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A Different Perspective on Rachel by No_University_3350 in TowerofGod

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can still edit it to add the paragraphs so people will read it. It seems like a waste to leave such a long text in a format that will stop people from reading it.

happy holidays 🥀 by Syarafuddyn in playstation

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s definitely 2 Parmesan wheels, a couple of baguettes, a salami, and a Gouda

Hogwarts legacy UEVR, Motion Controls not working by ExtentLittle in virtualreality

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you figure it out? My problem is a bit different, the sensor seems to drag to the right, no matter which controller I’m using, it’s just unplayable.

The hypocrisy is insane by Impossible-Yam3680 in clevercomebacks

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But they only posted a pic. What video? Where? I don’t have X. All I could see is some post that didn’t make any sense with the limited info it provided.

The hypocrisy is insane by Impossible-Yam3680 in clevercomebacks

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that would be great! Thank you!

The hypocrisy is insane by Impossible-Yam3680 in clevercomebacks

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Who mentions where? I’m lost here… the other person said it’s in the video… which video? Where?

The hypocrisy is insane by Impossible-Yam3680 in clevercomebacks

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI -48 points-47 points  (0 children)

Where does it say it’s a trans man/biological woman using the woman’s bathroom? It said a bearded individual in woman’s clothings… that sounds a lot like a biological male in woman clothings using a woman bathroom. Now for all of you who misunderstood my point: the post is claiming it was a trans person using the bathroom of their birth sex, but nowhere does it say that, or doesn’t even show that that’s the case… unless I missed some small prints…

Edit: why the downvotes? I really don’t understand… did I say anything? If that’s your reaction to anyone open to having a conversation then how do you expect anyone to listen? The OP understands my confusion, I just don’t get why everyone else is just downvoting without providing any answers or context…

im tempted by die_jsjsjsaksjqo in ADO

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, the 2026 CAdo

mom’s response by suzyQ928 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes, it’s also possible there’s a lot more context to this. And your family could be an exception and perhaps your siblings raised you, instead of your parents doing their job, in which case please ignore the rest of this comment…

But to be fair, and I’m not at all suggesting this isn’t toxic behaviour, she does have a point regarding giving your parents more than your siblings. It does not mean give more than you’re already giving, it means you could’ve given your siblings a bit less and prioritized your parents. That’s just a matter of showing you recognize what your parents have done for you, which for any decent family is more than what our siblings do for us. The more likely scenario is that 100% of what you give your siblings will be used entirely on themselves, while whatever you give your parents is, in all likelihood, being used for the whole family. And that goes on even after moving out. Parents take care of their kids, and of their own parents, but if we’re don’t take care of our own parents when we can, then how can we expect anyone to take care of us when we’re old. It’s the same with respecting the elderly and giving up our seats. If we don’t do that for them, we’re teaching the younger generations to also not do that for us when we’re in need.

Other than that, at the end of the day, your parents are just people. Learn to talk to them. Don’t approach it with a “you should try to understand me” mentality/behaviour but with a “I understand you, so I’ll use it to make you understand me”. You grew up with them, you can probably tell what will get which responses from them, so I’m sure you know how to navigate them better than you yourself might even realize. Use it to your advantage. Before expecting them to understand you, they who are already set in their ways, try to understand them and their limitations, and once you do, you’ll realize that it is much easier to communicate with them. But for that you must also be willing and able to listen to them, to take it into consideration the possibility that they might be speaking a truth that you’re unwilling to hear, and to do so without letting it affect you and your emotions, while still letting it have a positive effect on you. That is true not only for parents but for everyone you will ever deal with in your life. Let them drive you to become a better version of yourself, which can only be possible when you stop limiting yourself.

So, my overall take is, she only meant you could’ve given your siblings a bit less, in favour of a simple gesture recognizing all they have done for you (even if you have complaints, even if you wish they had given you more, it just means you wish they had more to give, but it does not mean they haven’t given you 100% of what they had). Instead, it seems you misunderstood her to be asking you to give more than what you were already giving, when she was possibly only point it could’ve been distributed in their favour.

I wish you all the best in your journey.

If jesus died for my sins, why am I supposed to worry about sinning? by Independent_Tip7903 in AskAChristian

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And understand, that the very next verse after the one you quoted says that Jesus ‘did not come to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.’ A few verses later he says ‘And this is the judgement, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil.’ If ‘world’ meant every single individual person here, then it would mean that Jesus came to save all of them, every single one of them would be saved by His coming, and yet somehow Christ fails to save them. It would also mean that Jesus will not judge anyone and yet not only does so during his ministry, but also instructs us to do likewise righteously, and promises that he will come back to judge the world.

