Musician4Christ

I am unable to view the video from my location it says. Well, no big loss. People have been blaspheming since sin entered the world and they will keep blaspheming until Jesus returns. Some people are filled with pride, hate and arrogance and never realize the error of their ways. We should pray for these people, because The Lord will come as a thief in the night and if they don't repent they'll have all eternity to think of their actions. Sadly, that's too late for them.

And as others have pointed out, these cowards would never depict the false prophet Muhammad like that. And that's the irony of it all, since being bombed by muslims is nothing compared to eternal hellfire.

I pray The Lord has mercy on these people and lead them to the truth before it is too late...

We know God doesn't have the time restriction. My understanding and opinion of it is that God exists on a single continuum. Past, present and future are all but one... Because free will is real time it would suggest that the concept of having multiple outcomes in life is possible. However, unlike what scientist believe, I don't believe that there are multiple instances of ourselves living in different timelines (See parallel universes). But rather God knows the outcome of our choices regardless of what we decide. If He allows us to be tempted, He knows the outcome for whether we overcome this temptation as well as falling into it. In simple terms, this would be considered the path He set for us. Those who walk in the spirit consistently surrendering to His Will stay on this path/timeline. However, those who do not stay on this path, falls away from it, will have a different outcome than what it would have been had they stayed on the path. God is all knowing.. including the outcome of your decisions whichever direction they may take us. From experience, I know God doesn't allow those He loves to stay off the path without providing a way back to it... not only does He provide the Way back to it, but He consistently encourages us back to it. There were times in my life when sin was dominate that God smote me and leveled me so that I fell down flat, in a pit, that had only one direction, up. I had not overcome that sin, but rather He said enough is enough and set forth a collision course (in other words He crushed the sin)... and when God has to crush sin in our lives, there are severe consequences... we get crushed with it so that we can have a fresh start.... an example for this would be a Christian sinning with alcoholism that got into a car accident that lands them into jail for 2 years or more. God would allow this collision course to happen so that the believer will lose his earthly freedom and be instantly delivered from access to alcohol. This makes sense. I was never sentenced to jail or prison, thank God... When I came to a place of ready to repent, He reached His hand down and pulled me up. Again, I reiterate that it's not easy for the believer to fall from grace. God will remain a hold of us until He decides that He has had enough. And even then His plan to let us fall might be so that we can once again repent. but repent is always a choice... there are those whom God allows to fall away that simply do not want to come back even though God provides a way to.

Scientist believe that we have parallel time planes. They believe there are multiple versions of yourself on the various planes, each one making different choices in life and thus splitting off and creating different outcomes... although much of our likeness is the same across the planes. This isn't supported from a biblical perspective because it would suggest that there are literally different versions of ourselves. There is only ONE version of ourselves but multiple outcomes is certainly possible.

Well said! God is creative in how he allows events to happen to let his children know they are heading down the wrong path. It could be an accident like you described, or it could just be that gut feeling that tells you that what you're doing is wrong.

Interestingly enough, that feeling became more prominent in me after I was saved. When I lived recklessly prior to getting saved, I had little empathy and didn't feel bad about my sins the same way I do now if I stumble. I have been at social gatherings with non-christians where I've had a beer or two due to peer pressure. When I go home I feel that what I did was not right. That is night and day compared to how I was before I was saved, when I'd drink until passing out and having no regrets the day after. If I did have regrets it'd be because of the hangover.

That uncomfortable feeling in the gut has become different. It is not rational like it is in folks who are not saved. It is a deep sorrow and disgust over the sin. Of course, secular people will rationalize around that like they often do, but we who believe KNOW that the feeling is more extensive than what they talk about. Because you are sinning against God, it is a feeling of shame like if you'd betray a friend and they found out.

And then you have the opposite: the incredible peace and love that comes from following Gods commandments and praying for and helping others. That feeling is so immense that no scientist can explain it rationally. It comes not only from the inside, but also directly from God.

I think these contrasting emotions are one of Gods ways to help steer us in the right direction. He also has his ways of orchestrating events to help people in need. Many times, unsaved people on the road to hell bump into a child of God who happens to be just the person he or she needs. There are many stories told by people who were saved that way. It just couldn't be coincidence for a perfect sequence of events to happen like that.

I believe original sin was made possible because God loved Adam and Eve, but he would not make them slaves. He wanted them to love him too. If he forced them to love him, his love would not be perfect. Therefore he placed the tree of knowledge in the garden so they could choose. God wanted them to choose him, but they were deceived. "Of this tree thou shalt not eat", he made the conditions clear and that breaking that rule would be going against him, hence not returning the love.

When Jesus returns, Satan will be unable to deceive us for a thousand years and then he will be set free for a short time. He will again have the power to deceive people and will wage war on Jesus and those who live in the New Jerusalem.

But he will lose, and will be cast into the Lake of Fire to be destroyed along with those who reject Jesus.

So in this life, our purpose is to choose our eternal fate. We have to experience the pain that sin brings, so that we can make up our mind. This is why it is impossible to live a life of no sin. We must know sin to be able to make a decision. God loves us, so he gives us the opportunity to choose him!

This is why we must experience the hardships in life, to get perspective so we are able to make a sound decision for our future.

This question bothered me a lot when I had just accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I had so many questions and read a lot on the internet and watched YouTube videos to find answers to my questions.

What I noticed was that as my faith grew, sin became more and more disgusting to me. I think that if you love your sin, and your sins cause you to turn away from Christ that you could be on shaky ground.

But when you truly love Jesus, you'll hate sin. It is impossible to stop sinning and we all know that. That was why Jesus lived a life of no sin, and became sin on the cross.

God recognized how impossible it is to live a life of no sin. Sin can not be in Gods presence, and that's why Jesus died on the cross. Because he loves us so much he wants us to come to heaven. But because he truly loves us, he doesn't want to force himself on us.

That would be slavery. That was why the possibility to know good and evil was there in the first place. Of course, God wanted Adam and Eve to love and trust him with all their hearts. So much did he love them, and so much does he love us!

He will not force himself on us, but when we come to Jesus like criminals caught in the act, he will welcome us with open arms!

Everybody struggles, but I believe being born again results in a change of attitude and this is why the Bible says you must be born again.

There are many opinions on the sinners prayer. Personally, I don't think it means much if all you do is pray that prayer just with the intention to have your sins covered, and then you go on living in sin and delighting in it. Nothing changes, so you're not born again. It's just a lie.

I believe being born again means completely surrendering yourself to Jesus. This means letting go of all pride, and acknowledging that you are a filthy sinner. Not just with words, but from the bottom of your heart.

God can see right through you. He knows if you struggle with sin or if you sin willfully.

Many of us struggle with sin, and some sins are recurring struggles. But when we pray, we are given strength and growth to be able to resist. God wants us to keep trying. If that means to fall flat on our faces, so be it.

If there is a sin we can never get rid of, but really try, and despise that sin, God will have mercy.

The Lord loves us so much! It is when we allow him to work in our lives and love him with all our heart and soul that our lives change in miraculous ways.

Hallelujah!

I joined today. I've been reading the forums for a while, and it is evident that those who post here love Jesus as much as I do!

I look forward to get to know the wonderful people here