I have mentioned in the past about talking to an atheist, and how both he and his wife were once certified Baptist ministers until, allegedly, the man died, then came back to life. Because of his experience of seeing blackness when he was allegedly dead, he and his wife no longer believe there is a God or devil, or that there is a heaven or hell.
And because he didn't know for certain that there was a God or that the bible was the word of God, he tried to tell me that I really didn't know if God did exist or that the bible was His written word.
So I argued with him, telling him that I REALLY DO KNOW that God really and truly does exist and that the bible is most certainly the written word of God. And I did so with a clear conscience really knowing both to be true.
Most of you would say that he really wasn't saved in the first place because he turned from believing in God. Maybe there is some truth in that.
Most of you believe according to yours or someone else's experiences and have a form of Godliness but deny the power thereof, because you don't really believe. Most of you have at one point prayed for someone or for something and didn't get the desired results and so turned from believing, to, "if it be God's will", and because of past experiences, no longer believe in "that faith stuff", because it "doesn't work".
Since most of you go by experiences, do you really believe or do you just think you do because you don't have anything that has challenged your so called faith in your salvation?
For example, some of you prayed for healing for yourself or a loved one, and like most, failed to get the desired results. Or maybe even the person you were praying for died or were told that they believed for their healing and died.
Now where is your faith concerning healing? Did it change because of someone or some situation or circumstance that challenged your faith? Do you still believe in healing, after you prayed for so and so's healing or so and so was believing for their healing and they died? I can't tell you all how often I have heard that?
The question is, what is your faith in and what are you looking at? The word of God or in the situation or past history that contradicted your prayers or that which you were believing for?
Is it in the rock/truth/word of God, or is it in the sand/natural/current or past situations/experiences?
So do you really believe, or do you just think you do?
Are you really saved, or do you just think you are?
It is written, "MANY will say to me, Lord Lord", but will not be allow in heaven. Are you one of the many, because you THINK you are saved and don't know that you are lost?
According to scripture, that is, and will be, the case and state of many so called Christians.
So how do you KNOW that you really believe and that your salvation is sure when your so called faith hasn't been challenged yet, like that concerning healing or answered prayer?
Some of you use to believe in healing, but because your faith was challenge concerning healing, now you don't.
Could we say that you never believed in the first place because you turned from believing to doubting, like you say about someone that has turned from believing in God to being an atheist, concerning salvation?
I don't know about you, but I see some similarities between the two.
So, do you really believe, and are you going to heaven, when your faith for your salvation hasn't really or seriously been challenged like the man that allegedly died and didn't go to heaven?
I'm not talking about arguing or contending for the faith like you do on CC, but something life shattering.
So, aside from the fact that I used the word, "really" far too many times, how do you know that you truly believe and that your are going to heaven, assuming, for the sake of argument, that OSAS is true?
And because he didn't know for certain that there was a God or that the bible was the word of God, he tried to tell me that I really didn't know if God did exist or that the bible was His written word.
So I argued with him, telling him that I REALLY DO KNOW that God really and truly does exist and that the bible is most certainly the written word of God. And I did so with a clear conscience really knowing both to be true.
Most of you would say that he really wasn't saved in the first place because he turned from believing in God. Maybe there is some truth in that.
Most of you believe according to yours or someone else's experiences and have a form of Godliness but deny the power thereof, because you don't really believe. Most of you have at one point prayed for someone or for something and didn't get the desired results and so turned from believing, to, "if it be God's will", and because of past experiences, no longer believe in "that faith stuff", because it "doesn't work".
Since most of you go by experiences, do you really believe or do you just think you do because you don't have anything that has challenged your so called faith in your salvation?
For example, some of you prayed for healing for yourself or a loved one, and like most, failed to get the desired results. Or maybe even the person you were praying for died or were told that they believed for their healing and died.
Now where is your faith concerning healing? Did it change because of someone or some situation or circumstance that challenged your faith? Do you still believe in healing, after you prayed for so and so's healing or so and so was believing for their healing and they died? I can't tell you all how often I have heard that?
The question is, what is your faith in and what are you looking at? The word of God or in the situation or past history that contradicted your prayers or that which you were believing for?
Is it in the rock/truth/word of God, or is it in the sand/natural/current or past situations/experiences?
So do you really believe, or do you just think you do?
Are you really saved, or do you just think you are?
It is written, "MANY will say to me, Lord Lord", but will not be allow in heaven. Are you one of the many, because you THINK you are saved and don't know that you are lost?
According to scripture, that is, and will be, the case and state of many so called Christians.
So how do you KNOW that you really believe and that your salvation is sure when your so called faith hasn't been challenged yet, like that concerning healing or answered prayer?
Some of you use to believe in healing, but because your faith was challenge concerning healing, now you don't.
Could we say that you never believed in the first place because you turned from believing to doubting, like you say about someone that has turned from believing in God to being an atheist, concerning salvation?
I don't know about you, but I see some similarities between the two.
So, do you really believe, and are you going to heaven, when your faith for your salvation hasn't really or seriously been challenged like the man that allegedly died and didn't go to heaven?
I'm not talking about arguing or contending for the faith like you do on CC, but something life shattering.
So, aside from the fact that I used the word, "really" far too many times, how do you know that you truly believe and that your are going to heaven, assuming, for the sake of argument, that OSAS is true?
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