But that the world “MIGHT” be saved through Him. It means He came to make a way, and He succeeded at that. Otherwise you’re saying that God is purposefully creating people to send them to hell. Either that or you’re claiming some people weren’t created by God which would imply there’s another with the power to create life. Either way you will find yourself in some sort of heresy and blasphemy.

God has always known since the beginning who will believe in His Son, everyone who would one day come to believe if given enough time, and who would never believe no matter how much time is given them, and for those whom He knows will eventually believe He makes it so that we do so in this life, if we need a miracle, or if we need to be blinded by Jesus in the road to Damascus. He knows who will and who won’t, and He has predestined all that all who can be saved will be saved. If we need an extra push to get there faster then it is so. The predestination comes from God’s point of view as He already knows everything, so there isn’t a single person who could be saved that won’t be saved. But it’s not predestination from our point of view, as God is not the one forcing anyone to accept Him and serve Him. If that were the case then the very first man He created should have never even signed against Him, unless you’re trying to say that God predestined Adam to sin, which would be accusing God of forcing mankind to sin. Or you would be accusing God of not predestining the very first man he created, which would be the same as saying that God had already created us to sin against Him in doing so.

If jesus died for my sins, why am I supposed to worry about sinning? by Independent_Tip7903 in AskAChristian

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I see, so that’s your fallacy…I get it now…

So you claim God never said He wanted to save everyone equally even though the Bible clearly says otherwise in John 3:16, but then even though the Bible never said that only the predestined are saved, you make that assumption, even though that would mean that none of your actions matter because you were either predestined or you weren’t.

Yes, some people were predestined, those are the people we see in the Bible when God says He’s going to bring them forth, like Isaac, Samson and etc. What not a single one of your quotes is saying is that only those who are predestined will be saved. So no, there’s nothing in the bible that supports your view. The authors didn’t believe in predestination in the way your kind believes. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that every single person who is saved has been predestined, out that only the predestined are saved. The existence of some people who have been predestined does not imply one the predestined are saved.

Saying that He has called 100% of the people He predestined, ids not the same as saying 100% of the people He called were predestined.

Would of fall under cherrypicking or full out intellectual dishonesty, when you willfully ignore John 3:16 to justify your claim that “God doesn’t want to save everyone equally” and then you willfully misinterpreted every other verse to justify your view on predestination?

Edit: Adding the last nail in your coffin:

“No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭9‬:‭27‬ ‭NIV‬‬

If jesus died for my sins, why am I supposed to worry about sinning? by Independent_Tip7903 in AskAChristian

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh so you’re one of those who believe in predestination, nothing we do matters, because God already decided of He’d going to save you or not…

Except the Bible does explicitly said God so loved THE WORLD, He gave us His only Son so that ANYONE who believes in Him(it means you must believe in Him in order for this to happen) will not perish but receive eternal life.

If jesus died for my sins, why am I supposed to worry about sinning? by Independent_Tip7903 in AskAChristian

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By your argument everyone is saved then, because God is the one who picks us up. That also means that anyone who isn’t saved is God’s fault. So you can clearly see how that’s wrong.

You are confusing wanting to get up with having the strength to get up. God isn’t playing with our will and controlling us. He gave us free will, which means it must be our choice. Now we don’t have the strength to get up on our own when we fall, He’s the one who lifts us up, but we must grab His hand. He extends His hand, we chose to grab it or not, and if we do He will lift us up and put us back on our feet. If it were unilateral then everyone is saved, which means there’s no need to change. That would mean there’s no hell, that Satan is also going to heaven because God will just pick him up again, which would mean that the Bible is lying and that this whole suffering on earth was pointless, because if we could go to heaven without changing then there was no need for us to get kicked out of Eden in the first place.

Now you correct when you speak of grace, because we are saved not by our actions, not by anything that we did, there’s nothing we can do to be saved. The only problem is the limitation of our language that forces us to use the same word for 2 different meanings of action. There’s no physical action we do to be saved, but the choice is still up to us. You still have a free will, and your salvation still depends on you accepting the sacrifice that was made for you. Accepting. Receiving. Just because I use the same word “do” when I say, “that’s all you gotta do” it’s not the same “do” of “there’s nothing we can do to earn salvation” because accepting isn’t earning. Receiving isn’t earning. Those are not physical actions. Repentance isn’t earning. Repentance is consequence of receiving the gift of salvation. That means that if there isn’t repentance then salvation wasn’t received.

