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@ADreamOfLiberty
Dogs are known to be loyal to their owners.Yes, they are. Loyalty is not measured by never complaining. I repeat: If you don't think a dog will communicate dissatisfaction at a state of affairs because of "loyalty" you haven't known a dog.Loyalty means they won't abandon their pack, not that they won't communicate.Animals don’t have such moral codes except eat or be eaten.Reducing higher animal intelligence to "eat or be eaten" is a colossal oversimplification, but we don't need to talk about that unless you had a point?
In all the known cases of dogs being sexually abused. None were reported by dogs. They were all reported by people who knew the abuser.
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@Castin
Now you're just ignoring my counterarguments entirely. Like a basic biiiiAAAATCH.Engage the content of my arguments vis-a-vis John 17:20-23 and 1 John 5:7 or gtfo.
What verse says Jesus is equal to God?
Is Jesus Equal with God? | Redemption of Humanity
The Bible's Answer. The Bible makes it clear that Jesus Christ is equal with God—a fact which powerfully refutes all cults and false religions (John 5:18, 22–23; Philippians 2:5–7).
The Bible ascribes equal worship to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Jesus claims that He and the Father must receive the same honor (John 5:23). Jesus is worshiped in the Bible (Matt. 14:33; Luke 24:52; John 20:28; Rev. 5:8-14), and He accepts that worship, which would be idolatry if He were not fully God. Likewise, we are only able to worship the Father and the Son by the Spirit (John 4:24). For it is by the Spirit that believers have spiritual life (Rom. 8:11), and are enabled to cry out “Abba, Father!” (Rom. 8:15). Thus Phil. 3:3: For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh. By the grace of the Holy Spirit, let us bow they knee to the Lord Jesus Christ, to the glory of God our Father!
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@Mall
"Is atheism the opposite of religion?"Depends on the religion. It's not opposite of the laveyan satanism religion."Is Atheism A Religion?"Yes it is.
Definition of religion.
the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.
Atheists don't believe in any version of any god, and therefore, do not have any religion.
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@Mall
Are homosexuals harmless?
They don’t abuse children like pedophiles do.
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@ebuc
Please come back when you have any significant replies to post #28.
I though5 you were only interested in Loomers posts.
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@zedvictor4
Teach kids nonsense and they will grow up believing in nonsense.Same old, same old.And fat chance of changing things any time soon.And so, how many millions of times have Christians transgressed?
You don’t have to teach kid our transgression of the 10 commandments. Just teach them the good intentions.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
In the second case the dog is fully aware of what is happening and is in no position to complain.If you think a living dog is in no position to complain you've never met a dog.Also if the "being alive" is the problem what about just killing the animal before sex? That make you feel better about it? <- this is a question that exposes the silliness, not an endorsement
Dogs are known to be loyal to their owners. I am sure the pet was shocked to hear the owner arrested and fined for being sexually attracted to animals. Animals don’t have such moral codes except eat or be eaten.
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@ebuc
Did Facebook censor the images of the historical assassination attempt?Please come back when you have any significant replies to post #28. Not going to happen based on my past experiences with you. Casra sara
Facebook is admitting it censored that iconic photo of former president Trump pumping his fist in the air just moments after that attempted assassination. The video is not available anymore.
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I don’t think Best.Korea and Wylted are the same. Their writing styles are different.
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@WyIted
Also it would be culturally insensitive to criticize the Chinese for eating a dog, but for some reason sucking that same dogs dick gets you put in jail
There is a difference in the two scenarios.
Eating the dog after it is killed . The dog does not feel any pain once it is dead.
The the second case the dog is fully aware of what is happening and is in no position to complain.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Her boyfriend was arrested as an accessory so I think he was the dog owner and in on itMcClure’s former boyfriend filed a criminal complaint on Aug. 7 at the police station’s front desk. According to Taylor police, the man produced surveillance video of McClure committing a sex act with his dog in the man’s living room.You are reading something else. There was no "McClure" in the link Wylted gave.
