- How to learn about God - 6 Updates
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| "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com>: Sep 06 12:36PM -0700 On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 3:23:55 PM UTC-4, gwowen wrote: > I cannot see the existence of God in the senseless murder of a young > woman by someone who, just like you, was so utterly convinced that she > was an agent of God's will that she had lost all reason. In this crime you see the existence of sin, and the influence of the enemy I bring to your attention to. The same enemy that leads people to commit "non harmful" acts of sin (secret sexual liaisons, at home drunkenness, gambling, stealing from the company, etc.) also leads others to conduct "harmful" acts of sin, whereby other physical bodies or property are damaged. Those are the traits we see outwardly, but the base cause of those heinous acts is sin, and the enemy influence (who is spirit, invisible, but is there like the "devil on the shoulder" enticing the person to do the bad things). Even in such a case, God is there. The creation He made in the form of the body which, if it could be frozen in time and examined by a competent scientist, would be able to discover the design of creation at work, the love and care given to its design, the age of those involved (that they have had food and water and education and care given to them for how many years), and if those years were also examined you'd see the opportunities they had to not commit that act of sin, the many places in their life where God reached out to them to try to get their attention and draw them back to what's right, and so on. God is always there. It is the enemy of God who tries to pawn off on another their influence. The fact that they are invisible makes it so very easy to do. But, God has given us faculties to recognize invisible things. We cannot see love, but you can see the effects of love in the way a person behaves. You cannot see the evil spirit influence, but you can see the effect of the evil spirit influence in the way a person behaves. God is always there. But the enemy is always there as well, enticing people to commit sin. And the enemy is very keen on getting people to do heinous acts in the name of Christianity, or in some way related to Jesus Christ, in an attempt to soil His name, or to make it much easier for those "good people" who would read of someone doing such a thing to summarily conclude that such activity is "all Christians," and dismiss it without investigating further. But the voice of God calls out continually within each of us, and His voice sounds in men and women like me who do raise their voice for Him, teaching that such acts are not of God, but bringing attention to the enemy who is there trying to deceive you into believing that such acts exist because 1) God doesn't exist, or 2) God is evil if He does exist, and so on. The real God, the real Jesus Christ, the true God is unapproachable because He is so Holy, so Perfect, so Amazingly Awesome, and so Far Beyond us. It is only through His Son that we are able to approach Him, which is why He sent His Son ... to make a way back for us to Him. ----- What you see as hateful behavior in others is the result of sin. What you see in Jesus Christ being willing to forgive your sin is real love. And it is to Him I direct you, not toward the behavior of those who are acting in sin in this world. Best regards, Rick C. Hodgin |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 06 08:54PM +0100 > In this crime you see the existence of sin, and the influence of the > enemy I bring to your attention to Sorry, you said you could see God in *all* places. |
| "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com>: Sep 06 12:55PM -0700 On Sunday, September 4, 2016 at 10:48:36 AM UTC-4, Rick C. Hodgin wrote: > and it stood fast. > He has glorious plans for your life, and for all of mankind. He extends > the invitation to all. Be one who receives. Live on. God's greatest gift to us is our volition. The Bible records: http://biblehub.com/kjv/revelation/3-20.htm 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. He knocks. But He will not force Himself upon anyone. He is giving everyone the ability to choose, and He is honoring their choices. As I have said many times, Jesus Christ will not send anyone to Hell. But each person, by their own actions and choices, will send themselves to Hell, because Jesus Christ's death on the cross was sufficient to atone for every sin by every person on the Earth, past, present, and future, but each of us must individually come to Him and receive Him, asking Him for forgiveness, and receiving our portion of His gift to us, which is eternal life, and marriage to Him in eternity. We are more than we see in this world. And our existence goes on beyond our allotted time here in this world. We are amazing creations made in the very image and likeness of God. It is only sin that has corrupted our existence to this form we see here in this fallen world. But this form will not go on forever. It is approaching the end very quickly, and all those who will be saved are begin gathered unto Him. Those who will not be saved are being pushed away from Him by their own choices to not be near Him in any way (run from teaching about Jesus Christ, for example, never attend a church, avoid those who try to guide people as per His teachings). Jesus knows who are His, and He draws men and women like me to teach the people of this world so that those who are His will have the opportunity to hear His word, to hear the truth, to come out, repent, ask forgiveness, and be saved. It is for them (those who will be saved) that men and women like me labor. We don't do it for other reasons. We do it because men's souls are at stake, and they are of the utmost precious value. All of them. And Jesus is giving everyone the absolute maximum number of opportunities to come to Him so that when they stand before Him having rejected Him, the self-conviction of via their own guilt will be totally overwhelming, and not a matter of nuance, question, or subtlety. Best regards, Rick C. Hodgin |
