I'll go on to another subject ...in hopes it will come back to me.
- That we know God loves us.
- That we follow the Golden Rule ...and be nice to others.
- That we tell God (in prayer) that we love Him.
Accurately representing God has always been crucial, as it is this upon which we will be judged ...as we choose to accept Him, or not, for who He is.
In accepting Him, we will also naturally achieve to some degree the three points above ...but, not even close could we ever to perfection.
We look to Jesus for that perfection ...as He not only represents God, but is God, and also embodied that awesome love while coming as man to be crucified for our sake.
He gave us life through His death.
Though He was also resurrected.
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Addressing some of the points in reference to how some people view God ...they often look to view the Old Testament as outdated, and that Jesus has a much different outlook for our lives. Being nice to everyone is viewed as the only way ...sort of like Josh McDowell's book, The New Tolerance, describes. He, of course, disagrees with the new way. And as he describes, the new tolerance is actually rather selectively intolerant.
Would we also be tolerant to Satan??
I read that the TV show named, Lucifer, depicts him as getting bored with Hell ...and he comes to earth, being then attracted to a nice person. Does this niceness, in itself, suffice?? Yes, we want all who are lacking in good ...to change and become better persons. But, it is not as simple as that.
There are those whom we say, are nice, but the intellects of society claim that circumstances & environment have changed them for the worse. Would we give them as much slack in our determination ...likely viewing them to have more good in them than bad. And not knowing whether bad will turn good, or good turn bad ...isn't that creating a rather unstable environment??
If we were to live for eternity, and I believe we will, would we want that eternity to be just like things on earth are now??
And if you think you have it somewhat good ...would you randomly trade places with someone else??
I would suggest that we put God in a place, in our heart, that is our daily focus.
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Addressing some of the points in reference to how some people view God ...they often look to view the Old Testament as outdated, and that Jesus has a much different outlook for our lives. Being nice to everyone is viewed as the only way ...sort of like Josh McDowell's book, The New Tolerance, describes. He, of course, disagrees with the new way. And as he describes, the new tolerance is actually rather selectively intolerant.
Would we also be tolerant to Satan??
I read that the TV show named, Lucifer, depicts him as getting bored with Hell ...and he comes to earth, being then attracted to a nice person. Does this niceness, in itself, suffice?? Yes, we want all who are lacking in good ...to change and become better persons. But, it is not as simple as that.
There are those whom we say, are nice, but the intellects of society claim that circumstances & environment have changed them for the worse. Would we give them as much slack in our determination ...likely viewing them to have more good in them than bad. And not knowing whether bad will turn good, or good turn bad ...isn't that creating a rather unstable environment??
If we were to live for eternity, and I believe we will, would we want that eternity to be just like things on earth are now??
And if you think you have it somewhat good ...would you randomly trade places with someone else??
I would suggest that we put God in a place, in our heart, that is our daily focus.
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