Sorry that was a similar story that popped up on the screen. Quite a few beastiality stories going around .
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@WyIted
Her boyfriend was arrested as an accessory so I think he was the dog owner and in on it
McClure’s former boyfriend filed a criminal complaint on Aug. 7 at the police station’s front desk. According to Taylor police, the man produced surveillance video of McClure committing a sex act with his dog in the man’s living room.
“The complainant alleges he was randomly reviewing his home’s security video when he came across the footage,” police Lt. Frank Canning said.
Based on the evidence, Canning said police took the woman into custody, at which time she provided a detective with a confession.
The first charge against McClure is a 15-year felony and the second charge is a 93-day misdemeanor.
Animal rights scored a major point.
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@WyIted
This is making the rounds. Any comments on it ?
The dog owner must have filed charges when she refused to have sex with him but chose his dog instead. Now his dog won’t breed with other dogs which is what the charges that were filed.
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@Best.Korea
People have this naive idea that they understand death when we pretty much know nothing about it. At best, there are near death experiences which obviously arent actual death.The actual death might be eternal infinite pain.
Many people fear death partly because of the perception they might suffer increasing pain and other awful symptoms the nearer it gets. There’s often the belief palliative care may not alleviate such pain, leaving many people to die excruciating deaths.
But an excruciating death is extremely rare. The evidence about palliative care is that pain and other symptoms, such as fatigue, insomnia and breathing issues, actually improve as people move closer to death. More than 85% of palliative care patients have no severe symptoms by the time they die.
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@Sidewalker
I must admit, you constantly prove me wrong, I don't think there is a bottom, you have invented new depths of stupid and immoral, and it's all fueled by hatred.You talk shit about the Bible, but obviously, you've never read it.
I can talk about the Bible because I quote others who have read it like biblical scholars like Harikrish.
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@IlDiavolo
I'm not used to read profiles.
A person fills his profile with details that he wants people to know about him.
That's why I admire the jews, they're like machines running a strict program to thrive. Of course, you need the right program and the jews have it. They think they're special, that only them are helped by an invisible being. This is something psychological if you see it carefully, it's something powerful, everything is mental. The alien Yahve made a good job at being so cruel and wick, the outcome was a group of disciplined and good natured people. There's a dark side about it, though, but I don't want to talk about it here.
The Jews should be admired. They did not abandon the covenant by circumcision even when the Nazis used their circumcision to identify the Jews for the concentration camps.
They did not abandon God even when God turned his back on them.
Exodus 33:23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”
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@Castin
Now we've moved the goal posts from "most people believe God exists" to "well most people have always believed godlike beings exist, anyway."Let's just keep applying your "if most people believe it, it's true" logic to other stuff:When most people believed the earth was flat, it literally was flat, but popped into a sphere the instant most people began to believe it was round.The sun, moon, and planets all revolved around the earth until most people began to believe in the heliocentric model; then the sun and planets halted their rotation around the earth, and the earth, which had previously been stationary in space, lurched into motion and began an elliptical orbit around the sun.
We see Gods creation everywhere whether we are wrong about its shape and size. We know there is a creator behind everything in existence. That creator can only be God because of the magnanimity of creation.
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@Mall
Atheism is a religion because you ultimately have faith there is no God .
Atheism is not a belief system nor is it a religion.While there are some religions that are atheistic (certain sects of Buddhism, for example), that does not mean that atheism is a religion.
Is atheism the opposite of religion?
Is Atheism A Religion?
Despite the textbook definition, though, is atheism considered a religion? Theologically/philosophically speaking, atheism is not considered to be a religion. In fact, it's the very opposite of religion.
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@Castin
You can quote verses which identify the three parts of the Trinity all day. What you need are verses which identify the unique relationship between the parts. Namely, that they are each:CoequalComaterialCo-divine
Let us see how the verses check out.
Let’s us look at other supporting verses for the Trinity.
1. God the Father .
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
You cannot get more coequal than that. The other two also checks out.
