Re: #97 | Posted by dasc2 at 2010-01-14 09:18 AM
Wow. This event should put a holy, reverent fear of God in our hearts people!
[One would think so; however, only God can put such a holy, reverent fear in anyone. The unregenerate will fear Godjust not in holy reverence.]
Here is the very bottom line: God is God and we are not. God hates sin and judges it however He likes at any time and in any way. He is a God of love (mercy) and of judgment.
[I agree.]
He desires a loving relationship with us. He rewards those who love and seek Him. Therefore, all we have to do is believe Jesus, God's son, came to the Earth (which He created), became the ultimate sacrifice for our sins and died on the cross... He rose again and is seated at the right hand of God.
[Actually, He establishes a loving relationship with those whom He chooses to draw to Himself through Christ, grants them repentance, gives them the gift of faith, and enables them to believe and come to Christ. Christ died to save His people from their sinsthose whom He refers to as His sheep. Others He excluded, such as the Pharisees to whom He declared, "You do not believe, because you are not my sheep."]
And is coming back. [True]
His return is imminent.
[True; but, imminent is a relative term. The Apostles were convinced His return was imminent in their day. No one knows the day or the hour and the last days/end of the age/last times began with His first advent.]
And everyone who repents of their sins and believes this will be saved and will share in the rewards of eternal life in heaven.
[True. "28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 29For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. (Romans 8)]
Those who do not believe will spend eternity in fire with the devil and his angels.
[True]
Let's pray that the people of Haiti and everyone up the Earth will see and accept this great news. And pray for God to have mercy on us all!
[Always a good thing to do. We do not know whom God will call and whom He will leave to the fruit of their own way.]