Thread: Surrender to the Lord
05-31-2022, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted By MotorCityCobra⏩
The story of Jonah was like revival if you consider how hard it is to get out of a whale's tummy. It's an analogy. Anyway elsewhere in the bible it says dead ppl are "asleep," as though still alive but 💤😴 just not conscious again until the resurrectionI agree with you and i believe in God. But Jesus being God is a blatant lie. Jesus himself prophecied that his fate would be like that of prophet Jonah. Jesus said:
“A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:39,40)
The sign of Jonah is related in the Bible:
"The Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights. From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. He said: In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry." (Jonah 1:17, 2:1,2)
The sign given to the Ninevites by Jonah was he was saved from certain death. He stayed for a period of time in danger, but ultimately recovered. He went alive into the belly of the fish, stayed alive for days, and came out alive. The same fate was prophecied for Jesus. He would enter the tomb alive, stay alive for days, and come out alive. If Jesus had died, there would be little resemblance to Jonah.
The story of Jonah is one of survival — not revival.
“A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:39,40)
The sign of Jonah is related in the Bible:
"The Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights. From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. He said: In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry." (Jonah 1:17, 2:1,2)
The sign given to the Ninevites by Jonah was he was saved from certain death. He stayed for a period of time in danger, but ultimately recovered. He went alive into the belly of the fish, stayed alive for days, and came out alive. The same fate was prophecied for Jesus. He would enter the tomb alive, stay alive for days, and come out alive. If Jesus had died, there would be little resemblance to Jonah.
The story of Jonah is one of survival — not revival.
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05-31-2022, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted By volleys⏩
We don't deserve eternal life. But you don't get to enter God's kingdom by just being a good person. Nobody is good but God. We all need a savior. This is why Jesus is the only way. You can not earn your way to eternal life by your own works.Well I hope not. I know a lot of Buddhists who are genuinely great people who help others who don't deserve eternal torment. I also know a lot of sick murderers/wife beaters/child molesters/predators in general that have accepted Jesus while incarcerated.
05-31-2022, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted By SevenFigures⏩
If nobody can be good, then nobody could be bad. If you hold that truth, then you are the same as those rapists, murderers, and child molesters in prison.We don't deserve eternal life. But you don't get to enter God's kingdom by just being a good person. Nobody is good but God. We all need a savior. This is why Jesus is the only way. You can not earn your way to eternal life by your own works.
05-31-2022, 06:36 PM
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05-31-2022, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted By volleys⏩
Yes I am the same. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" - Romans 3:23If nobody can be good, then nobody could be bad. If you hold that truth, then you are the same as those rapists, murderers, and child molesters in prison.
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
-Luke 18:9-14“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
"Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” - Luke 5:31-32
Repent and believe.
05-31-2022, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted By volleys⏩
People are 'good' according to man's standards, yes. But God requires perfection and no one is good according to God's standard. This is why He had no other option than to send His Son in our place. He poured out His wrath on Jesus as a demonstration of His love for us.If nobody can be good, then nobody could be bad. If you hold that truth, then you are the same as those rapists, murderers, and child molesters in prison.
We're all on borrowed time. His mercy and lovingkindness for this world will soon be coming to an end. People will try to hide in the clefts of the rocks when He returns to take vengeance on those who rejected His Son. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. This is the problem, as there is no fear of God.
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