Coequal
Comaterial
Co-divine
2. God the son.
Luke 1:35
35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called[b] the Son of God.
Son of God is the highest ranking, the other two check out as well.
Coequal
Comaterial
Co-divine
3 God the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:17 , the apostle Paul writes, “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
Here the spirit is coequal to God. Son of are the other two.
Coequal
Comaterial
Co-divine
Alternately.
1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
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@Dr.Franklin
I would do the same.Love you Biden
His sixty years as a politician guided his judgement.
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@Sidewalker
Trump’s second term goal was to Make America Pray Again. Which is less arrogant than his Make America Great Again which he tried in his first term.CINO
They are no longer the silent majority.
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@Sidewalker
They are not Christians.You are not a Christian.CINO.
Trump got the majority of Christian’s votes inspired by the Trump bibles.
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@sadolite
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess no one in this thread believes time space and matter don't exist.
So we are all subjected to time, space and matter. Case closed.
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@Sidewalker
It is Trump selling bibles that won the hearts of American Christians that voted for Trump’s second term.LOL, what suckers.
Trump’s second term goal was to Make America Pray Again. Which is less arrogant than his Make America Great Again which he tried in his first term.
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@Sidewalker
The site can be held liable if it encouraged its members to commit suicide.They aren't supposed to allow people to threaten people's lives either.And yet, you are obviously trying to bore us all to death, and they allow that.
Boredom is not a crime.
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@Sidewalker
LOL, that is one of the many many things you MAGA nitwits don't understand, it wasn't Biden's DOJ, the DOJ is independent and non-political, until now of course, it's only Trump that is corrupting and weaponizing the DOJ.BTW, it was one of Trump's MAGA judges that found Hunter guilty, the only think he was guilty of is being named Biden.Just be patient, when Trump gets into office you will have plenty of violence and injustice to whack off to.Save your "Christian" hatred, it will keep till January.
Trump was re-elected to Make America Great Again. Americans are serious about wanting to be Great Again and desperate enough to reflect a convicted criminal Trump. Christians love Trump who wants to Save America too by selling Bibles.
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@zedvictor4
Hey Shila.I'm an atheist and I think that it's reasonable to assume that that there was a Jesus character who was remembered in Middle Eastern folklore.Belief is unnecessary.And if there was a Super-Intelligent Interventionist Creator, it would be exactly that.And as an atheist I think that S.I.I.C, is a reasonable proposition; whereas a magical beardy bloke that does stupid stuff, isn't .
Do you check all the boxes that Jesus did before declaring himself the saviour of the lost sheep of Israel?
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@Sidewalker
Bullshit, they can do what they want here, these are not "private" conversations, and we have no "right" to speak freely. They have better things to do than even read all the troll talk on here.If they bothered to delete troll talk, there wouldn't be anything left, may as well shut down the site.
The site can be held liable if it encouraged its members to commit suicide.
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@sadolite
The original question was: If one believes time space and matter don't exist, then why would one live as though it does. It is inane to argue time space and matter don't exist while at the same time living by every law of time space and matter. It’s argument for the sake of argument. One doesn't believe their own words.
You don’t belong in this world if you don’t believe time, space and matter don’t exist.
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@Sidewalker
That's what he did, he said it was a partisan witch hunt and so he pardoned his son, it was the right thing to do.It was just.
How was it a witch hunt if Biden was the president and it was Biden’s DOJ?
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Christians don't follow the 613 Mitzvot, including the ten commandments, because these laws were not given to Christians; they were given to the Jewish nation at Mount Sinai.
What is the covenant with Christians?
Christians view the New Covenant as a new relationship between God and humans mediated by Jesus upon sincere declaration that one believes in Jesus Christ as Lord and God.
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Why believing in Jesus is important?
