LittleNipper

JESUS came to be a SAVIOR for whosoever will. Not everyone will. Some are very much like yourself, and reject GOD's gift. They will not/can not enter heaven on their own merit. No one can. And Yes, in that way Jesus did come as a servant in order to save that which was lost. It is not GOD's will that anyone will be lost; however, there are those that will be lost regardless ---- freewill and all that.

Which brings us back to this. DO YOU REALIZE that what happened a few days ago will likely cause climate change. We might even experience a few cooler summers because of this volcanic event by Tonga. Did GOD have any influence on this event? I don't know. But I do believe HE can and does allow and cause things to occure --- ultimately our best interests and to meet HIS ends.

The proof is in the pudding. If there is no GOD, who is getting me out of the messes I created for myself. Time and again, I have prayed for help and things get corrected. And my faith grows more as I witness such changes from day to day. NOW, if nothing happened and everything always want down the tubes I'd have to wonder. Faith doesn't come from seeing GOD, but it does grow with trusting that GOD will help ---- and HE does. And my faith matures...

I totally believe you have a warped opinion of GOD. GOD doesn't exist to serve YOU. HE is the creator, and as such we should try to love and honor HIM. Now I realize we are not perfect since Adam and Eve, but what gives you the right to judge GOD? HE owes YOU nothing. You exist at all because of HIM--- not the other way around. When GOD brings judgment it's usually for one of two reasons. One, HE may be trying to get one's attention and sway one towards another direction. The second reason GOD brings judgement is to protect everyone else and get the crud out of the way. Noah's Flood occurred to protect the decendants of Noah ----- everyone else was unsavable, and there would have been no means to save anyone.

None of this is anything new. It was once predicted that we would run out of oil and that the population would force people to eat other people... And yet strangely people don't seem to worry about that today ---- they worry about other things.

Those in both PARADISE and HELL witnessed that GOD kept HIS promise. Perhaps those in hell took advantage of both sodomists and women. CHRIST was both MAN and GOD. And CHRIST revealed that HE gave up HIS life ----- no one took it from HIM. And it must be considered that JESUS (upon HIS cross) said, "FATHER into YOUR hands do I commend MY SPIRIT." JESUS gave up HIS life and HIS SPIRIT returned to HIS FATHER. So, CHRIST didn't die. HE became SPIRIT. And GOD is in fact spirit!

Absolutely, YES --- JESUS existed. If Pilate can exist --- then so too can JESUS!

I'm going by their own (scientist) scenarios regarding the cause for the YEAR without a summer 1816, and for the little ice age of MIDDLE AGES and the end of the so-called "Age of Dino." In that case the earth (supposedly) all died out due to an asteroid. The possiblity is certainly out there and might even occur as soon as 2029 ---- so what is not now could arrive in the near future. I do believe that the percentage of people who feel the government should govern "Climate Policy" is not much higher...

What needs to be considered is the story of Lazarus and the rich man. Though a parable, Jesus based HIS stories on TRUTH. In the story the rich man is in hell and asks Abraham to allow Lazarus to come and provide even a few drops of water. WHERE WAS THIS TAKING PLACE?!? It must be understood that the story takes place BEFORE Jesus arose from the grave. Now, considering and understanding of Dispensationalism and the various AGES since CREATION, when people died they all went to the grave. HOWEVER, it appeared that the believers of a SAVIOR/REDEEMER to come one day were kept separated from those LOST. The awaiting "righteous" ones went to ABRAHAM's BOSOM (also known as PARADISE), while the "lost" went to another place separated from the "righteous" by a GREAT GULF fixed between them. And so in the story this is exactly what Abraham says to the former "rich" man is the reason no one can cross over to help him. NOW, when Jesus gave up HIS SPIRIT, HE went to Paradise and preached to those held there and then released ALL the souls of the "believers" who had been waiting ---- and those souls were then free to enter into heaven. PARADISE was emptied and HELL was enlarged or increased to assume the entire realm. It's there but it does take some study to arrive at this consideration.

The reality is, that if some super volcano should finally blow its top and throw tons and tons of ash into the atmosphere and block the sun, we will again be in the middle of another iceage and perhaps years without summers. The problem I see is that most of the so called "experts do not believe that the FLOOD of NOAH was a reality. They do not wish to even consider that the environment has been changing for perhaps 10,000 years and not millions and billions. And so when there are any changes, it is assumed that it must be OUR fault. When the asteroid WORMWOOD finally hits the earth, there will be destroyed 1/3 of everything on this planet. YES, I firmly believe Christians need to be good stewards and recycle and be careful not to throw trash all over; however, as a Christian I realize that ultimately the LORD is in control and not me nor any government of any merit.

The simple reality is that the bycicalist needs to observe the speed limit and move out of the way if he is unable to "make the grade".?