Atheistic satanists are the worst, most of them are just edgy dorks, but I worry about those at the top. I used to be a theistic satanist. I changed my ways though, I still can't trust the church though, It's too corrupt to be of the true God
Only God is perfect. The Church is made up of the imperfect followers of Jesus. We are sinful and we make mistakes and mess up, but God loves us anyway. All through Scripture, God uses imperfect people. David committed adultery and murdered Bathsheba's husband so he could marry her, and God called him a man after His own heart. That being said, there are people and groups that claim to follow Jesus, but we all have to use our own discernment about that.
We read our Bibles and pray and ask God to help us to make wise decisions. And I never take a human's word over what God says in the Bible. This is why I don't agree with Catholicism, specifically. Soooo much of what Catholicism teaches directly contradicts the Bible. But there are plenty of great churches out there that follow and teach God's word. You just have to really do your homework and make sure what they are teaching lines up with the Bible.
I like what you said about none of us being perfect, only God is perfect. You give some good encouragement here.
That being said, God called David a man after his own heart long before he went and committed murder then adultery. He paid a heavy price for his disobedience to the most serious commandments of God; David himself suffered from the consequences of his sins...constant family feuds, which, in the case of Absalom and Adonijah, ended in open rebellion. These incidents are a fulfillment of the pronouncement of Nathan the prophet upon David because of his sin and plagued him for the last 20 years of his life(2 Sam. 12:7–13).
Oh I completely agree that he suffered greatly, and I was definitely not meaning to imply God condoned that sin in any way, but God is outside of time so He knew David was going to do that when he said David was a man after his own heart. I have always taken that to mean even the most faithful can still royally mess up, but God's love will always remain and he will still use us. That was the point I was trying to make. That we are all imperfect and all mess up, but God can and does choose to use each of us. But we are definitely not immune from the earthly consequences of those sins.
Well put I would just add earthly or eternal consequences which apply to sins like murder, hurting children, chronic adultery(unrepented adultery)etc and I think he was speaking to David about his righteousness before he changed. God doesn't have a heart like David did when he devised those things.
I hear you and appreciate your thoughts.
Thanks for sharing, God bless
Atheistic satanists are the worst, most of them are just edgy dorks, but I worry about those at the top. I used to be a theistic satanist. I changed my ways though, I still can't trust the church though, It's too corrupt to be of the true God
Only God is perfect. The Church is made up of the imperfect followers of Jesus. We are sinful and we make mistakes and mess up, but God loves us anyway. All through Scripture, God uses imperfect people. David committed adultery and murdered Bathsheba's husband so he could marry her, and God called him a man after His own heart. That being said, there are people and groups that claim to follow Jesus, but we all have to use our own discernment about that.
We read our Bibles and pray and ask God to help us to make wise decisions. And I never take a human's word over what God says in the Bible. This is why I don't agree with Catholicism, specifically. Soooo much of what Catholicism teaches directly contradicts the Bible. But there are plenty of great churches out there that follow and teach God's word. You just have to really do your homework and make sure what they are teaching lines up with the Bible.
I like what you said about none of us being perfect, only God is perfect. You give some good encouragement here.
That being said, God called David a man after his own heart long before he went and committed murder then adultery. He paid a heavy price for his disobedience to the most serious commandments of God; David himself suffered from the consequences of his sins...constant family feuds, which, in the case of Absalom and Adonijah, ended in open rebellion. These incidents are a fulfillment of the pronouncement of Nathan the prophet upon David because of his sin and plagued him for the last 20 years of his life(2 Sam. 12:7–13).
Oh I completely agree that he suffered greatly, and I was definitely not meaning to imply God condoned that sin in any way, but God is outside of time so He knew David was going to do that when he said David was a man after his own heart. I have always taken that to mean even the most faithful can still royally mess up, but God's love will always remain and he will still use us. That was the point I was trying to make. That we are all imperfect and all mess up, but God can and does choose to use each of us. But we are definitely not immune from the earthly consequences of those sins.
Well put I would just add earthly or eternal consequences which apply to sins like murder, hurting children, chronic adultery(unrepented adultery)etc and I think he was speaking to David about his righteousness before he changed. God doesn't have a heart like David did when he devised those things. I hear you and appreciate your thoughts. Thanks for sharing, God bless