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Father Time is the mental weaponization of the passing of years and decades. What do you think a man, now age 70 , locked down on doing evil, will look like in 35 years? Father Time aka General Time will, in 35 years, (or sooner) turn that evil man into a sack of rotting flesh and bones and DEAD or AS GOOD AS DEAD. JAG []

Race Hatemongers Will Be No More. By JAG October 2023 America, 21st century, has many wicked mouths who love to stir up racial hate and keep hate alive as a tool to advance their evil political agenda. Ignore them as if they do not exist. Do not throw your pearls to pigs. (Who said that?) Do not give what is sacred to dogs. (Who said that?) And know that Father Time who is a fierce warrior-battlefield-general, will eventually eradicate them off the planet (aging). And know that Christianity eventually eradicates all racial hate out of the Universe -- -- and here is the Bible verse: "You [Lord Jesus] are worthy to open the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God." Revelation 5:9-10 " . . .FROM EVERY TRIBE AND LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE AND NATION . . . " " . . .AND YOU HAVE MADE THEM TO BE A KINGDOM . . ." [with the Lord Jesus as the King.] Here ↑ is where the racists racial-hatemongers are defeated. JAG [] Thoughts?

Bojangles. Friday October 20, 2023. $24.21 At the pay window: "The lady in the car just ahead of you has paid for your food." That same thing happened to me previously I think about 4 - 5 months ago at the same Bojangles. That's about $50.00 to me from I guess total strangers. Ah, there are moments of human kindness everywhere throughout America each and every day. Ultimately in the end it is Love and Kindness and Compassion that wins the War For The World. YES of course . . . . . . . it was LOVE that fought and won World War 2 that saved God's people from the horrors of German Nazism and Italian Fascism and Japanese Imperialism -- HOWEVER . . . WAR cannot fix the world. WAR only has the power to stop evil. To STOP evil from STOPPING the proclamation of the gospel. The gospel is what fixes the world: The power of the: * Cross (defeated Sin so we can now be saved from Sin) * Resurrection (defeated Death so now we can be saved from Death and never die) * Ascension (the power of "I go to My Father") * Exaltation (the power of NOW being seated at the right hand of God Almighty who is a Warrior "The LORD is a Warrior" Exodus 15:3) THAT ↑ is what fixes the world. Yes indeed. It is LOVE that ultimately wins The War For The World. "Now these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love. But the greatest of these is Love." 1 Cor. 13:13 JAG Thoughts? []

Thanks for your comments. My view: it is clear to me that you have solved \this problem by assuming that Jesus is going to save many of them, you just leave it up in the air so you don't have to intellectually deal with it. Meanwhile our brothers and sisters are preaching all over the web THAT JESUS SENDS THEM TO AN ETERNAL HELL. See my new post just above on this issue. Best JAG []

Supplement to the article: What about those in non-Christian lands in say 1600 A.D. who died having never heard a single world of the gospel message? Is God good and just to abandon such persons to Gehenna? And does He actually do that? It is important to find a reasonable solution to the problems raised by these three questions because the notion that God consigns to Gehenna for all eternity all people (past, present, and future) who lived and died without ever hearing the gospel, characterizes God as unreasonable, mean-spirited and cruel (which He most certainly is not). Many who hold the view that God does do exactly that, have not paused to seriously consider what they so readily believe about the character of God. Akua Adisa was born in 1600 A.D. in Africa and he lived to an old age and died without ever hearing a single word of the gospel. Are you going to proclaim that God will consign Akua to sternal Hell and at the same time tell everybody that "God is love?" Remember, on the traditional view of Hell, when Akua has suffered in agony in Hell for 999 trillion (to the power of 500) years, he is no nearer to the end than when he first entered Hell. It is not possible to reconcile such as this with 1 John 4:8 "God is love." Thought Experiment: How long is an Eternity of agony in Hell? Let us say a sparrow is magically assigned the task of cutting the Earth in half and the sparrow is to fly by the Earth every 100 years and brush one of its wings against the ground surface of the Earth. How many years would it take the sparrow to cut the Earth in half? For argument's sake let us say it took in years 999 trillion to the power of 999 trillion. So? So Akua Adisa, after being in agony in Hell for as long as it took that sparrow to cut the Earth in half, would be no closer to the end of his agony than when he first entered Hell. Such as this is not possible to reconcile with 1 John 4:8 "God is love" or with the general character of God as presented in the Bible. We need a solution to this problem and a good start in finding one is God's Middle Knowledge as presented in this article. JAG []

