Unveiled Artist
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Exactly.
Not everyone needs the good news?
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Exactly.
It's not the news itself that's bad. What those who aren't find bad is how one goes about shoving it in our faces.
Amen to that.It's not the news itself that's bad. What those who aren't find bad is how one goes about shoving it in our faces.
Does it sound like good or bad news ?
It's not the news itself that's bad. What those who aren't find bad is how one goes about shoving it in our faces.
What do you mean by that?
(I know I share alot; but people freely choose to read what is presented).
@Jeremiah Ames Yes Jesus Christ paid the sins on the cross once and for all people. (Hebrews 10) I believe He paid for the sins past, present, and future. Sorry you do not understand what it means to be saved to the kingdom of the Son/Heaven/Heavenly Jerusalem.
I have a scripture though that shows how we are saved from darkness into the kingdom of God's Son by faith; and God is the one who pulls us up from the darkness.
This is what I believe happens to people when they are born again by the spirit and their mind has changed to start seeking after the things of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ and heavenly things from them. We are saved to the kingdom of the Son/ ; Heavenly Jerusalem is our final destination and it by faith we believe and trust in god.
Colossians 1
9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Good question; He paid for the sin that happened at the fall of mankind; that broken relationship between God and man; when Adam and eve had been led out the Garden. He came to restore that; by and through his death on the cross, and resurrection. I believe.
So that now Jesus Christ is the mediator between God and Man. I believe according to scriptures.
Why cant we be saved here on earth now? We can be saved to the kingdom of heaven here on this earth now by faith. I believe.
I personally believe by and through being saved by the grace of God by faith which is not of my myself it is a gift from God (of course I did make the choice to believe and seek after Him); that when I die; a spiritual body will be received by God; and will go on unto the heavenly Jerusalem to be with God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank goodness your version is not true .The good news? The good news is that God, who loves you, also has plans to torture you for all of eternity. Why? Because you were born into a world where you need to be saved from deserved torture. BUT, because he does love you, he has allowed an escape clause from his eternal damnation. The clause is, he wants you to believe he came down in human form, to have himself murdered 2,000 years ago. Then he went back to heaven where he came from. He did this on your behalf so that he doesn't have to punish you for what you do wrong. The good news is, a human sacrifice event, a vicarious redemption, has to be believed or you will be tortured for all of eternity. I'd call this very sad news, not good news at all.
What do you mean those are false representations? You mean Christians do not believe you have to be saved? Of course you do. Its the one belief among every Christian denomination that you all agree makes you a Christian.@Moonjuice
Nope those are false representations of who God is, and what God is about.
If you listen to someone who said. Jesus Christ only died to save special and elect people ( which I do believe he did grab a hand full of people who were the church bride a long time ago ); and that the rest of the world is going into a place where :
Flesh is consumed by fire; and pain is initiated on the body because God desires that people are to be thrown in hell.
I believe you have come across someone who does not understand God at all; and believe they would probably judge people very harshly even condemn them.
That is not good news.
Wow. Beautiful response.Darkness. Our natural hateful, greedy, selfish ways. Our heart is changed. We are saved from the darkness of our heart;mind. That is what I believe. Others may believe differently.
@Jeremiah Ames I desire to help and encourage people who are struggling anything that has to do with God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and I do not have every answer; only what is and has been made known to me by and through the bible. I believe the truth is needed and that faith comes by hearing the truth of the word of God. (Romans 10:16-18 I believe)
If all those things are true then I would say everyone needs the good news .Not everyone needs the good news?
Oh I know! I'm happy about it as well.Thank goodness your version is not true .
Yes if its fake then its pointless news. But if its true ,I would say its the greatest news you could ever hear. Its mean you will live eternally, for one . No ' death 'ultimately '.I see it more as fake news.