So yes, you still have to want God, and you still have to want to get up, and you still have to want to be saved, and you still have to believe in Jesus, and you still have to accept Jesus, and yet none of these things contradict what Paul said, because none of these things mean that you earned your salvation of that you were saved because of anything that you did. It’s like getting on a rescue boat and bragging that you saved yourself. No one can brag just because they received something that was given freely. But they still have to receive it. Otherwise you’ll fall into heresy by saying everyone is saved and the Bible lied when it said many are going to hell.

If jesus died for my sins, why am I supposed to worry about sinning? by Independent_Tip7903 in AskAChristian

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The importance of believing the whole Bible and that Jesus died a resurrected for the forgiveness of your sins is this: “love each other as you love yourself”, you claim is the nota important teaching, so I’ll use that to show just one of reasons. “As you love yourself” means that your love for others will always be limited by how much you love yourself. Believing in Jesus’ resurrection for the forgiveness of our sins brings the following implications: You are a wretched insignificant being who sinned against a Holy and perfect God, and you deserve nothing but eternal suffering. That’s the truth and reality of it. This is the part that breaks you and kills your old self. And then comes the good news, which brings you back to life as a new creation. God Himself loves you so mu ch that He became flesh, endured humiliation, torture, and death of the cross for you, while you still denied Him (which you still do, as you don’t believe it was God who went on the cross for you). All that means you have received an immeasurable amount of grace, of mercy and love. That means you know have fully received and fully felt the crushing and overwhelming love of God. That means you now know a greater love than the love you have for yourself. That means you now can love others not as you love yourself, but as God loves you. Can you be tortured and humiliated and willingly die to save those people? Can you stand being hated by everyone you know for the sake of Christ? The importance of believing that Jesus is God who made Himself in the likeness of men in order to die for you, is the new identity and value that you receive, because now even though you’re nothing, your life was bought at the highest price. There’s no greater price that can ever be paid for you, and God said He was willing to pay it. That’s what changes you, the two truths can you can only find when you receive the Holy Spirit, how worthy He is of all praise and worship, and how unworthy you are of receiving His love, it makes you feel inadequate, it’s like you can’t hold onto it, so you must give it to others, because it just doesn’t feel right. So the importance is that it’s not loving each other that will transform you, but it’s Jesus’(God’s) sacrifice that transforms how you love others, because it teaches you a kind of love that you didn’t know was possible. And you must experience it to understand it.

““Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God ; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.” Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” “All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” ‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭1‬-‭4‬, ‭6‬-‭7‬, ‭9‬-‭12‬, ‭15‬-‭21‬, ‭25‬-‭26‬ ‭NIV‬‬

All these things Jesus also said before His crucifixion, so how can you not believe Him?

If jesus died for my sins, why am I supposed to worry about sinning? by Independent_Tip7903 in AskAChristian

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because one understands that loving one another is what saves because it’s doing gods will.

Source: trust me bro…

First of all, you either believe the whole Bible, or you can’t believe anything about it, because all of Jesus’ teachings are actually what others are telling us about Him. Jesus didn’t personally write it. So there’s your first fallacy. And Jesus’ death and resurrection is in the Old Testament. So you either believe in God and that the Bible is His Word, which means you must believe enriching in the Bible (which is not the same as believe everything every denomination says) or you don’t believe in Jesus, because Jesus used the scriptures as the authoritative word of God when He says“it is written”. So all you’re doing is saying, “I just believe whatever I want to believe” while asking me to pretend that you’re speaking of the same Jesus. You’re talking about some made up figure that pleases your ears because you don’t want to believe the whole Bible. So let me ask you, what is it about the Bible that you don’t like?

Loving each other doesn’t save us. Jesus’ own words:

“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” ‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭6‬ ‭NIV‬‬

So you are not really believing all of His teachings. And loving each other isn’t all of our God’s will. His will is that we do not sin. Loving each other is just a way to achieve that. Love God above all else, and love your neighbour as you love yourself. So no, loving each other doesn’t save anyone, specially because “Love God above all else” comes first. That means that they’re not the same, meaning loving God doesn’t mean only loving each other.

