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Post by dougedwards on Jun 12, 2013 14:50:31 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=BUOQ_yPW_0sFor ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
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Post by sw on Jun 19, 2013 21:43:52 GMT -5
Doug, that was beautiful! I've never understood the faith that people have to have to believe this was all just a random happening. Only a being with infinite intelligence and infinite love for the being created in His image could have made such a paradise for us to live in.
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Post by ET on Jun 22, 2013 5:07:28 GMT -5
Doug
Such a simple statement of truth revealing God yet many will not accept it nor do they want to hear it. But one day as foretold “Every knee will bow and every tongue confess Christ is Lord of all”. God’s sovereignty and majesty will not be denied. I look forward to the time when God takes His rightful place whether in my lifetime or not and experience the true paradise where temptation & sin no longer exists that He has planned for His children who have acknowledged and accepted Him as Lord of all.
Ed
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Post by dougedwards on Jul 1, 2013 5:50:55 GMT -5
I think I understand why there are many who don't readily acknowledge that God's divine qualities are clearly shown throughout the universe. That is, I believe that there are those who have been spiritually blinded. They don't see because they cannot see.
It is the responsibility of the Christian to show the world who Jesus is and we do that by loving each other and submitting to our most high authority. Sometimes that requires self sacrifice. Sadly, our western hemisphere society has seen very little of this. It is through this sacrificial love that the blinded will be given their sight
I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God as is your reasonable service. And don't be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you may be equipped to prove that which is the good, and acceptable and the perfect will of God. Romans 12:1,2
Let him who has ears, let him hear.
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Post by ET on Jul 6, 2013 6:53:19 GMT -5
Doug
I agree that spiritual blindness exists to many people. Here I’m lead to believe the contributing factor is from the individual by not acknowledging God’s existence to begin with. Of course Satan also plays a major role here in trying to maintain the blindfold on people once they adorn it.
Another area that generates that blindfold IMO is the electronic era of mass media. It influences the way people perceive surrounding life. They get caught up in it and follow it like a guide to acceptable living. This can range from behavior, fashions and attitude. This is not intended to judge anyone but convey my observation from years of living in today’s society and the changes I see occurring.
Ed
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Post by dougedwards on Jul 9, 2013 22:02:27 GMT -5
Ed.....this day, on average, 40,000 children around the world will starve to death as did 40,000 yesterday and tomorrow. There is much suffering that goes on every day on our planet. Uncontaminated water is a rare and precious sustenance of life for millions of people who suffer from a lack of it while every morning we take for granted that we will have clean water to run over our head and backs in the shower and it's heated for us to boot! By God's grace we exist in an incubator called planet earth that is unlike anything throughout the universe.
Yet, some of us who have been so blessed, just miss the fact that God has granted us favor but instead of falling on our knees we tend to blame God for not giving us all that our hearts desires. We become depressed because we may be unemployed or don't seem to be appreciated enough for the things that we do.
We, as God's children, can't just blame mass media or electronics. We must blame ourselves for not showing the world who God is by our submission to Him and to one another in love. Of all the people in the world, the saved, the elect, the children of Almighty God, should be living a life of thanksgiving toward our Creator and Sustainer.
When I watch that video I am reminded that what is going on in our wonderful world is not about me. It is about God, our Father in heaven who loves us. Time is growing too short to begin to blame outwardly. It is time for us to change ourselves inwardly by the renewal of our minds and by the sharing of our love and self sacrifice with all others around us.
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Post by hemicuda on Aug 8, 2014 8:24:50 GMT -5
Even though we enjoy the things of this life and I as much as any-these things will not continue. Life will end at some point and may be sooner than you think so humble yourself before the Lord your Maker and turn to Him while you still can. Allow Him to make life really truly exciting; make Him the object of your praise always. We were created to worship a divine Being and there is only one, the Lord God our nation was founded on and Jesus His Son who willingly paid for our wrongdoing. He alone makes life complete and peaceful.
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord. Acts 3:19
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Post by bestill on Aug 8, 2014 17:50:08 GMT -5
Amen!!! Feed the spirit and the flesh will die.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 22:27:39 GMT -5
It is the dollar that blinds the most ,we all need what we need ,but when money and more of it becomes the obsession then God takes a backseat... I see it everyday...the poor pitiful millionaires that have indescretions and problems that they have that I know I will never encounter.... I know God is Lord and the only provider for true happiness .....
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