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Jesus is our lord and savior
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Thank you.
Being a "good Christian" according to Franklin, means that someone who acts contrary to god's will will feel remorse over such actions. Yet Franklin openly posts, almost boastfully about his wearing of little girl clothing, and about his bisexuality, which his wife accepts.
Being a "good Christian", one would hope that Franklin would feel remorse for these actions... and yet his posts suggest that he does not. Does this make Franklin a bad Christian? He has established a pattern of behaviour that, by no post on this board, have we established he is trying to change, or about which, through no post on this forum, we have witnessed remorse.
Bad Christian. Bad! Bad Christian!
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I'm sorry- did you just liken yourself to God?
I mean, someone mocked YOU, and you quoted THAT?
Hollly hell.
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He's as good as God is, just ask him.
Yeah, even though I'm reading that dripping sarcasm, I can't even go along with that statement... lol.. it makes me bristle.
He's a delusional douche.
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Actually, you left out hypocrital and creepy. Those are important.
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No no- earlier in the thread, I commented that he has creepy twisted priest vibe.
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Ah, well, there ya go.
He IS fun to make fun of, though. I'm guessing it's true that everyone has a purpose.
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Ah, well, there ya go.
He IS fun to make fun of, though. I'm guessing it's true that everyone has a purpose.
*snicker* Indeed.
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to the atheist
Plain and simple -- top atheist, Anthony Flew, has changed his mind about God. He said that Albert Einstein was right when he felt that there must be intelligence behind the integrated complexities in the natural world. In simple English, that means that Einstein said that dead things like rocks, metal, plastic, light, and air are made up of such complicated systems that depend on each other to exist, that there must be some intelligent being that put them together. "Mr. E=MC2" said that.
Anthony Flew said that with the huge discoveries in biological science since Einstein's day, its even more obvious there must be a God. Flew said, "If that is a sound argument, the integrated complexity of the organic world is just inordinately greater -- all the creatures are complicated pieces of design. So an argument that is important about the physical world is immeasurably stronger when applied to the biological world." In simple words, he was saying that if non-living things like rocks proved that God exists, then living things (like human beings and animals) with their much more complex and interdependent systems, make it a no-brainer that there must be an Intelligent Designer. "Mr. Ex-Top Atheist" said that!
Einstein and Flew's point is very simple. Think of it like this. You're in high school. Your science teacher tells you that for your final exam you can choose to either build a rock or a human being. Which would you choose? Of course, the rock would be much easier because a human being is much more complicated. If Einstein says that rocks are made of stuff so complicated that it proves there must be a God, then human beings make it even more obvious because they are much more complicated than rocks!
Try it yourself. Build a baby from scratch (no cheating with pre-manufactured humans). Baby building is very complex. You need an ovary, an egg, fallopian tubes, a uterus, a hormone called estrogen, an umbilical cord, a placenta, and countless other womanly things that all work hand in hand to make a baby. Not only that, you'll also need the necessary information-packed sperm, and tubes to transport them to the egg. Each of these very delicate systems must work in perfect harmony to make a baby. And if it doesn't happen successfully over and over again, the human race will disappear.
Could you build each one of these complex systems, time them to work together in perfect sync, and produce a brand new human in 9 months that will grow, think, walk, talk, sing, do the electric slide, play basketball, AND...be able to reproduce more humans with these same capabilities and complex systems? Could you do that?
Now think what the atheist is saying. He says that all this happened without a Creator. There was no "mind" behind creation. So imagine if I sucked the brain out of your head and then told you to build what we have just talked about. Could you do that? It's obvious why the thinking atheist has to admit there must be a God.
So the next time you're speaking with a skeptic, remember this little equation: Einstein + Sex = God. And use it the next time someone asks you for proof for a Creator.
But don't stop there! Learn how to use the Ten Commandments to speak to the conscience and lead them to the Savior. That's when the cross, Heaven, and Hell will make sense. When that happens, get ready to watch atheists backslide and anti-Christians kneel at the cross in humble, repentant, faith.
Plain and simple -- top atheist, Anthony Flew, has changed his mind about God. He said that Albert Einstein was right when he felt that there must be intelligence behind the integrated complexities in the natural world. In simple English, that means that Einstein said that dead things like rocks, metal, plastic, light, and air are made up of such complicated systems that depend on each other to exist, that there must be some intelligent being that put them together. "Mr. E=MC2" said that.
