There are three types of people in the world. Spiritual, natural, and carnal. By spiritual I mean born again Christians. People born of God's Holy Spirit who walk in that Spirit. Christianity isn't man's attempt to reach God, it is God's attempt to reach man. Christianity was initiated by God. "For God so loved the world He gave His only unique Son that whosoever (put your name in here) believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life," John 3:16.
Religion is man's attempt to reach God. Religion is man made. Christianity is the only 'religion' that isn't man made! Natural people and Carnal people create religions. A natural man is one who has never been regenerated by God. He is unsaved. He was born in and lives in a fallen and natural state inherited from his grandfather Adam. He is dead spiritually. God has no fellowship with him and doesn't even know him. The Bible says, "The god of this world (Satan) has blinded the minds of the unbelieving that they might not see the light of the Gospel of the glory of Jesus Christ." They are blind spiritually. Many intellectuals and Hollywood 'stars' claim they have become 'spiritual'. Their 'spiritual' and God's spiritual are two different spirituals. Jesus said, "Except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of Heaven." The devil and his host of demons are 'spiritual' beings. Do you want to be 'spiritual' like them?
A carnal person is a Christian, born again, who doesn't live like it. He is either a 'babe in Christ', meaning he is immature and dumb, or he is willfully rebellious and disobedient to the Spirit of God and the Word of God. These people are God's worst and the devil's favorite. They are the 'stumbling blocks' to others seeing the credibility of Christianity. At times in my life, I have been one of the best examples of a carnal Christian around. I am not proud of it. I'm just confessing it. I'm not walking in the dark right now or I couldn't care less to make this post. Christians who continue to live in sin and refuse to repent can get to the point of committing the 'sin unto death'. God kills Christians, and takes them home to be with Him, He is their Father you know, when He gets sick and tired if their willful Carnality. I think Elvis Presley is a classic example of this.
These paragraphs are not exhaustive on the subject but just a 'thumb nail sketch' of these truths. The only way you can get the full picture is to read and study the Bible and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal these truths to you. "God said He would let you find Him if you seek for Him with your whole heart," Deuteronomy 4:29.
ISLAM: Finally! Where does Islam fit into all this? Islam is a religion created by natural man to find and explain God. The Koran is not inspired. It is a man's conjecture of what he believes and thinks God is and what His will is. His god is Allah. Allah is not the God of the Bible, contrary to our late President George Bush's opinion. Allah does not exist. He is nothing. He is a figment of Muhammad's imagination. He is not the Jehovah of the Bible. He is not the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He is not the God who gave Moses the Commandments on the shaking smoking mountain in Arabia. Muhammad's Koran is not an inspired book. It is not Scripture. God did not write his book. His book was written by Muhammad and the devil. His book teaches his followers to advance their cause by killing those who disagree. Contrary to my God's teaching who told me to love my enemy and do good to him. My God, Jesus Christ, laid down His life and died for me and asked me to do the same for them as He did for me. "Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his brethren." The Muslim's terroristic advances in this world are as stupid as the 'Christian's' Crusades. You don't win the world by killing your enemy, you win them by loving them to death. Who can resist sacrificial love? A lot of people can but not everybody. The truth finally soaks into some of them.
Not only is Islam a man made religion, it is also a political movement. There is no such thing as a peaceful, loving, tolerant Muslim. They are liars and self deceived. They will not rest until everybody is Muslim and they run the world politically through their religion. Isn't that wild? A Theocracy using a false religion. Do you suppose they are actually carrying out the devil's plan and just don't know it? They are! They are deceived! They are using our U.S. Constitution against us. Our freedom of religion clause. Isn't it ironic we welcome a terrorist religion into our country while at the same time we throw out Christianity which has freed the slave, gave women the right to vote, has given us this great Democratic Republic, prosperity, freedom, and the strongest military in the world, has given men peace with God, and eternal life, and much more!
Their needs to be a wholesale revival of our Christian heritage in the USA or we will pass into oblivion. We are turning our backs on God and He doesn't owe us any favors, He will turn His back on us. Jesus said,"if you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," John 8:31-32.
God only blesses The United States of America because we are blessable. If we turn our backs on Him, He will turn His back on us. What choice do we give Him?
Islam should be outlawed and removed from the USA because it is more than a religion, it is a political movement intending on taking over the world. If we welcome it with open arms, it will destroy us, and our freedom, and way of life. Your children and grand children will be raised under Sharia Law and the women will become property with no rights and they will have to run around fully covered in berkas and you will have to pray to Allah 6 time a day facing Mecca. Enjoy! You will be sorry you were so stupid, naive, and gullible, and didn't even know what your heritage was until you gave it away. Washington DC is so full of Liberal, Socialistic, Humanistic, Economic cancer, I don't think we can survive 4 more years of Obama!
