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[email protected] wrote:
At 10:39 AM 5/24/2012, [email protected] wrote:
Thank you for honestly answering these questions. Jesus said; the truth will set you free; and I believe that didn't just mean eternal truth, but also, being honest with Him and one another.
Here are my responses to what you wrote:
You wrote: 1. Yes, I really know who is God.
My reply: I didn't ask if you knew who God is, but do you know Him, as a man knows his father? This is the promise that Jesus made and I can tell you that it is true, for now I truly know God. I once did not know Him. I know the difference between not knowing Him and now knowing Him. In John 17:3 Jesus defined eternal life. He said "And this is eternal life, to KNOW THEE, the Only True God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent".
Eternal life is to know God, personally. So those who do not have the Spirit of Christ, are not children of God. They are still dead in their trespasses and sins, as I once was. Blind to knowing God, for I was separated from Him by my sins. But Isha (Jesus) took the penalty for my sins (death) and rose again from the dead so I could have ETERNAL life (which is to know God).
You wrote:
2. Quran says- "All the living creature will get the taste ofdeath" Jesus did not die. He was taken up alive.
My reply: The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus physically died on the Cross and then rose from the dead. I know you don't believe the Bible, but once you know God, you will know the Bible is true.
There is no religion that brings people to God.
Neither Islam, Buddism, Christianity, Judiasm, you name it, none of them make a way for people actually be able to reach God.
ONLY God can reach to where man is, and He did this by becoming a man and dwelling among us.
This is who Jesus is, was and is to yet come again.
You wrote:
3. Insha-Allah, I will go to heaven.
My reply: I am already in heaven. That is, because Jesus has washed me from all of my sins, and has given me His Holy Spirit, He has made me a child of God and now I am under the rulership of God, so I am in the Kingdom of Heaven, for I am under the rulership of the God of heaven. When I leave this body, I will see Him face to face, but until then, I am seated with Christ in the Heavenly places, that is, I live under His authority and I speak from His authority and represent Him, as His ambassador to a lost and dead world, that they might be saved.
You wrote:
4. When I realize that I have committed a sin, straightway I must
face God and ask for his forgiveness promise to Him not to commit
that sin again. Insha-Allah, God will forgive me.
My reply:
In 1 John 1:9 the Bible says: "if we confess our sins He is faithful AND JUST to forgive us".
HOW, how is God JUST in forgiving us? Didn't we sin? Don't we deserve to die? Does God change His mind and say 'oh, it's OK, I will overlook your sin?' NO, that would be impossible! God CANNOT change, for He is perfect, Holy and just.
So, how why can He forgive sins? BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN PAID FOR ALREADY.
In the old testament it is written "without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins".
So, it's not that God forgives sin, per se, no, He is justified in forgiving us because He paid the price for our sins, so His righteous law was fulfilled and His righteous, Holy character did not change.
You also said that if your good outweighs your bad, you will go to heaven. I have to tell you, the truth is, this is simply impossible. ONE sin is enough to keep you out of heaven, for God is PERFECT and He cannot change. He CANNOT overlook sin, for that would be un loving, un just and contrary to the very nature of the Only True and Holy God.
So, my friend, it is my main purpose in life to lead people to the saving knowledge of God: The Good News (Gospel), that God so loved the world that He sent His ONLY BEGOTTEN Son.
God is NOT begotten, but He definitely CAN beget! Nothing is impossible for God, except for Him to stop being who He is! (God, which is why He cannot lie.)
Jesus said 'in order to see the kingdom of God you MUST be born again'. I have been born again, for TODAY (the bible says) is the day of salvation.
The day of judgment is NOT the day of salvation. It is the day of judgment. On that day, all men WILL be judged by their works, just as you said, however, NO ONE WILL BE SAVED by those works. No, instead, each work will be viewed and be seen to be woefully inadequate to meet the righteous standard of God, which is PERFECTION.
Only God is perfect and only He can make us perfect and He does that as we humble ourselves before Him, TODAY, and accept His free gift of eternal life given through His Son Jesus.
