Miss Elly

I hope I am the least self righteous person my friends know. I have a lot of unsaved friends and most I have witnessed taking baby steps toward Christ and a few all the way to God. When the discussion of God comes up with friends of friends, (and it always seems to present itself) one of my friends rolls her eyes and say "here she goes". Although that friend knows where I stand, she would prefer I don't discuss it. I told her "what if I found out that tomorrow Walmart was giving everyone 10,000 tomorrow. Would you want me to tell you?" She said 'Of course". I said, "Well, my salvation is so much more valuable than 10,000 and it's too difficult not to share when I get the opportunity." She's a tough nut. She doesn't have a lot of friends either. Most of my friends admire me for my convictions and for the fact that I can defend my beliefs. I met a guy who was a friend of a friend who was very excited to meet me, telling me that my friend absolutely loves me. I said "oh, that's nice". He said, "You don't understand.. She goes on and on and on about you". I was flattered but gave credit to God. They see me as different for sure. They know I am happier and handle stress and troubles very differently and with better success than they do. I am an oddity. It is one thing to share your food with someone who is hungry and another thing to cram it down their throats when they don't want it. I'm not saying you are engaging in the latter. It is just something we should all consider when we share the gospel.

I agree totally! God told Adam and Eve to replenish the earth and I think it's pretty much replenished don't you? I don't believe in abortion or selective abortion either. I can not imagine taking care of and supporting all those babies if they do make it. They're God' little angels and deserve our prayers. Miss Ell

I heard a very interesting sermon once on aliens , UFO's. We all know satan is the prince of the power of the air for now, so that should tell you something. Anyhow, this person swears he was abducted briefly by an UFO and he talked to he aliens. He had the presence of mind to ask them if they knew who Jesus Christ was. They knew right who he was, but denied he was God in the flesh. They said he was just a good man. Whether this really happened I don't know, but it is a good thing to remember just in case. Also there is a scripture that says ALL creation groaneth and travails until Christ returns. So if that is the case, the entire universe is under the curse of sin, that includes aliens. I personally believe they are demon spirits sent to distract people and keep them from serving God.

I want to address this first. I have to go do some things, I'll reply to the rest of your post later. Do you believe God would condemn a soul to eternal damnation before that individual has a chance to get to know Him? Other than the Spirit of God and His Word, a new born baby is the purest thing we have on this planet. In all honesty, can you see God pitching an innocent child into the Lake of Fire? I believe God desires all the world be saved, that's why Jesus died for it. I used to wonder about all those "folks who don't get a chance to be saved", does God have to let them slide into hell? After all, they didn't know. But picture this....at one time the world was filled with the knowledge of God. Many chose not to retain it and did not teach their children the truth. Generation after generation goes by and that civilzation forgets the true God completely. Darkness and ignorance cover their cities. That is hardly God's fault is it? He's doing all he can for mankind to be redeemed by using his people to spread the word. Also scripture does mention that people can look at nature and see God. If they hunger after truth, God will send it to them, if he has to send an angel to do it. Of course a child that takes the mark will not automatically be condemned to hell. I believe that all children are covered by the blood of Jesus before they reach the age of understanding. But why would a child need to take the mark of the beast? Do little children shop? Probably their parents, who do have the mark of the beast would have to do the shopping. What is the age limit to take the mark of the beast anyway. None of us know for sure what the mark of the beast is....I for one hope that the rapture takes place before he gets here.

The bible is clear on modesty in dress for women. Perhaps this woman you are speaking of has never read, or paid attention to that part of the bible. A godly woman should not dress in a tempting or revealing outfit because it can / will lead to sexual thoughts by the opposite sex. I went to this church with my husband who is not a christian. Many of the young girls / women dressed in extremely short, tight mini skirts. My husband was very disapproving of this. He said, these women are a distraction and they want to advertise, or they wouldn't do it. I spoke with the assistant pastor about it (it was his daughter) and he just laughed it off. He said that his wife picked out the girl's outfits. Personally I think it is a sin to dress in a manner to tempt a man (or woman) to committ adultery in his / her heart. I believe this backed up by scripture. Of course some people would think lustful thoughts if the person wore a burlap bag, but that is beside the point. When I was a teenager we did not have that problem, or if it did happen the person in question was approached by one of the women churchmembers about it.

Where you get to the real nitty gritty about the name of God is when you refer to Jesus Christ. There is no problem identifying who HE is. He's the door we have to go through to GET to God. Refusal to use this door is the major problem of all other religions in the world that don't believe in HIM.

I like to keep things simple, cause I'm kind of a simple person. My comment is composed first of several questions: 1. Are you a disciple of Jesus? 2. Do you have a desire to do the greater works than Jesus did? If you are, then I don't see why ANYONE who desires these things should not be able to accomplish these "greater works that Jesus did". The condemning part is in ourselves, and MYSELF included....do we really want to draw nigh enough to Christ to do his service? The hammer of conviction on this issue falls hard on me and I cannot judge anyone else. Jesus loves all of his children, no matter what our gifts and callings in Christ are. However, is it not in OURSELVES that we don't keep this desire uppermost? We certainly can't blame God for it, because we do not seek the power of God in all of its fullness. Remember the scripture that says some will bear fruit 100 fold, others less. I pray for all and myself as well that we will have a burning heart for God and his will. God bless everyone.