Despair Over the Future

And that creates the situation where ANYONE can say "I'm not wrong, the Spirit told me this truth I share with you".

Just what my friend needs, another judgemental "christian" telling her what to do.

When a person SAYS that they're a Christian, but can say: "And for all the promises God and eternal life with him offer, I just don't think he can give me that", there's no evidence of FAITH. which strongly suggests that the person, regardless of their "Religious proclamations" has never been Born Again, and knows nothing of the REALITY OF A CHRISTIAN LIFE.

The person doesn't bother with the Bible, and doesn't see any need to have anything to do with Church, and calls relationship with God BS.

SO what's YOUR Advice??

Hi, HistoryPrincess. I can’t relate to the intense anger you’re feeling, but I wanted to respond because you seem like you’re putting the weight of the world on your shoulders. That’s not healthy or possible for anyone to sustain long-term.

I know it sounds difficult, but letting go of your anger and frustration is about the only thing you can do. It might seem like you can’t move on, but if you look closely the world is full of people who have to let go—of drugs, past abuse, alcohol, relationships, dreams, fears. Anger is no different. It might make you “feel alive” now but the more you allow it to control your thoughts and emotions, the less you are able to overcome it, and the unhappier you will become.

People will always find ways to disappoint you whether they are Christians or not. You can’t paste a label on someone that says “Christian” and expect them to be perfect. The world loves to use that argument, and if we or someone in the Body ever deviates from that, they lump us all together under a new label: “Hypocrite”. That’s pretty unfair, but we have to let it go because that’s just how the world works.

There are plenty of arguments we could all make about what we do or don’t agree about the Bible, contemporary Christianity, etc. But we can’t control a single aspect of it. What you’re looking for is control over every facet of your life and everything you don’t like about the world. You already know that kind of control doesn’t exist for people. And that appears to be what frustrates you.

You have a lot of honest insights about the world that people tend to avoid because they bring up uncomfortable dialogue. I’ve appreciated the subsequent posts that you and lonelysummer have made in this thread about the realities of certain topics. But you are consumed by those topics to the point of retreating from the world entirely, which will make you ruminate on those thoughts all the more. That creates a very vicious cycle.

God does answer prayer, but you have to take the initiative to believe and work with Him. It’s not a matter of saying “God help me!” and then walking away. You have to accept the fact that the majority of the time He won’t respond in any way that you can sense, and that He won’t always answer in the way you want Him to. The second you pray to Him about something, you are putting that thing into His hands willingly. It’s already in His hands to care for, but there’s something about us coming to Him of our own choice that gives God even more room to work in us.

That’s all I wanted to say. You sound like an intelligent, caring person and I respect the fact that you’re willing to ask the hard questions. I’ll be praying that you find peace and strength in God.

Speaking of the Pope.

CHRISLAM CONFIRMED: Led By Pope Francis, Leaders Of The World’s Religions Formally Adopt Human Fraternity Document At 7th Congress

https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/7th...slam-document-pope-francis-mohamed-bin-zayed/

No one wants your conspiracy theories.

No one wants your conspiracy theories.

Based on the direction America is going, it would not surprise me one bit to see this type of alliance and eventually a one world religion in the future.

There is no question that there will indeed be a one-world religion. All people have to do is read and study Revelation 13. And we are fast approaching the reign of the Antichrist.

I've been hearing that all of my life. I'm not gonna get myself all worried about that.

I've been hearing that all of my life. I'm not gonna get myself all worried about that. People have thought for thousands of years -or more precisely, 2000 years - that they were living in the end times.
My last girlfriend was a conspiracy believer, and she was convinced that we are in the end times. "Why do you see all those empty big box stores like Sears and K-mart? The government is gonna use them as internment camps, round up all the Christians, and lock them away in there." "Obama/Biden's gonna take all our guns away. We need our guns to fight back at a tyrannical government". "The covid vaccine is the mark of the Beast. Get vaccinated, and Bill Gates will be able to spy on you". "Global warming is a hoax. The Earth is flat. All that stuff about men going to the moon was shot on a Hollywood soundstage. There's a dome over the Earth, you can't fly off the Earth". Yet she still talked about wanting to get married and have lots of children. Why would you want to bring children into a world that God is going to destroy? Why would you want to have children if the odds are 99.9% that they will end up in the Lake of Fire? How can you be concerned with love and romance when we are on the verge of World War 3? It didn't make sense to me.

Thank you very much.

You have to accept the fact that the majority of the time He won’t respond in any way that you can sense, and that He won’t always answer in the way you want Him to.

The statement you made is very true in today's world but it does not have to be so.

Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

The verse above explains why your statement is true. In a word it is lack of knowledge.

Today we are the only people in the entirety of all mankind from the very beginning until now, who have God's complete word from beginning to end of all eternity, nothing to be added or nothing to be subtracted from it.
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Okay, this is news to me. I thought the Bible had been around for at least a few hundred years.

The complete bible was not completed until after Christ ascended into heaven back in the first century, and specifically after the book of Revelation was written by John. (That was approximately 2000 years ago according to our worldly calendar).

I am not into secular calendars etc because God's kingdom is infinity to infinity, and our salvation does not depend on where we are on the calendar on this earth. Christ is the only requirement of our salvation.

I am not sure why you asked the question you did. But we on the earth were given the last Revelation by God that described the last days and final destruction of the earth and the heavens at which time a new earth and new heaven will appear.

Rev 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

I asked the question because your statement implied that having the complete Bible was a recent thing. That jumped out at me because as far as I know, we've had the Bible far longer than we've had the automobile or the airplane; far longer than we've had television or radio.
It's fine to say things like "I am not into secular calendars", that might work for you, but I still live in a world where I am expected to show up for work on the days I am scheduled; keep appointments for various things down here in the lower world; many of us mere mortals have those kinds of obligations and responsibilities.

I asked the question because your statement implied that having the complete Bible was a recent thing. That jumped out at me because as far as I know, we've had the Bible far longer than we've had the automobile or the airplane; far longer than we've had television or radio.
It's fine to say things like "I am not into secular calendars", that might work for you, but I still live in a world where I am expected to show up for work on the days I am scheduled; keep appointments for various things down here in the lower world; many of us mere mortals have those kinds of obligations and responsibilities.