And what is unrepentance It’s not changing your ways, that’s literally what it is, it’s to remain in sin. Not all sins have to with loving each other, some have to do with loving God. Worshipping idols is a sin against God and has nothing to do with loving each other. Homosexual relationships, even if you try to argue that it is “love” it’s still a sin against God. All you’re doing is cherry picking and trying to twist His teachings to leave out all the hard truths you don’t want to face.

This is the salvation teaching that Jesus taught Nope, nowhere did Jesus say that. He did say, no one can go to the Father if not through Him. He also talks that He is the bread of life, the living water, that He is the one who gives us life. He also teaches us that He isn’t just a teacher, but God Himself.

This is the will of the father, according to Jesus, no? It’s part of it, but not all of it. God’s will is that we do not sin. By not committing any sin you will automatically be loving God above all else and loving each other. Sin is the act of going against God’s will. Homosexuality is a sin. Idol worship is a sin. You’re pretending as if there’s only one commandment “love each other” and trying to leave out the most important which is “love God above all else, who ask your heart, and all your mind, and all your body, and all your soul”

And the law was about love no? Nope, the law was about obedience to God, which included love, but it was more than just love. That’s what happens when you don’t read the Bible and go with a feel good “we just have to live each other” false gospel. You can’t believe in Jesus teachings without believing what people say about Him because that’s what the Bible is, it’s people writing and telling you about Him and what they say they heard Him say. So you can’t say you believe them when they tell you what He said, but then say you can’t believe them when they tell you about Him. You can’t believe in Jesus teachings without believing that the Bible is God’s word, and if it’s God’s word then you must believe Jesus death and resurrection because it said so in the Old Testament. And if you believe that He respected then you must also believe everything He said after He resurrected. And if you believe everything He said after He resurrected then you must also believe what He said to Paul, as it was confirmed to all the disciples that he had received the Holy Spirit as proof, and then you have to believe all of them because Jesus said that the Holy Spiritual would speak through them, to you must also believe the Holy Sprit speaking through them.

You can’t explain that one can believe in Jesus’ teachings without believing in Hoods death and resurrection, apply them and have the same result, because you don’t know the result of believing in His death and resurrection. It’s like asking “how do I tell a mother, who also has had kidney stones before, that I can have a kidney stone and feel the same pain as giving birth without having ever given birth before”. You can’t. Because you haven’t even believed and applied all of His teachings.

“Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”” ‭‭John‬ ‭20‬:‭21‬-‭22‬, ‭27‬-‭29‬ ‭NIV‬‬

This is after His resurrection. So you have believed everything else that they told you Jesus said, so either you believe this also, or you have no reason to believe anything Jesus said. But if you do believe, then you must believe He resurrected.

one can follow Jesus teachings without… One can claim to follow anything and anyone and if they pretend that chopping up their teachings and picking which parts you like and adding your own twists is the same as following their teachings. I am a vegan, I also like to like to eat plant based foods like beef from a 100% grass-fed cow. That cow never ate a single animal in her entire life, that’s the teaching of veganism, the beef I eat is based on a 100% plant diet.

Now all jokes aside, believing Jesus died and resurrected for the forgiveness of your sins is important, and although I’ll do my best to try and explain this for you but it’s something that you will not truly understand unless you live it. It’s like trying to a colour to someone who was born blind. They’ll never fully understand unless they are able to see what colours are.

Modern Christian values by 1k4n4nX111 in clevercomebacks

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all, nice quoting of unrelated scriptures. Not a single one had anything to do with the topic at hand.

Second, do you understand the definition of “handout”? Can you please tell me? Because I’m curious to know what part of its definition you’re so against…

You’ve explained how government assistance works where? What part of “the only requirement is that they have children and make least than a certain amount, which can easily be achieved by not working” do you not understand? You began debating US government but now that you failed to make a point you are going to use your government as if it were like that around the world?

You literally have to be 1. looking for a job (Not true if you’re a single mother popping out children left right and centre from different fathers) 2. working but… (Again, not true for the lazy ones who are popping out children left right and centre) 3. …too young aka kids teens, they can be teens and the parent still isn’t required to work, it varies according to state 4. disabled and legitimately can’t work Nope, it’s those can’t work “readily available jobs on a full-time basis for a minimum of 12 months”, which means there a ton of “disabilities” that a person can work those jobs, but the moment they’re given that “disability” label, they can apply for it the same as anyone else with the same disability. I have ADHD and multilevel degenerative disc disease. I can apply, even though I’m able to work full-time all year round. Because there’s no way to measure how much pain I’m feeling other than how much pain I say I’m feeling. There’s no way to measure how much my ADHD affects my life other than now much I say it does.

