preacherman
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2016
- Messages
- 109
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 04/2016
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- US
- State
- IA
- City
- Thornburg
This is an issue which seems to guide my life and my decisions, yet one I have so little real strength to really do anything about.
To the masses who are without any real solid knowledge of God, those who share the Word are considered to be a complete nuisance.
People do not want to be bothered and are offended that there are those who seemingly want to 'force' their beliefs upon others.
I can most certainly understand these feelings; however there is another whole side to this story:
On the one hand, what right does anyone have to attempt to force their beliefs on others... particularly those who find the whole idea offensive.
I could agree with this, but what about the other side?
For me, based on what The Bible says, I believe that everyone in this world has sinned and comes short of the glory of God; that there is no one on this earth who is completely righteous; no one who, based on their own merits, are worthy of the kingdom of God.
Further, The Bible says that there is no redemption (forgiveness of these sins) without the shedding of blood.
With this in mind, it is my belief that we are all rolling down this road and there is a giant hole which we are all bound to fall into and be consumed.
The Bible goes on to say, however, that God loved the world (everyone in this world) so much that He delivered His Son to us to be crucified on the cross to be the blood sacrifice that will cleans and redeem all of those who are willing to accept this sacrifice and to call on His (Jesus') name.
So then, if this is my firm belief... that everyone is going to fall into this giant hole and be killed and I know about this hole, and I know to warn people about this hole and how to direct them away from it, isn't it my responsibility to warn them?
What kind of a person would I be to just sit by and watch all these people going by and going about their business, knowing full well (or at least believing in my heart) that they are heading for this hole?
How much more so when I see that they are coming ever closer to the hole.
Then I think... well, but I just don't want to 'offend' anyone, so I will just go about my own business and leave them alone. They will probably just get angry at me anyway and not care about what I have to say.
I will probably just get into trouble or be mocked or made a fool of... and it is soooo embarrassing.
I cannot think of anything in this world that is more 'offensive' than just to allow all of the people that we see going to just fall into the hole and perish.
I can't think of anything more 'embarrassing' than to finally see the One who created this world, face to face, and stand there before Him trying to explained why I did nothing to warn any of those people about this hole.
To the masses who are without any real solid knowledge of God, those who share the Word are considered to be a complete nuisance.
People do not want to be bothered and are offended that there are those who seemingly want to 'force' their beliefs upon others.
I can most certainly understand these feelings; however there is another whole side to this story:
On the one hand, what right does anyone have to attempt to force their beliefs on others... particularly those who find the whole idea offensive.
I could agree with this, but what about the other side?
For me, based on what The Bible says, I believe that everyone in this world has sinned and comes short of the glory of God; that there is no one on this earth who is completely righteous; no one who, based on their own merits, are worthy of the kingdom of God.
Further, The Bible says that there is no redemption (forgiveness of these sins) without the shedding of blood.
With this in mind, it is my belief that we are all rolling down this road and there is a giant hole which we are all bound to fall into and be consumed.
The Bible goes on to say, however, that God loved the world (everyone in this world) so much that He delivered His Son to us to be crucified on the cross to be the blood sacrifice that will cleans and redeem all of those who are willing to accept this sacrifice and to call on His (Jesus') name.
So then, if this is my firm belief... that everyone is going to fall into this giant hole and be killed and I know about this hole, and I know to warn people about this hole and how to direct them away from it, isn't it my responsibility to warn them?
What kind of a person would I be to just sit by and watch all these people going by and going about their business, knowing full well (or at least believing in my heart) that they are heading for this hole?
How much more so when I see that they are coming ever closer to the hole.
Then I think... well, but I just don't want to 'offend' anyone, so I will just go about my own business and leave them alone. They will probably just get angry at me anyway and not care about what I have to say.
I will probably just get into trouble or be mocked or made a fool of... and it is soooo embarrassing.
I cannot think of anything in this world that is more 'offensive' than just to allow all of the people that we see going to just fall into the hole and perish.
I can't think of anything more 'embarrassing' than to finally see the One who created this world, face to face, and stand there before Him trying to explained why I did nothing to warn any of those people about this hole.