Thank you for honestly answering these questions. Jesus said; the truth will set you free; and I believe that didn't just mean eternal truth, but also, being honest with Him and one another.
Here are my responses to what you wrote:
You wrote: 1. Yes, I really know who is God.
My reply: I didn't ask if you knew who God is, but do you know Him, as a man knows his father? This is the promise that Jesus made and I can tell you that it is true, for now I truly know God. I once did not know Him. I know the difference between not knowing Him and now knowing Him. In John 17:3 Jesus defined eternal life. He said "And this is eternal life, to KNOW THEE, the Only True God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent".
Eternal life is to know God, personally. So those who do not have the Spirit of Christ, are not children of God. They are still dead in their trespasses and sins, as I once was. Blind to knowing God, for I was separated from Him by my sins. But Isha (Jesus) took the penalty for my sins (death) and rose again from the dead so I could have ETERNAL life (which is to know God).
You wrote:
2. Quran says- "All the living creature will get the taste ofdeath" Jesus did not die. He was taken up alive.
My reply: The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus physically died on the Cross and then rose from the dead. I know you don't believe the Bible, but once you know God, you will know the Bible is true.
There is no religion that brings people to God.
Neither Islam, Buddism, Christianity, Judiasm, you name it, none of them make a way for people actually be able to reach God.
ONLY God can reach to where man is, and He did this by becoming a man and dwelling among us.
This is who Jesus is, was and is to yet come again.
You wrote:
3. Insha-Allah, I will go to heaven.
My reply: I am already in heaven. That is, because Jesus has washed me from all of my sins, and has given me His Holy Spirit, He has made me a child of God and now I am under the rulership of God, so I am in the Kingdom of Heaven, for I am under the rulership of the God of heaven. When I leave this body, I will see Him face to face, but until then, I am seated with Christ in the Heavenly places, that is, I live under His authority and I speak from His authority and represent Him, as His ambassador to a lost and dead world, that they might be saved.
You wrote:
4. When I realize that I have committed a sin, straightway I must
face God and ask for his forgiveness promise to Him not to commit
that sin again. Insha-Allah, God will forgive me.
My reply:
In 1 John 1:9 the Bible says: "if we confess our sins He is faithful AND JUST to forgive us".
HOW, how is God JUST in forgiving us? Didn't we sin? Don't we deserve to die? Does God change His mind and say 'oh, it's OK, I will overlook your sin?' NO, that would be impossible! God CANNOT change, for He is perfect, Holy and just.
So, how why can He forgive sins? BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN PAID FOR ALREADY.
In the old testament it is written "without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins".
So, it's not that God forgives sin, per se, no, He is justified in forgiving us because He paid the price for our sins, so His righteous law was fulfilled and His righteous, Holy character did not change.
You also said that if your good outweighs your bad, you will go to heaven. I have to tell you, the truth is, this is simply impossible. ONE sin is enough to keep you out of heaven, for God is PERFECT and He cannot change. He CANNOT overlook sin, for that would be un loving, un just and contrary to the very nature of the Only True and Holy God.
So, my friend, it is my main purpose in life to lead people to the saving knowledge of God: The Good News (Gospel), that God so loved the world that He sent His ONLY BEGOTTEN Son.
God is NOT begotten, but He definitely CAN beget! Nothing is impossible for God, except for Him to stop being who He is! (God, which is why He cannot lie.)
Jesus said 'in order to see the kingdom of God you MUST be born again'. I have been born again, for TODAY (the bible says) is the day of salvation.
The day of judgment is NOT the day of salvation. It is the day of judgment. On that day, all men WILL be judged by their works, just as you said, however, NO ONE WILL BE SAVED by those works. No, instead, each work will be viewed and be seen to be woefully inadequate to meet the righteous standard of God, which is PERFECTION.
Only God is perfect and only He can make us perfect and He does that as we humble ourselves before Him, TODAY, and accept His free gift of eternal life given through His Son Jesus.