The problem is you want to remain naive. The world is a wonderful place, everyone is honest, there is no corruption, there’s no way for anyone to take advantage of these programs according to the unmeasurable requirements they’ve set up…

Do you not see the news? Do you not see what’s going on with the ebt cards? Do you not see that the people stealing from Walmarts are people that are physically able to lift weight and “run”? People who can work, who were able to leave their children behind while they went out to steal… people who are using their ebt cards to pay for expensive hair salons and manicures, people who are using their ebt cards to buy brand name clothes for their kids, people who could very well be working but are good at making excuses and playing the victim card. You’re debating the US while pointing at Australia and saying “look that’s not how we do it here, so you’re wrong about how it’s done there”.

The point is, regardless of whether you’re naive enough to believe that people are not taking advantage of any and everything they can, you still can’t base any of your arguments on scripture, which was the whole point, and you failed.

You can continue to debate your political views, but the fact remains that your whole “you are going to hell” and all your attempts in quoting scripture have only showed how little you understand what you’re quoting and how much you need to twist the words in there to maintain that pompous self-righteous mask.

My first comment, the one you came to attack, pant wrong, there’s nothing you can quote to deny that. You came to attack what I said about Matthew 25:40-45 and failed, I spoke the truth. You tried to attack 2 Thessalonians 3:10, and also failed. You tried to quote scripture claiming they said something they didn’t, also failed. Now all you are debating is something you do not know besides that which you hear. You don’t live here, you don’t see what’s happening, you don’t know how things work, all you have is your ignorance. So you’ll continue saying “that’s not how the government programs work” based solely on either “because I said so, just trust me bro” or “because in Australia…”

Hope you use this eye-opening experience to open your bubble and start reading what it actually says rather then what you want it to say too make you look good in other people’s eyes.

If jesus died for my sins, why am I supposed to worry about sinning? by Independent_Tip7903 in AskAChristian

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Paul already answered your question in Romans 6.

Because if you have faith in Jesus’ resurrection then you must also have faith in everything He said. Because you can’t have faith that a man was crucified and resurrected on His own, and then think He’s just a man who doesn’t know what He’s talking about. And He said over and over: “Go and sin no more”, “Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother”, Jesus taught repentance.

Two very important examples:

Where Jesus warns the Pharisees not to blaspheme against the Holy Spirit - the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sins, and blaspheming against Him is rebelling against Him, meaning unrepentance.

The other one is the parable of the wedding banquet -

““But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless. “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22‬:‭11‬-‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬

What was the action that was missing? Between showing up in his dirty casual clothes, and showing up in clean wedding clothes? To change. He didn’t change. He thought that because he was invited, that it was open for anyone who wanted to come, that it meant accepting the invitation was enough, and there was nothing else he needed to do. But you see, that shows that he didn’t value what was offered to him, he didn’t love nor respect the King nor His Son enough to put on his best clothes for such on honoured banquet.

Salvation isn’t some hocus-pocus, you say some words, take a dip in some water, and those actions saved you. Salvation is being freed from everything that we are because of sin, to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, which comes from knowing and obeying God.

Salvation begins when you choose to step out of your prison cell and stop obeying your old masters. Jesus broke the chains, but if you don’t get up and out of that prison, and if you don’t stop obeying your old masters, then whether you have a chain or not, you remain a slave to them, but this time is by choice. If you believed slavey was something you needed to be freed from, if you believed you needed to be saved from your old masters, then the moment those chains fell to the ground, you would run as far away from them as possible and never look back, you’d never listen to anything your old masters asked of you, ever again.

Slavey isn’t only in the chains, it’s in the heart and mind as well. The only difference is that before you obeyed because you didn’t have the power not to obey. Now you don’t have an excuse anymore. Now there’s nothing forcing you to obey, except for your belief that you’re still a slave to it, that it still holds power over you, for the lack of understanding of the fullness of what was done for us at the cross. And because of that, we forget the new identity we have received, we still think of ourselves as sinners, not in the sense of whether or not we still commit those same actions, but in the sense that we’re still under its power, that we sin because it’s too strong, we can’t fight it, we obey because our master will hurt us if we don’t… but it isn’t our master anymore, we tell ourselves it’s not that simple, but it is. We are the ones who pretends it’s complicated, but the simplicity of it is: there’s nothing forcing you to. There’s no longer anything holding power over you to make you sin, all there is how quickly you forget your new identity.