Anthony Flew said that with the huge discoveries in biological science since Einstein's day, its even more obvious there must be a God. Flew said, "If that is a sound argument, the integrated complexity of the organic world is just inordinately greater -- all the creatures are complicated pieces of design. So an argument that is important about the physical world is immeasurably stronger when applied to the biological world." In simple words, he was saying that if non-living things like rocks proved that God exists, then living things (like human beings and animals) with their much more complex and interdependent systems, make it a no-brainer that there must be an Intelligent Designer. "Mr. Ex-Top Atheist" said that!
Einstein and Flew's point is very simple. Think of it like this. You're in high school. Your science teacher tells you that for your final exam you can choose to either build a rock or a human being. Which would you choose? Of course, the rock would be much easier because a human being is much more complicated. If Einstein says that rocks are made of stuff so complicated that it proves there must be a God, then human beings make it even more obvious because they are much more complicated than rocks!
Try it yourself. Build a baby from scratch (no cheating with pre-manufactured humans). Baby building is very complex. You need an ovary, an egg, fallopian tubes, a uterus, a hormone called estrogen, an umbilical cord, a placenta, and countless other womanly things that all work hand in hand to make a baby. Not only that, you'll also need the necessary information-packed sperm, and tubes to transport them to the egg. Each of these very delicate systems must work in perfect harmony to make a baby. And if it doesn't happen successfully over and over again, the human race will disappear.
Could you build each one of these complex systems, time them to work together in perfect sync, and produce a brand new human in 9 months that will grow, think, walk, talk, sing, do the electric slide, play basketball, AND...be able to reproduce more humans with these same capabilities and complex systems? Could you do that?
Now think what the atheist is saying. He says that all this happened without a Creator. There was no "mind" behind creation. So imagine if I sucked the brain out of your head and then told you to build what we have just talked about. Could you do that? It's obvious why the thinking atheist has to admit there must be a God.
So the next time you're speaking with a skeptic, remember this little equation: Einstein + Sex = God. And use it the next time someone asks you for proof for a Creator.
But don't stop there! Learn how to use the Ten Commandments to speak to the conscience and lead them to the Savior. That's when the cross, Heaven, and Hell will make sense. When that happens, get ready to watch atheists backslide and anti-Christians kneel at the cross in humble, repentant, faith.
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When a young man once looked at me and said, "I find it hard to believe some of the things in the Bible," I smiled and asked, "What's your name?" When he said, "Paul," I casually answered, "I don't believe you." He looked at me questioningly. I repeated, "What's your name?" Again he said, "Paul," and again I answered, "I don't believe you." Then I asked, "Where do you live?" When he told me, I said, "I don't believe that either." You should have seen his reaction. He was angry. I said, "You look a little upset. Do you know why? You're upset because I didn't believe what you told me. If you tell me that your name is Paul, and I say, 'I don't believe you,' it means that I think you are a liar. You are trying to deceive me by telling me your name is Paul, when it's not." Then I told him that if he, a mere man, felt insulted by my lack of faith in his word, how much more does he insult Almighty God by refusing to believe His Word. In doing so, he was saying that God isn't worth trusting -- that He is a liar and a deceiver. The Bible says, "He who does not believe God has made Him a liar," (1 John 5:10). It also says, "Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief. . ." (Hebrews 3:12). Martin Luther said, "What greater insult . . . can there be to God, than not to believe His promises."
I have heard people say, "But I just find it hard to have faith in God," not realizing the implications of their words. These are the same people who often believe the weather forecast, believe the newspapers, and trust their lives to a pilot they have never seen whenever they fly in a plane. We exercise faith every day. We trust our car's brakes. We trust our history books, our medical books, and we trust elevators. Yet elevators can let us down. History books can be wrong. Planes can crash. How much more then should we trust the sure and true promises of Almighty God. He will never let us down . . . if we trust Him.
I have often heard cynics say, "The Bible is full of mistakes." It is. The first mistake was when man rejected God, and the Scriptures show men and women making the same tragic mistake again and again. It's also full of what seem to be contradictions. For example, the Scriptures tell us "with God, nothing shall be impossible" (Luke 1:37). We are told that there is nothing Almighty God can't do. Yet we are also told that it is "impossible for God to lie" (Hebrews 6:18). So there is something God cannot do! There's an obvious "mistake" in the Bible. The answer to this dilemma is to be found in the lowly worm.
