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Subject: What do you like about the church? |
Bible Note: I really do sincerely appreciate your opening and starting this thread of dialouge. I sense you feel that it was a failure but I think it was and is a great success. I think it helps to remember that God created all of us and He wants ALL of His creation to come home BUT he knows only a "remnant" will find the way. This concept is well established in the OT and is maintained throughout the gospel story and on into the NT with Jesus' story of the straight and narrow to Heaven and the broad way to Hell. What am I saying: I'm saying that out of all our Lord's creation, He already knows there's only going to be a small portion to make it to Heaven. If it was any other way like a majority of us made to Heaven, then it would be too much like our world instead of His world. Remember our ways are NOT like God's ways; our thoughts are NOT like God's thoughts. His foolishness is far better than our highest thoughts. Isaiah 55:8 and 1 Cor 2:20. So in any given scenario of wide discussion with the kind of variety of backgrounds as represented by this Forum, we can only expect to see a similar response as the Lord gets to His Word. You may have noticed that a few of my posts to this Forum have met with a similar spirit of negative feeling. But I (one of many I'm sure) want to encourage you to keep the faith and keep studying. You're in good company with all those persecuted in the past 4,000 years plus. God bless. --Rowdy |