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Psalm 111:10 says, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom." Proverbs 1:7 - "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline." I believe that 'wisdom' apart from God is foolishness.

Yes, read it on Yahoo News. Sad...

Well, we need to remember, He is POLITICIAN, not a PASTOR!

Here we go again!

What do we mean by 'tribulation'? the End time started, when Jesus was ascended into heaven.

No. 1. Cook at home!

Quite disturbing. Saw on the News.

Again?

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; Isaiah 10:1 End is near.

Hi Charles, I will try to communicate some of my understanding here. 1) Sinful Nature inherited through Adam's sin: Roman 5:18 - "Just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men." Romans 5:19 - "For just as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man the many will be made righteous." Genesis 5:3 - "When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image..." 2) Why Jesus did not inherit the Sinful Nature: Answer lies in the 'Virgin Birth' - Matthew 1:20 -""Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit." It is a mystery which honestly I do not understand fully. (May be someone can help.) 3) Why don't we inherit 'righteousness' from our parents, if we inherit 'sinful nature' from them? I believe, that we inherit sinful nature because of act of disobedience of Adam (i.e. original sin). We cannot inherit 'righteousness' from our ancestors (who have believed in Jesus), because it is not their own righteousness, but the righteousness of Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:19) [Jews in Jesus' time, had hard time believing similar notion that they were 'illegitimate' children, because they always believed that Abraham was their father and they were the people of promise. (Read John 8: 12-47)]

Nice video. I see kind of myself in him in some ways.

Hello charlesj, Thanks. Let us however, get back to the core issue here. Where did the Death come from? or What is the cause of 'Death', in first place? I believe, death is the direct result of Sin. Even Rom 6:23 - "The wages of sin is Death." So, if God held the descendants of Adam responsible for Adam's sin, it would be injustice on God's part. I believe that "We are not sinner, because we sin, But because we are sinner, we sin"! It is the sinful nature that we inherited. I know you have heard this many times.

Hello BibleSEO: Original sin is something that "man" has come up with. God does NOT charge me with the sins of my dad, nor of my dad's dad. You can take this all wth way back to Adam. Now, Adam did bring "death" upon all mankind, but not his sin. I am a sinner because I sinned. Newborn babies DO NOT HAVE SIN. At some point in life a child will know right from wrong and sin eventually. Gnostics believed that the flesh was "good for nothing." (Completely evil) That's one of the reasons they had problems with the idea of "God in the Flesh" (Jesus). This where the idea of "born in sin" (flesh) comes from. John (and the 1st century Christians) were having problems with the Gnositics. ONe of the ways you could point out a Gnostic in John's day (we dont' have these problems today as most will confess Jesus has come in the flesh) was to ask "do you belive that Jesus has come in the flesh?" (1John 4:2ff) Augustine promoted the "original sin" idea and later, John Calvin. Today, most people will fight you if you tell them "I wasn't born in sin." Most believe this lie. Will this lie take you to hell? I don't know, but I do want TRUTH. May the Lord be with you, Semper Fi, Charles Jemeyson cjemeyson@satx.rr.com Hello charlesj, If I may...Paul tells us in Romans 7 that we do indeed have sin dwelling in us, in our very flesh. 13 Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. 16 If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. 17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. 19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God

Very Well Said. Nikki. I agree Christians can and should forgive others.

Interesting!