Question: How is God good or just to abandon to Hell those who have never even heard the gospel? JAG Writes: Consider the following: First, we Bible believing Christians start with the true proclamation that God always does that which is right. This means that the God who always does what is right, world-wide and history-wide, is never going to abandon one of His elect to Gehenna, but will find a way to save them and give them the gift of eternal life as per John 3:16's "shall not perish but have eternal life." Second, we Bible believing Christians MUST stay within the confines of doctrinal orthodoxy and so we hold solid and fast to John 14:6 that correctly teaches: no man can come to the Father except through believing in the Lord Jesus as his Savior. Third, none of the above prevents us from considering the following: Eternal Now. With regard to God's knowledge there is no past. present and future. God sees everything in the Eternal NOW. God's Omniscience demands this position. God now knows all that can be known, God does not learn new information and new truths. So? So the Eternal NOW knowledge is God's reality. And God's reality IS REALITY. What YOU (we) can see is very limited and what YOU (we) can see IS NOT REALITY. God has Middle Knowledge -- what that means is that God sees and knows fully what every human being would choose to do under all possible sets of different circumstances. Let us take for an example a man named Akua Adisa, born in Africa in the year 1600 A.D. Akua lived and died never knowing a single word of the gospel message. God's Middle Knowledge knows precisely what Akua Adisa will choose to do in all possible sets of circumstances -- -- for example if Akua Adisa had been born in, say, South Carolina in the year 1990 A.D. and had traveled to hear Franklin Graham preach the gospel. How is this ↓ conclusion NOT compelling? If the Sovereign God knows that Akua Adisa would have accepted the Lord Jesus as his Savior if he had been born in the year 1990 A.D. in South Carolina when he heard Franklin Graham preach the gospel then in God's reality Akua Adisa has accepted the Lord Jesus as his Savior and has therefore fulfilled the requirements of John 14:6 no man can come to the Father except through faith in the Lord Jesus. Are we not compelled to reach this conclusion? Thoughts? __________________________ PS God's Omniscience demands we hold that God has what the philosophers call Middle Knowledge. JAG []

You're welcome. God bless. JAG [] `

The Gospel In A Nutshell: "2 Cor. 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. Let me unpack those 15 Greek words: He God made Jesus sin. What do you mean He made Jesus sin? Only in one sense: He treated Him as if He had committed every sin ever committed by every person who would believe though in fact Jesus committed none of them. Hanging on The Cross he was Holy, Harmless, and Undefiled. Hanging on The Cross He was the Spotless Lamb, He was never a split second a sinner. He was Holy God on The Cross, but God is treating Him -I'll put it more practically, as if He had lived my life. God punished Jesus for my sin, turns right around and treats me as if I had lived His life. That's the great doctrine of Substitution and on that doctrine turned the whole reformation of the Christian Church, that is the heart of the gospel and what you get is complete forgiveness covered by the righteousness of Jesus Christ. When God looks at The Cross He sees you and when He looks at you He sees Christ." __John MacArthur ______________ If you would like to see the video of the above text, go to YouTube and type into the search engine "John MacArthur shares the gospel in 1 minute Amazing video." The video is about 1 minute in length. The text above is a word for word reproduction of the video. JAG [] Thoughts? `

Yeah the grammar police have had a good time with the title of my OP on the squirrel wide web. JAG []

My view: If a Christian gets caught up in committing willful sins, he has got a big problem. How to deal with that? Pray to the Lord and BEG for His help daily to strengthen the will --- and tyhen read the Bible more devotionally. Best JAG []