Do you know that it would be impossible for me to eat worms, although I have seen it done. I once saw a man on TV butter his toast, then pour on a can of live, fat, wriggling, blood-filled worms. He carefully took a knife and fork, cut into his moving meal, and ate it. It made me feel sick. It was disgusting. The thought of chewing cold, live worms is so repulsive, so distasteful, I can candidly say it would be impossible for me to eat them, even though I have seen it done. It is so abhorrent, I draw on the strength of the word "impossible" to substantiate my claim.
Lying, deception, bearing false witness, etc., is so repulsive to God, so disgusting to Him, so against His holy character, that the Scriptures draw on the strength of the word "impossible" to substantiate the claim. He cannot, could not, and would not lie.
That means that in a world where we are continually let down, we can totally rely on, trust in, and count on His promises. They are sure, certain, indisputable, true, trustworthy, reliable, faithful, unfailing, dependable, steadfast, and an anchor for the soul. In other words, you can truly believe them, and because of that, you can throw yourself blindfolded and without reserve, into His mighty hands. He will never, ever, let you down. Do you believe that?
I have heard people say, "But I just find it hard to have faith in God," not realizing the implications of their words. These are the same people who often believe the weather forecast, believe the newspapers, and trust their lives to a pilot they have never seen whenever they fly in a plane. We exercise faith every day. We trust our car's brakes. We trust our history books, our medical books, and we trust elevators. Yet elevators can let us down. History books can be wrong. Planes can crash. How much more then should we trust the sure and true promises of Almighty God. He will never let us down . . . if we trust Him.
I have often heard cynics say, "The Bible is full of mistakes." It is. The first mistake was when man rejected God, and the Scriptures show men and women making the same tragic mistake again and again. It's also full of what seem to be contradictions. For example, the Scriptures tell us "with God, nothing shall be impossible" (Luke 1:37). We are told that there is nothing Almighty God can't do. Yet we are also told that it is "impossible for God to lie" (Hebrews 6:18). So there is something God cannot do! There's an obvious "mistake" in the Bible. The answer to this dilemma is to be found in the lowly worm.
Do you know that it would be impossible for me to eat worms, although I have seen it done. I once saw a man on TV butter his toast, then pour on a can of live, fat, wriggling, blood-filled worms. He carefully took a knife and fork, cut into his moving meal, and ate it. It made me feel sick. It was disgusting. The thought of chewing cold, live worms is so repulsive, so distasteful, I can candidly say it would be impossible for me to eat them, even though I have seen it done. It is so abhorrent, I draw on the strength of the word "impossible" to substantiate my claim.
Lying, deception, bearing false witness, etc., is so repulsive to God, so disgusting to Him, so against His holy character, that the Scriptures draw on the strength of the word "impossible" to substantiate the claim. He cannot, could not, and would not lie.
That means that in a world where we are continually let down, we can totally rely on, trust in, and count on His promises. They are sure, certain, indisputable, true, trustworthy, reliable, faithful, unfailing, dependable, steadfast, and an anchor for the soul. In other words, you can truly believe them, and because of that, you can throw yourself blindfolded and without reserve, into His mighty hands. He will never, ever, let you down. Do you believe that?
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Franklin78: You keep talking about the popularity of this thread, as though the number of views means people are agreeing with and are interested in your message. Of course, people might be looking at this thread just to watch a freak show. *nod*
There's one way to be certain: make a poll. Ask whether or not people enjoy your "lord and savior" thread (Yes/No). Unless you're blowing smoke, and you already know what the (unfavorable) results will be.
There's one way to be certain: make a poll. Ask whether or not people enjoy your "lord and savior" thread (Yes/No). Unless you're blowing smoke, and you already know what the (unfavorable) results will be.
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thank you friends 3,645 views and still going strong glory be to god, i have had 18 emails of interest in the word of god with 2 expressing the interest in attending a todd bentley revival. i will post tour dates in a few just wanted to post a few encouraging post first and wish everyone a good morning. frank
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Got him.
I'm still waiting for the goddamn poll.
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I was recently on an airplane sitting next to a lawyer who specialized in "toxic tort" cases. That means he sues large chemical corporations who've hurt everyday people by neglecting to take proper safety precautions, often winning settlements of millions of dollars for his clients. He was a very sharp-minded and eloquent orator who also happened to be a Christian.
