Religious Freedom in 2014: We didn't choose this battle, but . . .

[MorningGlory]

 

 

 

Oakwood

 

That is true.  And note how when a country turns away from God, that all these other false religions flood in.   Be they islam, buddhism, or spiritism.   They don't want God yet they recieve the lies.

 

Quantrill

 

I think I said this before on another post, that if you reject God you either accept no god and believe that you are god by making your own moral codes, or you fall prey to false gods such as Buddhism, New Age Paganism, or the most devilish of all Islam.

We see this with Atheists and secular humanists who believe that man can become God, or with the thousands of idiots who convert to Islam every day. The thing is, Islam will eventually devour all the others.

Only by faith in Jesus Christ can you be saved from this mess, and only faith in Jesus Christ will prevent you from being blind to the truth. Remember that Jesus said "the Truth will set you free."

 

 

Amen! 

 

 

I think that this also applies to non-believers who haven't found Jesus yet. There are a number of them who can still recognise the lies, which makes me think that they are about to find God soon enough. I hope I am right.

I know of an Atheist who despite being unable to see the truth was always able to spot the lies. Sure enough, he eventually found Jesus and therefore is no longer an Atheist. I believe that if your heart is not hardened God doesn't stop you from grasping the truth or from spotting the lies - sometimes it just takes time.

 

 

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the nonbelievers would all of a sudden have an epiphany and come to the Lord? 

[OakWood]

 

 

 

 

Oakwood

 

That is true.  And note how when a country turns away from God, that all these other false religions flood in.   Be they islam, buddhism, or spiritism.   They don't want God yet they recieve the lies.

 

Quantrill

 

I think I said this before on another post, that if you reject God you either accept no god and believe that you are god by making your own moral codes, or you fall prey to false gods such as Buddhism, New Age Paganism, or the most devilish of all Islam.

We see this with Atheists and secular humanists who believe that man can become God, or with the thousands of idiots who convert to Islam every day. The thing is, Islam will eventually devour all the others.

Only by faith in Jesus Christ can you be saved from this mess, and only faith in Jesus Christ will prevent you from being blind to the truth. Remember that Jesus said "the Truth will set you free."

 

 

Amen! 

 

 

I think that this also applies to non-believers who haven't found Jesus yet. There are a number of them who can still recognise the lies, which makes me think that they are about to find God soon enough. I hope I am right.

I know of an Atheist who despite being unable to see the truth was always able to spot the lies. Sure enough, he eventually found Jesus and therefore is no longer an Atheist. I believe that if your heart is not hardened God doesn't stop you from grasping the truth or from spotting the lies - sometimes it just takes time.

 

 

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the nonbelievers would all of a sudden have an epiphany and come to the Lord? 

 

 

I'm hoping that they might. God has a few tricks up his sleeve.

 

Have you ever wondered why the Apostle Paul was such a key figure in Bible history? He wasn't one of the twelve disciples, in fact he was a non-believer - worse, he was a persecutor.

God is showing us that anybody can come to him and serve him.

Don't be surprised to see some of the worst persecutors and mockers come to Jesus. Imagine if somebody like Richard Dawkins became a believer? What a great servant he might be. Some of the most hardened non-believers can become the greatest of witnesses. Dawkins would be more than a match for his Atheist critics because he knows how they think.

 

I've heard stories of Shia Imams finding Jesus - not just ordinary Muslims but fire-breathing clerics. They make the bravest of preachers. They are fearless defenders of the Christian faith because when they were Muslims they weren't afraid to die as 'martyrs' and grew-up with the violence of Islamic life. Now that they have Jesus they still have those devoted and fearless qualities and they become Christian pastors and are the only pastors that are not afraid to take their Bibles into the darkest and most dangerous of Muslim areas and preach the word of the Lord, despite risking their lives every time that they do so.

 

Satan will not have the last laugh. Expect to see some unlikely conversions in your lifetime. We know how the angels rejoice every time one soul is saved, imagine the amount of cheering that goes on when the most unexpected of sinners finds God. It can happen and it does happen.

[1x1is1]

Does anyone in here recall the movie....Fahrenheit 451?  (paper ignites into flames at 451 degrees)  It was about the government in the future burning ALL books.  Well those folks merely memorized a particular book and then shared it with others at secret meetings.  Christians have almost accomplished much of the memorization in part already.  We would just need to find who memorized what verse or versus and then put them all together.     

[OakWood]

Does anyone in here recall the movie....Fahrenheit 451?  (paper ignites into flames at 451 degrees)  It was about the government in the future burning ALL books.  Well those folks merely memorized a particular book and then shared it with others at secret meetings.  Christians have almost accomplished much of the memorization in part already.  We would just need to find who memorized what verse or versus and then put them all together.     

 

As long as infiltrators are not amongst our ranks. Oral traditions have a record of failure.

[1x1is1]

 

Does anyone in here recall the movie....Fahrenheit 451?  (paper ignites into flames at 451 degrees)  It was about the government in the future burning ALL books.  Well those folks merely memorized a particular book and then shared it with others at secret meetings.  Christians have almost accomplished much of the memorization in part already.  We would just need to find who memorized what verse or versus and then put them all together.     

 

As long as infiltrators are not amongst our ranks. Oral traditions have a record of failure.

 

 

OakWood you have a point there. At first I thought that perhaps during the tribulation we could identify the non Christians by them sporting the mark.  But of course, not having the mark does not make you a Christian.  If we leave it up to our own devices then failure is just an infiltrator away.  The Lord will find a way for His word to live on just as He has done before.

[Marnie]

Does anyone in here recall the movie....Fahrenheit 451?  (paper ignites into flames at 451 degrees)  It was about the government in the future burning ALL books.  Well those folks merely memorized a particular book and then shared it with others at secret meetings.  Christians have almost accomplished much of the memorization in part already.  We would just need to find who memorized what verse or versus and then put them all together.     

Awful, almost unwatchable movie; great book.

[Atwood]

It looks like our courts make our laws.