B isn't good. A B is what you're expected to get. Being one letter grade above average isn't really worth gloating about.
Frankly if you got a B in bio or chem I'd be concerned about the grading system at your school because based on what I've seen of your knowledge of those fields you should be a D student at best.
Last edited by Paroxysm; 09-24-2010 at 06:51 PM.
"We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter." ~ Denis Diderot
Clap* I dont care tho.
First off, that was Old Testament, before Christ was even introduced.
Modern day Christians do not follow the Old testament.
Here are some examples from Corinthians.
1Corinthians 10:23-AV All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
1Corinthians 10:24-AV Let no man seek his own, but every man another's [wealth].
1Corinthians 10:25-AV Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, [that] eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
1Corinthians 10:26-AV For the earth [is] the Lord's, and the fullness thereof.
1Corinthians 10:27-AV If any of them that believe not bid you [to a feast], and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
Romans 14:2-AV For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Colossians 2:16-AV Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]:
Mark 7:15-23 says: There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
As long as you Believe in God,
and his son Jesus Christ,
anything you consume is made pure through the holy spirit.
A crack head might smoke all day and destroy his body,
But if he believes in God, then his soul will be spared from the lake of fire.
I would also like to add this,
Any person that has strong faith,
no matter your belief,
to force your beliefs onto others isn't the right approach.
To slander one for their belief is also wrong.
How can you claim to be righteous, yet spew hatred in the same sentence?
Last edited by Ethereal; 09-24-2010 at 07:44 PM.
Ok..I edited this.
This was actually a tough question.
At least the commandments part.
I've found in a few sections of the New testament where it mentions God's commandments,
and yes they should be followed.
Doesn't say that breaking them will get you the pit though,
as long as you believe in God and Christ.
So there is certainly room there to assume salvation is still possible.
Perhaps it's God himself who chooses who is rightfully redeemed,
This is something I'm not entirely sure of.
There are so many different religious factions of Christianity.
There are some that I agree with and some I don't.
I'm quite simply..a Christian. That's it.
My Pastor teacher diligently studies the bible,
and has read it in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
He wanted to relay the closest possible interpretation of Gods word.
Currently I'm studying from the New American study Bible.
It's basically the King James version, but without the old English.
It's very helpful because each verse is explained in full detail at the bottom of the page.
To answer your question in a bit more detail,
Gays are breaking a natural order in God's plan, but if they believe in God, and Jesus Christ,
they will see Heaven. Basically, there are rewards in Heaven
and these are reserved for those that have righteous hearts.
We are all sinners and those sins are already forgiven through Christ's sacrifice on the Cross,
but if we openly sin without wanting to change, we do tend to stray a bit further from the Lord,
and will lose privledges in heaven, or they will at least be very hard to redeem.
Last edited by Ethereal; 09-24-2010 at 09:59 PM.
Mr.1337 (10-07-2010)
Two issues,
One: How are the gays violating the natural order? There are homosexual animals, so obvious it's a part of nature.
Two:
Luke 16:17 NAB
Matthew 5:18-19 RSV
Matthew 5:17 NAB
2 Timothy 3:16 NAB
2 Peter 20-21 NAB
Mark.7:9-13
Matthew 15:4-7
Matthew 5:27 (takes a little explanation)
1 Peter 2:18 (Support of slavery mentioned in Old Testament)
John7:19
John 10:35
"We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter." ~ Denis Diderot
"Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." (Genesis 1:26, NIV)
I understand what you're saying,
But animals aren't our equals.
They do have a place in heaven surely,
since White horses driven by Angels are mentioned in revelations,
Animals may even possess souls,
this much isn't really mentioned in the bible,
but if they do, they are not the same as humans.
It would not need redemption.
Christ came to save the souls of humans,
not animals.
Regarding Matthew 5:27
The old testament law said it was wrong for a person to have sex with someone other than their spouse. But Jesus said that the desire to have sex with someone other than your spouse is mental adultery and thus, a sin.
Jesus emphasized that if the act is wrong, then so is the intention.
Jesus is not condemning natural interest in the opposite sex, or even healthy sexual desire, but the deliberate and repeated filling of one's mind with fantasies that would be evil if acted out. To be faithful with just your body,
and not your mind as well would break trust vital to a strong marriage.
Regarding Luke 16:17 (I understand why you brought this up,)
John the Baptist's ministry was the dividing line between the Old and the New testaments,(John 1:5-18). With the arrival of Jesus came the realization of all the prophets hopes. Jesus emphasized that his kingdom fufilled the law(Old Testament) it did not cancel it. His was not a new system but the culmination of the old. The same God that worked through Moses was working through Jesus.
The commandments are basically the foundation of living as sin free as we possibly can. God knew men would be sinners, and that Satan would claim many souls, through lies and deceit and even possession.
When Satan was cast from Heaven he was given full rule over the earth, and the air. The only thing he was not allowed to do was Kill God's children.
God knowing that Satan was clever, sent Jesus to lead as many people to God as possible in order to save our souls.
See, God already knows how everything unfolds, and that Satan will never win, this almost convinces me that God has a sense of humor.
Back to the old testament..
There are many things that don't need to be practiced for our salvation,
because Christ completed the work for our salvation on the cross.
"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do."
Jesus spoke these words on the cross,
and many people think that he might have been referring to the soldiers that beat him and crucified him, but this was surely a plea to his Father to forgive us for our sins.
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34
This is the only expression of Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark. Both Gospels relate that it was in the ninth hour, after 3 hours of darkness, that Jesus cried out this fourth word. The ninth hour was three o'clock in Palestine. Just after He speaks, Mark relates with a horrible sense of finality, "And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed his last" (Mark 15:37).
One is struck by the anguished tone of this expression compared to the first three words of Jesus. This cry is from the painful heart of the human Jesus who must feel deserted by His Father and the Holy Spirit, not to mention his earthly companions the Apostles. As if to emphasize his loneliness, Mark even has his loved ones "looking from afar," not close to him as in the Gospel of John. Jesus feels separated from his Father. He is now all alone, and he must face death by himself.
But is not this exactly what happens to all of us when we die? We too will be all alone at the time of death! Jesus completely lives the human experience as we do, and by doing so, frees us from the clutches of sin.
In the Old testament,
Followers of God would build alters,
where they would present burnt offerings,
There is no need for this in present day,
because Christ himself offered himself ,
and there is no greater offering one could give.
(Sorry man, didn't have time to get into the other chapters and verses you mentioned,
Would probably take me forever to type up all those explanations. See, I enjoy talking faith like this, without kids trolling left and right, it's good to have civil conversation. )
Last edited by Ethereal; 09-25-2010 at 10:20 PM.