AllTheGoodNamesAreTaken Posted July 5, 2015 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,379 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1,559 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/05/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted July 5, 2015 That doesn't really answer my question, but I suppose we are coming at this from two angles. 1. If God judges a nation (and all who live within it) on a majority basis, then we are all lost. 2. If God judges the individual heart, then it matters not where we live. Do you agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereselittleflower Posted July 5, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 58 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,457 Content Per Day: 1.69 Reputation: 4,220 Days Won: 37 Joined: 07/01/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted July 5, 2015 Are we speaking of temporal judgment or eternal judgment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTheGoodNamesAreTaken Posted July 5, 2015 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,379 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1,559 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/05/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted July 5, 2015 My goal? To be saved by grace and do the best I can to follow my Lord and savior in the meantime. As for whatever "nation" I live in, or the "piling up" of sins, I cannot speak for others. It saddens me that it is a reality, but I cannot answer for their sins. Only one could accomplish that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereselittleflower Posted July 17, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 58 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,457 Content Per Day: 1.69 Reputation: 4,220 Days Won: 37 Joined: 07/01/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted July 17, 2015 My goal? To be saved by grace and do the best I can to follow my Lord and savior in the meantime. As for whatever "nation" I live in, or the "piling up" of sins, I cannot speak for others. It saddens me that it is a reality, but I cannot answer for their sins. Only one could accomplish that. when someone enlists in the military,do they pledge to "do their best" or to "do whatever they are told to do " ? there is a VERY BIG difference .... Jeff, I don't see the relevance of your question to what ATGNAT said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereselittleflower Posted July 17, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 58 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,457 Content Per Day: 1.69 Reputation: 4,220 Days Won: 37 Joined: 07/01/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) simple. do you do what yahweh says to do every day, or something else ? (to be expanded upon later, if yahweh permits) think it's hard? in the military, they totally expect(except in some training/testing/challenges perhaps) the soldiers, even brand new soldiers , to do what they are told<ordered> to do, even if they expect to die as a result, with no exceptions (sometimes especially in war time subject to courtmartial/prison/death even if they had "good reason" to disobey) ..... My goal? To be saved by grace and do the best I can to follow my Lord and savior in the meantime. As for whatever "nation" I live in, or the "piling up" of sins, I cannot speak for others. It saddens me that it is a reality, but I cannot answer for their sins. Only one could accomplish that. when someone enlists in the military,do they pledge to "do their best" or to "do whatever they are told to do " ? there is a VERY BIG difference .... Jeff, I don't see the relevance of your question to what ATGNAT said? Are you saying you obey God perfectly? Are you saying you are without sin? Edited July 17, 2015 by thereselittleflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyAngeL Posted July 18, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 23 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,464 Content Per Day: 1.02 Reputation: 8,810 Days Won: 57 Joined: 03/30/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/12/1952 Share Posted July 18, 2015 The truth is the most important thing to me. Jesus is truth and He is my Lord and Savior. Sometimes I get benefit from reading all the red letters in the Bible. It comforts me to know what Jesus said. Amen Kim, sometimes I just go through the red verses. Jesus said I am the way the Truth and the life. The truth is what sets us free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seabrook Posted July 18, 2015 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 194 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 230 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/12/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted July 18, 2015 Spoken with love...the truth is golden! Spoken without love...it is destructive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Beth Posted July 18, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 41 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,324 Content Per Day: 1.64 Reputation: 3,617 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/08/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted July 18, 2015 Spoken with love...the truth is golden! Spoken without love...it is destructive. Well said, Seabrook, well said!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezra Posted July 18, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 134 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 8,142 Content Per Day: 2.34 Reputation: 6,612 Days Won: 20 Joined: 11/02/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted July 18, 2015 Spoken with love...the truth is golden! Spoken without love...it is destructive. As in Christ Himself, grace and truth should be inseparable. The sad fact is that when God's truth is attacked or rejected, then grace becomes phony also. Today, as never before, Bible truth is under tremendous attack. As as example, when homosexuality is promoted as an acceptable lifestyle, there is neither grace nor truth in that hoax, and Satan is behind the so-called "Gay Movement". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mac Posted July 23, 2015 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 156 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 35 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted July 23, 2015 Jesus prayed for his disciples and in John 17:17 he prayed "sanctify them by thy truth, thy word is truth". By saying that truth is important to us, (which it is of the utmost importance to me) we are saying the word is important to us. In the "world" we have no absolutes, therefore whatever a person wants to believe is truth to that person. Truth to a Christian must be upheld in the Scriptures which are absolutely true. Our faith and our future rely on the truth of Scripture. We must believe that what God says He will do He will do or we have nothing more than a fantasy like the "world" believes in. Jesus says he is the truth so no Christian can deny the importance of it. IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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