tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post2120156975274581388..comments2024-03-24T23:41:23.944-07:00Comments on Talk Wisdom: Bill Muehlenberg's Essay: "On The Colorado Killings"Christinewjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-1407533771123120362012-07-23T04:02:06.151-07:002012-07-23T04:02:06.151-07:00thank you for your kind words and understanding. Y...thank you for your kind words and understanding. Yes, the born again experience is different for many of us. The first experience of which I briefly described wasn't one of being born again. I've thought about that for decades. I was a very miserable individual at the time (as of most of my life) and all I remember is that I was talking with a young lady on the phone. I have no idea who she was and how we got to be talking. I know she was witnessing to me and I remember only her saying for me to say the words "Jesus is my Lord" ... I was torn within my soul but I finally said those words and instantly the spirit of God swept through me (I can't describe it here, except it was like a flood through my entire being) in a way of course completely unexpected and moving. Instantly it was revealed to me that Jesus Christ was real and I had the overwhelming desire to get on the roof of the home I was living in and start shouting that to everyone. Needless to say, I wasn't "born again" and I think God made that happen for ... well, even now, after 40+ years, I don't know. I knew nothing of the Bible. Never even picked one up ... from that point I was "on my own" so to speak, to find out what I was supposed to do to follow Him. Anyway, I'm here today and am glad to briefly share that with you.stevehttp://cryandhowl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-21905393649127279982012-07-22T22:10:46.662-07:002012-07-22T22:10:46.662-07:00Hi Steve,
Don't worry about me "not liki...Hi Steve,<br /><br />Don't worry about me "not liking what you have to say." It is good to be honest and oftentimes Christians don't always agree about everything anyway.<br /><br />I can see your point about "preaching to the choir." However, it is always my hope that some person out there happens upon a post done here and it makes him or her really think about his/her relationship with God. Even if it "rings hollow" with some unbelievers, there is always the chance that what is shared may break through to a lost human's heart and soul. <br /><br />It was interesting to see the political side of all of this develop. Found out today that the cinema was a "gun free" zone. Nothing like advertising to a would-be criminal and indescriminate murderer that there would be NO ONE shooting back to stop his rampage!<br /><br />The gun control leftist crazies are all out there using this tragedy to get their anti-second amendment propaganda in the faces of all Americans. It's ironic that if LAW ABIDING CONCEALED GUN CARRIERS were in the theater, perhaps many lives would have been saved because the Black Bloc Occupy Wall Street homicidal maniac would have been taken out by someone in the theater.<br /><br />There are too many coincidences going on not to suspect a false flag operation of some kind actually being behind this massacre.<br /><br />Back to Christ.<br /><br />Yes! The simplicity of the gospel not only confounds the wise, but it is a stumbling block to those who are perishing. How anyone could refuse God's provision for redemption and reconciliation astounds me!<br /><br />I believe your experience about the Spirit of God flowing through you! When a believer has such an experience - you NEVER forget it! Isn't it great how each believer has a different experience? It is because God delivers each of us individually! No one's salvation experience or subsequent sanctification experiences (which can happen over the lifetime of the believer) is ever the same as someone else's!! God is so awesome to show us such things on an individual basis that makes our relationship with Christ so real and personal!<br /><br />I'm rambling...<br /><br />Steve, you never bore me and I could not ever be disappointed with my Christian blogging buddy from the great state of Texas! God bless!Christinewjchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-55148785503973390142012-07-22T21:52:53.165-07:002012-07-22T21:52:53.165-07:00Well said, Susan. Thanks for sharing. The Solzhe...Well said, Susan. Thanks for sharing. The Solzhenitsyn quote gets right down to the nitty gritty, doesn't it? Every human heart needs the "surgery" that only Jesus Christ can provide. Without it, evil will continue to permeate the human heart that rejects God. It may not be politically correct to say it...but it's often so true.<br /><br />God bless!Christinewjchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-88547290797202813532012-07-21T21:51:44.879-07:002012-07-21T21:51:44.879-07:00Hello Christine;
Your friend's thoughts are in...Hello Christine;<br />Your friend's thoughts are interesting and he made some very good points. For people like you and I, we can get the "gist" or point of his article. But with you and I he's "preaching to the choir". (and I don't mean that to belittle what he wrote) <br />I know you're not going to like what I'm going to say here ...<br />until we get beyond trying to demonstrate how smart we are and show what the love of Christ can do for regular people we're spinning our wheels. Instead of analysing this tragedy, why can't we stick with the simplicity of the gospel? We're not going to convince the "fist shakers". Until Christians get back to what Christ told us ... go into the highways and hedges and compel them ... <br />Anyway, yes, a great article ... but to me ringing hollow to unbelievers. <br />I just know, when I felt the spirit of God sweep through my being literally like a flood of many waters over 40 years ago ... the person on the other end of the phone told me ... "Just say the words: 'Jesus is my Lord'. <br />I've experienced that only twice in my life. Where I physically felt the Spirit of God flow through every fiber, like I was a screen ... <br />Well, I don't mean to bore you and I'm sure you're disappointed in me right now. But I have to stay within what standards God gave me many years ago, and that is "the simplicity of the gospel confounds the wise".stevehttp://cryandhowl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-75780347879922419212012-07-21T13:44:51.351-07:002012-07-21T13:44:51.351-07:00Christine said, “Jesus warned us that the closer w...Christine said, “Jesus warned us that the closer we get to the end times, it would be ‘as in the days’ of Noah and Lot. The secular world today celebrates abortion, homosexuality, sexual sin, perversion, lies, evil, sin and death. No wonder Jesus told us that his kingdom is not of this world.’”<br /><br />As one person who has been set free from more than 20 years of practicing lesbianism (passive and active) and more than 30 years of drunkenness, I can truly testify to the grace and the power of Jesus the Messiah. The Truth sets us free from our sins (John 8:32). The Messiah is the truth (John 14:6). I am free this day by choice.<br /><br />Bill Muehlenberg quotes Alexander Solzhenitsyn: “It was only when I lay there on rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either, but right through every human heart, and through all human hearts.”<br /><br />I agree completely. God bless you Christine. Shabbat Shalom to you and all your worldwide readers with the agape love of the ONE true God. The Holy ONE of ISRAEL! ~ Susan SmithSusan Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01290399161065548291noreply@blogger.com