| "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com>: Sep 06 01:06PM -0700 On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 3:55:05 PM UTC-4, gwowen wrote: > > In this crime you see the existence of sin, and the influence of the > > enemy I bring to your attention to > Sorry, you said you could see God in *all* places. If the day comes where you are called to stand before God to give an account of your life (because you did not accept Jesus Christ), you should remember this exchange and ask God Himself to show you where He was during this heinous act. His response to you will be so filled with love and compassion and immense caring and reaching out in every way possible to encourage those involved to not partake of the sin, that you will fall down on the floor unable to stand (in your perfect angel-like body of immense strength and ability) for the weeping at the beauty of His efforts in trying to prevent that act. God is at work continually reaching out to people. But people get to make their own choices. People are a real creation and God honors them fully, including in their gift of volition. He warns about the ramifications of our choices, that sin brings about eternal death in Hell. But people do not place value on that warning, and continue on in their own wants and wishes. The enemy of God blinds people's eyes to the truth so that they can only see hate, and falseness, and negativity. But for those who seek the truth, who seek out love, God opens people's eyes so that they can see the truth, and receive the full spectrum of love that He occupies, comforting them in all areas of their life such that even if they die here in this world, and even if they die here in this world in heinous ways, yet are they received in eternity as they are known to Him for that seeking. God is just and fair and honorable and righteous. He does not allow evil to go unpunished, and He gifts free forgiveness of sin to all who will receive it. And whereas those who are saved will not receive punishment for our sin, that sin also does not go unpunished, but Jesus Himself paid the price of our sin in Hell. He took on the punishment in our place, so that we could be set free. You should be careful in how you mock God. You do now know Him, and you do not know what you are saying when you make casual claims about His existence and attributes. You should learn more about Him. You'll find out the truth about Him if you do. Best regards, Rick C. Hodgin |
| Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl>: Sep 06 10:20PM +0200 Op 06-Sep-16 om 7:38 PM schreef Rick C. Hodgin: >> Not to mention different levels of *existence*! :-) > Are you so blind, Neelam? Can you look around and see evidence of the > existence of God in all places, at all times, and in all directions? If he is responsible for engineering the universe, life and the rest, he is either a very incompetent enigineer, or a sadist. In both cases I don't want anything to do with him. Wouter "Objects? No thanks!" van Ooijen |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 06 09:20PM +0100 > account of your life (because you did not accept Jesus Christ), you > should remember this exchange and ask God Himself to show you where He > was during this heinous act. I suppose I should be thankful that you only metaphorically force your religion into places its not wanted. |
| "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com>: Sep 06 02:42AM +0200 On 06.09.2016 02:16, Keith Thompson wrote: >> In that, you're right. >> But I have not written or implied it's not. > You use the phrase without pointing out that it's incorrect. No, the term "Windows ANSI" is not incorrect at all: it's the name of this concept. You can read all about it in Microsoft's documentation (which I linked to) and in Wikipedia (which I linked to). It's a misnomer when it's (foolishly) treated as a descriptive term, and it is the name of this concept. > implementations expect Windows ANSI, i.e. incompatible with the > compiler's C++ execution character set, and there's no way to > change the locale to an UTF-8 one. So, where in that quote is the argument that you're arguing against? Again, I perceive your argumentation as merely a way to throw out negative associations. You'd have to work pretty hard to convince me otherwise. > were called that way since they were purportedly based on drafts > submitted or intended for ANSI. However, ANSI and ISO have not > standardized any of these code pages. I think "any of these code pages" is an unwarranted and incorrect generalization in that quote. But even if the Wikipedia text here were correct, which it doesn't seem to be, it would not then back up your claim that the code pages were "never approved" for standardization. For in order for approval to be a possibility they'd have to be submittedm. The quote does not say they've been submitted. >> If so then that's not very honest argumentation. > I think you're overreacting to my criticism. You referred to "Windows > ANSI". There's really no such thing, though it's a common misuse. It's not a common misuse: it's the name of this concept. Again, you can read all about it in Microsoft's documentation (which I linked to) and in Wikipedia (which I linked to). It's misnomer, and it is the name. Lots of names are misnomers. This name is one, and still, just like other misnomer names, it's the name; what you use to refer to the thing. Cheers!, - Alf |
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