Is it true? Am I crazy? Or am I lying? Lord Lunatic Liar? You must decide!
You are a very smart man. I disagree with you on a couple points. Muslims are not trying to take over the world, nor are they capable of doing so. Christians are more likely to control our government, than Muslims. The religion that you credit for ending slavery and giving women a right to vote, is the same religion that enslaved and prevented the right. I see more carnal Christians than I ever see spiritual Christians. Lastly, we can survive four more years of Obama. You being a devout Christians should know that is only a small challenge in a much larger case of survival. I have lose respect for the man or woman who blames one man, especially the highest elected official of this great country, for the shortcoming of their country. Tens of thousands of people will lose their lives as a result to the recent tragedy in Japan. I don't blame Obama for that but I will blame our country, if we decide not to attempt to salvage what is left. Ask Rush Limbaugh if he is going to be sending some of his $250 million to help dieing people. Is greed not a sin?
ReplyDeleteEdward, thank you for your interest in my post. I know I am not necessarily smart. It would be more important for me to be wise than smart. My definition of being wise is simply being able to see life from God's point of view. The Bible says, "Respect for the Lord is where wisdom starts; Those who do what the Lord says grow to have great understanding; The Lord is pleased with these people forever," Psalm 111:10.
ReplyDeleteYou don't know what the Koran says. Moderates aren't but in the hard core heart of hearts, that is their objective, world domination.
The USA is a Christian Nation. We were founded by God fearing men who didn't question the authority of the Bible. In fact, They said if we ever left our moral compass, we would forfeit our freedom, and satan, using the liberals, is working as hard as he can to destroy us. We are teetering on the edge as we speak! In fact, society s go through a 9 stage cycle. Bondage, Faith, Courage, Liberty, Abundance, Selfishness, Complacency, Apathy, Dependence, and back to Bondage. Right now the US is moving from Apathy to Dependence and unless their is a Spiritual revival, we will move onto Bondage. We will be ruled by a Dictator.
Edward, I had to start over for fear of running out of room to finish. Next point: The Muslims won't take over this country unless the Lord allows it. It's a first class conditional; maybe He will, maybe He won't. Life isn't cut and dried. Within God's sovereignty He has a permissive will. I know, I have experienced it many times. I call it the penance of regret!
ReplyDeleteCarnal and ignorant Christians practiced slavery. And remember, Christianity isn't a religion, it's a relationship God initiated.
Christians who are ignorant, carnal, disobedient or cowards, have always given God a black eye. If you think it is so easy to get it all right, you become one of us and show us how. My Bible says the only sinless person who ever lived is Jesus Christ, and He rose from the dead and ascended into heaven and proved it!
When I 'blame' President Obama, it goes without saying I mean his administration as well. Liberals aren't bad people, they are blind people. Jesus said, "If the blind lead the blind, they all fall into a pit," Matt. 15:14.
I don't blame the 4 recent earthquakes on Our Honorable President either. It is Adam's fault. The problems in this world are a result of Adam's sin and everybody's since. The Apostle Paul said, because of sin, God subjected the natural world to futility. It is called 'The Fall of Man'. The'Tsunami s, volcanoes, earthquakes, etc., are creations groaning s and birthpangs as vreation is longing for the Millennium when it too will be set free from its bondage to corruption to experience the liberty I now have in Christ through my redemption, Romans 8:22.
Japan is hurting but that is nothing new. These tragedies will increase in frequency and intensity from now on until Jesus returns. In fact, it will get so bad man's systems will be overwhelmed. This isn't God's fault, it's man's.
Misspelled word on last comment, I said creation not veration. Creation is longing to be set free. 'The lion will lie down with the lamb'.
ReplyDeleteAnd, Japan has to help itself as well as other nations in this world besides the US. Who assigned the US taxpayer to be the financial and military savior of the whole world. That is nothing but pride and ego. Our President, whoever he is, should start every day facing the east bowed down on the floor, not praying to Allah, but praying to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, for wisdom and direction, to lead this great country in ways pleasing to Jesus Christ, who will soon return and kick rear end and rule this planet the way it should have been from the beginning. The times of the Gentiles ruling this planet is soon coming to an end.
And finally; Rush Limbaugh is going to do whatever Rush Limbaugh feels led to do. He will answer to God for his actions just as you and I will for ours. You aren't his judge. You don't know everything. Only God sees opportunities, motives, and the whole picture.
I'm not trying to be hard on you, just thorough. And if I didn't know you so well, maybe I wouldn't have shared so much. But I won't let you or anyone else steal my faith, it is more valuable than gold. And I might add, I am willing to die for what I believe. Let the chips fall where they may!
One last suggestion; "If you seek the Lord your God, you will find Him, if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul," Deuteronomy 4:29. You're on the right track Edward, congratulations!