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Date Posted: 07:30:11 04/09/09 Thu
Thanks for stopping by Tom,
I appreciate your questions and all those who come to this forum questioning. I'm not saying that because I think of myself as some kind of answer man, but because I believe all sincere seekers of the Truth can and will find the answers in the 'answer book.' The Word of God contains the answers to all of life's questions. I consider myself a student of the Way and have made it, the Word of God, the first and last authority in my life. It's the one thing that has not and will not change.
It is for this reason that I don't find it tedious to search the scriptures and to apply them to the day-to-day problems that I face in my quest for, as Jesus said, the Truth that makes one free.
The point of my last post was to respond to bob's commenting on the 'next adventure' by attempting to relay that for me that adventure, which I too once sought after in a natural sense, is actually just as real internally!
It can be just as real and exciting in the mundane tasks of life as it can be in some adrenaline rushing experience. It is actually in the expectation of what has been revealed in scripture that I find the joy to live each moment to the fullest no matter what may be in front of me.
You're right, not all 'believers' have chosen to abide in Christ, who is Truth and to make Him the center of their life, but at the same time the call is upon every believer to make that choice. He is not a respector of persons, His promises and gifts are for everyone, but like anything worthwhile in life, you have to 'want to' receive it in order to get it. Pursuing the Truth that makes you free is no different in that regard. It is no different than anything in life that we see and then go after to attain. You must first want the Word of God, or perhaps come to your point of need for it in order to believe it's all true.
I too was a doubting believer for most of my life. I wasn't trying to make fun of you or the other famous Tom's with my comment, but that is to me the place where believing must start. You can't believe something until you have questioned it thouroughly and then you must make a decision about it? Our lives are all about the choices we make and will make.
That, in essence, is what this forum is all about. Through my study of the scriptures I find God reveals Himself to me. As I get to know Him better, He reveals more truth to me about myself, which in turn makes me free. In effect, as I grow in Him I am released from the bondage of my own way of thinking to begin, as Shane might say, to think and act like God. That is because it is the Word of God that is the basis for every religion that man chooses.
But religion can't save anyone, only the Truth can save you!
I wholeheartedly agree with you about TODAY. It is the only day we will ever have because NOW is the only time we will ever live. God says, Today is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!
Please come by often. I only delete posts that are derogatory or that I find insulting to God Himself.
Bob is simply a fly on the wall here. I can squash him at any time.
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