Why?

[Gerioke]

I myself have wondered why the church sponsers witch hunts against gays.

When did that happen?

[RustyAngeL]

Thank you for your honest questions. I only know that we as Christians are to follow what God says in His world. We like God are to love the sinner but hate the sin. You brought up homosexuality, God calls it an abomination to Him. There is scripture after scripture stating that the life style of homosexuals are wrong. I pray you fine your answers here and maybe even find your way to Christ. He has so much more to offer you. He loves as you are and accepts you where you are. Satan only wants more from you and nothing you do will ever please him. Your safe in God's hands and Heaven according to His word is a wonderful place. I pray you will have a change of heart. Please keep seeking.

[ayin jade]

Why do christians attempt to save people, when they themselves cannot prove they are saved?

We are told to spread the gospel. We are not told to prove our salvation individually to others. For our salvation, we have His promises, that we are sealed in the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption.

Why is satan blamed for everything? We as people choose to do the wrongs, not satan. shouldn't we blame ourselves and learn from our mistakes?

I take responsibility for my sins. Yet I know satan is in this world and we fight a spiritual battle too. As far as learning from my mistakes? I hope to learn the lessons God has for me and quickly. I hope to learn to turn from my sins and try not to mess up too much. The more I let the Lord guide me, then the less likely the chances of making a mistake to begin with.

Why is it god, being love casts people to hell and satan being of evil does not?

Our sin condemns us. Hell was created for the fallen angels, not for man. But since mankind is obstinate, willful and sinful....our sins condemn us.

The bigger question is why a righteous God would love such creatures as us, love us enough to send Jesus to die for our sins. To pay the penalty Himself so that we dont have to. WOW.

why is there no new testament accounts of jesus (being god) harming or condeming anyone? to hell?

Scripture says it better than me.

John 3

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.

18 He who believes on Him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

19 And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil.

And yet, dont forget that Jesus did speak out against sin. Jesus was quite vocal to the Pharisees about their sins. He overturned the moneychangers tables in the temple. He spoke out about blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. He called Pharisees vipers. He spoke about torment in hell for the unrepentent sinners. He had mercy and compassion yes, but it seems like He was rather quick to condemn sin too.

[Bread_of_Life]

Nicholae,

My name actually is Nikolai, and I'm from Europe. I hear that makes me a strong contender for anti-christ. Hope not!

Anyway. You asked 4 questions. The answer to questions 1, 2, and 4, about homosexuals, non-believers and Pat Robertson is:

Because a lot of so-called Christians aren't actually very nice people

My advice is, don't judge this religion by it's followers, or else you'll end up judging it very harshly. If anything, Christians have done much more to put me off Christianity than they've ever done to attract me. They continue to annoy me - opposing homosexual civil-rights (as you pointed out) - discriminating against non-believers - and agreeing with anything Pat Robertson says (he's a nutcase). I actually said the very same thing on my blog recently - in a post called "The darker side of magic" - go read it. So basically, we're not all like that - judge Christianity by Christ, not by Christians.

Your third question is more interesting - about Satan. Why do people hate him, and is God responsible for everything that goes on here on Earth? Well, the answer to the latter question is "no" - God is not in total control of what goes on - he is not in control of our own actions, for example. He has delegated this authority to us - we are sovereign over what we do, and have to take responsibility for that. The reason the world is in such a state is that we've decided to listen to Satan, and God being a gentleman hasn't intervened to stop up - he's let us make our own decisions about things.

Satan is the enemy of God, and he hates God's plan for the world. God's plan is that we are happy and sanctified and blessed in His holy light - and that we worship Him. Lucifer doesn't want us worshipping God because he despises God, and wants us to worship him instead. This will lead to our destruction, but Satan doesn't care about that. To save us from destruction, God sent down his only begotten son Jesus to die on the cross in our place - the ultimate act of love and sacrifice for us. Satan doesn't want you to know that - or be grateful for that - because then you might see how loving God really is, and how great His plan for you is. Satan never sacrificed himself, or anyone dear to him, because he doesn't love us, he only loves himself.

So basically, God wants you as part of his family, but he's not going to force you. You can get yourself into all kinds of trouble, you can kill people and watch them be killed - God isn't going to intervene or force you to turn to Him. However, there's an open invitation for you to do so. It won't be easy, because you'll have to reject many of the things you did before that were bad - but ultimately it will lead to eternal grace, forgiveness and happiness in God's kingdom. The choice is yours - but please know that Satan has already lost - Jesus' sacrifice on the cross means that we be one with God again, and know His grace.

Anyway, it's a big choice, if you need any more information or just a chat, feel free to get in touch.

Best,

Nik

[WISDOM]

So Nic (London), are you a Christian? Just curious.

[artsylady]

My advice is, don't judge this religion by it's followers, or else you'll end up judging it very harshly. If anything, Christians have done much more to put me off Christianity than they've ever done to attract me. They continue to annoy me - opposing homosexual civil-rights (as you pointed out) - discriminating against non-believers - and agreeing with anything Pat Robertson says (he's a nutcase). I actually said the very same thing on my blog recently - in a post called "The darker side of magic" - go read it. So basically, we're not all like that - judge Christianity by Christ, not by Christians.

Very true.

There have certainly been many things done in the name of Christianity over the centuries however, I think that bad people just manipulated the Word to further their own agenda - not the agenda of Christ.

Example: When Jesus said, "Go into the world and preach the Gospel" he didn't say, masacre the native peoples and take over their lands. There were many good missionaries following his Word, spreading Christ's love to the native peoples, and there we also many others with no respect for people or their land who had an agenda to make the new lands their own and they probably did use the Bible to further their plans.

On another note, check out persecution.org. Many of the really good-hearted Christians have been masacred over the many centuries since Christ and it is still happening today. Christians were the ones who set up hospitals and are very largely responsible for feeding the hungry all over the world. I've met many Christians who are warm, loving and Christ-like and I've also met a few who had some real issues about judgment and self-righteousness etc. But as Bread of Life has said, Christ should be our example, not Christians because all Christians, being human, will fail at some point.

[artsylady]

Also, I want to ask why you allow people such as Pat Robertson to speak on your behalf? As an outsider, it is making your religion look bad. I think a large group of you should send him letters telling him to stop speaking for you and making you look bad.

I agree.

I don't actually think there are a whole lot of Christians who do follow Pat Robertson. None that I know of anyway. I think the media is the one who's chosen Pat Robertson to make us all look like a bunch of fools. Anything stupid he says, goes into print immediately, which leads non believers to think that we all agree with him.

[Bread_of_Life]

WISDOM,

Yes, I am, if you were referring to me?

Artsylady,

Good to have you back!

[nebula]

So Nic (London), are you a Christian? Just curious.

Hey, WISDOM!

Great to see you here again!

You can see Nik's testimony here .

(He used to be ScientificAtheist.)

[WISDOM]

Thanks NEB....also for the kind words. It's nice to fellowship with you again. *grin*

Nic (London), since my post I've been contacted by enough people who had made it clear to me about your salvation prior to you posting your response to my "curious george" question!

Your blog and bio had me a little in the dark, but I trust the "council" of those who contacted me. It's nice to know we're side by side in our ambassadorship representing the KING. If there is ever anything I can help you with please feel free to contact me. If not here in this life, well heck Nic.....we've got all eternity to rap with one another!

Edited January 24, 2006 by WISDOM