[Faith-talk] My Take

[Linda Mentink]

Hi Laura,

yes, it is a scary thought.

Well, I take time from the computer to bond with my digital player! Smile.

At 06:59 AM 5/1/2011, you wrote:
>Hi Linda -- I like your take... I was wondering why your voice had not been
>heard in a while with all this discussion.
>Actually there are over a billion Islamic persons in the world, so even
>saying that only a third of them are out to get us is a scary thought.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Linda Mentink" <mentink at frontiernet.net>
>To: <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 9:54 PM
>Subject: [Faith-talk] My Take
>
>
>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
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Faith-talk mailing list
>Faith-talk at nfbnet.org
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/faith-talk_nfbnet.org
>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>Faith-talk:
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/faith-talk_nfbnet.org/lauraeaves%40yahoo.com 
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Faith-talk mailing list
>Faith-talk at nfbnet.org
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/faith-talk_nfbnet.org
>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info 
>for Faith-talk:
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/faith-talk_nfbnet.org/mentink%40frontiernet.net