Aw... shucks...
But...
I can be a jerk at times!
Posted on 01/06/2015 5:13:00 AM PST by metmom
Your post 39:How magnanimous of you! Yet here you are and still haven't helped the guy out by answering his question.
Could you tell me where I would find this in the gospels?
Then you are obviously not being called by God. I'm not sure why you would waste your time here. Is there some purpose for your questions?
It may seem that way now.
Christianity is not all love and roses as these latter days have painted it.
There is rebuke and admonition and teaching as well.
There is a verse or two in the bible that states a man WILL find GOD if he seeks him with all his heart.
Yes, the same COULD be said by the little hermit on top of the mountain as well, or by the fella with a sign on the interstate ramp or by this unknown ELSIE on a random internet page.
IF this 'god' exists (or not) it would do no harm (it seems to me) to either ask, yell, whisper or curse the following:
GOD; if you are really out there and you want me to REALLY know it; then YOU, yourself, are going to have to convince me.
So was I...
Well, it looks like you have reached the point where the only answer is this.
Only GOD Himself can prove to you Himself that He exists. He knows what it would take for you to accept that proof, if there really is anything that would convince you. And hard cases require hard proof.
If you keep setting up scenarios that are impossible for ANYONE to meet, then you will never get an adequate answer to your questions.
That fact, however, does not mean that there aren’t any.
If you are setting up conditions that no one can meet and then claim *Aha, see there is not God. Your belief is just foolishness*, then I would be forced to conclude that you are not honestly seeking God but rather more intent on trying to damage or destroy the faith of those who DO believe in him.
I will continue to pray for you, that God would indeed reveal Himself to you in a manner which would be acceptable to you and that you would have the wisdom to recognize it and the heart to accept it.
He loves you, more than any words can tell, and He is reaching out to you, as He does to all of mankind.
Nobody is beyond His love and ability to redeem.
The ball is in your court now.
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‘The Ark of the Covenant’ is in Heaven with God....read Revelations. I’m not going to go look it up for you, but I saw it there a few years ago, just don’t remember the context of the scriptures.
Why did God have the Ark of the Covenant built?
But...
I can be a jerk at times!
Only you can answer this.
I did not come to a 'belief' by inductive logic.
Why don't you sincerely ask Him? Ask Him to reveal Himself to you. Ask Him if He's real. If He sees in your heart that you are truly seeking Him He will answer. If you request is not, He will not.
Oh?
Seems like he might be to me!
New Years Resolution #1 (or 3, 2, 5 or 19)
Try to find out if there really is a god.
CynicalBear...
...don’t be so cynical ALL the time!!
;^)
What does the Book say?
Me either.
I was pretty much in the agnostic camp when I got saved, but somehow could just not cross the line to flat out stating that God didn't exist.
Even in my rationalize God away days, taking a good honest look at the creation around me, I could not get to the thought that it all just happened. It was too complex.
And that was back in the 70's before we had the technology that has revealed complexity to us that we never dreamed of.
God has a way of coming crashing in on your world in a way that makes it hard to argue with.
Proof that God has a sense of humor at least.....
That said, Mrs Elsie will be on shortly to chastise you for encouraging him.
AMEN!
Not very likely, as she is catching up on things at work.
I plowed a path for her this morning and sent her off to bring home the bacon yet again.
To put the neverending C vs P threads in a Carnicería context...
You either love bacon or you’re wrong.
He said I was FUNNY; not funny LOOKING!!!
But what about all those goat pictures??????
Interesting that you abbreviated the quote as you did Matthew 16:4 "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah." And He left them and went away.
Even more interesting that you left off the preceding verse. Matthew 16:3 "And in the morning, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?
Apparently signes will be given, which means that there is proof. This sounds like the sin of omission.
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