We got to talking about sharing the gospel and he mentioned how he had recently taught his Sunday school class a very important lesson. He told them, "When I'm speaking to the lost, I must remember that I am not selling them a 'fire insurance' policy, but a 'new life' policy." He made a good point. As Christians, we know there is new life in Christ, if a person genuinely repents and trusts in the Savior. But I immediately remembered the Scripture that instructs us to "save with fear, pulling them out of the fire" (Jude 23) and the words of Jesus -- "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matthew 10:28). So which is it? Do we tell sinners to "flee from the wrath to come" or to "come to Christ for a new and improved life"?
Several days earlier, I asked a friend what he thought would happen to him when he died. He believed he was going to heaven. He smoked, he cursed, and he partied, but said that between him and his identical twin brother, he was the "good twin." I liked his sense of humor. His life was going great -- he had a successful career, a healthy family, and lots of toys. He was funny, popular, and very comfortable in his own skin. Everybody liked him and he liked himself. Life was good.
I knew that if I simply offered this guy a "new life" policy, he likely would have turned it down -- because he was already living the good life. Instead, I did what Jesus did and stirred his curiosity about how God would deal with his sin on Judgment Day. I told him that "friends don't let friends go to hell." I then walked him through the Ten Commandments to help him see how he had sinned against God and desperately needed His forgiveness. When I sensed that he was feeling conviction, I shared the good news that Jesus came to save him from sin and its consequences. He could then see the incredible love God had shown him in sending Jesus to die for him on the cross.
The simple realization that he has been saved from eternal hell, coupled with a humble, repentant faith, changes a man. When sinners understand that their sin is "exceedingly sinful" and that they deserve eternal damnation for sinning against the Almighty, then and only then are they ready to comprehend grace. Only when they see their danger will they want to be saved.
"New life," biblically speaking, is eternal life in Christ, not a flowery promise of life improvement here on earth. The gospel is glorious. It directs our gaze off of us and onto God, who humbled Himself, demonstrated His great love by suffering a cruel death on a cross to save us, adopts into His family those who believe, and transforms us. This is the beautiful gospel that brings life to the dead and changes us from the heart.
So if we want to bring this kind of "new life" to those we love, we must do it biblically or risk losing them forever. If we genuinely care about others, we must strive to follow in the footsteps of Jesus and preach the one and only, true gospel. Not "fire insurance" and not a "new life" policy, but the old, old, gospel and nothing else.
We got to talking about sharing the gospel and he mentioned how he had recently taught his Sunday school class a very important lesson. He told them, "When I'm speaking to the lost, I must remember that I am not selling them a 'fire insurance' policy, but a 'new life' policy." He made a good point. As Christians, we know there is new life in Christ, if a person genuinely repents and trusts in the Savior. But I immediately remembered the Scripture that instructs us to "save with fear, pulling them out of the fire" (Jude 23) and the words of Jesus -- "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matthew 10:28). So which is it? Do we tell sinners to "flee from the wrath to come" or to "come to Christ for a new and improved life"?
Several days earlier, I asked a friend what he thought would happen to him when he died. He believed he was going to heaven. He smoked, he cursed, and he partied, but said that between him and his identical twin brother, he was the "good twin." I liked his sense of humor. His life was going great -- he had a successful career, a healthy family, and lots of toys. He was funny, popular, and very comfortable in his own skin. Everybody liked him and he liked himself. Life was good.
I knew that if I simply offered this guy a "new life" policy, he likely would have turned it down -- because he was already living the good life. Instead, I did what Jesus did and stirred his curiosity about how God would deal with his sin on Judgment Day. I told him that "friends don't let friends go to hell." I then walked him through the Ten Commandments to help him see how he had sinned against God and desperately needed His forgiveness. When I sensed that he was feeling conviction, I shared the good news that Jesus came to save him from sin and its consequences. He could then see the incredible love God had shown him in sending Jesus to die for him on the cross.
The simple realization that he has been saved from eternal hell, coupled with a humble, repentant faith, changes a man. When sinners understand that their sin is "exceedingly sinful" and that they deserve eternal damnation for sinning against the Almighty, then and only then are they ready to comprehend grace. Only when they see their danger will they want to be saved.
"New life," biblically speaking, is eternal life in Christ, not a flowery promise of life improvement here on earth. The gospel is glorious. It directs our gaze off of us and onto God, who humbled Himself, demonstrated His great love by suffering a cruel death on a cross to save us, adopts into His family those who believe, and transforms us. This is the beautiful gospel that brings life to the dead and changes us from the heart.
