Welcome Gary!

I know New Zeland has a very small Catholic population.

Interesting indeed!

Glory to God!

I think he also attends the Extraordinary Form!

Left to right, Victor Fenik, J.P. Ledermann, Jocelyn Reiter, and Anna Picasso distribute bottles of holy water to new and returning students during the involvement fair on Aug. 26, 2024, at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Members of Detroit Catholic Campus Ministry have been distributing holy water at the start of the academic year at local colleges and universities for the past three years. | Credit: Valaurian Waller/Detroit Catholic

For three years, members of Detroit Catholic Campus Ministry have kicked off the academic year at local colleges and universities by offering new students a small, simple bottle of holy water and a prayer.

The gesture attracts students to its table at local college campus involvement fairs, serving as an invitation for new students not only to join in fellowship with Catholics on campus but also to take a blessing with them wherever they live during their first year at college.

Detroit Catholic Campus Ministry serves students at Wayne State University, the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and surrounding campuses, including Henry Ford College and the College for Creative Studies.

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It's the same with Dr Shiplys (doctor of death) with his 250 victims & more, do they deserve to go to heaven although they may have not been saved ?

Time, it isn’t on our side.
Clocks are ticking. Hours go by.
Satan’s lurking ‘round the bend.
Life eternal’s without end.

See, the church is fast asleep.
Satan’s dressed like Li’l Bo Peep.
Gospel message watered down.
Many preachers act like clowns.

Pornographic Liter’ture
In the pockets of “mature.”
Scanty clothing all around.
Decency is rarely found.

Make excuses, then God blame:
Follow Him? “Now, that’s insane!”
Turn from your sin? “Surely not!”
Obey His Word? “That’s a plot!”

Follow idols? “Surely do.”
Watch what’s garbage? “So, what’s new?”
Television fries your minds;
Mystifies you; makes you blind.

Listen, then, the Word of God –
Nurtures sheep with staff and rod.
Hope, in truth is surely found.
Heaven’s home is where I’m bound.

Follow Jesus where He leads.
Listen to Him. His Word heed.
He forgives you of your sins.
Walk in freedom, cleansed within.

Forsake idols. Glad you’ll be.
Live with Him eternally.
Soon He’s coming back for you.
Live in vict’ry. Trust what’s true.

You’ll be surely Glad you did,
When, in Jesus, you’re now hid.

An Original Work / May 30, 2018

Hebrews 6:1-3 ESV


So, why is it that the apostles kept repeating these same elementary doctrines of Christ throughout the New Testament? It wasn’t so much for the unsaved, for their writings were written to the church congregations.

So, why did the church need to have these elementary truths reinforced over again?

It was partly because some of them kept wandering off from the truth, and they were returning to some or all their former ways. And or it was because they were being led astray by wolves in sheep’s clothing who had secretly slipped in among the sheep to deceive them into following a false god and a false gospel message. And, so there were many false believers in Jesus, too.

And, the same is true today. For, these false shepherds of the people are leading the sheep (or prospective sheep) to follow a false god of the flesh which grants permission for the ‘believer’ to continue living in sin while claiming heaven as his eternal destiny. For, this false god (antichrist) appeals to the appetites of the flesh and gives the people what they want.

And, this false faith of this false god reduces Jesus Christ to something he is not, as though he is weak and powerless to save us from slavery to sin, and as though all he can do is forgive us our sins so that we won’t be punished for our sin. For, they make him out like he is powerless to empower us to live in victory over sin, so he must allow us to continue in sin, which is a lie!

So, we aren’t going to be able to move away from these elementary truths of the gospel of our salvation because there are far too many wolves in sheep’s clothing within the gatherings of the church who are convincing congregants that they can live in their sins and still be saved from sin. And, so we must keep reinforcing these truths in opposition to the lies to rescue people from the darkness and to bring them into the light.

For, salvation from sin means we die with Christ to sin that we might live to Christ and to his righteousness (Rom. 6:1-23; Eph. 4:17-24; 1 Jn. 1:5-9).

Hebrews 6:4-8 ESV


“See More”

Have you ever read a blog post or an article on the internet which only revealed a small portion of the post or article, followed by something like “see more” as a link to the remainder of the article or post? The larger portion of the article is hidden until you click on “see more,” is it not?

