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I play on-line scrabble with a guy. Started about 2 years ago via someone I play with as well said to him play with Bill.
The opportunity arose for me to tell him I was a question.
Turned out he was an atheist. Many a conversation has been had. If I could stick the gospel where suggested I stick it my eyes would be watering.
Anyway now he is an agnostic and actually now asks for prayer, in fact many a time I have prayed with him over the phone and he has been in tears.
In fact last year when I was struggling with eye issues he actually sent me a prayer over the game. I kept it as a picture, shame I can't upload it to show you.
Anyway as you say we don't know what's going on.
atheist to agnostic to ??, we just have to be faithful to those God had bought into our lives.
The opportunity arose for me to tell him I was a question.
Turned out he was an atheist. Many a conversation has been had. If I could stick the gospel where suggested I stick it my eyes would be watering.
Anyway now he is an agnostic and actually now asks for prayer, in fact many a time I have prayed with him over the phone and he has been in tears.
In fact last year when I was struggling with eye issues he actually sent me a prayer over the game. I kept it as a picture, shame I can't upload it to show you.
Anyway as you say we don't know what's going on.
atheist to agnostic to ??, we just have to be faithful to those God had bought into our lives.
You should read Romans 6 carefully to understand what God's view of sin is.
Romans 7 talks of Paul
- once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, he died (i.e. as a child he was free from the law, but once his conscience became aware of the transgression (for example as a 13 year old, or any age of accountability according to God, it slay him that very moment). It is that same conscience that caused Adam and Eve to hide from God in the Garden of Eden.
- Paul was a devout Pharisee. He had a love for God and the Law. Yet in his zeal he found that he could not uphold the law. Because he in his mind knew that the law was good but he found that the power residing within his flesh overcame him and he was not able to uphold the law. All the good he wanted to do he couldn't, and all the bad he wanted to avoid he couldn't.
-Paul calls out in desperation ---- who can save me from this body of death? (This is Paul's REPENTANT mindset). If Paul was happy in his sin, then this is NOT a REPENTANT MINDSET. Paul had a repentant mindset (knowing the law was good, and wanting to uphold the law) --- who can save me from this body of Death?
- The solution: Thanks be to JESUS CHRIST (HE IS THE SOLUTION)
Romans 8: Now we are able to live godly lives through the Spirit. Because of Jesus, and what He did on the cross.
Romans 7 talks of Paul
- once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, he died (i.e. as a child he was free from the law, but once his conscience became aware of the transgression (for example as a 13 year old, or any age of accountability according to God, it slay him that very moment). It is that same conscience that caused Adam and Eve to hide from God in the Garden of Eden.
- Paul was a devout Pharisee. He had a love for God and the Law. Yet in his zeal he found that he could not uphold the law. Because he in his mind knew that the law was good but he found that the power residing within his flesh overcame him and he was not able to uphold the law. All the good he wanted to do he couldn't, and all the bad he wanted to avoid he couldn't.
-Paul calls out in desperation ---- who can save me from this body of death? (This is Paul's REPENTANT mindset). If Paul was happy in his sin, then this is NOT a REPENTANT MINDSET. Paul had a repentant mindset (knowing the law was good, and wanting to uphold the law) --- who can save me from this body of Death?
- The solution: Thanks be to JESUS CHRIST (HE IS THE SOLUTION)
Romans 8: Now we are able to live godly lives through the Spirit. Because of Jesus, and what He did on the cross.
We are free from the law of sin and death (if man sins man dies). Jesus said in order to rob a strong man's house, you must first tie him up. Jesus was like Robin Hood- stealing back from Satan that which once belonged to God (us). He freed us from satans prison.
I dont know if you watched Shinler's List, but during the holocaust he saved many by having them work for him. In the same way, we serve God because He saved us. We only have this lifetime to work, to show God that we love Him too.
We are either slaves to sin or slaves to righteousness. If you choose righteousness, you may work now, but in heaven you will be free of every hardship.