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I read through the thread. The person's other point was "Since God loves everyone as you say, why isn't everyone saved if he loves them so much? Is sending people to hell unconditional love?" clearly no.
The Christian's reply was "gods love is unconditional but he does not violate your free will"
I see many problems with this answer, first off he's God, if he's gonna save me from hell to bring me to salvation, I DON'T CARE IF HE VIOLATES MY FREE WILL, HE'S GOD! Please change my heart, that's my prayer honestly. But this doesn't answer the question.
So, I find the best to way answer these questions is to use the bible. Let's see the context of these verses.
Romans 8:35 "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?"
However interestingly enough Romans speaking to the believers! Not the world! We're almost answering this question now since we know God's unconditional love is only to his people who has saved and elected, what about that condition? Isn't it just more proof of that unconditional love? Specially if we believe that "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:" (Ephesians 1:4)
So then, what of the world? Do they have this unconditional love? Clearly no. Only those God has chosen are in his unconditional love and he shows he would do anything for them to be with him in glory forever amen!
Does this answer that question? I'm sure but now we know God does not send his beloved to the grave but gives them new life!
Does that mean God hates? Let's see what the bible says.
"As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." Paul goes on to explain: "What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth." Romans 9:13-18
... thought you could use a reminder!
Have a blessed day!
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things of that genre comforted me and now I’m uncomfortable with every mention of spirits and ouija boards when the main characters don’t even believe in God (honestly mostly referring to the show Supernatural.) not even baptized but I see the Lord working wonders in me.
maybe I’m healing from that part of my life. maybe I will gain something new that is in His name. it’s fascinating really.
Also, anyone interested in having another "Share Your Favorite Verse" hashtag? That could be fun, especially now that hashtags are highlighted on the People Tab even more!
Ah I love it.
Well, it looks like we may actually be moving 2 hours away to a new state and a new life.
After what was supposed to be a 2 week deliberation turned into well over a month of going back and forth between staying in comfortability, or moving (as my husband has been given a job opportunity that would help us financially quite a bit). It’s.. scary, as I’ve lived in the same town my entire life, but trust my husband, and more importantly, I trust in the Lord. It hasn’t been set in stone yet, but my husband said he’s 98% sure we will be taking this opportunity. Continue to pray for us! Just wanted to give an update <3
@Quillfeather @LadyMysterio @alliyah <3 thank you guys
The Bible has, at first glance, no such scribes of wood, but wood is not precluded as an entextualizing medium here. In fact, it appears when it perhaps most should not. The Ark of the Covenant is wood, acacia wood. God knows that this materiality won't last, He knows the Ark begins to rot as soon as He inhabits it. That's the point, though, isn't it? God, the Hittite kings, the scribes whose work undoes all know the point of it: to leave nothing at all, except maybe a very important splinter.
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Also a whole bunch of other things like how much my understanding of the Bible has changed, literal vs metaphorical interpretations, etc.I don't know. Something about growing up with songs that always talked about me being unworthy, less than, trash, and now realizing that God does not love me in spite of me being unworthy, etc. God loves me because God does not believe I am unworthy of love. Like, man, if I could tell that to the middle schooler who had panic attacks because they were terrified they might go to Hell.I dunno. I went back and forth for YEARS on whether to subscribe to this club because the word Christian in today's world is used in so many harmful ways by groups of people who are not following Jesus' teachings, and I don't want to scare any users away (like other queer writers) who fear that because I'm in this club, I must think they're sinful for loving or understanding others/themselves. Over the past couple of years though I've also gotten the blessing of meeting other queer people who love God wholeheartedly--some of them studying ministry!
There isn't really a point here, but uh, yeah, idk. Lol.