[JennyD]

Re: Angela's Introduction

Of course not. Rick is one of the strongest Christians I know. A relationship with Jesus Christ is a relationship. It's not a "religion". The podcast is spiritual in nature but not "religious" because it's about a personal relationship with the Living God.

I see.

Does Rick think that Jesus talks to him? Is that what he means by a "relationship"?

The relationship described in the Bible between us and God is supplicant/servant and all-powerful Creator and Master, not "brother" or "pal". We are to obey; that is our role.

[Angela]

Re: Angela's Introduction

I see.

Does Rick think that Jesus talks to him? Is that what he means by a "relationship"?

The relationship described in the Bible between us and God is supplicant/servant and all-powerful Creator and Master, not "brother" or "pal". We are to obey; that is our role.

You don't believe in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?

[JennyD]

Re: Angela's Introduction

You don't believe in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?

Please explain what you think a "personal relationship with God" should look like . . . Jesus being God, since Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are the three facets of God, or the Trinity.

Then, please show us where you see this "personal relationship with God" described in the Bible.

I'm very interested to hear how this "personal relationship" is something other than a New Age feelgood concoction.

[Angela]

Re: Angela's Introduction

Ummm...no thanks. Apparently this whole thing is a spoof and you are all actually mocking and laughing at Christians behind our backs:

Landover Baptist

[JennyD]

Re: Angela's Introduction

Ummm...no thanks. Apparently this whole thing is a spoof and you are all actually mocking and laughing at Christians behind our backs:

Landover Baptist

Angela, I think you're mistaken.

Do you really think that a forum with literally hundreds of thousands of posts appears as result of a cheap gag? Come now, you're just being silly.

Our purpose is to share the Truth about God and Jesus, and what the Bible really says. Have you read the Bible, Angela?

Do you care what God says He wants, or do you and "Rick" just make it up as you go along, and praise a god of your own making?

Are you unable to answer my questions, Angela? How do you and "Rick" define this relationship with God, and where do you find evidence for His desire for such a relationship in the Bible?

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: Angela's Introduction

P.S. I accepted Christ in 1975 when I was 8 years old in the First Baptist Church of Whitney, Texas. I currently attend the Connection Church, which is an Assembly of God church here in my area, but I was a member of the Baptist General Conference when I was a kid and young adult. I love the Baptist General Conference. Really, really good people.

Angie, an 8 year old girl hasn't got the brains nor the discernment to be truly Saved(tm). It sounds to me like your father took you all to a false Christian church, one of those SBC "baptism mills" where all they want is your money.

I suppose you think the Disney boycott is over, right? WELL IT'S NOT!!

[ChristianInNC]

Re: Angela's Introduction

What sort of "discount" merchandise are you peddling?

You don't suppose she's a Gypsie, do you?

[SUV]

Re: Angela's Introduction

Is this the Angela's Ashes thread? "Holy Toast" indeed. Plain sinful

[joe707]

Re: Angela's Introduction

Then, please show us where you see this "personal relationship with God" described in the Bible.

I'm very interested to hear how this "personal relationship" is something other than a New Age feelgood concoction.

Matthew 22:36/37 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

It involves the heart, soul and mind. For most people, these are commonly understood via the personality - hence why the relationship, for the most part, is a deeply ‘personal’ one. Perhaps you are right in thinking that this is not enough, and partly explains why your members rail against those they see who are in the throes of dreamy teenage love affairs with Jesus. Still, is it obedience that Jesus is talking about here?

The relationship described in the Bible between us and God is supplicant/servant and all-powerful Creator and Master, not "brother" or "pal". We are to obey; that is our role.

That is indeed one type of relationship described. There are others; you might say they don’t contradict each other, but many see problems in the type of relationship you just mentioned. How do you reconcile them? It is a tall order.

[JennyD]

Re: Angela's Introduction

Thank you for your well-thought response, which Angela could not be bothered to provide.

Matthew 22:36/37 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

It involves the heart, soul and mind. For most people, these are commonly understood via the personality - hence why the relationship, for the most part, is a deeply ‘personal’ one. Perhaps you are right in thinking that this is not enough, and partly explains why your members rail against those they see who are in the throes of dreamy teenage love affairs with Jesus. Still, is it obedience that Jesus is talking about here?

Is loving God the same thing as "having a personal relationship" with God?

Where does it say that God will "have a personal relationship" with you?

That is indeed one type of relationship described. There are others; you might say they don’t contradict each other, but many see problems in the type of relationship you just mentioned. How do you reconcile them? It is a tall order.

That's the only relationship I've seen described in my years of reading the Bible. If you see others, such as this "brother on equal footing" nonsense so many New Age Christian-Lite types toss out, I'd be more than happy to stand corrected . . .

[Angela]

Re: Angela's Introduction

So in other words, this site is NOT extreme but you and ONLY you know how old a person should be in order to receive the gift of salvation through the blood of Jesus Christ (the Bible does NOT specify an age) and you know that ONLY your "church" is correct and other churches are "false Christian churches" and anyone who talks about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is a Gypsy or a "dreamy teenager". (What about 'John, the disciple Jesus loved'...the bible CLEARLY calls him that--John 13:23...Jesus even gave John charge over his mother as he was dying on the cross--John 19:26.)

The churches I have attended all my life have taken ALL of their teachings and ALL of their doctrine directly from the Bible. I don't know what Bible YOU have been reading, but I take what I know about God from the Bible.

You can have your "Godly forum.". I have other things to do with my time.

[Angela]

Re: Angela's Introduction

Don't forget John 15:15

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: Angela's Introduction

You sound like a papist. Do you claim that an infant can be Saved(c)?

False Christans like you give us all a bad name. The way you people water down God's Holy Word, you sound like Hindoos. I suppose you think that "Jesus was a great teacher, but so was Buddha and Muhammad and Krisha," am I right?

[Angela]

Re: Angela's Introduction

You sound like a papist. Do you claim that an infant can be Saved©?

False Christans like you give us all a bad name. The way you people water down God's Holy Word, you sound like Hindoos. I suppose you think that "Jesus was a great teacher, but so was Buddha and Muhammad and Krisha," am I right?

There is a WORLD of difference between the reasoning of an infant and an eight year old child.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: Angela's Introduction

There is a WORLD of difference between the reasoning of an infant and an eight year old child.

Please explain the difference as it pertains to an eight year old's cognitive ability to comprehend the Majesty of God's Divine Plan of Salvation(c) for us all.

The average eight year old can't even read the Bible, much less understand it. Being Saved(c) isn't something to be taken lightly.