Satan vs me

Originally posted by Great King Rat
Yeah, it's not bad.

Think I might go get a nice cold beer now. Mmmm... the feel of a cold glas in my hand, seeing those bubbles rise up, that white foam on top, that first taste... don't swallow yet, keep it in your mouth for another moment, really taste it.. savour it. Then swallow, and feel the kick of the bitterness hitting you softly. Have anot ...[text shortened]... flowing through you. Life's good. Alcohol fixes everything. Alcohol is my friend. How about you?

Does doing this to him make you feel better?

Originally posted by Great King Rat
You're so clever. Makes me jealous and sad. Might get another beer from the fridge.

Okay, I get it, you're just taunting him.

But what I don't get is why.

Originally posted by Suzianne
Does doing this to him make you feel better?

I certainly don't think it makes chaney3 feel any better. I think he wants Christians fawning over him ~ he's tried all manner of ways of pushing Christians' buttons since he appeared on the scene ~ and I don't think it's atheists, agnostics and the like that he wants attention from. 😉

Originally posted by chaney3
Satan seems to be winning.

Of course you cannot overcome Satan. But Jesus did and does. You have to get into Christ and experience Christ overcoming in you on your behalf.

You have to receive the Lord Jesus Christ into your spirit and learn to walk in Him.

" You are of God, little children; and have overcome them because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world." (1 John 4:4)

You and I can reign in life through Jesus Christ ONLY. This is because Jesus Christ is AVAILABLE as the life giving Spirit He became in resurrection -

" the last Adam became a life giving Spirit " (1 Cor. 15:45)

Calling out unto the Lord Jesus get us in touch with Him and unleashes the power of His grace in our inner being. And then THE ONE AND ONLY Overcomer - Jesus, can blend with us and cause us to ride with Jesus Christ over the Devil's power.

Paul said we can reign in [divine] life through Jesus Christ.

" For if by the offense of one death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." (Rom. 5:17)

Learn to start each morning blending with Jesus Christ that you may reign in His life throughout the day. Amen.

Originally posted by Suzianne
Okay, I get it, you're just taunting him.

But what I don't get is why.

For funzies.

Originally posted by Suzianne
Okay, I get it, you're just taunting him.

But what I don't get is why.

You don't have to like it, but surely you can see "why"? Surely even you can see that.

Originally posted by divegeester
You don't have to like it, but surely you can see "why"? Surely even you can see that.

No, and don't call her surely. 😠

My uncle once said, "When I have the flu, I drink whiskey, when I have a cold, I drink wine, when I have allergies, I drink rum, when I feel achey, I drink beer."

I asked him when he drank water, he said he has never been that sick. 😛

Originally posted by DeepThought
I'm an agnostic, my problem with the concept is the question of his (her) existence. But suppose for arguments sake that there is a God. I cannot think of any good reason to think that my problems are not either of my own making or, occasionally, caused by other people. Any inadequacies I have are my responsibility and mine alone. If one has problems they are not caused by God.

Maybe you missed my point. I was born with brown eyes, I had nothing to do with that. Was I also born with the 'disease' of alcoholism?

It's not my intention to blame God, but there are things that are obviously out of our control. Who wants cancer? Who wants diabetes? Are humans completely at fault for everything? No 'higher plan' is involved?

Originally posted by chaney3
Maybe you missed my point. I was born with brown eyes, I had nothing to do with that. Was I also born with the 'disease' of alcoholism?

It's not my intention to blame God, but there are things that are obviously out of our control. Who wants cancer? Who wants diabetes? Are humans completely at fault for everything? No 'higher plan' is involved?

Suppose you were born with a defect, does that automatically mean "God's" fault and not
some grandparent you had so many generations removed from you?

Somethings we have no control, and others we do, and even if we do everything right still
things happen to us that are not what we call good. This is the life we live in, so what does
that mean outside of we play with the cards we are dealt? It should also show us that we
need to have grace towards others, they may have cards we know nothing about that may
cause them as much or more pain than those we have.

Originally posted by chaney3
Maybe you missed my point. I was born with brown eyes, I had nothing to do with that. Was I also born with the 'disease' of alcoholism?

It's not my intention to blame God, but there are things that are obviously out of our control. Who wants cancer? Who wants diabetes? Are humans completely at fault for everything? No 'higher plan' is involved?

No sir, you were not born with the disease of alcoholism.

You may be predisposed (for lack of a better word) with an addictive personality, but your alcoholism is more to do with nurture than nature and the life choices 'you' have made. I really would advise against making comparisons with cancer and the like.

Originally posted by KellyJay
Suppose you were born with a defect, does that automatically mean "God's" fault and not
some grandparent you had so many generations removed from you?

Somethings we have no control, and others we do, and even if we do everything right still
things happen to us that are not what we call good. This is the life we live in, so what does
that mean outside ...[text shortened]... y have cards we know nothing about that may
cause them as much or more pain than those we have.

It sounds as if you will refuse to blame God for anything.

Not an open mind at all. Humans cannot be blamed for everything, while God is always dismissed of any fault.

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
No sir, you were not born with the disease of alcoholism.

You may be predisposed (for lack of a better word) with an addictive personality, but your alcoholism is more to do with nurture than nature and the life choices 'you' have made. I really would advise against making comparisons with cancer and the like.

Like I just said to KJ, God is never to blame.

And, I don't agree with the 'nature nurture' argument.

Originally posted by chaney3
Like I just said to KJ, God is never to blame.

And, I don't agree with the 'nature nurture' argument.

Don't agree with it or don't understand it?

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
Don't agree with it or don't understand it?

If a person is going to be an alcoholic, or have cancer, or blindness.....it doesn't matter whether they are rich or poor. Or whether they had loving parents. Or what their upbringing was....they are predisposed.

Only attributes given to them at birth, by God.