Well, that is what these false shepherds of the people do. They hide the larger portion of the gospel message so that you only see a very condensed part of the overall message, but then they have removed the “see more” link, because they don’t want you to see the entire message. And, this part of Hebrews 6 is definitely one of those passages they like to keep hidden.

For, the promises of God they want you to know about are the ones that would appear to indicate that if you merely professed faith in Jesus Christ that you would be forgiven your sin and have eternal life with God guaranteed, regardless of how you live your life from that moment on. And, then all the blessings of God promised in Scripture to the repentant and obedient would be yours without any repentance or obedience required.

Sowing and Reaping

So, the picture we have here is of someone who has been taught the Scriptures, perhaps from birth on up to adulthood. He (or she) has had full access to the truths of God’s Holy Word. He knows all about the Holy Spirit. He knows, too, about God’s requirements of repentance and obedience as part of believing faith in Jesus Christ. He is not lacking at all in biblical knowledge. And, he has probably professed full abiding faith in Jesus Christ.

Yet, no matter how long he has known the Scriptures, and known the judgments of God, and known God’s requirements for salvation from sin and for eternal life with God, he has continued on his sinful course, holding his hand up to God as if to say “NO!” to his commands, and thus, by the act of his free will, he has shut the door to his eternal salvation.

For, he seeks after the pride of life and the lusts of the eyes and the lusts of the flesh, instead. His god is his stomach, i.e. his sensual and fleshly appetites, and he does what is evil in God’s sight, as a matter of practice. And he has continued to do so no matter how many times God has spoken to his heart and convicted him of his sin and has lovingly called him out of his sinful lifestyle into obedience to himself.

Rather than turning to the Lord to supply his needs, he seeks after self-gratification and self-indulgence to meet what he feels are his needs. So, rather than forsaking his idol, he embraces his idol regularly. He is a lazy glutton, seeking only after what brings him satisfaction without regard for God, and no matter who gets hurt in the process. For, his idol takes first place in his heart. So, the path he is on is a slippery slope, not the way of righteousness and eternal life with God, so it will end in disaster.

For, we are all going to reap what we sow. If we sow to please the flesh, from the flesh we will reap destruction (decay, death). But if we sow to please the Spirit, from the Spirit we will reap eternal life (Gal. 6:7-8; Rom. 8:1-17; 1 Jn. 1:5-9; Gal. 5:16-21; Rom. 2:6-8; Eph. 5:3-6; 1 Jn. 2:3-6).

Hebrews 6:9-12 ESV


So, what things belong to salvation? Jesus said that if we want to come after him, we must deny self and take up our cross daily and follow (obey) him. He said if we hold on to our lives (of sin and self), we will lose them for eternity. But if we lose our lives (die to sin and self), we will gain eternal life with God (Lu. 9:23-26; cf. Rom. 8:1-17; 1 Jn. 1:5-9).

And, the apostles taught us that faith in Jesus Christ means dying with Christ to our old lives of sin and being resurrected to newness of life in Christ Jesus. They taught us the truth that is in Christ Jesus that we are to forsake our former lives which are corrupt according to our deceitful desires, that we are to be renewed in the spirit of our minds, and that we are to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness (1 Pet. 2:24; 2 Co. 5:15; Rom. 6:1-23; Eph. 4:17-24; Tit. 2:11-14).

We are to no longer walk according to our flesh, but we are to walk according to the Spirit of God if we want to have eternal life with God. Daily we must die to sin and live to God (Rom. 8:1-17; 1 Jn. 1:5-9; Lu. 9:23-26).

So, as followers of Jesus, we are not to be loafers, idolaters and those who refuse God’s warnings and his gentle whispers to our hearts convicting us of sin and calling us to true repentance and to obedience to Christ. But we are to continue in Christ and in putting to death the deeds of the flesh daily, and in walking in obedience to our Lord.

And, we are to keep speaking the truth in love, too, no matter if people listen or they fail to listen, and no matter if we are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, too. For, many are lost for lack of true shepherds, and they need to be told the truth which can save their souls from hell, and which can give them true freedom from sin.

