Raven's current sig line reads.....
Never trust a person who can clear their conscience of an immoral act by asking an imaginary friend for forgiveness.
A person who expresses regret [repentance] and seeks forgiveness, after
recognising that he/she has caused harm to another, proves [at least] that he/she has a functioning conscience.
A person who repeatedly commits harmful acts to others [esp. for the sake of selfishly pursuing their own sensual pleasure], .....thereby, demonstrate by their lack of regret, prove that he/she has lost his/her way.
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Psalms 32:1
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity......
Isaiah 54:17
.....This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, ....
their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Romans 4:6
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
1 Corinthians 1:21
For.....it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Atheists, cannot believe.
Atheists, have no
ability [given to them] to believe.
Why not ?
Because to believe, ....is a gift, given of God the creator.
Romans 9:13
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For he saith to Moses,
I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy,
and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault?
For who hath resisted his will?
It just isn't fair, is it !
Life's a complete b itch , and then we die !
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Yadda said....
http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1435998745/0#0 Quote:
We have no power, to choose God.
It is God who chooses us.
What does that mean ?
It means that, with all of my heart, i searched for God.
1 Chronicles 28:9
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts:
if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
It is easy to 'forsake' God, .......just as most men
choose 'to go native' in this world.
Just like
Esau.
"....as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright."
And that, is
their choice.