tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416556583423635558.post5526325662735840737..comments2024-03-28T05:41:54.888-05:00Comments on The Final Chapters: AGE OLD QUESTIONSluluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11520683067915486215noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416556583423635558.post-42596333426893624932017-05-18T16:35:11.598-05:002017-05-18T16:35:11.598-05:00Thank you Ceil. You got it very right in that God ...Thank you Ceil. You got it very right in that God knew that when Jesus came, and through His sacrifice for us, we'd have a choice - either repent and be at peace with God, or keep thumping ourselves and suffer the consequences of our sins.<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416556583423635558.post-18663357232545436342017-05-18T11:33:11.090-05:002017-05-18T11:33:11.090-05:00Hi Lulu! I wonder if God thumped a lot of heads in...Hi Lulu! I wonder if God thumped a lot of heads in the Old Testament, knowing that after Jesus, we'd end up thumping our own?<br />Certainly ignoring our saving grace and Savior only hurts us. <br />I always enjoy Victor's take on life and spirituality. He has some of the best comments!<br />Blessings,<br />CeilCeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06293917798735764739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416556583423635558.post-16553167975249144022017-05-18T10:40:26.537-05:002017-05-18T10:40:26.537-05:00Are you saying punishment-consequence and discipli...Are you saying punishment-consequence and discipline are two separate things?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416556583423635558.post-42315328391480561322017-05-18T07:40:05.601-05:002017-05-18T07:40:05.601-05:00Yes, I am always entertained by Victor's humor...Yes, I am always entertained by Victor's humor and intrigued by his views. Wish you would let it fly-we all need to stop and think instead of blindly plunging forward ! Looking forward to the pictures !<br />Blessings, My Friend!Loraluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428559311387283317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416556583423635558.post-4256694508589819602017-05-18T06:20:06.396-05:002017-05-18T06:20:06.396-05:00One has to love Victor and his comments...at least...One has to love Victor and his comments...at least I do. So many topics can be breached on this subject, my friend...(and many that I don't dare go as to not upset your readers)---non the less, great post. <br /><br />P.S. I wasn't stalling yesterday---Liam had to resend the photo, and I HATE IT. HATE IT, HATE IT, HATE IT. (Yep, issues)Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16466115918585699329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416556583423635558.post-40756988784462389462017-05-18T06:05:36.556-05:002017-05-18T06:05:36.556-05:00What a wonderful finish to today's post, Victo...What a wonderful finish to today's post, Victor-Thank You! Yes it has been a long time & I am thankful for your friendship- you have caused me to think quite a few times !<br />Blessings, My Friend!Loraluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428559311387283317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416556583423635558.post-31204533359129640602017-05-18T04:20:36.888-05:002017-05-18T04:20:36.888-05:00Thank you Lulu, for mentioning me and for the link...Thank you Lulu, for mentioning me and for the link. Let me first of all explain to your readers: I am not a priest, pastor, vicar or anything like that. I am an ordinary man who excells at sinning. So my comments should be taken in this context.<br /><br />There has not been a generation which did not have the opportunity to know that God exists. God has always made His presence and omnipotence known.<br /><br />In olden days He did so through the prophets and people like Abraham, Moses and so on. In those days, people were less sophisticated and intellectual than we are now. They needed strict quidance and "Commandments" on what is right and what is wrong and how they should live. Hence all the rules and regulations they had to obey; and laws about how they should live, about marriage, divorce, revenge, retributuon and so on ... Did you know that "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" was a rule to set up the limits of your revenge; and not a carte blanche for you to beat the hell out of another?<br /><br />And in olden days, yes ... God did thump people on the head with plagues, falling walls in Jericho, and many other bad things !!! It was a visible, (instant) punishment for sin and a means of keeping the people on the right path.<br /><br />Then, when the time was right, God sent Jesus. Jesus was the means of redemption, of forgiveness, a bridge, once again, between man and God.<br /><br />This does not mean that sin stopped, or its consequences no longer exist. People still sinned, but through Christ they had the means to seek forgiveness once again and be at peace with God.<br /><br />As you so rightly say, Lulu, there is a consequence to sin. If we do not repent, if we do not seek forgiveness, then we exclude ourselves from the presence of God for eternity. That is the real consequence. WE exclude ourselves from God. It is not He that excludes us from His presence. It is we who choose, through our obstinacy, not to seek forgiveness, and thus suffer the consequences of our sins - a REAL thump on the ehad if there ever was one. And it's a self-inflicted thump on the head.<br /><br />God bless you, Lulu. I have learnt a lot from you blog over the years ... (has it really been that long?)<br /><br />Then, when the Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.com