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Originally Posted by RichC
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That is a really interesting answer.
Some of the things you follow cause you great sadness ?
Does that mean you don't want to agree with them, but go ahead anyway ?
Is that why a lot of Christians seem angry when the talk about gay marriage ?
Thank you for the honest answer, it has really made me think.
RichC
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Its always risking speaking for others, but as "fools rush in..." I'll try.
In my experience many Christians have an error in their beliefs, Its not an error that, IMO, will keep them from heaven, but an error that prevents them understanding fully.
It is simply this--Some Christians believe that they somehow earned God's favor, That, somehow, they were better than other men, and so God elected them to salvation. This, IMO, leads them to pride, in their own "goodness". Then they feel superior to other people.
My study of Biblical doctrine teaches me that salvation is all of God. There is no good in me. I am dead in my sin. Dead men do not do anything to assist in their becoming not dead. It is all of God. I humbly accept the gift in full knowledge that I do not deserve anything but judgment from God.
As for believing some things that are hard for me, Yes, indeed. As a Christian, I do not sit in judgment on what the Word of God says; instead it judges me, and all mankind.