So if we want to bring this kind of "new life" to those we love, we must do it biblically or risk losing them forever. If we genuinely care about others, we must strive to follow in the footsteps of Jesus and preach the one and only, true gospel. Not "fire insurance" and not a "new life" policy, but the old, old, gospel and nothing else.
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I wonder who this story actually happened to.....
RoryN
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There won't be one. He doesn't have the guts or integrity to post it.
He knows he's lying when he brags about the views.
Franklin78
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todd bentley revivals
you can also watch the revivals on godtv channel
2008 - Todd's Itinerary
May 26/08-Aug 23/08 FFM - Florida Revival Outpouring
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Roy Fields, Lakeland
FL, US
Jul 30/08-Aug 02/08 FFM - Greater Glory Gathering 3
Speakers: Todd Bentley, Ryan Wyatt, Jerame Nelson, Joshua Mills, Dr. Lance Wallnau,
Worship by: Bert Petkau, Rick Pino, Abbotsford
BC, CA
Aug 08/08-Aug 08/08 One Night Revival Impartation with Todd Bentley
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Local Worship Band(s), Fort Mill
SC, US
Aug 14/08-Aug 14/08 One Night Only Revival Impartation with Todd Bentley
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Local Worship Band(s), Louisville
KY, US
Aug 16/08-Aug 16/08 One Night Only Revival Impartation with Todd Bentley
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Spokane
WA, US
Aug 25/08-Sep 08/08 Sudan & Uganda
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Local Worship Band(s), Entebbe, Kampala, Juba, Gulu
, UG
Sep 17/08-Sep 20/08 FFM - Miracle, Signs and Wonders Conference and Crusade
Speakers: Todd Bentley, David Hogan,
Worship by: Brian & Jenn Johnson, Abbotsford
BC, CA
Sep 25/08-Sep 25/08 Signs & Wonders Conference - TACF
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Local Worship Band(s), Toronto
ON, CA
Sep 26/08-Sep 27/08 Abiding Glory Conference
Speakers: Todd Bentley, John Paul Jackson, Ryan Wyatt,
Worship by: Rick Pino, Knoxville
TN, US
Nov 21/08-Nov 30/08 GOD TV Fresh Fire Israel Tour
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Roy Fields, Tel Aviv
, IL
you can also watch the revivals on godtv channel
2008 - Todd's Itinerary
May 26/08-Aug 23/08 FFM - Florida Revival Outpouring
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Roy Fields, Lakeland
FL, US
Jul 30/08-Aug 02/08 FFM - Greater Glory Gathering 3
Speakers: Todd Bentley, Ryan Wyatt, Jerame Nelson, Joshua Mills, Dr. Lance Wallnau,
Worship by: Bert Petkau, Rick Pino, Abbotsford
BC, CA
Aug 08/08-Aug 08/08 One Night Revival Impartation with Todd Bentley
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Local Worship Band(s), Fort Mill
SC, US
Aug 14/08-Aug 14/08 One Night Only Revival Impartation with Todd Bentley
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Local Worship Band(s), Louisville
KY, US
Aug 16/08-Aug 16/08 One Night Only Revival Impartation with Todd Bentley
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Spokane
WA, US
Aug 25/08-Sep 08/08 Sudan & Uganda
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Local Worship Band(s), Entebbe, Kampala, Juba, Gulu
, UG
Sep 17/08-Sep 20/08 FFM - Miracle, Signs and Wonders Conference and Crusade
Speakers: Todd Bentley, David Hogan,
Worship by: Brian & Jenn Johnson, Abbotsford
BC, CA
Sep 25/08-Sep 25/08 Signs & Wonders Conference - TACF
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Local Worship Band(s), Toronto
ON, CA
Sep 26/08-Sep 27/08 Abiding Glory Conference
Speakers: Todd Bentley, John Paul Jackson, Ryan Wyatt,
Worship by: Rick Pino, Knoxville
TN, US
Nov 21/08-Nov 30/08 GOD TV Fresh Fire Israel Tour
Speakers: Todd Bentley,
Worship by: Roy Fields, Tel Aviv
, IL
YourMomsAlt
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I think he might be on his period, actually.