The Jews are God’s chosen people, according to Deuteronomy 7:6, but that does not automatically make all Jews saved. Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). That “no one” includes Jews and Gentiles. For a Jew to be saved, he or she must come to God the Father through faith in Jesus the Messiah.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
The laws of relationships and such are intricate and complex. Taking a verse and expecting to explain it in a vacuum is not fruitful.In other words "these aren't the droids you're looking for" NOW GO AWAY BEFORE I TAUNT YOU A SECOND TIME!
The Jews came up with 613 more commandments after God showed them his backside. After he refused to show Moses his glory(penis).
Exodus 33:18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”
20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my front, for no one may see it and live.”
23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my front must not be seen.”
This is why the Jews could not recognize Jesus who did not show his backside to anyone besides his disciple and then told them not to speak about it., Therefore the Jews could not compare backsides.
Because Jesus told his disciples not to tell anyone what they saw.
Matthew 16:20 Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone…
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Well Joe Biden lies about pardoning his son (among many other things), so if I assume he's going to eat my dog....Biden was just exercising his presidential pardon powers before leaving office. Why would he leave out his son?Well he said he would leave his son out:
Initially Biden thought he could get 4 more years as President to decide his son’s pardon. But after he resigned as candidate his days were numbered as President. It was now or never to save his son.
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@Amber
This is one FUBAR discussion.Someone needs therapy and medication.J.F.C.!Cannot believe the moderator(s) are allowing this.
The moderators cannot stop private conversations. Like Best.Korea saying, ‘Many people told me that I should kill myself because I am worthless, but here is why I wont do it:’
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Nobody I know of has disproved the bible.What do you mean by - disprove the bible?Proven the Bible to be false.Then you don't get about much, do you?
He doesn’t have to go too far to reach a Bible to validate the facts. He probably owns a bible or gets it off the internet.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Well Joe Biden lies about pardoning his son (among many other things), so if I assume he's going to eat my dog....
Biden was just exercising his presidential pardon powers before leaving office. Why would he leave out his son?
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@Best.Korea
Which person's opinion says that its best? Did you ask a woman what she actually wants? No, you didnt!
If you didn’t ask the woman to rape her, why would you ask her to marry you? The law forces you to pay for raping the woman.
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@IlDiavolo
Oh, I didn't know there were jews in this forum. So, are you jewish in an ethnical or religious way?I've always admired the jews for their discipline, ethics and creativity to make money, it's something that made them be what they are now, almost the owners of the world. No kidding.
Why don’t you read his profile before you ask him to show proof of his circumcision or to describe God’s backside which are all part of the Jewish covenant with God.
Rosends profile:
I am a Modern Orthodox Jew living in New Jersey. I have rabbinic ordination but do not serve in a pulpit capacity. I have a family, a house, cars and a fairly well established online footprint.
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@Hero1000
Agnostics believe there is no God.Agnostics believe there is God.
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The Biblical curse of Ham was fulfilled by African slavery. Africans were the descendants of Ham. Are there any more biblical curses left?
Did Jesus curse the Pharisees?
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
Who Are the Pharisees Today?
In a Christian context, a modern day “Pharisee” is someone who follows the impulse to be seen as righteous by obeying certain laws, while ignoring more important matters of the heart.
Do the Pharisees exist today?
Following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD, Pharisaic beliefs became the foundational, liturgical, and ritualistic basis for Rabbinic Judaism. Although the group does not exist anymore, their traditions are considered important among all various Jewish religious movement.
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Why did good send Jesus to Earth?
John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
1) ” The Bible clearly declares that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" (1 Timothy 1:15). He came from heaven to earth to be mankind's one and only Savior. His heart is not to condemn, but to bring salvation to all who will receive Him. His greatest mission was to save humanity from our sins.In February 1969 I was an Air Force officer on temporary duty at McChord AFB, Tacoma, Washington.
1 John 4:9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.2) Why did God send Jesus to earth? — "that we might live through Him." God the Father sent His Son Jesus from heaven to earth, where He died for our sins and rose again from the dead to enable us to move from death to life (John 5:24). From eternal condemnation in hell to eternal life in heaven. And Jesus gives this eternal life to all who will “turn to God in repentanceand have faith in our Lord Jesus” (Acts 20:21). What a wonderful demonstration of God's love for us.
