And now for something completely different…

[Mije]

2 hours ago, Starise said:

Yes I have heard this sentiment because they don't have a clue as to the seriousness of their situation

I remember as a young boy leaving our Catholic Church one evening after ‘religious instruction’ and calling out to a friend as I was riding my bike away, ‘see you in hell!’. I had no idea what I was talking about and still don’t understand what caused me to say it- 

There was another time when I was a teenager, stumbling past a church with my friends when we were offered the gospel by some teens from a small group there. I rejected them all with sneer and a laugh-

I really see my own sin and how lost I was to evil things, without even being aware of it. People need the light of the gospel or they will ignorantly party themselves into hell.

[Mije]

1 hour ago, other one said:

but I wonder if he would have just killed himself had it not been for that Catholic Priest.      And I cried because no one was there for that witch when she cried out for helps also...   Would the devil have been there for my brother in law of that Catholic Church had been locked.......                    What does it say about her and what does it say about the Christian world.

Wow, what sad accounts- and the ‘what if’ you suggest! I truly think our enemy will use whatever tool at his disposal that will cause us to neglect God or to disbelieve in Him altogether. 
You ever read The Screwtape Letters? C.S. Lewis suggests similarly that evil does not need to look wicked as witchcraft so obviously can but that it can be as simple as magnifying our own indifference.

[other one]

2 minutes ago, Mije said:

Wow, what sad accounts- and the ‘what if’ you suggest! I truly think our enemy will use whatever tool at his disposal that will cause us to neglect God or to disbelieve in Him altogether.

And he's been here walking among us since before Adam was made....   6,000 or so years to learn to understand how mankind functions.   Without the Holy Spirit, we stand little to no chance to outwit his tools.

[Mije]

1 hour ago, David1701 said:

I've heard that view, but only very occasionally.

If I recall correctly, AC/DC stands for "Anti-Christ/Devil's Children", so it's unsurprising if the devil has deceived them into thinking hell will be party time.  It's one of the devil's great deceptions, along with the lie that he's not real.

I don’t know much about them but they certainly enjoy aligning themselves with evil-

[other one]

Do some research on, "They sold their souls for Rock and Roll"    It s 10 hour documentary of the early Rock history.

I'm having trouble finding my original videos of it without having to buy them.    Should have recorded them myself.

[David1701]

15 minutes ago, Mije said:

I don’t know much about them but they certainly enjoy aligning themselves with evil-

That is a hideous picture! 

[Sower]

2 hours ago, David1701 said:

That is a hideous picture! 

Wannabees...ready to be sucked up down.

The devil wears a three piece suit, with a smile, kissing babies. He's been around.

[teddyv]

IMO, Shot Down in Flames is the better song on that album anyway.

 

And one of my favourite Babylon Bee articles.

https://babylonbee.com/news/study-highway-hell-theologically-accurate-96-modern-worship-songs

[Sower]

2 hours ago, other one said:

Do some research on, "They sold their souls for Rock and Roll"    It s 10 hour documentary of the early Rock history.

I'm having trouble finding my original videos of it without having to buy them.    Should have recorded them myself.

Heavy stuff.

[Neighbor]

4 hours ago, ayin jade said:

Am I misunderstanding you? Are you saying belief in the Trinity of God is a so what, not a big deal, not important?

Hi, I was and am thinking upon a detailed cautionary warning by James under inspiration of God, that we call James 2:19 now, taken from the following text not to come to just believe and then go about one's own way as before:

"My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.  For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes,  and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “You stand there,” or, “Sit here at my footstool,”  have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?  But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?  Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called?

 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”you do well;  but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.  For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.  For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.  So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?  If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,  and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?  Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.  You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?  Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God. You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.