this line (no, he wasn't raptured either) in order to get an explanation or give him pummeling. Do you get my drift? Don't reduce God's Holy Word to a few verses taken out of their context, in a way that does not harmonize with the entire book and with all of God's beautiful qualities. "These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come." (1 Cor 10:11) |
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2 | Death God's friend or enemy? | 1 Cor 15:25 | Hank | 207587 | ||
Flinty-Joe :: Live and learn -- that's what I do! ..... In my 59 years as a follower of Christ, I never knew that the Sovereign God of heaven and earth "chilled out" until I read your post. :-) ...... I happened to have majored in English in school back when we did some cranky, old-fashioned things, such as picking up an essay (a post on SBF could be called an essay of sorts, I suppose), and assigning it a title based on its content and purpose. Now, let's see, how can we give your post a title? Is it about divorce (first paragraph)? Or about how God chilled out (second paragraph)? Or about pre-trib (third paragraph)? ..... Oh, my, my what a burden is placed upon this old bird's tired wings to come up with a title for your essay. In desperatiion I must admit that, like stjohn, I am compelled to throw in the sponge, and with him confess that I have no idea what you're talking about. Please be merciful unto your fellow Forum friends and do your best to clothe your thoughts in more lucid prose that does not so thoroughly obscure them and befog us. I've been hanging around words for about seven decades and know well how tricky and elusive they can be when they take a notion. And I know too how supremely difficult it is to write a sentence that says exactly what the writer wants it to say. Difficult, but not impossible. At least we can all try. And it never hurts to know what we want to say before we start typing! I've always subscribed to the idea that I can't expect my readers to understand what I'm trying to say unless I fully understand it myself. --Hank | ||||||