Sorry bout that,
Sorry bout that,
1. If I were you guys, I would be wondering right about now, why God didn't want to have anything to do with me.
2. Why are you wearing the, *Judas Smile*?
3. You have to be asking the question, *Is it me?*
4. I been telling you guys about the, *Judas Factor*.
5. I am beginning to think theres a reason you are not saved.
6. Who amongst you have ever thought about this before?
Regards,
SirJamesofTexas
It's embarrassing for me to admit, but for 12 years of my short existence on this world (during my 30's & 40's) I was a closed-minded bible thumping asshole who was positive that most people I knew were going to burn in hell.
Reconciling my closed-minded beliefs with reality simply became more and more difficult as I began to study history. It was then that I stepped beyond the wall of my faith in Christ and saw the true size of 'God', ass-u-me-ing He exists at all. My conclusion was that if God is, He is WAY bigger than any or all of the literature that managed to survive the 2,000 year trip from antiquity to today.
'Religion' makes evolutionary sense - the 'gods' described in the literature of antiquity do not make sense, especially when viewed against the backdrop of our particular history and the human need to ask the unanswerable "Why?"
1. So your worry about history, and the troubles of this world led you away from Jesus.
2. Sounds like you received seed in stony ground, where the ground was not fit for a deep root, and too dry to nourish a young sapling, where the sun's rays scorched you beating you down.
3. That leads to a question, can the seed of faith be replanted?
4. Is salvation a one time thing?
5. I am truly sorry it didn't take hold on you, and after 12 years you became *Un-seeded*.
6. For holding onto the *seed* of salvation is a priority.
7. The wiles of the devil will do anything to *Un-seed* the salvation bestowed upon a convert.
8. And sometimes we must *lose to win*, and become what Christ expects us to be, and going through the trials of becoming a Christian, or being tested of the devil, in my opinion is an honor, so was Job tested, and he passed the test, though what he went through would break any man I know today, and I mean any man.
9. I think every new convert should expect to be tested, but I am not sure every one is.
10. There is no way I could know if everyone gets tested.
11. One thing I do know for sure, I can tell you I was tested, thats when I had my run in with the, *devil*.
Regards,
SirJamesofTexas