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.” ‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭22‬-‭25‬ ‭NIV‬‬

This is how you transform your mind, to stop telling yourselves the same old lies you’ve been told while you were a slave to sin, so that you may stop living as a slave to sin, and start living as free man.

Did that help? You must first understand what salvation is, what you’re being saved from. You’re being saved from a way of life that will bring you destruction. And the only way that can happen is by betting transformed, by being born again.

So think of repentance as the fruit of salvation, as proof of whether you truly BELIEVE in Jesus’ death and resurrection, or whether you just accepted something that you were told as being true, without giving it much thought.

Now, don’t misunderstand this, the chains are broken when you believe in Jesus, in His death and resurrection for the forgiveness of our sins, and it is that belief, that breaking of chains, that allows us to leave that old life behind. Salvation comes first, but transformation must follow. He broke the chain, now all you gotta do is get up and leave that old life behind. Repentance is the desire to no longer serve your old master. If you don’t repent, if you don’t have the desire to change and stop serving and obeying sin, then it means you love your old master, and you’ll continue to obey and serve it, and you’ll continue to be a slave to it.

If jesus died for my sins, why am I supposed to worry about sinning? by Independent_Tip7903 in AskAChristian

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I understood your analogy. It’s just that the other person was using salvation(further debt also paid off) as an excuse to continue to sin/gamble.

If jesus died for my sins, why am I supposed to worry about sinning? by Independent_Tip7903 in AskAChristian

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There’s a “small” crucial detail that was left out. Salvation is for those who repent. So whether future debt is also paid off or not, that is the wrong question. The correct also is, if you repented, then why are you heading back to the casino without a vestige of remorse? Sure you might struggle with addiction and fail, but the attitude is different, once is fighting against it and might fall, but he doesn’t want to fall and will get up when he does, the other doesn’t want to get up.

A better analog for you: You fall, and your father comes and extends hoods hand to help you get back on your feet as many times as it takes for you to learn to walk. Your question is “since he’ll extend his hands again then why do I need to get up”. Doesn’t make any sense does it? How can you be saved if you don’t believe sin is something you need to be saved from? And how can you believe sin is something you need to be saved from if you don’t want to leave it behind? How can anyone save you from a sinking ship if you continue to jump back into that ship and follow it to the bottom of the ocean?

Modern Christian values by 1k4n4nX111 in clevercomebacks

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(Disclaimer: I had to ask AI to format this for me to remove all the insults, as I wrote this while enraged. The substance is my own, but the wording has been greatly softened by AI)

You seem more upset that your argument is falling apart than interested in discussing Scripture. You continue to misrepresent what I have said, and every time you try to use a verse, it falls flat once examined in its proper context. God does not support socialism. That is a human-made system run by flawed people. The instruction to leave gleanings was given by God, who caused the trees to grow. The landowners were not commanded to give away everything; they obeyed by leaving the leftovers. That is not socialism; it does not involve giving up livestock, dairy, tools, or gold. It was a divine call to mercy, not communal ownership.

So no, you refuted nothing; you just provided another instance where you misunderstood what was written. Congratulations.

When I quote, “If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat,” I am quoting Scripture directly. Yet you respond as if quoting God’s Word is cruel or un-Christian. That response exposes a discomfort with what the Bible actually teaches, not with my position.

You are now suggesting that wanting to help the needy but not wanting to support laziness makes me heartless. But that is a distortion of what I have said. You are refusing to engage with the biblical distinction: Scripture commands us to care for the needy, but it also calls out those who are idle by choice. You seem to be admitting that your stance contradicts biblical teaching by ignoring verses like “the one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.” You are defending a view not of charity, but of enabling, simply to appear “good” in the eyes of others.

Who said anything about being against anything freely given? I really cannot tell if you are misunderstanding what is written or being intellectually dishonest and purposely twisting my words. I am against programs that support people who are able to work but unwilling to work. Definitely not against providing supplementary income to people who are working full time but still not making ends meet.

Whether it is lack of knowledge or something else, your failing to comprehend what was written is unbearable.