Before His death and resurrection — and long before ours — Jesus promised, “Because I live, you also will live” (John 14:19). He has delivered from fear of death (Hebrews 2:15) all who repent and believe in Him and has granted us eternal life in His glorious presence.
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Acts 3:26 When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.3) Who sent Jesus to earth? God the Father sent Jesus to this world “to bless you.” God is not a vindictive, hostile God. He loves you! His heart and His intention are to forgive your sins and to bless you. And He does that through Jesus by (#4, just below)...
4) A sadly less-preached reason why Jesus came to earth was to "turn each of [us] from [our] wicked ways. Heaven is a place of absolute, 100% holiness, purity, and perfection. There will be no wickedness there. And through the saving power of Jesus Christ, God enables us to beginparticipating in that heavenly holiness by turning us from iniquity right now on earth.
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Luke 4:43 But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.”5) Why did God send Jesus to earth? — to preach the good news of God’s kingdom.
In teaching us how to pray, Jesus said, “Our Father in heaven … thy kingdom come …” (Matthew 6:9-13). When I pray the Lord’s prayer and come to this portion about God’s kingdom, I often pray something like this: “Lord, rule and reign in my heart … in my home … in my family … in our church … in our nation…”
John the Baptist’s first biblically recorded message was: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 3:2, NASB). Jesus’ first recorded public preaching was: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17, NASB). The Bible describes the Lord Jesus Christas “Lord of lords and King of kings” (Revelation 17:14; 19:16). In serving Jesus right now, while we live on this earth, we are serving the One who has received from God the Father “all authority in heaven and on earth” (Matthew 28:18). Through Jesus we pray to the Father, “Thy kingdom come!” And that kingdom of God has come to this earth in the Person of Jesus Christ.
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Luke 4:18-19 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”6) Jesus was sent from heaven to earth by "the Spirit of the Lord" to proclaim good news to the poor. This poor man (me) was lost in sin, spiritually bankrupt, until I heard and embraced the saving Gospel (the “good news”) of Jesus Christ. God sent His Son Jesus from heaven to earth to bring that good news to our ears and our hearts.
7) Jesus was sent to earth to proclaim freedom for the prisoners. The Bible teaches that “allhave sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). As a result, we were imprisoned and held captive by our sins and all the foul habits resulting from our sinful natures. But Jesus was sent to save us and bring us freedom from those captivities.
8) Jesus was sent to earth to bring recovery of sight to the blind. This is certainly true spiritually, as the truth of God’s Word breaks through to us and we turn to Jesus Christ in faith and repentance. It is also true physically. While on earth Jesus healed the blind, the deaf, the lame, and those afflicted with all kinds of illnesses. And Jesus still heals today! Why? Because He “is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). He saved people from sin 2,000 years ago, and He saves us from sin today. Likewise, Jesus healed the sick 2,000 years ago, and He does the same today, in the 21st century.
9) God sent Jesus to earth to set the oppressed free. The Father sent the Son from heaven to free us from oppressions of all kinds. Are you under stress, pressures, afflictions, perhaps even crushing calamities? Look to Jesus. He was sent to set the oppressed free, and that absolutely includes you!
10) Another reason why Jesus was sent to earth was to proclaim the “year of the Lord’s favor.” That favor from God can be yours today. His blessings are not just for the ancient Bible heroes; they are not just for those already in heaven. They can be yours today in Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul exhorts us: “I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor” (2 Corinthians 6:2). How can I receive God’s favor, His blessings? — “No matter how many promises God has made, they are 'Yes' in Christ” (2 Corinthians 1:20).
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Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.11) A somewhat surprising reason why Jesus came to earth (again, in His own words) was to serve, to give, not to be catered to. He washed their feet, He gave His life. This is astounding! The King of kings, the Lord of lords, came from heaven to earth to serve! Ask yourself: If our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ left heaven to serve us in His life, death, and resurrection for our salvation, how much more should we be humble, willing, self-sacrificing servants of the Lord and of our fellow man?
