Originally posted by avalanchethecat
It's not a very good analogy, because you do need air and water but you don't need any sort of 'god' in your life.
How much of your religion is left when you exclude all the stuff you got from scripture? And all the stuff that other people told you that they got from scripture? Not much. Why do you believe all that scripture? Why don't you ...[text shortened]... same sort of intellectual rigour you apply to stuff you haven't already accepted as true?
It's not a very good analogy, because you do need air and water but you don't need any sort of 'god' in your life.
If I am going to be a human being, I have to be a Christian. Scripture has convinced me of that. And if I am going to be a Christian, I have to be a victorious one.
Do you have something to offer me more precious and of more superlative value and worth than Jesus Christ and eternal life ?
Do you have something more precious to offer me besides the truth ? You know the truth shall make you free.
How much of your religion is left when you exclude all the stuff you got from scripture?
I don't consider my Christ as a religion. My Christ is a living Person. He is an unusual Person. That I have to admit. But He is a living Person.
I don't think God is the God of religion. I count God as the God of reality.
And all the stuff that other people told you that they got from scripture?
Do you mean "all that stuff" divinely inspired and written over 1600 years by 40 different authors with a miraculous and marvelous consistency ?
I have been persuaded that nothing made by man can compare to "all that stuff" that is revealed in the Bible. And that "stuff" has brought the living God into my life, and that forever.
What could possibly be more precious than Christ Himself. It is not a new place to live you need. It is not more stuff. It is not a new material object. It is a Friend and Savior like
Jesus who truly loves to the uttermost YOU.
We all need love. And you will never, never, ever find a purer love than the love of Jesus.
The Greatful Dead had at least one thing correct. I saw them years ago and they ended their concert with a little song that ended in:
"I love you. But Jesus loves you best. So I bid you goodnight. Goodnight. Goodnight." - The Greatful Dead
I am sure the Greatful Dead were probably just singin out a good old American Gospel camp song. I didn't know it that night, but the day came when I discovered the powerful
truth of that little song.
"Jesus loves you BEST."
Not much. Why do you believe all that scripture? Why don't you consider it with the same sort of intellectual rigour you apply to stuff you haven't already accepted as true?
We have churches on the five continents as communities. We have millions in China, brothers in all countries. We have a big family where I could go to many cities around the world and call and simply say - " I am a brother in Christ. May I come and meet with you all, come and enjoy a good fellowship and hospitality with you brothers and sisters."
www.localchurches.org
There is such a sweet fellowship around the whole world. I am SO very RICH in Christ's kingdom. Jesus loves us BEST. And He spoke truth -
"Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all things will be added to you."
I have victory over sin and death. I have the whole universe and that for ETERNITY.
Sorry to see you miss out on all the enjoyment. But I will pray for you that God have mercy on you also, and open the eyes of your heart.
" I love you. But Jesus loves you best.
So I bid you Goodnight. Goodnight. Goodnight!" - The More Grateful Resurrected.