Hi to my TimesDaily Forum Friends,
Our Friend, Fish, tells us, "Enjoy it while you can, folks. In the great scheme of things, there truly is no tomorrow. That's my take."
From his writings, I presume he tells us this because, somewhere in his life, he felt that God did not respond as he would have liked; therefore God must not exist. This is sad, but common among folks who will not take the time to truly seek the Lord and to deeply understand His Word.
HippieGirl prays, "Oh Fish, I pray you find Jesus, while there is still time" -- and Geddon agrees. I, too, have the same prayer -- that our Friends, Fish and Deep, will one day find the Truth.
Then, Wallsgirl tells us, "'I say God is also angry when he sees something like this. I would say also for several years now Americans in a sense have shaken their fist at God and said, 'God, we want you out of our schools, our government, our business, we want you out of our marketplace.' And God, who is a gentleman, has just quietly backed out of our national and political life, our public life. Removing his hand of blessing and protection. We need to turn to God first of all and say, 'God, we're sorry we have treated you this way and we invite you now to come into our national life. We put our trust in you. We have our trust in God on our coins, we need to practice it.' Not my quote but I wish it was."
I would say that the situation in our TimesDaily Forum, which is really a reflection of what is happening across America, does not make God angry. Rather, I believe it makes Him sad; to see so many denying Him and following the god of this world, Satan. Yet, although there are many non-believers in America -- I know that there are plenty of folks who follow God and who believe Jesus Christ when He tells us, "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me" (John 14:6).
This has been proven in the not-so-distant elections when the evangelical Christians stepped forward to vote -- and our votes won.
Have we seen God truly, "Removing his hand of blessing and protection" from America? I do not believe so -- but, we are pushing our luck when so many in America keep denying Him; when our schools evict Him; when our government declares Him unwelcome in government buildings; when our Supreme Court bows to the god, Molech, and gives their blessing to the murder of 1.6 million babies every year in America via abortion. Yes, America is pushing His boundaries; but, I do not believe that He has given up on America or Americans -- yet.
Just as He saw the faithful remnant of Israel in 1 King 19:18, "Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him" -- and through them saved the nation of Israel -- I believe that America will overcome our rejection of Him and our bowing of the knee to the god of this world -- if enough Christians will continue to share His Word with the world.
We are told, in Romans 11:1-8, how the prophet Elijah did plead with God against Israel, "Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life"
God's response was, "I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." I believe that God sees His "seven thousand" in America today; those faithful who will not bow to the persistent clamor of atheism and evolution; those who stand tall when the secular humanists continue to scream their mantra: "Separation of church and state" -- those who deny the humanists their desired monopoly on the governing of America.
And, in Romans 11:1-8, the apostle Paul concludes, "Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace."
Then, Paul concludes regarding those who refuse to believe in God, "Just as it is written: 'God has given them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that they should not see, And ears that they should not hear, To this very day.'"
So, my encouragement to the Christian faithful who read and post, or who only read, in the TimesDaily Forum -- do not believe the false teaching of those who would lead you into the darkness of atheism and evolution; those who would have you bow to the god of this world, Satan.
Instead, keep the words of Jesus in your heart, when He told us, in John 8:12, ". . .I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill Gray
billdory@pacbell.net
Alabama bred,
California fed,
Blessed by God to be a Christian American!