@PloughBoy
I will come back to this tomorrow, I am failing to understand what you are not understanding and I say that in love. I appreciate your passion for Christ, that is commendable brother. But this world includes believers and none believers, and as The Word confirms, scripture confirms, The Word is folly to those who are lost.
The lost do not give a damb about Jesus, they do not need a crutch to lean on, they are in charge of their life. Till the foundations crumble.
If we think all should be following The Word, we are right to think so, but in reality that is not the case.
Please do not condemn your brothers and sisters in Christ by what appears to be your understanding. That sounds harsh, I apologise but, The Word is clear, God wants all to be saved but all will not be saved, the end of John 3:1-21 confirms that.
We are a passionate as you brother but, this current world, in these latter days includes a mixture of weeds and wheat and at present there are more weeds than ever amongst the wheat. We must not give up, the harvest is ready but the workers are few.
My heart is troubled my friend, so it is good night and God Bless.
In His Love
!(1 Tim 2).
11A woman a should learn in quietness and full submission. 12I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; b she must be quiet. 13For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. 15But women c will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.
you said. i agree.
The lost do not give a damb about Jesus, they do not need a crutch to lean on, they are in charge of their life. Till the foundations crumble.
Why, i believe God has so ordain it to be, according to Holy Scripture in whole content. for we are the “”Elect of God” all of The Elect of God will come to birth in God’s time.
Not meaning to beat one up with scripture, but sometimes scripture come across by the bearer as in the book of Jeremiah, where God declares it as a “hammer” it might mean in the original language. [imprint}. Sharper than a two edge sword, separating joints from marrow. Following Jesus, causes you pain and suffering from everyside, you know this, it never stops. example: from the cradle to the grave so it is physically so it is spiritually..
you said:
“If we think all should be following The Word, we are right to think so, but in reality that is not the case.”
No i don’t expect everyone in the world to, but true believers are commanded to follow “The Word”. We are to make disciples of Christians [those who are “born from above” we are not commanded to make disciples of NoN christians.[devils]. The messages is always different for a True christian and a Nominal one. They are not the same, one is a child of God the other is not. Per Se, Holy Scripture.
yes it hurts to say that, yes it hurts to believe that! But we are commanded to lean not upon our own understanding but trust in the Lord Our God. David cried, Aaron Cried, Moses Cried and countless others have cried, woman, males! History are filed with tears concerning the manifestation of this truth.
And everyone who God wants to be saved is going to get saved, God is God, whatever God wants, He gets it, He is not a man, He is the Almighty God. Salvation is not base upon man, there is nothing a person can do or say that can determine His salvation. A sinner does not have the ability to choose God, he is incapable to do so. He can choose everything He wants but He cannot choose God, for he loves darkness rather than light, for it is his nature, for he is a sinner not by choice but by birth.
God is not like a man, He does not think like a man. His ways are nothing like a man. His reasoning is like night and day from a man. So no matter how we try to sum up in the details there is no comprehension of a Infinite being by a finite creature. We must believe His Word.
God chooses or creates us unto salvation before there was a time or space, all creation and the heavens and the cosmos was made to shape and form us into the Very image of HIs Son. nothing is done by chance, or mistake or in error. He is GOD Almighty! There is no error in GOD no Mistakes in HIs creations, He is incapable to do so! He is the potter and everything is as clay, He calls everything into existence by HIS WORD, He just speak, He wrestles with nothing, There is no warrior that can approach HIM! There is no one or thing or creature that came before Him, For HE is not a man or Creature! HE is GOD!
I hope this has encourage you! and not offended you, from where you stand, for when you see Him, you shall; be just LIKE HIM! He will have to wipe away your tears.
