Christian/Muslim ThreadsTrinity ~ God is One not 3!Jesus taught us to die to ourselves. We are separated from God because of Self. The center of our existence is Self. We are to die to ourselves and put God in the center.
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Ecclesiastes 1 The purpose of our intelligence is to worship and have fellowship with God. God is perfect but we are not perfect. So there is no way for an unperfect human to understand that which is perfect unless that which is perfect changes the mind of the unperfect human so that he/she can understand that which is perfect. Again it is by the work of that which is perfect to fix the un-perfect that makes the unperfect ~ prefect. We have to molded and shaped into the perfect mind of God by the mind of God. Not by our own human logic which isn't perfect! If we can by our own human logic then we save ourselves which means we are prefect and don't need to be saved. The level of judgement is based entirely upon unbelief which is the "Lowest common denominator" as you put it. That is the rule which is understandable by childlike faith. Neither is it blind faith because it is based upon that which is Prefect. An example of a very devout person who followed God logically based upon a religion was Paul, a very devout Religious Jew, who said about himself "I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief." Justice demands payment. You break the law and rob a bank then justice demands a verdict for the crime. Paul was guilty and justice demands a verdict. If God is Holy and Just then the sentence has to be carried out or the Judge becomes tainited and is no longer Holy or Just or Prefect. Also how does doing good deeds ever Justify anybody when the guilt remains. Just because a bank robber was a devout giver of his money and time to the poor doesn't neglect the need for justice in the crime of robbing the bank. But it is also interesting that all of these sins Paul speaks about committing was done because of unbelief. Even Moses and those in that fell in the wilderness could not enter into the promise land because of their unbelief. So unbelief is the missing link. But belief in what, is the key to finding the missing link to God. The belief should be so simple that even a child could understand it. But of those who have placed Self as the missing link to God then it should be hid from them. In the end one of the requirements for real Salvation is to end up being justified or we are all still guilty. Justice means you have to be 100% prefect. If not then you have to be judged. Justice demands a verdict. Justified means you have been pronounce free from guilt or blame. Justice demands a verdict because of unbelief but we are Justified by belief. When the Holy Spirit comes, He will rebuke the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. John 16:8-11 You should notice that we will only be judged because of one sin, unbelief. |
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