Things happen, good and bad, but it has nothing to do with "luck."
To me, that implies that some "thing" out there has POWER, other than GOD.
Right about luck. Blessing has replaced the word luck most of the time when I speak.
Well, luck or blessings, it all has to do with the direction of our thoughts and our words. We can create curses or blessings with our words and thoughts.
I love AFF. I've learned more about what other people believe on this forum than anywhere else in my life. It's truly amazing to me the different things that people believe. Of course, in the end, I'm the only one who really has all the right answers.
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Jesus bore away my sins, my sickness, and my poverty. That covers it all. Everything else is just legalism.
I love AFF. I've learned more about what other people believe on this forum than anywhere else in my life. It's truly amazing to me the different things that people believe. Of course, in the end, I'm the only one who really has all the right answers.
Aren't you lucky?? Or does that have anything to do w/ luck?
Where is that thread crasher icon?
Don't need your pity. I fully understand you do not have the presuppositions and assumptions that I do.
But neither do I have the presuppositions and assumptions that YOU do. That God is possibly not good, that the Scriptures contain errors, that mankind is universally sinful (not 'innately' because mankind is not innately sinful and the Bible doesn't teach that. See the 'Could Jesus Sin?' thread). What seems self evident to you is not necessarily self evident to me, and vice versa. I understand that.
Which is why I ended my post with this:
And - perhaps most importantly - IF God is real, then we had better be about the business of re-aligning our judgements to be in step with His, rather than judging God for not being what we want Him to be.
And if God is NOT real, then who in tarnation cares one way or the other? Eat, drink, and be merry, cause it's all pointless anyway, in the ultimate scheme of things.
Bumping some oldies but goodies.
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His banner over me is LOVE.... My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
To be a servant of God, it will cost us our total commitment to God, and God alone. His burden must be our burden... Sis Alvear
I say 'God is good' because God demonstrates the definition of 'good' - He defines the term and it's moral meaning, and I find that His character matches that description.
I do not believe 'good' is some kind of independently existing standard that God has to measure up to, however. If it was, who set that standard?
And if 'good' is simply relative in all cases, then there is no basis upon which to judge anyone, except to say 'this or that doesn't meet MY criteria of what I believe is good so therefore it is bad - to me.'
Morality is relative - relative to God. But that's where the buck stops, imo.
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His banner over me is LOVE.... My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
To be a servant of God, it will cost us our total commitment to God, and God alone. His burden must be our burden... Sis Alvear
I say 'God is good' because God demonstrates the definition of 'good' - He defines the term and it's moral meaning, and I find that His character matches that description.
I do not believe 'good' is some kind of independently existing standard that God has to measure up to, however. If it was, who set that standard?
And if 'good' is simply relative in all cases, then there is no basis upon which to judge anyone, except to say 'this or that doesn't meet MY criteria of what I believe is good so therefore it is bad - to me.'
Morality is relative - relative to God. But that's where the buck stops, imo.
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Originally Posted by mizpeh
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If God demonstrates the definition of "good", should we emulate Him? Should we try to be as good as God, in His demonstrations of goodness? Never mind that we can't be that good. We can try, can't we?
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Re: Truthfully...Do you believe in luck?
Aren't you lucky?? Or does that have anything to do w/ luck?
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My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. 
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