Audio Proof: The Way of the Transgressor is Hard

[ILG]

Originally Posted by revrandy

There is some heavy stuff this weekend..in the church / out of the church..

at a local UPC church good man dropped dead while singing special...

UPC Missionary Family in a Terrible Car Wreck...

Another Pastor has a Stroke...

It's just been a rough week on the folks..

It rains on the just and on the unjust. Sometimes the way of the Christian is also hard...

Originally Posted by ILG

It rains on the just and on the unjust. Sometimes the way of the Christian is also hard...

Only if you are focused on the current events instead of the eternal savior!

[ILG]

Originally Posted by philjones

Only if you are focused on the current events instead of the eternal savior!

Not really PhilJones. That is true to some extent, but I don't think anyone breezes through cancer, death or tragedy whether they are focusing on God or not. I believe that God gives the Christian a peace and a path to follow that the non-Christian does not have, but the way of the Christian is not just easy-breezy all the time.

[Coonskinner]

Originally Posted by ILG

Not really PhilJones. That is true to some extent, but I don't think anyone breezes through cancer, death or tragedy whether they are focusing on God or not. I believe that God gives the Christian a peace and a path to follow that the non-Christian does not have, but the way of the Christian is not just easy-breezy all the time.

I think the point is that people who stay in the church generally don't participate in gang violence, ILG.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

I think the point is that people who stay in the church generally don't participate in gang violence, ILG.

I was responding to RevRandy's post, not Steadfasts. I would agree that that was what Steadfast was trying to say.

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

I think the point is that people who stay in the church generally don't participate in gang violence, ILG.

I'm on vacation and haven't had internet access for a week, but just wanted log in and say that the majority of people who are not in church do not participate in gang violence either.

Those people who said it ain't a pretty world out there? They were wrong. You don't end up in the gutter on crack just because you don't believe a certain way. I'm sitting in a suite at the Drake Hotel in Chicago right now on vacation... but I'll be sure to watch out for those shotgun blasts while I'm here.

Originally Posted by ILG

Not really PhilJones. That is true to some extent, but I don't think anyone breezes through cancer, death or tragedy whether they are focusing on God or not. I believe that God gives the Christian a peace and a path to follow that the non-Christian does not have, but the way of the Christian is not just easy-breezy all the time.

I never said it was easy-breezy. I did say that it is not the same as the way of the transgressor for the child of God is possessed of the promises of God and borne up and comforted in them. Jesus said, my yoke is easy and my burden is light! We are overcomers not succumbers. We are victors not victims. There is no way we can equate the way of the transgressor and the way of the child of God!

[ILG]

Originally Posted by philjones

I never said it was easy-breezy. I did say that it is not the same as the way of the transgressor for the child of God is possessed of the promises of God and borne up and comforted in them. Jesus said, my yoke is easy and my burden is light! We are overcomers not succumbers. We are victors not victims. There is no way we can equate the way of the transgressor and the way of the child of God!

The way of the transgressor is without direction and without hope. The way of the Christian can be hard but is never without direction or hope. Sometimes it can be equated to the way of the transgrassor in that it rains both on the just and on the unjust, but transgressors usually make their own way very difficult by making poor choices which then is also heaped with guilt for transgressing. A Christian should be able to walk free of guilt and with uprightness and integrity but will still have trials and hard times.

[Charlie Brown]

Originally Posted by ILG

The way of the transgressor is without direction and without hope. The way of the Christian can be hard but is never without direction or hope. Sometimes it can be equated to the way of the transgrassor in that it rains both on the just and on the unjust, but transgressors usually make their own way very difficult by making poor choices which then is also heaped with guilt for transgressing. A Christian should be able to walk free of guilt and with uprightness and integrity but will still have trials and hard times.

The difference is the peace.

[Esther]

I would go to him and suggest he start repenting.