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[Anonymous]

Ephesians 2:8-10

8 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.



You're right, repentence and belief is the first step



But, you can't earn salvation with good works.....that occurs as a result of salvation.

[Rancidmilko]

Ephesians 2:8-10

8 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.



You're right, repentence and belief is the first step



But, you can't earn salvation with good works.....that occurs as a result of salvation.

The big mystery is what comes after we die



Although I do have my personal beliefs, I like to keep an open mind and not worry too much about it



But some transgressions, like murder for example, have different effects

[Erica Mena]

I think that's wonderful.

It is.



The whole idea that you can do a bunch of evil stuff and simply "accept Jesus" and have it all forgiven is bullshit.



Going to the right side is only the first step.



You pay for your evil deeds by doing good ones.



Flea's husband is on the right track.

He's genuine. If he was being a fake hypocrite, I'd have called him out on it.





He calls me out if I slip up or say something that isn't right. Like he really is a good man. I'm not there yet in my walk with God. My issues are with the church but it does not stop me from giving God all the glory.





If I were to tell you guys about everything God has done in both our lives, you would all be in awe. I just wish I was as righteous as my hubby. As you can see from me posting on a forum like BF, I have a long way to Go.

[Oliver Clotheshoffe]

The big mystery is what comes after we die

Nothing. You cease to exist. But don't worry, it won't bother you.

[Anonymous]

Ephesians 2:8-10

8 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.



You're right, repentence and belief is the first step



But, you can't earn salvation with good works.....that occurs as a result of salvation.

The big mystery is what comes after we die



Although I do have my personal beliefs, I like to keep an open mind and not worry too much about it



But some transgressions, like murder for example, have different effects

I am a man of faith. But, I have trouble walking the talk.



If you are right with God, you enter paradise. If you are not, you enter a place of eternal torture. Only these physical bodies we have now die. We will get new ones that last longer than the Energizer Bunny.

[Anonymous]

The big mystery is what comes after we die



Although I do have my personal beliefs, I like to keep an open mind and not worry too much about it



But some transgressions, like murder for example, have different effects

I am a man of faith. But, I have trouble walking the talk.



If you are right with God, you enter paradise. If you are not, you enter a place of eternal torture. Only these physical bodies we have now die. We will get new ones that last longer than the Energizer Bunny.

Your body will decay and one day it will die, but your spirit goes on forever.

[Rancidmilko]

We're all gonna find out how it is one day, that's the best part

[Rancidmilko]

I am a man of faith. But, I have trouble walking the talk.



If you are right with God, you enter paradise. If you are not, you enter a place of eternal torture. Only these physical bodies we have now die. We will get new ones that last longer than the Energizer Bunny.

But if man didn't sin forever, why should he suffer forever?



There's a lot of space out there in the universe. Maybe God would think it made more sense to let people pay for their transgressions and give them another chance.



I think God would feel bad about Himself spending a whole eternity with those poor people wailing and screaming in the basement LOL

[Anonymous]

I am a man of faith. But, I have trouble walking the talk.



If you are right with God, you enter paradise. If you are not, you enter a place of eternal torture. Only these physical bodies we have now die. We will get new ones that last longer than the Energizer Bunny.

But if man didn't sin forever, why should he suffer forever?



There's a lot of space out there in the universe. Maybe God would think it made more sense to let people pay for their transgressions and give them another chance.



I think God would feel bad about Himself spending a whole eternity with those poor people wailing and screaming in the basement LOL

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

[Oliver Clotheshoffe]

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

That's the part I don't understand - God created man to be incapable of not committing sin so the only way for man to get into heaven is to worship God and beg to be forgiven for his sins. God's a bit egotistical isn't he?

[Anonymous]

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

That's the part I don't understand - God created man to be incapable of not committing sin so the only way for man to get into heaven is to worship God and beg to be forgiven for his sins. God's a bit egotistical isn't he?

Sin entered the cosmos due to an act of rebellion against God, not because God created sin.

[Rancidmilko]

But if man didn't sin forever, why should he suffer forever?



There's a lot of space out there in the universe. Maybe God would think it made more sense to let people pay for their transgressions and give them another chance.



I think God would feel bad about Himself spending a whole eternity with those poor people wailing and screaming in the basement LOL

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Fash, my biggest issue with the bible is that a lot of the books that used to be there were removed by the Council of Nicaea during the 3rd century AD.



It's a wonderful book and humanity improved and benefitted a lot from it spiritually.



But my guess is that they needed a simpler version because back then we were much simpler people.



Just like in other religions and cultures, the belief that the spirit could return to a body to continue their evolution was also present in early Christianism.



But that belief itself was "bothersome" to Emperor Constantine's wife, who personally had any mention of it removed from the final version chose by the council.



But there's a reason for that and God allowed it to happen for a reason. People tend to procrastinate spiritually too.

[Rancidmilko]

That's the part I don't understand - God created man to be incapable of not committing sin so the only way for man to get into heaven is to worship God and beg to be forgiven for his sins. God's a bit egotistical isn't he?

Sin is the bond we create with earthly pleasures that are basically hormones released by the brain.



People who lives their live dedicated entirely to these bonds suffer immensely when they lose their flesh vessel.



On the other hand, people who get pleasure from doing good deeds, people who are loving and selfless, people who achieve a real connection with God, live a true heaven when they disincarnate.



These kinds of acts are easily doable in spiritual form and they're the difference between being happy or miserable in the afterlife.

[Anonymous]

The Protestant church generally does not believe these books are inspired and therefore canonical, that is authoritative and deserving to be a part of the Bible as the Word of God..



The books in question are considered apocryphal in most Protestant churches, but are accepted as canonical in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Armenian and the Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Churches.

[Dove]

I am pretty sure I have a little PTSD caused by the shit I witnessed when I lived and worked in the Middle East.

 I endured a violent sexual attack when I was 14 that left me with life long PTSD.



 For the first few months after the attack, I couldnt even talk. I was deemed unfit for any sort of legal action and I didnt know their real names anyway. I spent the next few years in and out of mental health facilities. I was hospitalized(psych care) for 6 months as my longest



 Medication doesnt work for me longer than a year. I do much better without it.  I can go into some pretty intense periods of depression and anxiety where I have to go on meds for a while. I've been good for about 6 years now.