1) ” The Bible clearly declares that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" (1 Timothy 1:15). He came from heaven to earth to be mankind's one and only Savior. His heart is not to condemn, but to bring salvation to all who will receive Him. His greatest mission was to save humanity from our sins.In February 1969 I was an Air Force officer on temporary duty at McChord AFB, Tacoma, Washington.
1 John 4:9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.2) Why did God send Jesus to earth? — "that we might live through Him." God the Father sent His Son Jesus from heaven to earth, where He died for our sins and rose again from the dead to enable us to move from death to life (John 5:24). From eternal condemnation in hell to eternal life in heaven. And Jesus gives this eternal life to all who will “turn to God in repentanceand have faith in our Lord Jesus” (Acts 20:21). What a wonderful demonstration of God's love for us.
Before His death and resurrection — and long before ours — Jesus promised, “Because I live, you also will live” (John 14:19). He has delivered from fear of death (Hebrews 2:15) all who repent and believe in Him and has granted us eternal life in His glorious presence.
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Acts 3:26 When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.3) Who sent Jesus to earth? God the Father sent Jesus to this world “to bless you.” God is not a vindictive, hostile God. He loves you! His heart and His intention are to forgive your sins and to bless you. And He does that through Jesus by (#4, just below)...
4) A sadly less-preached reason why Jesus came to earth was to "turn each of [us] from [our] wicked ways. Heaven is a place of absolute, 100% holiness, purity, and perfection. There will be no wickedness there. And through the saving power of Jesus Christ, God enables us to beginparticipating in that heavenly holiness by turning us from iniquity right now on earth.
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Luke 4:43 But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.”5) Why did God send Jesus to earth? — to preach the good news of God’s kingdom.
In teaching us how to pray, Jesus said, “Our Father in heaven … thy kingdom come …” (Matthew 6:9-13). When I pray the Lord’s prayer and come to this portion about God’s kingdom, I often pray something like this: “Lord, rule and reign in my heart … in my home … in my family … in our church … in our nation…”
John the Baptist’s first biblically recorded message was: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 3:2, NASB). Jesus’ first recorded public preaching was: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17, NASB). The Bible describes the Lord Jesus Christas “Lord of lords and King of kings” (Revelation 17:14; 19:16). In serving Jesus right now, while we live on this earth, we are serving the One who has received from God the Father “all authority in heaven and on earth” (Matthew 28:18). Through Jesus we pray to the Father, “Thy kingdom come!” And that kingdom of God has come to this earth in the Person of Jesus Christ.
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Luke 4:18-19 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”6) Jesus was sent from heaven to earth by "the Spirit of the Lord" to proclaim good news to the poor. This poor man (me) was lost in sin, spiritually bankrupt, until I heard and embraced the saving Gospel (the “good news”) of Jesus Christ. God sent His Son Jesus from heaven to earth to bring that good news to our ears and our hearts.
7) Jesus was sent to earth to proclaim freedom for the prisoners. The Bible teaches that “allhave sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). As a result, we were imprisoned and held captive by our sins and all the foul habits resulting from our sinful natures. But Jesus was sent to save us and bring us freedom from those captivities.
8) Jesus was sent to earth to bring recovery of sight to the blind. This is certainly true spiritually, as the truth of God’s Word breaks through to us and we turn to Jesus Christ in faith and repentance. It is also true physically. While on earth Jesus healed the blind, the deaf, the lame, and those afflicted with all kinds of illnesses. And Jesus still heals today! Why? Because He “is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). He saved people from sin 2,000 years ago, and He saves us from sin today. Likewise, Jesus healed the sick 2,000 years ago, and He does the same today, in the 21st century.
9) God sent Jesus to earth to set the oppressed free. The Father sent the Son from heaven to free us from oppressions of all kinds. Are you under stress, pressures, afflictions, perhaps even crushing calamities? Look to Jesus. He was sent to set the oppressed free, and that absolutely includes you!
