RabbitDad

I asked you three simple questions that only require a yes or a no. Why are you so evasive? None of you previous posts have answered any of these. 1. Have you accepted Jesus as your personal savior? 2. Do you believe in the Trinity? 3. Do you believe that the 66 books of the Canon, from Genesis to Revelation are the exhaustive, inerrant and inspired word of God? Please answer these questions. OneLight I'd ask for a definition of "Trinity" at this point. Is it: 1. Three separate persons who are not the same "God", or 2. Three manifestations (i.e. Creator/Father, Savior/Human, Spirit) of one God? There are needless haggles between various denominations/sects over this point. This one: 1 John 5:6-8 This is He who came by water and blood

If you have to ask, why do you hate America? I love America....what are you talking about??? Just a bit of humor... hence the laughing icon.

If you have to ask, why do you hate America?

I asked you three simple questions that only require a yes or a no. Why are you so evasive? None of you previous posts have answered any of these. 1. Have you accepted Jesus as your personal savior? 2. Do you believe in the Trinity? 3. Do you believe that the 66 books of the Canon, from Genesis to Revelation are the exhaustive, inerrant and inspired word of God? Please answer these questions. OneLight I'd ask for a definition of "Trinity" at this point. Is it: 1. Three separate persons who are not the same "God", or 2. Three manifestations (i.e. Creator/Father, Savior/Human, Spirit) of one God? There are needless haggles between various denominations/sects over this point.

That is, I believe, the whole point of this situation - to put you in the position of having to choose between lying, a sin, and protecing innocent life. I could make lots of comments on this concept, but I am interested in seeing how others might deal with these situations and see what reasons they give for their choices, especially if they can find strong scriptural support for those the choices they make. I don't want to poison the well here, with my thinking. Here's my confusion. An act is not sin, necessarily, but sin is more of an inclination of the heart and/or will away from God's plan. Would protecting an innocent life be a sin? The danger of course lies in the slippery slope of justifying lying or other behaviors as somehow fitting into God's plan when it's more of twisting one's own agenda into one we can convince ourselves is God's. But setting up hypotheticals is usually a recipe for trolling for dissention.

Grace to me means that I can look at my past behavior and/or emotional baggage, own my issues, and move forward without shame. It means I can look inward, let God see what hurtful way there is in me, and be led in the way that is everlasting. It means not being ashamed because Christ removed my shame, because without that, I would not be able to face these things. It means I can therefore have life now, not just in the next life.