We must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done. - 2 Cor. 5:10
The day will come when we will stand, Before our Judge, God's Son; Have we so lived that He will say, "Well done, My child, well done"?...Sper
Well, I've got a good example. If you are a "good christian" you will not have sex until you get married. Therefore, you are a more daring gambler than anyone ive ever met.
People are not a car to be "Test driven" before you buy. Besides if you love someone what can they possibly do wrong in bed? You don't need to answer that, I am sure you can come up with a list that would curl my hair.
If i listened to every warning i received I'd be leading a pretty dull life. I guess we both run a risk.
What dull? I lead a full and exciting life. I have lived my life both ways. I used to go out and get drunk and thought that was the end all...till I woke up the next morning. What Dull? Sex with multiple partners...worked as a home health aide in hospice taking care of a lot of end stage STD ppl. What Dull...Having a loving husband, wonderful children, beautiful grandchildren and still young enough to crawl around on the floor and play peek a boo with them and watch the excitement in their eyes, going on cruises, traveling this great country, doing all the things you can do but I do it while PRAISING MY GOD FOR SENDING HIS SON TO FORGIVE ME MY SINS. What risk...you I am sorry to say are the only one running the risk...say we who believe and have faith in God are right, then we stand before Him and He let's us spend eternity in Heaven...What risk...you on the other hand, stand before him and He tells you that the one sin that is not forgivable is Blasphemy (an act of cursing or reviling God, the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God, irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless) and throws you into the lake of fire meant for the Devil and his minions. So you see the only risk that we have taken is not to live a life of what...drunkenness, using God's name in vain, profanity, sexual promiscuous or anything else you consider pretty dull. DH, Even if you are just trying to get to everyone and get them going...it is called Blasphemy...and as always, as I do for anyone and everyone I see or hear or see write such things I put them in my prayers that they find the true peace and Faith in God, in this Life cause there are no second chances standing before the throne of God! God's Blessings to you!
Well, I've got a good example. If you are a "good christian" you will not have sex until you get married. Therefore, you are a more daring gambler than anyone ive ever met.
DH, I reposted close to this so you don't have to fumble around and look for it again....you need to re-read this a little more careful before heaping something on someone that was not said (or wrote)
Dh- Do you see in there anywhere...where I mentioned sex before marriage? Or for that matter, did I mention my sex life? I think not...I made reference to working with end stage STD hospice patients because Sir, my sex life regardless if it was sinful or snow white is of no ones business but between my God and Me! I only referenced it because I am trying to understand what could be so dull in my life,,,,what do you do, without God, that I do with Him, that makes my life dull? Am I a good Christian? I feel I am? Do I sin? Yes...All have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God...Romans 3:23...Am I forgiven if I repent...If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness...1 John 1:9...I in no way trying to pass judgement on you...only trying to impress upon you that Blasphemy in the Lord's eye is a very serious issue...I meant what I said...you or anyone else who speaks or writes of such things will be in my prayers, wanted or not...This is all I have to say on the subject...I do not need to defend my FAITH, only live it! God's Blessings to you!
DH, it's amazing how the world chooses to decide what a " good Christian" by trying to impose rules on those of us who say they are Christians. A Christian is nothing more than a sinner who has been set free from the penalty of sin, is being set free from the power of sin ( this does not mean living sinless), and someday will be set free from the presence of sin. I sin and I get the consequences of my sinning, but I will not spend eternity in hell, because I have accepted God's free gift of reconciliation and atonement.
I would like to be able to say that I did not have sex until I was married, but that choice was never mine to make. It was taken away from me before I even knew that it was supposed to be a choice. And then, because I had been taught that the only value I had was for sex and that I did not have the right to say no, I was a person I hated, but didn't know how to change. But God reached down to me and He is healing me. I don't have to live that way any more. He helps me to live within His will and become the person He created me to be. I'm saved and forgiven, not perfect.
Diana, God Bless you for your powerful testimony. It takes a strong Christian to stand up and say this is what evil things have been done to me but I choose to turn the other cheek to God for healing.
DH - Before you write innuendos, such as heaping the word sex on to someone maybe again I should tell you that you should think of the hurt you may be causing a person. Give Diana a lot of credit, but you do you know my story and the hurt you may have resurfaced...no...and you never will...again....between God and Me! Think, before spouting...who knows the feelings you save my be your own!
Just read this and thought I'd post it up and get your thoughts:
The top-selling Bible in North America will undergo its first revision in 25 years, modernizing the language in some sections and promising to reopen a contentious debate about changing gendered terms in the sacred text.
The New International Version (NIV), the Bible of choice for conservative evangelicals, will be revised to reflect changes in English usage and advances in biblical scholarship, its copyright holder announced Tuesday. The revision is scheduled to be completed late next year and published in 2011.
"We want to reach English speakers across the globe with a Bible that is accurate, accessible and that speaks to its readers in a language they can understand," said Keith Danby, global president and CEO of Biblica, a Colorado Springs-based Christian ministry that holds the NIV copyright
Very interesting David - you know...the Bible has been "interpreted" over the years so the Bible as we read it today is probably not exactly how it was intended as it was originally written. It isn't the first time it will be "revised" - having said that, I think each time it is revised, interpreted, changed...and now "modernized," we are jeopardizing scripture to be altered to a degree that is not what God intended.
The Bible is the bedrock to our Christian faith - a resource to guide us in our walk with God. As long as those who are revising do not alter the messages...I guess it wouldn't be catastrophic, but "modernizing" anything takes away from value and I would guess the same would happen with scripture. Modernization has become a tool to make things easier so that the least amount of effort need be applied. We have become a lazy human race because of it. My suggestion is for churches to have more bible studies where we as Christians read with open hearts to allow God to speak directly to our hearts and through helpful guidance from our pastor/ministry, focus on what scripture means to us individually.
One last note - there is emphasis in words that is lost when on paper. We need to understand scripture the way it was written - not generalize scripture so that we don't have to do the work to conceptually understand it. How much meaning will be lost for future generations because of modernizing the bible today?
My testimony is CRAZY, as many of you know....but, I realize that I'm a work in progress, until completion....and I do not live in Regret....EVER, ...rather, I reflect upon the selfish, moronic, pig-headed and sinful choices I've made, that I might serve HIS WILL, more and more often....falling down on my face, less and less often...and NEVER forgetting that NO MAN IS RIGHTEOUS, Not one! Rather, I live for Him, that my joy might be more complete. That seemed like the biggest load of crap to me, ...before I walked forward in faith, to see what it was all about. The less I make every minute about me, the MORE JOY I have...it's as simple as that. Which, therein, is another great nugget God has given me..."I've made it simple...it's YOU that complicates it by getting in the way of My will for your life".
Mark - you said that so elequently...I cannot believe someone not only understands where I am today in my faith, but can describe it perfectly! It is so amazing that I found this site when I did. I recently learned what true joy and happiness is - it is living in accordance with His will...allowing Him to guide me for His purpose. I used to think people were nuts who talked like this...my thought was that they needed to believe in something because their lives were so empty and this nonsense filled a void. Good grief was I lost! Happy to be on the right track and sharing it with amazing peeps like you! Luv ya!
I agree with Edie, Dirty Hippie,Please think before you write things that are hurtful to others. You are not a believer, many others are, no one should ridicule you nor should you ridicule them. Please think of how your posts appear to others.