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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Select Verses from Proverbs 22:3-14


The prudent are the cautious, the wise, the sensible. They are those who are watchful and who keep an eye out for danger so that they are not caught in the devil’s trap unaware. So, when they see danger, they retreat. And in this context, the “simple” are the opposite of the prudent. So they are the unwise, foolish, senseless, reckless, and the irresponsible who go by their feelings and by the lusts of their flesh and who do not take thought to their ways to do what is right, but they follow after their fleshly instincts, instead.

They are the sluggards, the lazy, the crooked, those who sow injustice, the scoffers, the self-indulgent, the intoxicated to sin, those who lust after what is not theirs to possess, the liars, the unfaithful, the adulterers, the traitors, the users, the manipulators, and abusers. They are those who go after the forbidden and who seek not honor, dignity, righteousness, godliness, moral purity, honesty, faithfulness, and loving kindness. For they are the selfish who want what they want regardless of who gets hurt in the process.

They are also those who live in a fantasy world which they create for themselves to have what they want if only in their own minds, if they cannot get what they want live and in person. They are the sexually addicted, too, who are addicted to pornography and all kinds of sexual deviance and perversions of sex for their own self-gratification. So what they may not be able to attain in real life they attain by pretending and dreaming and fantasizing that it is real. For they are thinking only of themselves.

Now, with regard to the self-indulgent, described above, and the consequences of their sinful actions, they may not always face much in the way of consequences in this life. Many of them go on in their sins for very long periods of time because they are not being faced with serious consequences inflicted upon them, at least not enough to get them to change, or perhaps not much at all in this present life. And we have many of them within the gatherings of the church who are given permission to sin.

But, if not in this life, they who walk by the flesh and not by the Spirit will one day be judged by God and they will face the wrath of God, even if they have professed faith in Jesus Christ with their lips. They will one day suffer the consequences of their rebellious ways. One day the words of the traitor will be exposed and he will be judged by his lies. Those who profess faith in the Lord Jesus and yet live for the flesh, to please the flesh, and who continue in deliberate and habitual sin, will one day face God’s wrath.

So, we are to be those who are wise and who are discerning and who shun evil and who walk in the ways of the Lord in righteousness and in holiness and in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands. Sin must no longer be what we practice, but obedience to God should be our practice. We are to be those who are humble before our Lord and who walk in the fear of the Lord, believing his words to be true, and who honor God with our lives. For we are to be the pure of heart who guard our souls against all evil.

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10; 1 Pet 2:24; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2]

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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Under Trump all minorities had the lowest unemployment. The revisionists media and Democrats want everyone to forget the economy and jobs under Trump.

I saw AG Harland [I think the last name] a border DOJ? being questioned by congress and showing statistical facts to him and asking why so many criminals are being released into the US and he said we don't have enough detention cells.
Cruz said, this means stay in Mexico works, not letting them run free in the US.

newton3005 said:

The road is long, and so is the future. Its actual length can vary from a second, to a multi-millennium, and to when God says ‘Last call,’ depending on who and what you are; be it a living being or earth’s ability to sustain life in general.

The future belongs to God. It may seem that we can control what will happen by the plans we make. If someone says, “I will go to the beach tomorrow,” and tomorrow they’re at the beach, one might say that person controlled the future. But the same person’s plans could be altered by an unforeseen event that prevents going to the beach as planned. The same person cannot prevent such things from happening that would interfere with the plans made. In that respect, only God has a handle on what happens next. People, like doctors, those in the military, those with families to look after, and those awaiting a verdict, to name a few, are aware of this. “It’s in God’s hands” is an ongoing refrain. James 4:13-15 says, “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.’”

As far as the future goes, we can only have faith that things will turn out good for us and our loved ones. But for those of us who love God, faith in Him is all the faith we need. And it should not be underestimated, since, as Jesus says in Matthew 17:20, if you have faith even as little as a grain of mustard seed you can move mountains. But as faith exists on a prism, on one end are its seeds; at the other end are seeds of doubt that can hamper our faith to the extent they are in us. At one end were Jesus’ first disciples; at the other end was Doubting Thomas who, after being told by the disciples after the Resurrection that Jesus was among them in John 20:25 when Thomas was away, responded in the same Verse that he had to see him to believe it.

As far as the future goes, faith stands as a confirmation of God’s control of the future. Whatever plans He makes are plans that are realized. There is a limit to our understanding of God’s Thoughts and His Ways, as Isaiah 55:8 tells us. His Ways are mysterious to us, but if we love Him, our faith in him is all we need.

