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It's a sin to read this post!
eggi:
Hi all,
Excuse me, but the last email to Ray was one of the most cruel and evil ones I have read until now. It was titled "It's a sin to read your material."
The person who wrote him started out the email with a "Dear Ray". Is that how he talks to someone DEAR to him? "Don't think there's a hell? Last I heard you are fighting for your life, so you are close to finding out."
Well, what can I say... This is the way you get after being fed the filth from the churches of this world for years without ever having your heart changed, or your eyes opened. That is maybe the most clear example of not having empathy that I have seen in my life. Another human being is extremely ill, and all you can say is: "Don't think there's a hell? Last I heard you are fighting for your life, so you are close to finding out."??? Blows my mind.
I want to change unto another subject. In the last few months I have been thinking a lot about judgment. The thing which got me thinking and reading about this subject was a thing that Ray said in one of his studies: "They don't know what He's going to do when He comes to judge the world. They haven't got a clue (paraphrased).
So I thought a lot about this subject and yesterday while I was getting ready to leave to work, this scripture came in my mind:
Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead. (Acts 17:31)
I thought that I will take a closer look at this verse. Obviously, it points back to Isaiah where it says that when the judgment is on the world, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Of course they will learn it, because the judgment is done "in righteousness". I started thinking about the last part of the verse; why is this assurance related to Jesus' resurrection? Why will every man be assured that the world will be judged in righteousness by the fact that Jesus was resurrected? In a sense, the resurrection of Jesus Christ is showing the result of overcoming sin, like the whole world will do, and must do?
I can't wait to learn more about this, please join me here if you have some thoughts.
God bless you all,
Eirik
mharrell08:
These verses came to mind just now:
Matt 12:39 ...An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Matt 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.
Luke 11:29 This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
Like the scripture in Acts states, God has given assurance unto all men by raising Christ from the dead...and here in Matthew & Luke, Christ says that this is the only sign given to an adulterous generation (seed of Satan [John 8:44]).
Don't know if this helps you any but these verses came to mind immediately after reading your posts.
Marques
Kat:
Hi Eirik,
Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead. (Acts 17:31)
--- Quote ---I started thinking about the last part of the verse; why is this assurance related to Jesus' resurrection? Why will every man be assured that the world will be judged in righteousness by the fact that Jesus was resurrected?
--- End quote ---
Paul was dealing with people that were not certain of Christ's resurrection.
Mat 22:23 The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,
1Co 15:12 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
v. 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen.
v. 14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.
v. 15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up--if in fact the dead do not rise.
v. 16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen.
v. 17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!
v. 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
v. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
It is the resurrection that we all hope for, and only if Christ rose from the dead can we have assurance. He is the firstfruit.
1Co 15:20 But now Christ has risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruit of those who slept.
Now at this time the whole Christian world do believe in His resurrection, but their fault is they do not believe He was dead. So actually according to their reasoning why did He need to be raised at all? Their doctrines just lead to confusion... "that's believing in contradictions and square circles." (quote from Ray)
mercy, peace and love
Kat
Marky Mark:
I think that when Jesus was raised from the dead this gave all mankind an assurance that what the Almighty Father speaks of[His Truth], one can then be assured[of righteousness], that the Truth of the Spirit is what we can all base our faith on and in. His will, will be done. Righteous judgement for all,not only some.
Peace...Mark
eggi:
Hi Marques, Kat and Mark!
Thank you for your responses to my question. We think the same, I see. :) I knew that ;)
I really appreciate it.
God bless you,
Eirik
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