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26th June 2011, 09:10 AM
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One is losing "faith" in this, another is losing a "faith" in that, another is losing "faith" in everything.
Emotions are a major reason people think they are "losing faith" in some area or something.
Emotions are designed to lead you away from God's will for your life.
Are there Godly emotions?
Of course. The do not lead away from God.
The largest amount of not all the emotions felt by most though if accepted will lead one away from God not to Him.
RESULT: DOUBT AND UNBELIEF. |
26th June 2011, 10:42 AM
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Reps: 1,177,053,835,833,345,792 (power: 0) | | | Christians are supposed to know God and not just have faith in Him. If Christians truly knew God, then they would never lose faith in the Bible, for in the volume of the book it is written about Jesus Christ. Similarly, if Christians truly walked with God, then I can't imagine how they wouldn't encounter Satan or demons along the way. Such encounters ought to help them to realize the necessity and justice of hell, one of the least believed in places on this forum as far as I can tell. |
26th June 2011, 11:59 AM
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Emotions are a major reason people think they are "losing faith" in some area or something.
Emotions are designed to lead you away from God's will for your life.
Are there Godly emotions?
Of course. The do not lead away from God.
The largest amount of not all the emotions felt by most though if accepted will lead one away from God not to Him.
RESULT: DOUBT AND UNBELIEF.
hmmmmm..yet if we walk by emotions, that can cause trouble too.
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Since sin is dead apart from law, what happens if we live under law?
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Romans 7:8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead.
1 Cor 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. |
26th June 2011, 06:13 PM
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but I think most of us lack far to much (yes I lack so very much, I am in great need of help).
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The Son of God and of man was crucified in this world. And in the same way spirit is constantly being crucified in the objectified world; the objectification of spirit is in fact its crucifixion.
The understanding of Christianity, as a religion of personal salvation from perdition, is a system of transcendental egoism, or transcendental utilitarianism and eudaimonism.
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26th June 2011, 06:28 PM
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26th June 2011, 06:54 PM
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also I believe that there are good people on the forums here and should well be counted as being part of the Church.
__________________ Nikolai Berdyaev:
The Son of God and of man was crucified in this world. And in the same way spirit is constantly being crucified in the objectified world; the objectification of spirit is in fact its crucifixion.
The understanding of Christianity, as a religion of personal salvation from perdition, is a system of transcendental egoism, or transcendental utilitarianism and eudaimonism.
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26th June 2011, 08:59 PM
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Reps: 2,100,846,259,550,350,592 (power: 2,100,846,259,550,365) | | Originally Posted by Brak It could be that people are getting their "church" from logging into christianforums and not getting in the car and driving to church.
I think you're totally right, people are mistaking the internet community for a real community and failing to recognize everything that the e-community lacks: accountability, sharpening, support, etc.
It's far too easy to run away from a challenge in the e-community, whereas in real life that challenge is in your immediate environment and it's difficult to avoid.
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26th June 2011, 09:01 PM
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26th June 2011, 09:13 PM
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Reps: 216,390,250,992,884,000 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by Brak A lot of bad churches would be better than no church at all.
I disagree. Churches can be a huge reason for causing people to abandon Christianity. |
26th June 2011, 09:55 PM
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