krazedkaoz
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Nope. No drugs or STD's(no sex life)
Franklin78
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“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6
Proverbs 22:6
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“The wrath to come.” - Matthew 3:7
It is pleasant to pass over a country after a storm has spent itself; to smell the freshness of the herbs after the rain has passed away, and to note the drops while they glisten like purest diamonds in the sunlight. That is the position of a Christian. He is going through a land where the storm has spent itself upon his Saviour’s head, and if there be a few drops of sorrow falling, they distil from clouds of mercy, and Jesus cheers him by the assurance that they are not for his destruction. But how terrible is it to witness the approach of a tempest: to note the forewarnings of the storm; to mark the birds of heaven as they droop their wings; to see the cattle as they lay their heads low in terror; to discern the face of the sky as it groweth black, and look to the sun which shineth not, and the heavens which are angry and frowning! How terrible to await the dread advance of a hurricane-such as occurs, sometimes, in the tropics-to wait in terrible apprehension till the wind shall rush forth in fury, tearing up trees from their roots, forcing rocks from their pedestals, and hurling down all the dwelling-places of man! And yet, sinner, this is your present position. No hot drops have as yet fallen, but a shower of fire is coming. No terrible winds howl around you, but God’s tempest is gathering its dread artillery. As yet the water-floods are dammed up by mercy, but the flood-gates shall soon be opened: the thunderbolts of God are yet in his storehouse, but lo! the tempest hastens, and how awful shall that moment be when God, robed in vengeance, shall march forth in fury! Where, where, where, O sinner, wilt thou hide thy head, or whither wilt thou flee? O that the hand of mercy may now lead you to Christ! He is freely set before you in the gospel: his riven side is the rock of shelter. Thou knowest thy need of him; believe in him, cast thyself upon him, and then the fury shall be overpast for ever.
It is pleasant to pass over a country after a storm has spent itself; to smell the freshness of the herbs after the rain has passed away, and to note the drops while they glisten like purest diamonds in the sunlight. That is the position of a Christian. He is going through a land where the storm has spent itself upon his Saviour’s head, and if there be a few drops of sorrow falling, they distil from clouds of mercy, and Jesus cheers him by the assurance that they are not for his destruction. But how terrible is it to witness the approach of a tempest: to note the forewarnings of the storm; to mark the birds of heaven as they droop their wings; to see the cattle as they lay their heads low in terror; to discern the face of the sky as it groweth black, and look to the sun which shineth not, and the heavens which are angry and frowning! How terrible to await the dread advance of a hurricane-such as occurs, sometimes, in the tropics-to wait in terrible apprehension till the wind shall rush forth in fury, tearing up trees from their roots, forcing rocks from their pedestals, and hurling down all the dwelling-places of man! And yet, sinner, this is your present position. No hot drops have as yet fallen, but a shower of fire is coming. No terrible winds howl around you, but God’s tempest is gathering its dread artillery. As yet the water-floods are dammed up by mercy, but the flood-gates shall soon be opened: the thunderbolts of God are yet in his storehouse, but lo! the tempest hastens, and how awful shall that moment be when God, robed in vengeance, shall march forth in fury! Where, where, where, O sinner, wilt thou hide thy head, or whither wilt thou flee? O that the hand of mercy may now lead you to Christ! He is freely set before you in the gospel: his riven side is the rock of shelter. Thou knowest thy need of him; believe in him, cast thyself upon him, and then the fury shall be overpast for ever.
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Paul said, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” If you want to stop sinning, YOU need to stop. God gives you the strength, but YOU do the stopping. If you struggle with alcohol, don’t check out the specials at the liquor store. If you struggle with over-eating, don’t’ drive into McDonald’s for the “Big and Tasty.” Replace your belly’s lusts with a love for honoring God with your body. If pornography is your problem, stop your monthly subscription to the filthy publications and don’t visit those websites. It sounds simple because it is. But before conversion, a man (or woman) is a slave to sin, unable to bridle the lust of the flesh, but after true conversion, he is not longer a slave to sin (because he has willingly crucified the flesh) and is a new creature, a servant of righteousness.
“You can’t stop birds from flying over your head, but you can stop them from making a nest in your hair.” -Charles Spurgeon
“You can’t stop birds from flying over your head, but you can stop them from making a nest in your hair.” -Charles Spurgeon
Franklin78
The lord is my shepherd
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my thread here will continue to grow and i will continue to post daily messages about the word of god, thanks for reading everyone and feel free to email me with questions that i will try to answer. many have sent me messages and said they were to ashamed of what others would think so they did not reply in my post so this i do understand. the wicked will turn away from the word of god and mock him as all sinners do. they are the ones filled with shame please remeber that. frank
