tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545442826180448050.post4018919112956625670..comments2023-11-14T18:36:16.752-08:00Comments on One Bright Corner: One WayLaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275901948825550198noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545442826180448050.post-48769929707926693802011-08-25T17:15:42.039-07:002011-08-25T17:15:42.039-07:00Two people can disagree without being disagreeable...Two people can disagree without being disagreeable. One of my favorite quotations is from St. John of the Cross:<br /><br /><i>“The soul lives by that which it loves rather than in the body which it animates. For it has not its life in the body, but rather gives it to the body and lives in that which it loves.”</i><br /><br />We all live in God and God lives in us, if only people would realize that.Ron Krumposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371279514024960026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545442826180448050.post-6486484244767854892011-08-25T08:49:40.549-07:002011-08-25T08:49:40.549-07:00Ron--Actually, I never deleted your comment, I hav...Ron--Actually, I never deleted your comment, I have just been so busy lately that I really didn't have time to think about it. I'm sorry that it made you sorry. (-: Matthew 4:17 says, "From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."" Repentance is the necessary part before Jesus can live and reign within a person's heart, and mere respect and toleration of Jesus does no good. <br />I appreciate your respectful demeanor, but it is obvious that we are not going to come to a mutual conclusion here. All I can do is pray that God will open your eyes!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275901948825550198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545442826180448050.post-82225417777304960682011-08-24T17:19:21.665-07:002011-08-24T17:19:21.665-07:00Lauren, I'm sorry you didn't publish my re...Lauren, I'm sorry you didn't publish my reply to your response. I was raised a Christian, but do not share your personal beliefs.Ron Krumposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371279514024960026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545442826180448050.post-25506956190586803012011-08-23T09:02:31.981-07:002011-08-23T09:02:31.981-07:00Charis--so true! It is a telling fact that in our...Charis--so true! It is a telling fact that in our culture so many claim to believe in God but shudder to say the name of Jesus. Thank you for commenting!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275901948825550198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545442826180448050.post-19793258526164277672011-08-22T18:40:23.655-07:002011-08-22T18:40:23.655-07:00Lauren,
I respect your beliefs, but do not agree ...Lauren,<br /><br />I respect your beliefs, but do not agree with them. Jesus said "the Kingdom of God is within." If we can discard our ego and abandon our individuality, even momentarily, we can realize absolute Truth..the Logos. Mystics were never in the majority in any faith, but all teach that divine unity and eternal life are presently present if only we would realize it.Ron Krumposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371279514024960026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545442826180448050.post-3112897653363298072011-08-21T23:06:18.150-07:002011-08-21T23:06:18.150-07:00Ron--The argument of majority is tempting, but fau...Ron--The argument of majority is tempting, but faulty. Majority opinion never made anything correct, and I do not base my beliefs on popular opinion, otherwise my beliefs would have to change with the wind. Jesus never promised that His followers would be in the majority, and the small number of true Christians encourages me even more to follow Him. Matthew 7:13-14 says, "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." <br />Thus, none of the facts which you share discount Christianity. <br />Also, I understand your observation and scepticism with varying perspectives on "concepts of afterlife" and "divisions in faith." <br />Luke 12:51 says, "Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division." Jesus divides the true from the false, the deluded from those who have become wise in Christ, and the Heaven-bound from the Hell-bound. Scripture offers the only way to Heaven, and there is only one correct interpretation. Let me offer an example: Let's suppose you leave this post and mention it to a friend, "I was just on the blog, One Bright Corner," and that friend said, "Oh, THE One Bright Corner?" (we're suspending belief here!) Let's suppose you said, "Yes, do you know it?" Then let's suppose the friend says, "Yes, that lime green and black blog with skulls across the top of it written by punky teenage boys?" Would you reply, "Well, that is your interpretation of it!" <br />I submit to you that you would not, and yet that is what you are saying about Scripture, looking at absolute truth and saying that it is open for interpretation. <br />I 100% agree with you that life is but a fleeting moment, and that you have but a few years in which to decide the ultimate question: What will you do with Jesus? Ron, will you make him your Lord, or will you reject Him and enjoy what you yourself admit as a contradiction: an "eternal life here and now" which lasts but a "fleeting moment." An eternal life cannot be fleeting, yet such contradictions are the expected results of human imagination, while only God can provide true, unlimited eternal life.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275901948825550198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545442826180448050.post-78593792807082871852011-08-20T12:17:35.048-07:002011-08-20T12:17:35.048-07:00a very true post...in this muddle world of ways be...a very true post...in this muddle world of ways being brought together it is only Jesus Christ who is the true way! Sadly it is hard to see so many people being deceived in the "slight" little ways that are really leading them down a whole road of destruction.Charishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00544168019500190453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545442826180448050.post-78361357080352372092011-08-19T12:44:22.322-07:002011-08-19T12:44:22.322-07:00In 2011 world population will reach 7 billion (vs....In 2011 world population will reach 7 billion (vs. 3 billion in 1960). There are now approximately 2.2 billion Christians. Some of them believe that 4.8 billion people face eternal hell because they do not accept Jesus.<br /><br />Concepts of afterlife vary between religions and among divisions of each faith. Not all Christians agree on what happens after this life, nor do all Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, or other believers. Rebirth, resurrection, purgatory, universalism, and oblivion are other possibilities...none of which can be proven.<br /><br />Mystics of all faiths have more in common than the followers of their orthodox religions. True mystics realize that eternal life is here and now; it does not begin after mortal death. The age of Earth is said to be 4.5 billion years, of the Universe 13.7 billion, yet few humans live to be 100. This lifetime is a fleeting moment.<br /><br />Scriptures are subject to interpretation; people often choose what is most beneficial for them.Ron Krumposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371279514024960026noreply@blogger.com