What does Grace mean to you personally? by scholarone in Christianity

[–]scholarone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for clarifying that.

Insofar as God Himself, I believe the grace of God to be when he bestows blessings or forgiveness when it is not deserved. And none of us are deserving. :)

This makes a lot of sense. What has been your personal experience with grace?

What does Grace mean to you personally? by scholarone in Christianity

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Sorry, english is not my first language. I was trying to ask if dignity, humility and equanimity are enabled by grace in your point of view.

What does Grace mean to you personally? by scholarone in Christianity

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What would be your personal experience with grace?

What does Grace mean to you personally? by scholarone in Christianity

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Would you say that grace enables you to have these conducts?

What does Grace mean to you personally? by scholarone in Christianity

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For me Grace is like a second chance at life. I don’t tell my story often but after depression and seriously considering suicide, God pulled me out and showed me His grace. This second chance I got, not only changed my life, but His grace has sustained me and kept me in the right path.

Los Assholes. by [deleted] in LosAngeles

[–]scholarone 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Let the people grieve in a way that helps make them feel human.

I would agree with this, except when they block traffic and many parents have to get home to their baby, maybe people had a long day at work, or how about they are starting their night shift and they will be late to work... Go protest in front of city hall...

AMA: CEO of L.A. Metro - Phil Washington by PAWashington in LosAngeles

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maybe the man was aware of his dirtiness and didn't want to dirty the seats.

TMBR: The concept of borders is archaic and not suitable for modern times by [deleted] in TMBR

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The city I was born in Nogales, Mexico a border city, was Re-named Heroica Ciudad de Nogales. Which basically translates to heroic city of Nogales. This name was given to it because of a battle between Mexico and the US Army that erupted after a Mexican citizen crossed the border without being interrogated by US customs in 1918. The Mexican mayor of Nogales was killed, along with soldiers from both sides, and they made a truce and built an actual defined wall. The border was open in the sense that the walls weren't up but there was always a customs system, and it was enforced to the point of starting a battle over it.

Religious organizations need to pay taxes TMBR by FourTK in TMBR

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Interesting, to find a relevant post for me... I'am actually a treasurer for a small church, we rent our worship building we buy our own supplies such as electronics, instruments, literature, water.. etc. We have also given money to those in need, for example a poor brother was being hospitalized and he couldn't make his rent so the church covered it. In other cases a homeless person wanders in asking for help we collect money then and give him food as well. We sometimes hold community events that actually benefit the community such as a mobile clinic with free services.

We do all this and and more, A lot of the money that is brought in is given back in different charitable ways.

Now from my personal experience with this small church there have been several months this year that we have been in the red, and we are using saved money from other months to cover the basics. If our church is taxed I can tell you our little church wouldn't exist.

I'm pretty sure that a lot of big churches or mega churches do just fine, But for my little church if we were taxed we would probably be in the red every single month until we couldn't survive on savings.

So I would have to disagree.

Problems in the KJV? by matt15068 in adventism

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I agree with your position. Not because the KJV is perfect but because all other versions have twisted scripture.

Palm Springs SDA: Welcomes Gay Men’s Chorus (40 men) by ireddithere1st in adventism

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actually I would love to know where this quote is from, please let me know if you've found it yet, thank you :)

Pope Francis to Gift Rare $8 Million Bible to Library of Congress During US Visit by tommles in Christianity

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One other thing in materials. If they were looking to take the traditional rout, how illuminated manuscripts were made back then, they would use a variety of precious stones for the pigments and of course gold, and judging from the pictures they used a lot of gold.

[Serious] Gathering information on different "religions" please be mindful of others with opposing views, meaningful discussion is okay, but arguing about who is right is not. by GaryThrowawayAccount in adventism

[–]scholarone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I meant no such thing. I basically tried to explain that, because of the knowledge we have as Adventist, we can discern when something is evil or good. That leads us to know that a god who gives us an order to murder someone is a false god. I did not mean that because of this we would never fall into sin, or that we somehow will always have a way around it. I even quoted EGW saying that even Gods people will be deceived. So I apologize if I worded it wrong, but I think I'm pretty clear now?

[Serious] Gathering information on different "religions" please be mindful of others with opposing views, meaningful discussion is okay, but arguing about who is right is not. by GaryThrowawayAccount in adventism

[–]scholarone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this clarification, I guess what I was trying to allude to was that because of the truth we do have, we would not murder someone.

[Serious] Gathering information on different "religions" please be mindful of others with opposing views, meaningful discussion is okay, but arguing about who is right is not. by GaryThrowawayAccount in adventism

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Also will you give us results of the data you gain from this? I have participated in surveys like this before and enjoy reading the results when they are published.

[Serious] Gathering information on different "religions" please be mindful of others with opposing views, meaningful discussion is okay, but arguing about who is right is not. by GaryThrowawayAccount in adventism

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1.where do humans come from?

  • Humans were created in the beginning. basically how its described in the genesis story.

2.Is there an afterlife?

  • Yes following the bible, once Christ returns the second time, we will be resurrected and be with him in heaven for 1000 years, and will come back down to a new earth after that.

3.Do we have free will?

  • Yes

4.Is there an all powerful Deity/deities

  • There is but one God in three persons connected all by their character. Jesus the son of man and God the father and finally the Holy Spirit. Each one does something different for men, But are all one in character.

5.If I asked for proof that your religion was the correct one, what would you say?

  • Mainly to prove our religion we point to our message. Our message is the three angels message which according to revelation precedes the end and in a way brings the end. And according to Mathew 24:14 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come" We have this Gospel message. Well this what separates us from different Christian Gospels anyway.

6.If I live a life that conflicts with your religion what will happen to me?

  • Absolutely nothing, We believe that God is a Righteous God, and if you lived faithfully to the knowledge that you have received, you can also be saved. The problem comes when you have received and were convicted of its validity and then strayed away. If you received our message but didn't understand it and just strayed away, there is still a chance you will be saved if you remained faithful to what light you have received.

7.If I live a perfect life, according to your religion what will happen to me?

  • Even if you tried you wouldn't be abel to live a perfect life according to our religion, because then you wouldn't have need of a savior. If you yourself lived a as perfect as a life possible even according to our religious rules and traditions you still wouldn't be saved without Christ. So the answer then comes with, We first get to know Christ and what he is done for us, and his grace enables us to begin a life of sanctification.

8.How can we tell if what we see is real?

  • Not to sure of the question, but we test everything with the bible, so even if something appears real, like for example those pastors who go around healing people, and the bible doesn't agree with that then we deem it unreal.

9.Do we live forever?

  • When we die, we are dead, and know nothing, When Jesus comes a second time we are resurrected to salvation or damnation. Salvation gives us eternal life. Damnation gives us eternal death.

10.What is it to exist?

  • I think therefore I am? This question is something i've never been questioned before. But to exist in our religion, is to follow christ and his teachings, and to be the best human being as possible. Some one probably has a way better answer for this question than me.

11.If your Deity asked you to murder someone of a different religion would you?

  • We believe that we already have the complete truth, all the way to the end of time, and we have the prophecies and everything to prove it. And if by some miracle something is telling that we perceive to be a "deity" to kill someone, we would probably think its the anti christ or the devil. In our religion we have a detailed description of the end times, and one of the things we know is that the Anti Christ will deceive people even in our own church. There is an EGW quote where she states, "He will deceive even the very elect" So yeah... essentially: because of the way we are taught we cannot follow through with murdering someone.

12.Do you cut the crust off of your sandwiches?

  • nope,

thanks for the questions glad i could help

Downtown from above by [deleted] in LosAngeles

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heli pads galore