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02-15-2007, 09:40 PM
So here is a passage from my book that I really enjoyed..and thought some of you would too-
The Lord is with us as we go about our work. He is with us when we milk the cow or chop wood. He is with us while we sleep, and when we are sick. He is with us in the still small hours, and he is with us at the hour of our death. He will hold our hand in our moment of grief, and he is present in our greatest joy. He is with the mother who nurses her child, and he is with the mother who loses her child.
The Lord is in eternity, but he is with us in time also. His is present in each hour and each minute and each second. The blessing of his presence is in each moment and the thought of each moment. The Lord is in the fullness of memory, and the fullness of hope for the future. The Lord is in the promise of tomorrow. And in the last words of Revelation, in the last words of the Bible, in the last words the Savior spoke before the Second Coming, he tells us that salvation is for whoever will accept it. Salvation is not just for the chosen people, or the best people, or good people. Salvation is for the sinners, and for those afraid and those persecuted. Salvation is for those afflicted and those crippled and those troubled in their minds. Salvation is for the liar and the adulterer, for the blasphemer. Salvation is for whoever is athirst and will take the water of life freely.
I really really liked this passage. I...believe that Jesus died for OUR sins...OUR being the entire human race. This meaning that everyone is forgiven for their wrong doings. However, I do not believe this gives people the right to do wrong knowing that they will be forgiven....they should feel forever in debt for the things that God and Jesus Christ have given them, and that should make them want to be good in the eyes of the Lord.
I just believe that God and Jesus really do love everyone..and everyone should be treated as a child of God.
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The Lord is with us as we go about our work. He is with us when we milk the cow or chop wood. He is with us while we sleep, and when we are sick. He is with us in the still small hours, and he is with us at the hour of our death. He will hold our hand in our moment of grief, and he is present in our greatest joy. He is with the mother who nurses her child, and he is with the mother who loses her child.
The Lord is in eternity, but he is with us in time also. His is present in each hour and each minute and each second. The blessing of his presence is in each moment and the thought of each moment. The Lord is in the fullness of memory, and the fullness of hope for the future. The Lord is in the promise of tomorrow. And in the last words of Revelation, in the last words of the Bible, in the last words the Savior spoke before the Second Coming, he tells us that salvation is for whoever will accept it. Salvation is not just for the chosen people, or the best people, or good people. Salvation is for the sinners, and for those afraid and those persecuted. Salvation is for those afflicted and those crippled and those troubled in their minds. Salvation is for the liar and the adulterer, for the blasphemer. Salvation is for whoever is athirst and will take the water of life freely.
I really really liked this passage. I...believe that Jesus died for OUR sins...OUR being the entire human race. This meaning that everyone is forgiven for their wrong doings. However, I do not believe this gives people the right to do wrong knowing that they will be forgiven....they should feel forever in debt for the things that God and Jesus Christ have given them, and that should make them want to be good in the eyes of the Lord.
I just believe that God and Jesus really do love everyone..and everyone should be treated as a child of God.
<3