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@whodey saidAnswer my prayers.
What would you like him to do for you?
There's probably millions of others who feel the same way. 😀
(Those who see Him as more than a rabbi)
@whodey saidAnswer my prayers.
What would you like him to do for you?
@thinkofone saidIs the Jesus you believe in still dead and buried?
In the gospel preached by Jesus during His ministry, He repeatedly calls for His followers to understand, believe, follow and ultimately abide in His word. To be clear, to abide in the words He preached during His ministry.
In short, to be a "follower of Him" IS to abide in the words He preached during His ministry.
[quote]John 8
"34Jesus answered them, “Truly, tr ...[text shortened]... e vast majority of Christians is about the "god of gimme". This is what you seem to be asking about.
@chaney3 saidYou think God is a genie in a bottle to serve your every wish?
Jesus requires a legal contract?
😀
@kellyjay said"Ask and ye shall receive".
You think God is a genie in a bottle to serve your every wish?
@chaney3 saidYou asking in faith, you asking to fulfill your lusts? He said a lot of things about
"Ask and ye shall receive".
Hey, I didn't say it.
@chaney3 said"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." -- Matthew 21:22, KJV
Answer my prayers.
There's probably millions of others who feel the same way. 😀
(Those who see Him as more than a rabbi)
@chaney3 said"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly." -- John 10:10, KJV
.....supposed to help us while we're on earth?
Or is the "Good News" strictly pertaining to the afterlife?
He doesn't seem to be helping all that much while we're on earth.
@chaney3 saidNot even Jesus had all his prayers answered.
Answer my prayers.
There's probably millions of others who feel the same way. 😀
(Those who see Him as more than a rabbi)
@kellyjay saidAh yes, the "God is not a genie in a bottle" excuse.
You think God is a genie in a bottle to serve your every wish?
@suzianne saidNext stop: The prosperity gospel.
"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." -- Matthew 21:22, KJV
Believing, that is the key, oh ye of little faith.
@whodey saidMaybe it was a lack of belief on Jesus' part.
Not even Jesus had all his prayers answered.
“Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
Luke 22:42
And no, Jesus did not want to go to the cross.
And that is the human race. We are all on that cross together with Jesus between us. Some mock him and curse at him and say, "If you be the S ...[text shortened]... There are only two kinds.
And no, not all prayers go unanswered. Many of mine have come about.
@rwingett saidHow would the universe behave differently if God in fact existed?
Funny how the universe behaves exactly as you would expect if there were no god.
@chaney3 saidYou recently declared yourself to be a Christian right?
.....supposed to help us while we're on earth?
Or is the "Good News" strictly pertaining to the afterlife?
He doesn't seem to be helping all that much while we're on earth.
@fmf saidIs that who you think Jesus is, a long dead maverick rabbi?
The only plausible way that the long dead maverick rabbi Jesus could be said to "help" people - two millennia after his execution - is if everyone were to adhere to what was reported (after his death) to have been his teaching about good works and how to treat each other.