And what of His Plans? God has Plans for everyone, before we enter our mother’s womb. He mase it clear He knew everyone before we entered our mother’s womb, when He spoke to Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:5. If God knows Jeremiah, He knows us all. If God has plans for Jeremiah in Jeremiah 29:11 for a future and a hope, he has similar plans for all of us. Those plans bear fruit when we love Him, as it says in Romans 8:28.

There is nothing wrong with planning for the future. But we should be mindful that the future is in God’s Hands, and our faith and love in Him can make that future agreeable to us.

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I like this one. There are a few more verses that are relevant to your post, and discuss how we should not fear the future, as God is in control.

Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV): "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Isaiah 41:10 (ESV): "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

Matthew 6:25-34 (ESV): "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

NikkiMD said:

Found out I am going to be a first time grandmother today. My oldest son and his wife planned to have a kid and this will be their first child together. His wife has a 6 year old son from a previous relationship that my oldest son is a great step father to. I am excited and they told me today, found out on Wednesday.

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Congrats. It will also make you realize how much time has passed.

JohnB445 said:

If you read the book of Revelation, from what I am understanding

If anybody tries to make their own version of a Bible, change the words of scripture or remove some of it. That seems to be the unforgivable sin or is it not?

Cult leaders have done this, what if they knew what they were doing? Have they did the unforgivable sin if they have deceived many for money or power?

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Hey John.

The unforgivable sin is unbelief, pure and simple. And the kicker here is, we are all guilty of it since, by default, we all come into the world unbelievers, and remain unbelievers until we choose to believe.

In John 16:8-9, Jesus, who will have already died for the forgiveness of sins by the time the holy spirit comes, makes it clear that the only sin the spirit will convict anyone of, is the sin of unbelief. Unbelief is the only sin not forgiven at the cross, Matt 12:31. It is this sin we are asked to repent of for salvation. We are to turn from our unbelief and believe, since all other sins and blasphemes of man will have 'already' been forgiven. God tearing the temple curtain in two, at the moment of Christ's death, was a visual representation of this fact.

If you read Matt 12:31 believing that the forgiveness of your sins is only received at the moment of salvation, then there are only two possible conclusions we can make from what Jesus said. The first is that none of us are saved since Jesus tells us that our unbelief will not be forgiven, or Jesus lied and our unbelief was forgiven along with the rest of our sins. Since neither one is true, we are left to conclude that all sin was forgiven at the cross except the sin of unbelief, which is left up to us to repent of. Hence why we call it the unforgivable sin.

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This is a followup to my above response. It's something I realized after giving this some more thought. I hope it will shed some more light on your understanding of the unforgivable sin.

When most people hear the term 'unforgivable', or 'unpardonable' sin, they naturally assume that there is some sin so horrific and terrible that not even Jesus can for give it. It is this assumption that leads people to start throwing out their ideas of what this sin must be.

If we were to take a step back and look at who Jesus is, we realize that he was there in the beginning and is the creator of all things. With that in mind, what sin could one of his creations perform that he couldn't, or wouldn't be willing to forgive? Lets take it a step further.

If you could imagine the most horrific sin imaginable and you compared that sin to your entire lifespan of sins, collectively, which would be worse? You have a very powerful imagination you say? Okay, I'll give you that. It's a little scary, but I'll give you that. How about this, take every sin of the entire world, wait! Lets take every sin from Adam too the very last person to exist, since these are the sins Jesus died for. Lets compare your imaginatively worst sin to the whole of the human race collectively. I'm confident that you and I would both agree that your sin wouldn't even qualify as a drop in the bucket. Do you see where I'm going with this?

There is no sin that Jesus can't forgive. The reason why 'unbelief' is termed an unforgivable sin is because it would be a violation of our free will if Jesus outright went and forgave it. Our unbelief is a position we have chosen to remain in of our own freewill. A persons choice to remain in unbelief is them simply saying they don't want anything to do with God. They are happy with who they are without him. Our freewill was given to us by God. He has given us the freedom to deny him and to remain in denial of him should we choose so. For Jesus to forgive this position that someone has chosen to remain in would be in essence Jesus saying, "Nah, even though you don't want to spend eternity with me, I don't care. You will spend eternity with me anyways." I believe we would call that an abuse of power. Not something Jesus was ever know to do.