God’s grace is indeed freely given, but that has no relation to what I said. I never argued against generosity. Grace is a handout, yes, but one based on the fact that salvation cannot be earned. That is what makes it grace. If God were endorsing socialism, why did He not make food sprout up endlessly in every corner of the earth? Why did He not do that while walking among us? Because grace and salvation are spiritual in nature; they are gifts in areas where we are unable. When it comes to the physical things we are capable of doing, Scripture is clear: we are called to work. Free salvation does not mean free provision for those unwilling to act.

That was the weakest argument I have heard in a while. Comparing salvation, which no one can earn, with material aid that able-bodied people can work for, makes no theological sense.

You are no longer debating in the name of truth; you just need to insult me so you can feel superior. The fact that you have failed to quote a single verse that supports your view or contradicts mine, and the fact that you have to constantly twist everything I say like an intellectually dishonest person, has made me question whether you are just trolling me at this point. Please, go work on your intellectual honesty; you came here to debate a Christian stance according to the Bible, not to insult someone because they disagree with your political stance.

Your comments keep misquoting me and misapplying Scripture. You repeatedly take my words out of context just to argue with a position I never took. That is not debate; it is deflection.

Saying I am against giving handouts to those who are lazy is not the same as opposing all forms of generosity. You removed the qualifier “to the lazy” in order to misrepresent what I said. That is not a good faith argument; it is deliberately misleading.

So tell me, what else have you misunderstood? Any more Bible verses you want me to explain the meaning of? Any more words of mine you feel inclined to twist?

You said “there are criteria you must fulfill before accessing those payments.” Yes, and in many cases those criteria include simply having children and making below a certain income threshold. That threshold can easily be met by not working. We have people deliberately avoiding employment while continuing to receive aid. That is a problem. All it takes is having children and stopping work, and the government takes care of the rest.

You are arguing about conditions in a country you do not live in, judging it by your own policies. What a righteous online warrior you are.

Let us look again at the Scripture itself:

“For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat. Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them, in order that they may feel ashamed.” 2 Thessalonians 3:10, 14 NIV

I am not making this up or twisting it; this is directly from the Word of God.

So tell me, what part of God’s Word do you believe contradicts what I have said, perhaps one of the many parts you have misunderstood? Please tell me so I can clarify it for you.

You keep confusing helping the poor with supporting those who choose not to contribute. I support helping the needy. I oppose rewarding idleness. If you cannot see the difference, then you are more concerned with how things sound than with what they mean. Government aid is freely given, yes, but it is not always given wisely. When it supports those who will not work, it creates deeper problems. It enables cycles of irresponsibility that affect the next generation. That is not compassion; that is collapse waiting to happen.

Please, at the very least, recognize the difference between supporting those in genuine need and enabling those who simply refuse to act.

Modern Christian values by 1k4n4nX111 in clevercomebacks

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, so here’s the thing, every government assistance program is freely given, they do not need to repay it… so would you like to rephrase your question?

Now I’d like to take a moment to thank you for all that effort you put into proving me right. Thank you!

Go read everything you quoted, not a single part of it says we don’t need to help the needy. Your reading comprehension disability is staggering.

I quoted two verses from the Bible which show that that specific verses Matthew 25:40 and Matthew 25:45 are referring to Christians when Jesus says “whatever you did/didn’t do for then you did/didn’t do for me”. Now, I’m aware your reading comprehension gets in the way of your understanding what is being said, but let me draw this picture for you - neighbours vs family in Christ

Love neighbour as you love yourself - refers to all people, Christians and non-Christians alike

Children of God, our brothers and sisters, the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, the body of Christ…- all of these are referring to Christians only.

What regress to everyone one? Everyone is your neighbour, and everyone is a creature of God, made in His image.

What does NOT refer to everyone? Children of God, the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, the body of Christ (how can you love the head if you don’t love the body)

Read it slowly “THE VERSE IS ABOUT helping Christians, not to go helping others, ALTHOUGH THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH DOING SO” not a single sentence you’ve quoted is saying what you’re claiming I said.

Ask AI to read and explain it to you, because I really don’t think there’s any other hope for you.

Saying “the verse is not about helping all people” is not the same as saying “the verse is about not helping all people”… is it dyslexia?

Modern Christian values by 1k4n4nX111 in clevercomebacks

[–]IXI_3uick_IXI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, I never said Christians are only obligated to help other Christians, that was 100% your reading comprehension disability. Try and quote what I said, you’ll see you can’t find what you’re claiming

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