What about the sins we do commit, being imperfect, as we live the Christian life? 1 John 1:9 "if we confess our sins He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." Yes indeed! By His Grace and Mercy I Ain't Guilty Of Nothing . . . Zero. []

I Ain't Guilty Of Nothing . . . Zero. What about the sins we do commit, being imperfect, as we live the Christian life? 1 John 1:9 "if we confess our sins He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." Yes indeed! By His Grace and Mercy I Ain't Guilty Of Nothing . . . Zero. []

You, as a Christian, are in very good condition . . .. Legally. Very comforting thoughts here below: God "plays", so to speak, by His own rules. Rules that both unleash and limit His wrath. God would be totally justified in unleashing His wrath upon everybody because all we humans (before we were saved) are dead spiritually and therefore totally corrupt and deserve immediate DEATH -- BUT God has rules established by His nature. And He deals with us humans based on His rules. And one of His rules is that sin must be punished with DEATH. Another rule He has is that once sin has been punished with DEATH, that is ENOUGH, which means that He will NOT collect or require the payment AGAIN. So? So the good news is that Jesus has already paid it all. Jesus' DEATH on the Cross was a LEGAL event (as well aa a love event.) The Cross and The Resurrection has LEGAL ramifications before The Highest Court In The Universe. Now the Honor and the Integrity and the Holiness of The Judge Of All Mankind has been fully satisfied. God deals with humanity now in a LEGAL way. Saith the Holy Bible: "all are justified freely by His Grace through the redemption that came by Jesus Christ. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement through the shedding of His blood -- to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate His righteousness . . . SO AS TO BE JUST AND THE ONE WHO JUSTIFIES THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH IN JESUS" See Romans 3:21-28 So? So now "therefore being justified through faith [in Jesus] we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.' Romans 5:1 ". . . WE HAVE . . . PEACE WITH GOD . . ." The Sovereign God, by His own rules, has LEGALLY justified all of us who believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. ♪ ♪ ♪ Jesus paid it all All to Him I owe Sin left a crimson stain He washed it white as snow ♪ ♪ ♪ Legally I am now NOT GUILTY before The Judge Of All Mankind sitting in The Highest Court In The Universe. "He [God] forgave us all our sins, having cancelled the charge of our LEGAL indebtedness, which stood against us, and condemned us, he has taken it away, nailing it to The Cross." Colossians 2:13-14 NIV I Ain't Guilty Of Nothing . . . Zero. Thoughts? []

(The bold text was not intentional. I tried to get rid of the bold text but could not.) The women marrying themselves movement is growing. They even have a name for it: Sologamy. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/28/us/sologamy-self-marriage-women-cec/index.html JAG Writes: The sexual revolution that started in the 60's has not yet hit bottom-Sodom. But it will. Just give it time. It'll get there. Conservatives who warned about the slippery slope in the 60's were mocked and vilified -- but they were proven correct about the slippery slope -- once you eliminate the traditional definition of marriage and redefine it, then you are on the slippery slope and there are no longer any principled reasons against: polyamory polygamy 3 males and 1 female getting married (group marriage is coming for certain) 2 females and 2 males bestiality (humans having sex with animals and humans marrying their dogs) No? Well google "Legality of bestiality in Europe" and read what you pull up. For example, "Yes, In Finland you Can Have Sex With your Pet." So? So they have to start somewhere. And legalizing sex with your pet is Step #1 leading to the legalization of legally marrying your dog. And adding bestiality to the list of protected sexual orientation identity groups ("born this way, we didn't choose it") And how long do you think it'll be before a significant size identity group demands the right to go totally nude anywhere anytime they want to do that? They've already taken step #1 -- merely google : "where can you go nude in America" Once a nation arrives at the immoral place America now is, there are no taboos allowed anymore. One by one, the taboos you once thought were UNTHINKABLE will become celebrated as good morality and moral progress. JAG [] Thoughts?