10) Another reason why Jesus was sent to earth was to proclaim the “year of the Lord’s favor.” That favor from God can be yours today. His blessings are not just for the ancient Bible heroes; they are not just for those already in heaven. They can be yours today in Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul exhorts us: “I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor” (2 Corinthians 6:2). How can I receive God’s favor, His blessings? — “No matter how many promises God has made, they are 'Yes' in Christ” (2 Corinthians 1:20).
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Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.11) A somewhat surprising reason why Jesus came to earth (again, in His own words) was to serve, to give, not to be catered to. He washed their feet, He gave His life. This is astounding! The King of kings, the Lord of lords, came from heaven to earth to serve! Ask yourself: If our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ left heaven to serve us in His life, death, and resurrection for our salvation, how much more should we be humble, willing, self-sacrificing servants of the Lord and of our fellow man?
Has God run out of excuses to send Jesus a second time?
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@Best.Korea
I probably have even more disorders which I am not even aware of right now, but what I am aware is that it can always get worse.I figured if this life is so bad, then next life will probably be even worse. So I wont kill myself because I dont want to have an even worse life. I dont like taking risks because it was statistically impossible for me to get all these disorders in the first place, yet I somehow have them anyway, so even 1% risk is obviously too much.Here is why I wont kill myself. This explains it.
Being a worthless coward gives you more reasons to quit. Once you sort out your disorders you will be able to find a better way to end your misery.
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@Double_R
COVID was a literal once in a century pandemic.Again, if we're trading we're doing it for a reason. No one trades for the mere fun of it. To alter our entire way of doing business just to secure us against an imaginary boogeyman that will probably never come again in our lifetimes is ridiculous. And even if there is another pandemic or global event it's not even clear what the benefit of keeping everything domestic would be. The supply chain disruptions were not just international, there was plenty of domestic disruptions as well so we would have experienced it either way.
The reason America trades with China and other countries is because they produce goods that America needs cheaper and better than if they were produced locally.
Eg to assemble an Apple IPhone cost 7$ in China but will cost $100 in America. China makes things cheaper and better than American manufacturers.
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@Mall
All people upon sound mature mind are religious. No such thing as separation of church/religion and state is because of that
The U.S. constitution demands a separation of Religion and State which was why bibles were banned from schools in the first place.
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Trump tariffs on Chinese goods will increase the price of Trump bibles and Trump Maga hats. They are made in China. That is Trumps way of turning a bigger profit by taxing Chines imports.
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@Hero1000
I am still new here, but I wonder if you can do one about me.
You will be hard to recognize in a crowd.
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@Lemming
I prefer to think of it as caution, than fear.Or as having higher regard or definition of what friendship entails.
Maybe your expectations are unrealistic. Or just to high to be met.
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@Best.Korea
It’s not only one choice. They can believe in God one day, and not believe in God the other day. They can also at the same time have different parts of their brain one believing in God and one not believing in God. Its simple.
An atheist does not believe in the existence of God. Anyone who believes in God is not an atheist by definition.
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Yes he knew Jesus very well... I was meaning know in the sense of being a believer in Jesus as savior. Judas obviously knew a lot about Jesus because he followed His ministry for 3 years, but Judas was not a true Christian. Just the same there are many people who know a lot about the Bible and Christianity (like Elon Musk) and might claim they are Christian, but they don't know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
Jesus picked Judas to betray him so the prophecy of his death would be fulfilled.
So, why did Jesus choose Judas? The reason that Jesus chose Judas was so that the Scriptures would be fulfilled. In Jesus’s High Priestly prayer in John 17, Jesus says in verse 12, “While I was with them, I kept them in Your name, which You have given me, I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.” Jesus was not surprised by Judas’s betrayal. Judas was the “son of destruction.” Rather, Jesus chose Judas knowing fully that he had a wicked and unbelieving heart that would lead to betrayal (John 6:64; 70-71) in fulfillment of the Scriptures.
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