tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post6718973635474725450..comments2024-01-17T13:19:24.071-06:00Comments on Salvation And Survival: What's On My Mind Today ....Pam Kohlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00678673505358164380noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-88837178131313139832016-05-11T14:04:58.541-05:002016-05-11T14:04:58.541-05:00Bless you for stating the truth and not sugar-coat...Bless you for stating the truth and not sugar-coating it! The Church and our fellow Christians need to ask for revelation so we see what God sees and not what the culture and our own rose-colored glasses of centuries of distorted Scriptural interpretations have convinced us is the truth. It is all Satan's lies! Thank you, Lord, for removing the scales from our eyes and showing us this world as it is, and encouraging us to be separate from it all! Pam Kohlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678673505358164380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367019700923216960.post-65083090219806792192016-05-11T11:30:46.545-05:002016-05-11T11:30:46.545-05:00Actually Belle, it makes perfect sense. The natur...Actually Belle, it makes perfect sense. The nature of our fallen nature is to be "like God", not Christlikeness mind you, but to be our own god. Satan subscribed to this philosophy long ago, and has convinced mankind to follow suit. These "rights" are about promoting and flourishing mankind's path of becoming his own "god". The scriptures are quite clear what a nation looks like when they remove God from their lives, laws, ethics, etc. I really wish Christians would stop expecting the world to look different. What would that say if it was? It would support Satan's claim that man (and angelic beings) can be their own god, and do are pretty darn good job at it. Who needs God. However, this simply isn't the case - just look around at the carnage. I'm also tired of Christians saying that God's wrath is coming because of all this. The book of Romans says it's already here, being revealed from heaven against all godlessness and wickedness. Society has been turned over to sexual impurity, minds are darkened, men and women lie with each other - just read the list. We are Ninevah - not knowing our right hand from our left. Yeah, it will culminate in the days immediately following the tribulation (Matthew 24), but God's wrath is what we are seeing, so what we are seeing in the world is quite logical. It reminds me of the book of Hebrews and what God commended the great men of old - they lived as aliens and strangers in this world. That is what we are called to do - to be sanctified, separate, different from the world. I believe that is part of the reason why God said to not forsake the assembly of believers. It was a place where people who were different from the world could come and fellowship with one another, praise and worship God, and encourage one another. We have even brought a world that is under wrath into our churches. How foolish, and then wonder why churches are ineffective. No Belle, it is quite logical for a fallen world, who has disowned God and promoted their own godhood, to look exactly like the statements you made. It should encourage us Christians that we have certainly made the right decision, and it should make living as an alien and stranger in this world much easier for us. What fool would trade his soul for this garbage? Unfortunately, many.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com