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  • Ezekiel Bathfire
    Pastor for Diversity and Tolerance
    Christ's Rottweiler
     
    • Jan 2008
    • 22912

    #1

    Interpreting God’s Word

    I received a text message the other day that read, “U r mad o_O :-)” and I thought to myself, “Another atheist!” but more than that, I thought how it is that atheists don’t understand God at all and how various Christians tell us we need to be bleeding-heart lieberals and that “God loves everyone” (which is a lie) or that the death cookie turns to a mouthful of Jesus’s right forearm (which is a lie.)

    And so I got to thinking how important it was to have God’s message clear in people’s mind, otherwise, they’ll all end up burning in Hell forever.

    The Bible is clear enough to me and I have no idea why it isn’t equally clear to everyone! I mean, I, and all True Christians™ are quite reasonable and yet all manner of sects disagree with our thoughts. Why?

    So, I thought of something modern. Here’s an example from Mark 27:

    42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. x-(
    43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. (lol)
    45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. :o
    46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? &(

    50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. :-(

    Or M't:26:48: Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. 3:)

    So I spent some time going over various chapters.

    The Old Testament could be worked over too:

    Hosea 13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. Lol :)

    Jeremiah 20:7 O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived. :’(

    Ezekiel 14:9 And if a prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet. ;)


    The trouble is that I am not up-to-date on this young person's text speak thing. Can anyone help?
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    “We must reassert that the essence of Christianity is the love of obedience to God’s Laws and that how that complete obedience is used or implemented does not concern us.”

    Author of such illuminating essays as,
    Map of the Known World; Periodic Table of Elements; The History of Linguistics; The Errors of Wicca; Dolphins and Evolution; The History of Landover (The Apology); Landover and the Civil War; 2000 Racial Slurs.
  • The Flowerpot
    Unsaved trash, aka Alex
    Under Investigation
    • Nov 2013
    • 13

    #2
    Re: Interpreting God’s Word

    Thank you Sir. It's always important to remember our God may be 'good' but He is the furthest thing from nice! He may be vengeful and at times cruel..but always righteous.
    1 Corinthians 11:3
    But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

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    • Witch Hammer
      True Christian™
      True Christian™
      • Sep 2006
      • 1717

      #3
      Re: Interpreting God’s Word

      Originally posted by The Flowerpot View Post
      He may be vengeful and at times cruel
      What you call 'cruel' I call tough love. How could Baby Jesus enforce His moral code without the threat of an eternity of unimaginable suffering hanging over our heads?

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      • Johny Joe Hold
        Mayor of Freehold
         
        • Feb 2010
        • 12954

        #4
        Re: Interpreting God’s Word

        Originally posted by Ezekiel Bathfire View Post
        And so I got to thinking how important it was to have God’s message clear in people’s mind, otherwise, they’ll all end up burning in Hell forever.

        The Bible is clear enough to me and I have no idea why it isn’t equally clear to everyone!
        Thank you for the deep post, Pastor Bathfire.

        I was cheered up this morning by reading the blog of a pastor in Nebraska. He points out that the soul suffers physical damage when the person is an atheist. I hope atheists read his words and come to their senses:

        I suppose we have all been in situations where we didn t even know what we didn t know In other words, we were blind to our need for a change even though others around us may have recognized our ...
        Isaiah 24:1-3 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty (2)...as the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. (3) The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken his word.

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        • Faith_Machine
          Dyed-in-the-wool True Christian™
          True Christian™
          • Mar 2011
          • 10050

          #5
          Re: Interpreting God’s Word

          I'm confused, brother Bathfire. Surely you're not suggesting we add to or subtract from the Word of God!?

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