Huge enormous Asteroids hitting the Earth (some big ones have hit the earth in the past.) Nukes (many are now in the hands of potentially dangerous lunatics) The San Andreas fault that the experts say has the potential to do major worldwide catastrophic damage. Viruses (there are viruses out there lurking that could kill 2 billion people under the right set of conditions and in just a few months too -- ot MORE than 2 billion Comets (huge comments hitting the earth and destroying thr planet. Nuclear war (they have already dropped two -- Nagasaki and Hiroshima -- so it lurks out there as a real possibility just as does the dangers of AI Economics -- the lunatics that run the 2st century could create a worldwide economic depression that would end up killing half the Earth's population Super volcanic eruptions -- the potential is there to destroy the Earth. My conclusion: I do not fear any of that up there because I know the Sovereign God is in total control of this world a nd that all things will unfold: "according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will." Ephesians 1:11 "Have faith in God."__The Lord Jesus Unbelievers have no such hope. JAG Thoughts? []

You, Me, Moses and Elijah. By JAG February 24, 2023 Getting Encouragement from Discouragement. We are not the only ones who, at times, get discouraged. Even the greatest heroes of the faith, sometimes, get despondent and even want to give up and die. Moses . . . . . .talking to God: "If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me -- if I have found favor in your eyes -- and do not let me face my own ruin."__Moses Numbers 11:15 {Read more Numbers chapter 11} Elijah . . . "went a days journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. I have had enough LORD, he said. Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors." 1 Kings 19:4 {Read more 1 Kings chapters 18 and 19} However . . . The Sovereign God, "the God who gives endurance and encouragement" {Romans 15:5} restored both Moses and Elijah to good hope, faith and encouragement . . . . . . and God will always do the same for us also -- when we get discouraged. Moses and Elijah, who at times became temporarily discouraged, were restored by God to great faith, vigor and courage. Moses was a great man and was in relation to the nation of Israel "sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God Himself." {Acts 7:35} Elijah was a great hero of the faith and the Sovereign God used him mightily to do the extraordinary. Lastly, these two great heroes of the faith were tremendously honored by the Sovereign God Himself when they met and talked with the Lord Jesus at His Transfiguration. Regarding the Lord Jesus at His Transfiguration: "the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became as bright as a flash of lighting. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus." Luke 9:29-30 What a great honor for Moses and Elijah --men who in the past, and in a moment of human weakness, had wanted to give up and die -- now fully restored and greatly honored by God. "Have faith in God."__The Lord Jesus {Mark 11:22} JAG [] Thoughts?

"After this it was noised abroad that Mr. Valiant-for-truth was taken with a summons, by the same post as the other; and had this for a token that the summons was true, “That his pitcher was broken at the fountain.” When he understood it, he called for his friends, and told them of it. Then, said he, I am going to my Father’s; and though with great difficulty I have got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who will now be my rewarder. When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the river-side, into which as he went, he said, “Death, where is thy sting?” And as he went down deeper, he said, “Grave, where is thy victory?” So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side. ... John Bunyan (1628-1688), The Pilgrim’s Progress [1678]

I plan to post about 11 Bible verses (or passages) that give we Christians great comfort for the soul when it comes our time to actually experience the death of our present physical bodies. I hope you, the reader, will add your thoughts and/or any of your fave Bible verses that relate to the Death Of Christians. ______________________________________________ "If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord." Romans 14:8 And THAT is win-win. _______________________________________________ The Death Of Lazarus "Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. John 11:23-26 __________________________________________ "The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death." Isaiah 57:1-2 _________________________________________________ "I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory. “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. 15:50-57 ___________________________________________________ To the thief on the cross: "Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:43 My interpretation: The word paradise is another word for Heaven. _______________________________________________________ A few more coming Thoughts? JAG []