So in summation, the unforgivable sin isn't a sin that Jesus is unable or unwilling to forgive. It is unforgivable because it would be in violation of our freewill. We must make the choice.

Dale said:

Your first mistake was listening to Tucker Carlson.

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The thing is, I don’t. I’m posting an article for discussion for those who do.

BPPLEE said:

You're just not seeing the stories of rape and murder on mainstream media. It's happening and it will get worse.
It may be true that the majority are law abiding people who just want to work but there are others who are gang members, criminals, human traffickers, etc

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As in any group. And I'm glad that you agree that 'the majority are law abiding people'.

Bro.T said:

From Genesis to Revelation the Bible as and Instruction manual, studying from the prophets an apostles. The Bible instructs us on how to get eternal life, not to brush our teeth, or ride a motorcycle, etc. The bible says, we must not only be a hearer of the word, but a doer of the word also (James 1:21-22). Even a child will obey a parent, by getting good grades in school, for the reward of a new bicycle. The child cannot earn money for the bicycle, but instead must act upon their faith to receive the free gift. We must do the same to receive eternal life. "FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD” (James 2:20).

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Is everything in the Bible instruction, is it a command?
Is everything that is a command, to me?

If the answer to these questions is no, then the Bible is not an instruction manual. It is God's word, which contains instruction, among other things.

-CryptoLutheran

dlamberth said:

I've learned a lot from this discussion.
I Thank You so very much.

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Um ... you're welcome?

Thanks for the reply. I Agree with your view on Luther. Without a doubt he and his writings were so instrumental in my joining the LCMS

MassimoTheChristian said:

Why does God even need human emotions ?

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We have human emotions because God is a person and have emotions the same like us, that is part of the reason why it says we were created in his image.

So following the war in Burma or Myanmar in a youtube documentary, to give some background info first, the military polictical party (the Junta) lost the election by large margin, the Junta couped the election, did want to accept their election loss, the genZ in Myanmar are against that the military couped the election, so they decided to fight back in a war, they joined a rebel group soldier army, the war is still going on, it has already 3 years. A few genz said why they joined to fight back in the war, it is for freedom democracy, even if they lost genZ comrades in the war and give up life of comfort, one genZ soldier rebel said, he lost his hand in the war, and the journalist asked him if he regretted his choice to fight , he said "no ! sometimes you have to make choice and stick to your choice". That kinda inspired me, we have chosen to follow Christ, so we should stick to our choice, no matter how hard life gets, I know it is sometimes easier said than done, but somehow we got to stick to our choice, sticking to our choice means even if life gets tough we dont think bad things about God and blame God and get grumpy against God or something. Thing is, we know there will be a heaven afte this life, in the end we will win.

I am trying to find that part of the interview, don't know exactly where the interview is, there are a view interviews in youtube.
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I'm getting back into trying to learn to draw and sketch. I'm still terrible, but I'm trying, and it's fun and relaxing way of some self improvement.

God is a just God and for all people and He would not put obstacles for people being saved to judge people for following Jesus who is the truth when a person has never been proven He is not the truth. The fact He never proved it is false proves other religions such as judaism is wrong to teach God would judge them but then would be unjust as He never proved by any for them to know for sure and the bible says any can be saved in the old testament also so if it needed study to see the truth that not everyone would have heard their preaching it would not be just to judge and I know their arguments to say God promised a third temple and a priesthood yet bible also had prophecies about christ as redeemer.

For there is not proof prophesies they say about temple and priesthood were not referring to second temple and would and also it is not proof as that could be fulfilled when christ comes back or before for those who are redeemed that the temple is just memorial as God always intended burned sacrifices but never required that can be for some to be born when He comes back to help prepare them to receive christ sacrifice when they see christ required blood to forgive sin or to allow temple to show that God presence would not come as they suppose and the sacrifce may not be received by fire or one can not know for sure it is not a false sign not having further proof God presence is there to prove to them for sure and all nations.

Jesse Dornfeld said:

Well, that was a lot easier than I was anticipating. Thanks! I was honestly expecting some pushback in some way.

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I could always repent and give you a hard time.

(Just kidding! )