Lighthouse said:
You have no idea what fulifillment of the OT laws was.:nono:
Christ died so we all could be saved, but not so we could all get away with murder
You are taking out of context what I have said. Of course Christ died so that we could be saved. That was never an issue!!! I do not believe that those who commit crimes, especially murder should get away with it. I firmly believe that they need to throw their butts on death row, hopefully get saved in prison... and execute them instead of letting them sit there forever!!!!
They do not exist with the current laws of this government.:nono:
True, not all of them. Like I stated before, at least murderers and other heinous crimes are locked up and not roaming the streets. Brandon, until our own government makes it a "law of the land", to execute all of those offenses in the OT, it is never going to happen. God in His infinite wisdom must have known that people in this day and age were not going to execute homo's, adulterers and the like, and I firmly believe for a good reason. He specifically says that all of these will not inherit the kingdom of God and be judged on the last day. Now what is a worse sentence, facing our judges, or facing God the Supreme Judge??
I said "over twenty years." I decided that the Bible was true when I was three.
WOW, you must have been a child reading prodigy!!! Most kids at that age have just gotten to Noah and a few other bible stories read by the Sunday school teacher or their parents. The bible didn't start coming alive for me until I was about 12, and it is still coming alive.
And I know that God's grace is efficacious for all sin.
Yes, it is, if you repent like the bible says to.
No repentance...No forgiveness. If you do not confess your sins and repent, you are no better then the lost. Actually the bible states that you are worse off.
And that those who come to Christ will never lose their salvation.
That's another topic. I don't believe in once saved always saved. A lot of the church say that they are saved, but living like the world.
But if someone commits a crime, no matter what it is, they should accept the punishment God has set forth.
Then you better hope and pray that God suddenly interjects the death sentence in the NT.
And that God is the authority on what should be a crime, and what should not. And He's also the authority on what the punishment should be.
Show me the punishment BY MAN in the NT, except where it says to obey the laws of the land?
And if the government ignores God, then people will not be punished righteously, but we, as God's children should still want God's rules to be in place.
His laws are written in the believers hearts Brandon. The homo's are without excuse because they have heard the truth. Some have even complied, and have accepted Christ. It's a fact that not all of them are going to.
My dad, a former queer, still believes that he deserves the death penalty for what he did. But, since it is not the current law of the land, he is still alive.
It sounds like your dad can't forgive himself, even though if he is saved, God did.
What would be the point in lying to the Holy Spirit? He knows my heart. And it is He who testifies with my spirit that I am saved.
Do you ever feel guilty for the things that you say...even on here? The Holy Spirit will work through a persons conscience also.
Actually, they are searching for a new senior pastor, right now. And one of the former associates knows a lot about my beliefs. But I have taken some of my beliefs to my dad's senior pastor. However, I have not brought this up with him. And I should. Of course, if I had all the necessary things to move to another state, I would move to Colorado, and start going to Denver Bible Church, where the pastor stands with me on this issue. Because I like their pastor, and have met him a couple of times.
Have you prayed about going there? Sometimes things just fall into place, and other times it might not be God's will for us. He knows the plans that He has for our lives.
And, I have told my dad's pastor, and some people from my church, about this site, and the name I post under.
WOW, where is your Christian integrity????
And, just for the record, you are the Godless one on this subject.
No, actually I take the Word of God at face value. I'm with Jesus over in the NT. If He had listed all of those
sins as having the death penalty, I would be on the band wagon with you screaming my head off. Murder is in our law of the land, so I follow the laws of the land that God said to.
God's character has never changed. Even when I went to a church that preached tolerance of sinners they told me that. Which, in my opinion, makes them hypocrites. Because they believed that God did not tolerate sin in the OT, but he did in the NT. And then said His character never changed. Even if you disagree with me that homosexuality should be a capital crime, you should at least see that they contradicted themselves.
God's character Himself hasn't changed......but then His Son came that all would repent and accept His Son. God didn't tolerate sin the OT..............but then once again, then came Jesus that all would repent and accept His Son!!! We should not tolerate sin in our own lives, and we are not to judge others as far as what they do. God will take care of that nicely on the
last day Phil 2:12 ~ Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,
work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
1] My user title is based soleley on the character in my avatar: Daredevil. If you read comic books you would know that.
2] I have no mask. I speak openly to those who know my full name, and face. And, those on here also know my name: Brandon Allen. I've admitted it before, and I will not deny it. I will not hide.
I haven't read a comic book since I was about 12. The bible is much more alive then some fictional characters....but to each his own.
3] I fear nothing, because God's perfect love has cast out my fear.
You fear nothing??? Boy, you must have come out of your flesh and aren't human, lol. I bet if someone came at you with a knife, your little heart would come out of your chest with fear :rotfl: Only God can make you fearless when the need arises. We sure can't do it on our own. There are a lot of things that I fear...black widow spiders, heights, not real comfortable with elevators either..just to name a few.
And I hate sin, so much that I abhor even the souls of the wicked, just as God does.
Yes, God does hate sin, but like this verse states...John 3:16 ~For God so
loved the world, (sinners) that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish;(ex- sinners) but have everlasting life.
Jesus was semt top save us from hell, not to save us from temporal punishments! But God still believes murderers, and child molesters [along with many others] deserve execution [in the here and now] for their crimes!
I am still waiting for the verse in the NT showing me "the here and now", and man does it?
And it seems to me that this was in reference to those who revile God. I do not revile God.
Doesn't say those that revile God anywhere. It just says that those who do these things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
He revoked the Sabbath in the NT.
He did!!!??? He must have revoked Himself then also....Col 2:16 ~ Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the
SABBATH days: Mark 2:27-28 And he said unto them, The SABBATH was made for man, and not man for the SABBATH:
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Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the SABBATH.
He revoked circumcision in the NT. But He never revoked the laws against murder, adultery, homosexuality, or many others. Did He?
He didn't revoke them. He took all of these sins upon his body, and now it's up to those who do these things to repent and accept Christ. He died for ALL who do these things. He gave the free gift of salvation, it is just waiting there to be accepted.