If it turns out that you are not teachable, then obviously you know more than God knows and there will be no place for you in God's Heaven. Heaven can only have one Supreme Being. A Supreme Being that will never consent to become a student to be taught wisdom and truths by any of His fallen and very sinful human creatures. Humans who characteristically do things like democratically electing Adolf Hitler to power . . . . . . and who follow the Rev Jim Jones to Jonestown and drink the Kool Air and near 1000 then lay down to die . . . . . . and who follow David Koresh (Branch Dividians) 75 of 84 DIED ... and the Heavens Gate Cult - 39 dead by suicide . . . . . . then World War 1 the totally unnecessary war that killed many millions and all for absolutely NOTHING . . . So? So why would God want to be taught by the likes of fallen corrupted and in many cases totally INSANE humans? Why put any faith in nutty insane dangerous human beings? Just the opposite the . . . Lord Jesus said, "Have faith in God." {Mark 11:22} And you will for certain make a Free Will decision on that and you will end up saying either: (1) Yes I will have faith in God and allow God to teach me what He wants me to know. or you will end up saying: {2) I will not. NO NO NO, I will NOT. (and THAT leads to John 3:16's perish) Thoughts? JAG []

PICTURE IN YOUR MIND A HIGHLY COMPLICATED MACHINE. God's IQ And Human Comforts. By JAG October 10,2022 Just how intellectually brilliant is the God that created and designed the human brain that created and designed that machine up there? Answer: His intellectual brilliance would be off the charts. God's intelligence level would be incomprehensible to we humans. The web says there are 200 billion trillion stars in the universe and that the number of galaxies is between 100 billion and 200 billion. God is brilliant. God can add, so to speak, a running list of 20 digit numbers, as fast as they can be spoken, endlessly: 67584989759876534567 98763464387564329856 76455678346478936547 etc etc Yet our God is hugely concerned with all of our practical down to earth human-comfort-needs such as love, joy, peace, happiness, good food for us to eat, fellowship with us, helping us with all our problems, giving us rest and good nights of sleep, and giving us many of the desires of our heart -- and let us never forget John 3:16's gift of Eternal Life. So? So the intellectual brainy stuff, while important, is not the all-important part of living life. What's more important is our relationship with the Lord and His kindness, compassion, and blessings upon our lives. And long live love. There is faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. JAG [] Thoughts?

Well Dave, the problem with that is the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation is PACKED with clear bold examples of angels who have interacted with humans and have helped us.. And there are zero reasons to believe that angel-help has stopped and many reasons to believe that it has not stopped. What reasons? Merely read those Bible verses upthread. For example: "If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands." Psalm 91:9-12 Not saying that ALL angel stories are true. Best JAG []

"If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands." Psalm 91:9-12

Powerful Warrior Angels By JAG October 6, 2022 I heard this story: There was a Christian woman who was walking to her car in a lonely parking lot late in the evening. Suddenly three evil looking men stepped out from behind cars where they had been hiding. The three men started walking toward her. She could tell by looking at them that they intended to harm her. She froze. Yet she felt peace in her heart believing that the Lord would protect her. The three men kept walking toward her and when they got about 15 feet from her, suddenly they froze, and a look of extreme fear came upon their faces. They then turned around and ran for their lives. The woman had no idea what caused the three men to turn and run. Later the police arrested the three men and one of them told the police that they had seen a powerful being standing beside the women with a drawn sword in his hand. They said his face was like a blazing golden light and that he appeared at least 10 feet tall. And that they could tell from his body language that he was going to kill them if they harmed the woman. ________________________ Armies of powerful warrior angels protect we the people of God. There is an unseen world out there that we cannot see at the present time. But it is as real as it gets. _______________ We are not alone. "Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation." Hebrews 1:14 "The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them." Psalm 34:7 "See, I am sending my angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared."__ God Almighty Exodus 23:20 "The LORD . . . will send His angel with you and make your journey a success." Genesis 24:40 Thoughts? []

Thanks for the interesting response. God bless. JAG []

Many of our intellectual problems and difficult questions can be pleasantly and reassuringly stored here: "The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and our children forever." Deuteronomy 29:29 And . . . Regarding some questions the Lord Jesus said: "It is not for you to know." Acts 1:7 And . . . Not even the great Apostle Paul had all the answers: "Now I know in part" __Paul 1 Corinthians 13:12 We will get the answers to our difficult questions when we get home to Heaven. Meanwhile we wait patiently and we "Have faith in God"__ The Lord Jesus (Mark 11:22) Thoughts? []