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Re: Any other childfree people here?
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Also snipped the pyramid a little bit. Quote:
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But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.” Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him, and said, “I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please. Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof.”—Genesis 19:4-8 (ESV)I never said he proved his righteousness by having sex with his daughters: his daughters raped him. God saved a family who's father offered up his daughters for gang-rape, and who's daughter's raped their father. That is my point. God's looking like a charmer now, isn't he? Also, all of Egypt may have been involved in the slavery, but not all of the first born because some of them were innocent, sinless babies who God mercilessly slaughtered. Finally, you are essentially saying that the greatest sin of all is not believing in Jesus Christ. Greater than murder, greater than rape, as that is the one sin that cannot be forgiven by God. Think about this really carefully - do you really think that I and Ranior, for simply not believing in the Bible, deserve to go to Hell, while a rapist who happened to be Christian would go to Heaven? Do you think our crime of not believing in God and Jesus is worse than murder and rape? Think about this very carefully, because that's effectively what you just said. |
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Anyway, I don't personally believe people are condemned to hell for not believing in God. As I have been told people who live moral lives but never personally knew God will in fact be saved. I would believe the same applies to those who live morally, no about Christianity, but don't accept it. I still think sins need to be repented. Honestly though I'm not the judge, God is, I don't know his criteria. |
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Regarding belief being necessary, the Bible is quite clear that reconciliation with God requires repentance and trusting in Christ's sacrifice on the cross. Romans 10:9-12 says: "If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, 'Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.'" We must allow God to reclaim his proper place as Lord of our life. This involves renouncing our treasonous activities and rebellions (sin), and trusting and submitting to God and his standards. It is impossible to repent to a God you don't believe in. It is impossible to trust in a God you don't believe in. It is impossible to allow God to be Lord of your life if you don't believe he exists. The non-believer remains in a state of rebellion against God intellectually and spiritually. Rape, Murder, theft, and disobedience to parents are also forms of rebelliousness toward God. It's not a matter of judging which one is "worse". They all are acts of treason against God deserving of punishment. If a thief, or a rapist, or a murderer, or a swindler, or a non-believer, (as I myself was at one point), or any other sinner repents of their sin, whatever it may be, and trusts in Christ's sacrifice on their behalf, declaring Jesus Lord of their life they will be saved. That being said, if people refuse to repent of their sin, whatever it may be, and refuse to acknowledge Jesus as Lord or accept his sacrifice, then they will remain under the just punishment for their rebellion. Think of it this way: If I am a rapist, and I refuse to repent to God for my raping, and I refuse to acknowledge him as Lord of my life, and continue to go on raping people, I will not be reconciled to God. If I am a thief, and I refuse to repent to God for my thieving behavior, and I refuse to acknowledge him as Lord of my life, I will not be reconciled to God. If I am a swindler, and I refuse to repent to God for my swindling behavior, and I refuse to acknowledge him as Lord of my life, I will not be reconciled to God. If I am a non-believer, and I refuse to repent to God for my non-belief, and I refuse to acknowledge him as Lord of my life, I will not be reconciled to God. Any sin, if it is not repented of, and if we do not submit ourselves to God, will keep us from reconciliation from God. In contrast, any sin, if we repent of it, accept Christ's sacrifice on our behalf, and acknowledge Jesus as Lord of life, will be forgiven. No matter what that sin is. That's a long way of saying, that yes, if you persist in your disbelief God is just to punish you, just as he would have been completely just to punish me for my disbelief. And yes, if the rapist repents of his sin, accepts Christ's sacrifice on his behalf, and submits to Jesus as his Lord, than yes, God would be just to accept him into his kingdom. At root disbelief, like rape, murder, or any other sin, is an act of rebellion against God, and if you do not repent of it, God is just to punish you. However, like rape or murder or any other sin, if you repent of it God will forgive you. Disbelief is not unforgivable if you turn from it and declare Jesus as Lord, just as theft or swindling is not unforgivable if you turn from it and submit to Christ as your Lord. It is not a matter of it being "worse" than rape or murder. They both carry the same consequences, and require the same solution. In order for you to be saved from the sin of disbelief, you must be willing to renounce that disbelief, just as in order for someone to be saved from the sin of rape or murder they must be willing to renounce those sins as well. Last edited by Anonymous; January 24th, 2014 at 01:30 PM. |
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