tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394990294066479321.post4374825014652383331..comments2023-05-17T09:27:38.391-05:00Comments on A United Method: Thus says the LORD:Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17940030280750981377noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394990294066479321.post-20437572227446478782008-07-30T09:54:00.000-05:002008-07-30T09:54:00.000-05:00What about once saved always saved...age of accoun...What about once saved always saved...age of accountability? "Christian Businessman"...note not woman. Love the sin, hate the sinner...or is it the opposite? Look once is admiration...look twice is lust. I grew up in a weird youth group.Barthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10496879298504239493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394990294066479321.post-77350988664250755472008-07-30T08:30:00.000-05:002008-07-30T08:30:00.000-05:00If, and I mean IF, you believe that God calls us a...If, and I mean IF, you believe that God calls us all to the path to follow...to the stuff that we should be doing...at home, at work, at play, at formal worship...THEN there really is no "helping ourselves" to the equation. <BR/><BR/>I hear this used mostly to speak against perceived laziness or inaction on the part of someone who is poor, homeless, or just drives a lesser car or works at a lesser job. <BR/><BR/>BUT what IF God CALLED that person to work at the job that doesn't pay that much. I don't think God called anyone to be lazy...but who am I to judge a person's circumstances. <BR/><BR/>The quote about the poor is an intersting one by Jesus...because we use this statment to talk about what the poor should do for themselves. It's what our government does to fight the "war on poverty." We help you to help yourselves. But in the perspective of our Lover and Creator the poor are BLESSED. THEY are the recipients of God's love and grace. I think we are all poor in that we naturally lack the spiritual energy we need to live without God... But maybe God's grace overcomes our poverty by overwhelming us with his love, force feeding us nourishment even when we won't help ourselves to the feast he has laid out in front of us...for free.Barthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10496879298504239493noreply@blogger.com