Originally Posted by Bex
Hi Sean,

The bible is the inspired word of God - if we do not have that to rely upon, then what is left? Since this is our foundation. Those words are from the witnesses to Jesus Christ and His life on earth. Each prophecy in the bible, so far, has been 100% accurate. Now, if you can't trust that, what is left for faith in a Christ that you can't trust even His word or His witnesses? Or the book that our faith stands upon?

Yes, you will get some who will try and discredit the bible, but who are you going to believe? The witnesses to Christ and the word of God that has prevailed for 2000 years or someone who comes along saying it's a bunch of bull, or certain aspects of it are?

Sean, I can't do much more but to witness from the word itself. If you feel there are holes in it? So be it. Since this book and the words contained are the foundation of Christianity, and a tried and tested document that has remained faithful in interpretation from the originals and have continued to this day, there is every reason to stand strong in faith.

One must always strive for truth, and I happen to trust His word completely. So far, it's never faulted, never altered. The only slight changes in interpretations are due to different languages. But even then, it has remained extremely loyal to the originals. And thank God for that!

It's not so much about "religion", it is about truth. God's plain truth, straight from the prophets and witnesses. If you wish for Christians to respond to your posts to give opinions, then how can we do so outside of the word of God where our Christianity comes from?

Sean, I am not trying to turn this into a "war", my intention was to answer your post as well as I could and if you can see within that post what I did to attack or deserve the response I got? Let me know.

Remember too, Jesus told us:
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“Do not think that I come to bring the peace upon earth: I came not to send peace but the sword. For I come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and the man’s enemies shall be they of his own household. He, who loves father or mother more than Me, is not worthy of Me; and he, who loves son or daughter more than Me, is not worthy of Me. And he, who does not take up his cross and follow Me, is not worthy of Me” (10: 34-38).


Jesus knew that the cost of truth, and following Him, for some, would mean a terrible back lash and division, even within ones own household. Because many would be those that would hate us for Christ's sake and would not wish to hear the word of God. Rather, most prefer to hear about worldly things, secular things, not Godly things in case it prickles our conscience and causes us to consider sin, our sin.

Let's consider what happened to Christ for standing strong on truth. He was crucified for for it. Now, Jesus could have compromised, kept quiet and simply told them what they wanted to hear....but had Christ not kept strong on the truth and gone through with the consequences - from whence would our Savior come? Since the Father of all Lies (Satan), is quite happy for people to compromise the truth and tell oneanother what they want to hear, so long as it leads one away from the truth, away from the light that is Christ. All the better if it results in final and eternal separation from God. Since his interest is the destruction of souls. Such compromise, in the face of strong truths, even ones that we may not wish to hear is NOT the way of God and it is not "true peace".

It is not my intention to cause wars on here Sean, but if that is the result of holding up God's holy word? Then I have no reason to be ashamed, unless I revert to personal insults/attacks. I do not apologise for standing strong on Christ's word and I will continue to do so - straight from the book itself!


Take care

God bless you.
Bex I believe in the bible fully and the word of God, what I am saying is some do not read it correctly or make it out to their own beliefs and misread things to turn it into their own beliefs as I said and really do not read it with intentions like me and you but to prove their beliefs are right and only right! THE BIBLE TO ME IS THE GOOD BOOK! I call it the good book and believe all of what it says, just people read half of it or pieces and say they know all and then argue with others to fit their beliefs only, believe me I have seen that happen! I hate when some argue or fight over this, when GOD IS PEACE and peace is through God and the kingdom of heaven is within you like he said! Why divide when truth is within Jesus Christ and therefore within you? Why do some disrespect others and start wars and fights over it when it's all meant to bring peace and love? I am not in a modern day religion or take part in such, I believe in Jesus and his teachings and believe in peace and love. I love the bible and it's teachings and take is a peace offering from Jesus and whats yet to come, not as I am right and you are wrong and argument type of thing, he did not intend that (Once again you never participated in that, but some disrespect others in here and argue for that sake, which makes me shake my head). We should all study it in the name of Jesus and God himself, we should rejoice and build on it, not argue nor say you and you are wrong, for which no human knows full truth, get what I am saying? I love you and others in here to the heart, you are my people I have bonded with and really taken a part of the last few months, and we are all in this together for the commmon cause. Thats all I am saying, not saying the bible is false, but some misread it and it's messages without really knowing and push their beliefs onto others, thats all I am saying.


God bless and peace. Perhaps I am too smart and think too much for my own good and overanalyze things and mess myself all up in confusion, but I truly believe we all can be one with GOD and have peace and love, maybe thats a fantasy world but thats the way God or Jesus wanted it IMO. I tend to go off to this and that and all over the place, maybe a part of my OCD or Candida or Mercury but I am all over the place one day and then back the next, one is truth and then the next is truth, which in reality I am very confused and still searching for truth from within and try fo justify things which I have no way of finding meaning! I am seriously lost alot of times, very smart but think some things are truths and seriously a gut feeling tells me alot are not truths and I roll with that, from within! Didn't Jesus say the truth shall set you free? I am still trying to find that, I seriously feel nuts sometimes because my thoughts are so deep and all over, peace and love Bex.

Last edited by Sean; 11/11/08 05:32 AM.
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