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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
Am I Pleasing to God?!
- Thread starter Dusty Dahlin
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What you've said is bang-on. Some thoughts: too many Christians indeed liken God to their experiences with people when instead He often acts and reacts the exact opposite to humans; He doesn't get mad in the same way that people do when we don't please them. Also, by thinking that there's something we need to do to please God, we're in essence saying that Christ's sacrifice wasn't enough, yet all of our self-generated righteousness is nothing more than "filthy rags" in his eyes (Isaiah 64:6). God may not be pleased with everything we do, but that doesn't mean He doesn't love us - just like parents when a kid does something wrong. He loves us because of Christ's sacrifice, not by anything we have or haven't done!
For some reason, another passage comes to mind. This is when Paul was preaching in the synagogue in Antioch:
"Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man [Jesus] is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses." (Acts 13:38-39, NKJV, emphasis mine)
Not sure why I think this passage is pertinent to what you shared, but I'll share it anyhow!
For some reason, another passage comes to mind. This is when Paul was preaching in the synagogue in Antioch:
"Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man [Jesus] is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses." (Acts 13:38-39, NKJV, emphasis mine)
Not sure why I think this passage is pertinent to what you shared, but I'll share it anyhow!
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