@sola_chad@sola_chad@Truth_matters20 There are things in scripture that are a mystery. The rapture is one of. It is clear that there is one. But the timing is difficult because it is not clear. To say one idea is right is to ignore other scripture. Glory in the Gospel and his return.
Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
John 4:13-14
@5Solas Why do people try to create rules the believe God Almighty must follow. It's very simple Mary's sinful state has nothing to do with Jesus's righteousness. Jesus is a new creation by God Almighty. God does not play by your rules.
@sola_chad God is Just and Loving. He will extend grace to those he chooses. Those who have not heard are still condemned in sin just as those who have heard are. The extension of grace we should leave for God. Our job is to be obedient and bring the gospel where called.
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
James 1:19-20
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Here's a VERY important distinction:
Tom Tiffany looks at Wisconsin as his home.
Francesca Hong sees Wisconsin as a social experiment.
I want Wisconsin to remain my home.
I would genuinely like to know: what is it about Scripture that leads people to believe that a God who created human beings with moral agency and free will would endorse political ideologies that replace voluntary obedience with coercion?
Socialism and communism rely on compulsion. They require people to surrender property, resources, or decisions through the power of the state rather than through voluntary love and generosity.
But throughout Scripture, God calls us to obey Him freely. We repent by choice. We worship by choice. We give by choice. We love our neighbor by choice. We feed the hungry, care for the sick, welcome the stranger, and help the poor because Christ transformed our hearts not because He compelled us to.
Paul writes, “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion” (2 Corinthians 9:7). What about that leads pastors or priests to believe that anything in the Scripture endorses communism or socialism or nanny state social policies?
We, as individual Christians and collectively through our churches, are called to care for those in need. What the heck does that have to do with government?
@EricJBott They will tax millionaires, then they will cause inflation so everyone is a millionaire and the millions will be worth nothing. Everyone will be taxed.