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Post by Ryan Thames on Jul 27, 2010 10:16:00 GMT -5
Religion is a killer.
Religion will destroy you.
When Joshua faced the wall of Jericho. The angel of the lord approached him. Joshua asked are you for us or for our enemy.
The angel if the lord responded.
"neither"
God is for the one(s) who draw close to him and follow in his will.
God blessed Joshua and allowed him to take the land. Because he surrendered to the will of god.
The cananittes had the opportunity to follow the will of God but they refused and rebelled against God.
And In the protection of there man made wall.
God destroyed them all
GOD USED THE VERY THING THEY PUT THEIR FAITH IN TO DESTROY THEM!!
Too many people put their faith in their church or denomination. A man or a methodology. A structure or relic.
We must place our faith in Christ and his finished work at the cross alone for salvation. And for our sanctification.
Your church, mosque, lodge, temple CANNOT PROVIDE YOU SALVATION!!
The pastor, priest, preacher, pope, peter, paul, Mohammad, Joseph Smith, budda, Krishna CANNOT ABSOLVE YOUR SIN!!
Your rituals, prayer beads, prayer mats, holy water, rosary, good deeds, tythe, indulgences, or missionary trips CANNOT AND WILL NOT SANCTIFY YOU!!
CHRIST ALONE!!
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Post by dixonglory on Jul 27, 2010 11:03:42 GMT -5
Religion is a killer. Religion will destroy you. .............. The pastor, priest, preacher, pope, peter, paul, Mohammad, Joseph Smith, budda, Krishna CANNOT ABSOLVE YOUR SIN!! Your rituals, prayer beads, prayer mats, holy water, rosary, good deeds, tythe, indulgences, or missionary trips CANNOT AND WILL NOT SANCTIFY YOU!! CHRIST ALONE!! I cant understand u... what is ur aim in starting this thread? please explain...
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Post by Jeremy Plaster on Jul 27, 2010 11:25:46 GMT -5
Dixon, I have talked with Ryan here and on Facebook and the like for several years now. I have argued Christianity and religion with him as often as anyone back in the day.lol He is actually a pretty decent and funny guy...I enjoy talking with him on most topics. But at times you have to just not involve yourself in conversations or threads in which you dont agree with when it comes to him. lol He knows not what he does. ;-) Hi Ryan PLEASE don;t take anything personal..I'm just screwing with ya...kinda..lol
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Post by Ryan Thames on Jul 27, 2010 12:01:33 GMT -5
Yea yea yea lol
Dixon I was talking to friend this morning and I felt the lord put that on my heart.
So I felt the need to share it.
My only point is that when we as Christians should refocus our faith not on our affiliations with man or religion or methodology.
But with Christ
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Post by Ryan Thames on Jul 27, 2010 12:06:11 GMT -5
This thread is simply a proclamation of the gospel. And my faith in what Christ did at the cross.
It may be what someone needed to hear to get through the day.
It may be that I just ticked some folks off.
I'd rather have those folks ticked at me than to withhold what I feel the lord has put on my heart. For the possibility that it blesses someone. As I hope it helped my friend this morning.
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Post by Jeremy Plaster on Jul 27, 2010 12:08:18 GMT -5
Yea yea yea lol Dixon I was talking to friend this morning and I felt the lord put that on my heart. So I felt the need to share it. My only point is that when we as Christians should refocus our faith not on our affiliations with man or religion or methodology. But with Christ Honestly, I was just messing with ya man.
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Post by Alper Cosar on Jul 27, 2010 12:45:05 GMT -5
I agree with the header of this thread....... that Religion may be literally a Killer concept! Thru out the history millions were dead in wars over religion. Still goes on. What a disgrace to humanity when you think about it.
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Post by dixonglory on Jul 27, 2010 12:58:17 GMT -5
RYAN , please clear my doubt: you say Christ is the only way to heaven,arent u? then do you mean all hindus , muslims and buddists are going to hell only because they dont believe/accept CHRIST AS their GOD. IS IT WISE?
do u have any data that Christ himself told that he is the ONLY and only WAY TO heaven?
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Post by dixonglory on Jul 27, 2010 13:09:29 GMT -5
Ryan, is there any instance where CHRIST asked someone/or any followers to support him ,or fight for him or even cry for him?
did he entitled anyone that they/he should go around the world and tell every one to believe in CHRIST? PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG... I AM GLAD IF U CAN GIVE ME ANSWER TO THESE DOUBTS OF MINE.
I believe a strong God who dont need anybody to talk for him. that is the CHRIST in my mind. he asks me to love other persons just like how i love myself and love the god better than me.
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Post by enginterzi on Jul 27, 2010 13:16:38 GMT -5
it is possible to advertise your faith without involving other faiths by meaning that they will go to hell.
Alper,
all those sick dictators,warriors,who did not have faith in any religion, in the history of the mankind..can we also say that they killed others because they did not have religion?
religion or racism,which one was Hitler's motivation? world wars happenned because of the religions?
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Post by Robert Bishop on Jul 27, 2010 13:29:58 GMT -5
it is possible to advertise your faith without involving other faiths by meaning that they will go to hell. Alper, all those sick dictators,warriors,who did not have faith in any religion, in the history of the mankind..can we also say that they killed others because they did not have religion? religion or racism,which one was Hitler's motivation? world wars happenned because of the religions? what did you mean in that first line----------are you saying to talk of your faith without mention of hell?
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Post by Robert Bishop on Jul 27, 2010 13:32:36 GMT -5
Christ did say that the gospel would be preached in all the world ------and then the end
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Post by John Wilson on Jul 27, 2010 13:34:27 GMT -5
all those sick dictators,warriors,who did not have faith in any religion, in the history of the mankind..can we also say that they killed others because they did not have religion? religion or racism,which one was Hitler's motivation? world wars happenned because of the religions? Exactly right. An atheist who is a law-abiding citizen has chosen to be a slave to the desires of other men. Why do I say this? Fyodor Dostoyevski said it better than I ever could. He explained, "If there is no God, then all things are lawful." Quite so. Right and Wrong exists because God has created universal truth. There is such a thing as right and wrong and the arbiter of right and wrong is God. If there is no God, then there is no right and wrong- there is only survival of the fittest. If there is no God, why shouldn't you steal? Murder? Rape? Molest children? What is it in your being that you are born knowing that there is right and wrong? God. That is where it comes from. If laws are only put in place by society to govern and provide order- then you are a fool to do without when your neighbor has more than you do. You are an idiot to follow any law that does not suit your own survival or hampers your ambition to become the top dog. If there is no God, then any atheist who has subjected himself to the law of society- a society made up entirely of other beings who are also cosmic accidents- works against himself for no reason. He will not subject himself to the laws of an Almighty God, but he will subject himself to the laws of common man.
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Post by enginterzi on Jul 27, 2010 13:35:34 GMT -5
Robert,
it is so easy to understand,Ryan is saying that one can go to heaven only through Christ but he is also mentioning other beliefs by meaning that they will go to hell.there is a better way to say this,which is mentioning your belief being the only way to go to heaven without mentioning how "helpless" the other faiths are.
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Post by Johnny Edwards on Jul 27, 2010 14:09:57 GMT -5
It says in the Bible Dixon that "no man comes to the father except through me" that was what Christ said or too that effect.
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