tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875673.post5757187337108534610..comments2023-06-28T05:28:39.954-05:00Comments on Megaloi -- "Great Things": More on the doctrine of hellMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01007487096378869462noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875673.post-14455173472061055802008-01-24T14:14:00.000-06:002008-01-24T14:14:00.000-06:00"...even in the Old Testament, the punishment was ..."...even in the Old Testament, the punishment was supposed to fit the crime (eye for eye, tooth for tooth)." Good point! Often the lex taliionis is used in an attempt to prove God was inhumane, when in reality the law of retribution served to mitigate cruel and unusual punishments common to OT societies.Michael Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184741808524643182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875673.post-60289104341079786002008-01-24T09:52:00.000-06:002008-01-24T09:52:00.000-06:00Mom- Since you said the following:"I think it's ve...Mom- Since you said the following:<BR/>"I think it's very good to study 'other things'/religions, translations, histories and the Hebrew & Greek versions, too--but, since I believe that our ALL-POWERFUL GOD made sure we received, into our hands"<BR/><BR/>thought you might find this interesting:<BR/><BR/>http://www.christianheretic.com/2008/01/dialogue-with-evangelical.html<BR/><BR/>I don't agree with all the points, but very interesting all the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875673.post-20319852098574553602008-01-23T13:37:00.000-06:002008-01-23T13:37:00.000-06:00Fascinating, Michael. Thanks.Fascinating, Michael. Thanks.Hal Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350917997504370743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875673.post-58571935235861010542008-01-23T08:52:00.000-06:002008-01-23T08:52:00.000-06:00I've been purposefully quiet so far, but I just wa...I've been purposefully quiet so far, but I just wanted to say that this statement <BR/><BR/><I>"NOT EVERYONE HAS TO EVEN HEAR ABOUT JESUS--they will be 'judged' by God on WHAT THEY KNEW & then HOW THEY LIVED" </I><BR/><BR/>proves in my mind that we as Christians don't believe that 90% of the worlds population (past, present and future) are going to burn in the hottest fires ever imagined for the rest of the un-imaginable future. We just don't live like those are the stakes at hand, meaning we don't have our Keds on out beating the streets everyday, with the message that hell is eminate.RedWifeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10488753353758977197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875673.post-62075583803102939832008-01-23T08:50:00.000-06:002008-01-23T08:50:00.000-06:00Michael- You did a great job of explanation. We ar...Michael- You did a great job of explanation. We are all at different points in our journeys. I can't believe how my beliefs and views have changed in three years,after 59 years of stagnation. I don't expect to be in one more year where I am today. A relative told me what I was doing is great, BUT, someday I have to acquire my set of beliefs and settle on them. I said WHY? God is revealing Him/Herself to me every day and I intend to search more and more. I believe the more I search and find new things about God the more I find new things about myself because God and I are the same "stuff". He created me and is in and part of me. I believe we are here to find out who we really are, and as a bonus, we find out more about who He/She is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16875673.post-69212823512408296702008-01-23T01:59:00.000-06:002008-01-23T01:59:00.000-06:00Another GREAT POST, Bud--THANK YOU!My thoughts on ...Another GREAT POST, Bud--THANK YOU!<BR/><BR/>My thoughts on Jonah & the Vineyard workers & the Prodigal son's brother was THEY WERE ALL IMMATURE at that point--because as we mature in Christ, we WANT EVERYONE WHO POSSIBLY CAN BE SAVED!<BR/><BR/>And, definitely their bitterness was/is NOT 'Christ-like'/FULL of LOVE & COMPASSION for our 'brothers'--and also reminds me of the Pharisees who wanted to stone that 'bad'/sinful woman & Jesus 'sent them away'--well, they all LEFT--AFTER he said--'THOSE OF YOU WITHOUT SIN, THROW THE FIRST STONE'--THAT'S WHERE WE ALL ARE!!!!<BR/><BR/>One thing in Romans, though, where it talks about the Gentiles, then, 'living/being a LAW UNTO THEMSELVES'--talking about them 'living right'/what they understood to be right--I think is 'the ANSWER' to how God can/will SAVE MORE folks than WE first thought--NOT EVERYONE HAS TO EVEN HEAR ABOUT JESUS--they will be 'judged' by God on WHAT THEY KNEW & then HOW THEY LIVED--if accordingly or not!!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>YES! It is OUR 'CALL'/mission to 'TAKE GOD'S WORD TO THE WORLD'--but, there have already been & will still be SOME, maybe even LOTS who do not HEAR about Him--to me, that does NOT necessarily mean that all of those folks will be lost--or that's HOW I think NOW!!!!<BR/><BR/>In any case, it will NEVER be OURS to 'judge'--although, there is that verse that says 'we WILL judge the Angels'--always confuses me--not sure HOW that's gonna happen--we really KNOW so LITTLE!!!<BR/><BR/>SO, WE KEEP TRUSTING GOD & OBEYING HIM & speaking to as MANY folks as will LISTEN to us--about 'THE HOPE THAT IS IN US' & we 'sow the SEED' & 'water it' & then others/maybe even US, sometimes, get to SEE the 'FRUIT' blooming out/folks GIVING THEIR LIVES OVER TO GOD!!!!!<BR/>It TAKES ALL OF US/GOD'S CHURCH to do just that & OUR GOD'S DIRECTING it/US ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Michael, you have a VERY SENSITIVE HEART that FEELS for ALL those folks who have not & will not EVER hear God's word--to GET to MAKE A CHOICE--and, THAT'S A GOOD THING!!!<BR/>THAT'S A VERY GOOD THING!!!!!!!!!! BUT, don't 'take it on' as a GUILT-thing, please!!!!<BR/><BR/>As long as we are DOING EVERYTHING WE KNOW TO DO, that is right, and that SPREADS GOD'S WORD THROUGHOUT OUR WORLD, that's ALL HE ASKS OF US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some/lots of folks 'take' YEARS to 'convert'!!!!<BR/>And, it's NEVER been our 'job' to PUSH Jesus on ANYONE!!!!!!!!! Just let them know THE WORD & then it's ALWAYS THEIR CHOICE/DECISION!!<BR/><BR/>WE THANK GOD FOR YOU, Michael & YOUR SENSITIVE SOUL & WANTING TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT/ALL OF GOD'S WORD!!!!!<BR/>And, WE THANK GOD FOR JAMIE & YOUR KIDS & THEIR OBEDIENT SOULS!!!!!!!<BR/>Ya'll are a BLESSING to US!!!!!!!!<BR/>GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!!! Love, MomMamaRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557240499407879646noreply@blogger.com