look at the prodical son, did not the FATHER say "he was DEAD" and "he was LOST"
prodigal SON!!! S.....O.....N!!!
Not 'prodigal disowned kicked out forsaken outcast' .....
prodigal SON. Always a SON!
Straying, wandering, miserable, perhaps,
but ALWAYS A SON!!!
Why are people so deaf to the words that some people unchoose the lord?
You obviously are either deaf
or didn't listen to the 3 min. vid clip.
CHOSEN BY GOD! IN HIM!
Do you want to try to un-choose what God has chosen?!
Good luck with that!
You and GNM don't even seem to believe in your own nicknames.
Jesus rose, proving the penalty was paid in full,
but you keep wanting to put Him back in the grave,
and make the resurrection contingent on whether
or not a person behaves a certain way.
Get over yourself. He rose from the grave, that's the fact 'jack',
(you listening GNM?), that's the truth to be proclaimed.
Spend some time posting what a joyous thing it is to be saved,
instead of trying to convince everybody else they're not.
It doesn't say that people are thrown into the lof because of their deeds, but because their names aren't in the book of life.
And WHO, pray tell, does the writing of those names?
You call yourselves 'herosefromthedead' and 'goodnewsman',
but in checking your posts on various threads,
I don't find much in the way of 'Good News'
that you're sharing with others.
He might want to change that nickname to
'uh-oh-warning-troubling-news-man'.
Jesus said to rejoice because our names are written in heaven.
Do you think He was trying to trick us
into believing something that isn't true?!
Feel free to pray this with me,
Father in heaven, thank you for salvation, in Jesus' name, amen.
Do we struggle sometimes? Doubts? Fears? Insecurities?
Trials and tribulations? Yes, we do. So?
Then we pray, Father, I'm struggling here, please help me.
Or, I believe, Lord, help, Thou, my unbelief.
Or any number of prayers to express your heart to God.
And we even have His Holy Spirit interceding FOR us!
Sometimes we don't know what to pray.
This life can be hard.
If someone wants to praise the Lord
for the salvation they believe they have in Jesus,
why do you want to rain on their parade?
(be a mummer, not a bummer)
If you have issues with your standing, by all means,
work out your OWN salvation with fear and trembling.
If Jesus really is our Lord and Saviour,
If He really did die for our sins and rise from the grave,
If our name's really are written in the Lamb's book of life,
Then let's rejoice together, He's bringing us to an expected end.
Eternal life in His kingdom which has no end. Thank you, Jesus!