FriendofJonathan

I love it. Especially that the youngest girl made the find. I just pray it stirs some from their slumber into believing.

The resurrection and the "rapture" are indeed scriptural. We know by the witnesses (the NT writings)(Matt. 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20; Acts 1, that Jesus resurrected from the grave. Those NT witnesses confirm the prophesied resurrection of the OT writings, Psalm 16, Psalm 49. The "rapture" or catching away of saints at the end of this age is not in dispute (1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 15:50-55). It's the timing of the catching away that is what has been debated by and between Christians for centuries, which has been the source of much consternation for some.

So very true. Yet many are falling prey to the wiles of the devil. To quote Dr. Vance Havner: "The devil is not fighting religion. He's too smart for that. He is producing a counterfeit Christianity, so much like the real one that good Christians are afraid to speak out against it." In a little while, at God's appointed time, in the end many professing to "believe" in Christ will be worshipping antichrist because they were led by a blind preacher.

The will of God. Repent and believe. (John 6:40) Abstain from sexual sin. (1 Thessalonians 4:3) Give thanks in all things. (1 Thessalonians 5:18) Submit to doing what is right. (1 Peter 2:13-15).

So true. I sometimes wonder how many of those tiny six-legged parasites I'm destroying when I rub my eyes after good nights sleep.

It's no wonder. Birds of a feather flock together.

It is a fact that man shares common genetic codes with all living organisms. This is further proof of creator God, and that God designed each organism in a unique way to serve its unique purpose in God's creation. Thank you, God. ♥

Brilliant. Let's check your theory. If you are a "real Christian", then please read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, but wherever you see the word "charity" or "love" (depending on the Bible version), replace it with your name. After you've done that, tell me whether you've met God's agapé standard, especially as it relates to the first three words of v.8.

What you've quoted is from the preamble to the US Constitution, and neither that preamble nor the Constitution itself promotes socialism. We are certainly a charitable nation, and we do have a common interest in providing relief to those that dearly need it. But do go a few pages to the right of the preamble, where you'll find the Amendments to the Constitution. Tell me, if you're able, what purely socialist nations in the world have codified the rights of their people as those rights are codified for Americans in the US Constitution?

I don't believe you have any of those traits either. Nor does any man. Agapé is a level of love that only God possesses.

Doesn't America and other countries have laws that say to do xy and z or be punished? All countries have laws that say that. You'd prefer anarchy, where the only law that matters is the autonomy of the individual? What would happen when your subjective autonomous rule conflicts with your neighbors subjective autonomous rule? Anarchy. God has created order, and God has ordained men to have authority over others so that order prevails. Order in the USA is achieved through laws, civil and criminal, along with freedom and liberty in accordance with good order. But order in a purely socialist country is absolute control. There is no freedom or liberty, only control.

You assume too much. And you still have not understood what pure socialism is, and what it is not. Pure socialism is totalitarianism, it is absolute indoctrination and control over people, absolute control over every thing produced wehether of goods or services, it is abdolute control over the means of production, absolute control of the distribution of goods and services, and absolute control over speech, the press, assembly, religion, etc. I prefer to live in charitable country where freedom and liberty are its principles, because I am charitable and I enjoy freedom and liberty. I just so happen to be priveleged to live in the most charitable country in the world. Pure socialism is not charitable, because it is evil.

Believe the Whole Word of God because it's all about Jesus. Therefore, believe every word of the Bible. Not some of it. Not most of it. All of it.

I wasn't suggesting you were wrong. Only that you are doing what other "well-meaning teachers and preachers" do. Take for example, John Nelson Darby. It's reported that he began a theological movement on the visions and dreams of sickly teenaged girl named Margaret Macdonald. Or Ellen G. White, who in the mid 19th century claimed to have dreams and visions from God, and wrote extensively about them. The Seventh Day Adventists to this day proclaim her writings prophetic and from God, and they rely heavily upon them to determine the meaning of scripture. Also: Joseph Smith, Charles Taze Russell, C. I. Scofield, Peter Ruckman, and so many others whose followers rely upon their writings to determine the correct application and interpretation of scripture.

Okay. I understood your question not as you intended it to be understood. Perhaps had you worded your question a bit differently, say, for ex: What is the most important thing that God created in the beginning? My answer would be different, since God's grace is one of His eternal attributes, one that God put in creation, all in accordance with His plan of redemption.