Re: Just Wondering
Member #: 153
Registered: 1996-2001
Posted:
2694
Name:
Gary Vest
Name:
Gary Vest
Company:
Bowlin Group
Occupation:
build/splice/sweep
Location:
Williamsburg, OH
Personal:
early 60s
Experience:
~42 years
Do you love anybody enough to sacrifice one of your children for their life? God loves us enough that He allowed His ONLY Son to sacrifice Himself to pay the penalty of sin so we may have the opportunity of redemption from OUR sins, and be restored to a relationship with Him. As a just God, He cannot allow sin into heaven, therefore we are ALL condemned, not by Him, but by ourselves for OUR own sins. We have the responsibility to account for OUR own actions. Does he owe anybody mercy and grace? The scriptures tell us that the wages of sin is death, so by that, we all deserve to die, and we do physically, but spiritually, we have an opportunity to be restored to Him by simply accepting the offer He has given us to be restored to Him, and that only comes from His grace, not by earning it, but simply accepting the fact we are sinners, repenting of our sins, and asking Jesus to come into our hearts and change us from our inherant sin nature to a new nature that allows sanctification to transform us to a Christ likeness that changes the way we live our lives. Jesus describes that as being "born again" in the scriptures. God gives each one of us the free will to decide whether we even want that relationship with Him. The offer is there. Take it or leave it. Just don't blame God for YOUR actions and decisions. My advise is to prayerfully ask God to reveal Himself to you in your life, and seek truth through the vast amount of information you have at your disposal. Ask Him to guide you to the truth. I've never met anyone who said they tried that and failed. On the contrary, I have listened to the testimony of many who have set out to prove the scriptures as false, errant, and fables, only to come the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ in the process.
Gary Vest
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Posted in reply to: Re: Just Wondering by jmiller
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