[Faith-talk] My Take

[Joshua Lester]

You beat me to it, Ms. Mentink.
I was about to ask them to move these discussions off list.
Blessings, Joshua

On 4/30/11, Linda Mentink <mentink at frontiernet.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Well, you all have been busy the last few days. I've had the computer
> off since Tuesday night, and I turned it on this afternoon to find
> all your posts.
>
> Now, let me say from the get-go that I'm an Independent Baptist, and
> am in a church where we use only the KJV during our worship services.
> According to the Bible, the heart is deceitful, and desperately
> wicked (Jeremiah 17:9), and our rightiousness is as filthy rags
> (Isaiah 64:6 I think). So, none of us is good enough to make it to
> heaven. Only by the grace of God through Jesus Christ, the one and
> only Mediator between God and man, can we become heirs with Christ.
> Ephesians tells us, For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
> not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man
> should boast. When Christ lives in us, we want to do good works; but
> our works won't do anything to earn us a place in heaven.  If
> everyone was guaranteed a place, there would be no need for a
> Saviour, and His sacrifice would be cheapened.
>
> In the Old Testament, there were many who were the type of Christ,
> but they were under the law, and had to sacrifice a lamb, or whatever
> they could afford, such as a dove or pigeon. Christ became that Lamb,
> and paid the price for our sin. Most people will not be in heaven;
> narrow is the way, and few there are who walk in it.
>
> We are not to judge others, but we can know many things about them if
> we know our Bibles, and compare ourselves and others to what our Lord
> has given us--His example in Christ. There is none righteous, no, not one.
>
> Just as there are many different Christian churches, there are many
> different degrees of Muslem, and so forth. Only about one-third of
> the Muslems are radical Muslems, those who will do what they believe
> they must to irradicate infidels from off the face of the earth. They
> believe that they will rule, and the infedels are Christians and
> Jews; therefore, they want to wipe Israel (the little Satan) and the
> United States (the big Satan) off the map. Also, the Koran keeps
> changing, and not all English translations are what the Arabic really
> says. Pay attention to the news, and you will understand more. And,
> read the book I suggested.
>
> There is much more that I could say, but I'll stop with this: this
> list is for the discussion of faith, but please take care not to
> argue with each other. And, please change the subject lines! Smile.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Linda
>
>
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