At The Cross Roads

[JF5000]

JF5000,

Whatever you decide to do make sure that you make the Bible the rule of faith.

Best of luck,
Chris

Thanks Chris. I have no choice but to make the Bible my guide through life. It is all to plain for me that it is the written word of God.

 

[sentipente]

Thanks Chris. I have no choice but to make the Bible my guide through life. It is all to plain for me that it is the written word of God.

What is it that makes it that plain?

 

[JF5000]

Hi, and welcome!!

Firstly, I'm sorry you have to come in here at a time when there is so much confusion and tension in this forum. Hopefully it all straightens out soon.

Secondly, then I'd say you are very much "traditional", as we call it here.

That dream is very interesting. It's so amazing when God can speak to us sometimes, and we can see Him much clearer..Even if it's through such grim circumstances.

Before I became a Christian, or even picked up a Bible..I had a dream of the Second Coming. At the time, however, I had no clue what it was. That was 3 years ago and I still remember it fairly clearly. I've never had a dream so real, to the point I got actual physical pain from it.

The amazing part is that my friend had a near heart attack when I discribed it, and he said it matched the second coming so perfectly. Yet I'd never read of it, nor did I know what it would be like (apart from movies, I guess). So it could not have come from my mind.

In the dream, I was one of the ones who were destroyed. And oh the pain and fear and sorrow. I don't believe I actually saw Jesus, but more knew what was happening in a strange way. I woke up as I died. To this day, I have no clue why I dreamt it..other than God trying to show me the reality of what I was facing before picking up my Bible.

My sympathies go out to you, though, because what you went through must have been really hard.

Blessings and Love,
Sarah

Thank you Sarah, you are as kind as you are wise. May the Lord Bless You Continually!

 

[mva1985]

What is it that makes it that plain?

Romans 1:20 always helped me.

 

[JF5000]

Hi JF5000,

Your statement about "being at the crossroads" is one that every SDA should be looking in the mirror asking themselves which one of the crossroads they are going to take. That may sound like a strange thing to say but if you will forgive me for taking a few moments of your time I'll try to explain.

Let me start by saying that the dream you had, followed by the experience with the poor man that you tried to help at work, I personally would take as a gift from God. He certainly got your attention. You certainly haven't forgotten the whole experience. And whether you feel it or not, I think God, through the unction of the Holy Spirit, caused you to choose to come here and post today.

You are not the only one who is at a crossroads. Oh, I know the answers you have been given here have helped make it pretty clear for you as to where you stand. However this is just the kind of discord that we are told will take place in these end times. There will be many, both SDA and non-SDA who will stand at these same crosroads in the not too distant future. The only way anyone can make a right choice as to which road they will take is to use the only road map we have for the road of salvation, God's own Word the Bible. I say this because each of us needs to be able to defend our faith from the Bible alone. Am I a traditional SDA? I guess you would have to say that I am if holding the 28 Fundamental Beliefs is what is required. But I would hope that others can see Christ first and then ask me, By the way what church do you attend?

May God put His loving arms around you, the Holy angels protect you, and the Holy Spirit guide and comfort you as we travel salvations highway to our heavenly home.

Respectfully, your friend and brother in Christ,
Doc

Thanks Doc. You are right, I firmly believe that if people see Christ in you first, then obviously everything else in you life is in order.

 

[mva1985]

Thanks Chris. I have no choice but to make the Bible my guide through life. It is all to plain for me that it is the written word of God.

I don't care what anyone says. As long as you are teachable by the Holy Spirit (the Bible does say that the Spirit will lead you into all truth) you're on the right track.

 

[sentipente]

Romans 1:20 always helped me.

What did it help you to do?

[bible]Romans 1:20[/bible]

 

[mva1985]

What did it help you to do?

[bible]Romans 1:20[/bible]

Observing nature and realizing that there is no way that all this was formed from evolution, and it just points me back to the Bible.

Nature has an awesome way of doing that.

 

[sentipente]

Observing nature and realizing that there is no way that all this was formed from evolution, and it just points me back to the Bible.

Nature has an awesome way of doing that.

OK. The Bible is a part of nature, though. Nature points you to its Creator, according to that text.

 

[sentipente]

Observing nature and realizing that there is no way that all this was formed from evolution.

Can't we just get over it already? Evolution is a fact of life. Evolution should not be confused with abiogenesis. One has been observed the other has not.

 

[djconklin]

Thanks Chris. I have no choice but to make the Bible my guide through life. It is all to plain for me that it is the written word of God.

That's exactly what EGW said and taught!

 

[djconklin]

Observing nature and realizing that there is no way that all this was formed from evolution

Evolution, strictly speaking, can only tell you how things change once you have life--it cannot tell you how life came to be in the first place.

 

[OntheDL]

Evolution, strictly speaking, can only tell you how things change once you have life--it cannot tell you how life came to be in the first place.

If evolution is guarded by the principle of 'survival of the fittest', then how does it explain the variety of species today evolved from the (limited) variety of the primative (single cell) life forms?

I used to be an atheist/evolutionist. It definitely takes more faith.

 

[djconklin]

If evolution is guarded by the principle of 'survival of the fittest', then how does it explain the variety of species today evolved from the (limited) variety of the primative (single cell) life forms?

That is precisely where it errs. It tries to start too low. But, once you have cats, dogs and birds then in diffrent ecological niches they can adapt and survive and in virtually no time you have a new "species."

I used to be an atheist/evolutionist. It definitely takes more faith.

Right!