__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
Yay! Another vote for Saddam and Adolf!
So, does it make you sad that they both died in their sin (most likely)?
Yes!
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Originally Posted by Timmy
If you had had the chance, would you have tried to present the gospel to them before it was too late? It's never too late, is it? Er, until it is too late, that is. Uh. You know what I mean!
Saddam, yes. Hitler, I probably would have just shot him. That's not what I should have done but I still probably would have done it. Not a very spiritual answer, but an honest one.
Maybe I should ask it another way. Let's face it: it's pretty unlikely that either of those guys made a death-bed conversion. Not a successful one, at least! So, does it make you sad that they both died in their sin (most likely)? If you had had the chance, would you have tried to present the gospel to them before it was too late? It's never too late, is it? Er, until it is too late, that is. Uh. You know what I mean!
Those two guys, and many others of a similar ilk, represent something horrible and evil that must be (and I believe will eventually be) removed from our universe. The precise "how" and the mechanisms involved are in God's hands. Whether this "removal" involves some sort of "reconciliation" for the named souls or not, I have no idea.
My only hope is for peace and justice. My faith for accomplishing these ends is in God Almighty.
Just found this quote, and thought it was apropos.
Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can the believing father in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving children in Hell? Can the loving wife in Heaven be happy with her unbelieving husband in Hell? I tell you, yea! Such will be their sense of justice that it will increase rather than diminish their bliss. -- Jonathan Edwards
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Saddam, yes. Hitler, I probably would have just shot him. That's not what I should have done but I still probably would have done it. Not a very spiritual answer, but an honest one.
Thanks!
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
It's interesting that the "yes"s for Adolf are qualified by "it means they had to ____________."
The unconditional grace of God, is truly understood, would blow our ever-living minds.
What in the world is that supposed to mean? Hitler would not have had to see a life change by the power of God where he would have ceased to murder people in order to be in heaven? lol
Galatians 5:13 KJV For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
__________________ ...MY THOUGHTS, ANYWAY.
"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."