Setting Aside One Day to Consider Eternity--

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Setting Aside One Day to Consider Eternity-- Feb 23, 2014 2:06:33 GMT shiloh and LS like this

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Post by morningstar on Feb 23, 2014 2:06:33 GMT

When you consider the finality of a decision made here on Earth, you wonder why people ignore it and go on their merry way.

Christian Post;
Setting Aside One Day to Consider Eternity
By Dan Danzell

Time is of the essence. And like most people today, you may find yourself a little short on time. So much to do, and so little time to do it. But this idea is well worth your time to consider. It could change your life on earth, as well as the quality of your existence in "the next realm."

The Bible and Christianity have survived in spite of all the attacks they have come under over the centuries. And no one is like Jesus in history. I think you can agree with that statement, at least if you are somewhat open-minded.

When it comes to the Christian faith, the stakes couldn't be higher. Your eternal soul goes to one of two places. In heaven, no one gets bored and everyone is jubilant all the time. In hell, no one gets an ounce of satisfaction or a moment of relief from the agony. It's mind-boggling to consider spending eternity in either place.

So I have an idea for you. And I assure you, it is the best investment of a day you could ever make.

Get ahold of some Christian resources which address your questions about the Lord. And dig into them. Open the Bible. Read the Gospel of John. Try to put yourself in the world of that day. And allow your mind to consider Christianity, and especially the aspect of eternal joy as compared to eternal punishment.

Before you "bet your soul" that the Bible isn't true, couldn't you afford one day to seriously think about it? Couldn't you afford one day in time to consider those two places where there is a gate through which to enter, but no gate through which to leave? Or are you 100% sure that heaven and hell don't exist? Really? So you're an absolutist then, are you? I doubt it.

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Setting Aside One Day to Consider Eternity-- Feb 23, 2014 3:47:10 GMT

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Post by shiloh on Feb 23, 2014 3:47:10 GMT

Good post. How many will take it to heart though? Our days are numbered as are the very hairs on our head. There is no time to waste in our decision and choice for Christ. Our days are fleeting.
I look at it this way. What does someone have to lose by asking Jesus into their heart? Even if they don't believe and think there is nothing else beyond this world (that thinking mystifies me) the Lord will answer their cry if they are sincere.
I remember Charles Stanley said one time that the worst way to study the bible is to start from the beginning and read all the way through. He suggested that if we are to instruct someone on how to study it, begin with 1John.

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Setting Aside One Day to Consider Eternity-- Feb 23, 2014 5:56:01 GMT shiloh likes this

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Post by morningstar on Feb 23, 2014 5:56:01 GMT

Well, the Lord put's it in EVERY MAN'S HEART" to know him, but they keep suppressing the truth until their hearts are hardened.
I think of all these men like Karl Marx, Voltaire, Alister Crowley who evidently hated God, they knew He existed but wouldn't have a thing to do with Him...beyond understanding...I wonder what they think now..I read one time in an article I forget who wrote it, but they said that people in Hell will continue to hate the Creator for eternity because they know that they can no longer repent. That is why it makes me sad when I see people I know who just won't have anything to do with the Lord, do they think they'll never die?

Proverbs 2:6-8---For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding; He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly; He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints.

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Setting Aside One Day to Consider Eternity-- Feb 23, 2014 6:11:06 GMT LS likes this

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Post by shiloh on Feb 23, 2014 6:11:06 GMT

See, I don't understand how anyone can harden their heart so much. I think it's very scary to harden your heart to God because He can harden it further, as He did with Pharoah. To me, that is terrifying. Call me simple minded, but I just don't get it.

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Setting Aside One Day to Consider Eternity-- Feb 23, 2014 22:12:04 GMT

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Post by LS on Feb 23, 2014 22:12:04 GMT

John 6:37
37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

John 6:44
44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

I don't even want to utter the "P" word because:

A) It would take this thread off-topic ... and

B) If I did, this thread would never end LOL

And thank you, Morningstar, for posting this article. What's written above is the essence of what I'd like to post on our class reunion website, so I may end up contacting the author to ask his permission to repost it there.

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Setting Aside One Day to Consider Eternity-- Feb 24, 2014 0:23:08 GMT LS likes this

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Post by elizabeth on Feb 24, 2014 0:23:08 GMT

I think the scripture Jim cited is pretty clear. Here's another one,

(2Th 2:13) But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

If someone is not to come to the Lord, they just won't. It doesn't matter how nice, smart, good looking, cool, or whatever they are. The gospel will not interest them at all.

I know predestination goes against human reasoning, and sense of fairness, but I always consider this scriptures:

(Isa 55:8) "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD.

(Isa 55:9) "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.

So, to keep this post on subject, the people who are meant to spend time considering Christianity will.

Last Edit: Feb 24, 2014 0:27:09 GMT by elizabeth