tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post5379402346718881505..comments2023-08-04T12:00:47.012-07:00Comments on Does Air Exist?: Garth Young: Lost and Found, Part TwoDoes Air Existhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394981462884670461noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-83335314595862813402012-06-13T18:10:04.730-07:002012-06-13T18:10:04.730-07:00Anonymous, you just made my day.
You do realize t...Anonymous, you just made my day. <br />You do realize that not everyone sees what you see. There are many who will scoff at your peace. Some will say, there is no way someone like you could know righteousness.<br />Jesus says, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine who need no repentance. (Luk 15:7)<br />Thank you for the friendly conversation.<br /><br />GarthGarth Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-16283972962677607082012-06-13T10:45:20.862-07:002012-06-13T10:45:20.862-07:00About the subject of being an enemy of God- I have...About the subject of being an enemy of God- I have studied that and found some interesting things. I looked up Enemies in the Strong's Concordance and found out you are right. Romans 5:10 - For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.<br />Colossians 1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:<br />The meaning in Greek for the word enemy in those scriptures is- hateful, hostile, adversary (used by satan) enemy, foe.<br />I do also believe that everyone has came from a different place and in timing through hurt, fear or abuse come to know God and fully accept Jesus into "their heart". That was my case as I was so broken. I loved God but had a hard time trusting. I didn't come from a loving home and had hurt piled on top of another. I know God understood. Not that we should have excuses to live wrong and for me that certainly wasn't what I was trying to accomplish. <br />We all need to be reconciled to God through Jesus :) There is no better life!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-60085959826443505422012-06-12T18:42:09.261-07:002012-06-12T18:42:09.261-07:00Thanks Maggie. I know you were just trying to help...Thanks Maggie. I know you were just trying to help. I appreciate that about you.Garth Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-78772146212581640722012-06-12T11:00:47.557-07:002012-06-12T11:00:47.557-07:00Garth, I need to apologize for jumping in and comm...Garth, I need to apologize for jumping in and commenting about the enemy of God comment. It was brought to my attention that I shouldn't have defended you, and let you speak for yourself. Please accept my apologies.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05038160148349481301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-25648376847049512722012-06-08T19:58:49.893-07:002012-06-08T19:58:49.893-07:00Dear Anonymous,
Thanks for reading and following a...Dear Anonymous,<br />Thanks for reading and following along. You have brought up some great points and I hope you will allow me to respond. I have been chewing on your words for a few days now.<br /><br />I agree completely that our heart is the problem and needs to be changed so that we can be, as you say, part of God’s family. You are right, this change of heart does not happen because of a mental realization or words spoken. The only way the heart can change is for God to replace it. As we read in Ezekiel 36:26 <br />26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. <br /><br />God is the one who changes the heart. The point where we differ is our desire or ability to want that change. Before God changes our heart, we are dead in our trespasses and sins (Eph 2:5), and therefore, have no desire for the things of God, until he makes us alive with Christ. <br /><br /><br />Yes, you must do something; you must receive, believe and trust Jesus. You must repent of sin and unbelief. You must turn to Jesus and follow him, persevering in the faith that was given to you by God, but you cannot do any of this before you are spiritually alive. <br /><br /><br />The natural person cannot receive the things of the spirit of God. This is what the apostle Paul says in 1Cor 2:14, because trusting Jesus is foolishness to people in their natural state.<br /><br />In John 3:3, we read the story of Nicodemus coming to Jesus in the night; Jesus told him that a person cannot see the kingdom unless that person has been born again.<br /><br />The way this change happens is through God’s word. Peter tells us that we are born again through imperishable seed, the word of God that lives and abides forever (1 Pet 1:23). The word of God must come into our hearts and begin to grow.<br /><br />These are just a few verses that point to our inability to receive anything that pleases the Lord before we have been made a new creation in Christ. I would ask that you think about my words as much as I have thought about yours, but mostly that you would go to God’s word and see if what I am saying is true.<br /><br />I also understand your apprehension about your seeing yourself as an enemy of God. I have also had to wrestle with what this means, and I think most people do. This really goes back to the previous point, because before God calls us and brings us into his kingdom, we are therefore against and contrary to his will.<br /><br />The apostle Paul teaches us about the reconciliation of God, because while we were enemies, we have been reconciled to God by the death of His son. (Rom 5:10)<br /><br />Because sin had created a barrier between man and God and rendered man hostile toward Him. The sacrifice of Jesus, the holy Lamb of God, is the only way for there to be peace between man and God.Garth Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-88674218019271722632012-06-06T18:49:10.763-07:002012-06-06T18:49:10.763-07:00That is truly beautiful. I can't think of a mo...That is truly beautiful. I can't think of a more perfect way to put it. Thinking that your saved because you were told, is far different from knowing your saved because you honored his promise, sought him, found him, then turned yourself over to his will.You don't write the way you have without inspiration. Thanks for putting your feelings in the first person, not throwing stones, or taking cheap shots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-28822193201821918902012-06-06T09:24:06.961-07:002012-06-06T09:24:06.961-07:00I believe that anyone who is not cleansed by Jesus...I believe that anyone who is not cleansed by Jesus blood, saved, redeemed, born again, however you want to say it, is an enemy of God, as it states in Romans, and in James. " Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God". -James 4:4 (NKJV) who is the world? Anyone who is not in Christ. Yes? Who are those in Christ? They've accepted His cleansing power for the remission of their sin, acknowledging they are a sinner in need of a savior. Asking Him to forgive their sins and live for Him the rest of their lives, obeying Him and repenting when they do sin.<br />" But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation."-Romans 5:8-11 (NKJV)<br />So it is correct to believe that before one accepts Christ, they are an enemy of God. <br />He does love us, <br />He created us, <br />He also wants all to be saved. <br />Some will reject Him, and He knows this. It is Him that chooses us because He has forseen that no one will choose Him.<br />Please correct me if I'm wrong, this is just something I've come to understand this year, in better depth, than when I became a saved believer, Christian, redeemed, etc. 12 years ago.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05038160148349481301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-36217868379676114292012-06-06T08:33:56.781-07:002012-06-06T08:33:56.781-07:00I too had sang many great songs for years out ther...I too had sang many great songs for years out there and now when I hear or sing them now the words mean something and come from my heart and not just my mouth. LIKE WOW! What a difference! I love everything you wrote- But I wanted to touch on something. We are not really in God's family without accepting Christ also from our heart, not just our mouth or our head as with a mental understanding of our need to accept Christ,but accept Him into our heart. I believe there is head knowledge and heart knowledge. It is not at all about us but Him and what He has done for us. But God so loved the World, He loves all of us. Much like with our own children we love them all, happier when they are behaving then being bad, but the love does not change. About being an enemy to God- I think some people can be an enemy so to speak, ones that hate God, but God still loves everyone. It took me years to understand God's love and I don't even think I understand the depth of it now- and it will keep growing on that concept as it is kind of endless as learning His Word. What I am trying to say, mean people, God haters are an enemy to their self and other people and to God so to speak, but let's never forget His love. Some of the most wonderful testimonies I have ever heard came from people that used to be awful, horrible and mean hearted, but now their life is now serving the Lord and loving people. Maybe that is all what you meant, and felt separated through wrong believe until you got out and learned His Truth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-89425936220381835542012-06-06T07:14:37.669-07:002012-06-06T07:14:37.669-07:00Wow what a great read I feel your excitement. That...Wow what a great read I feel your excitement. That is so wonderful you have found the meanings to the songs you had sung for so many years. I also was blind to Jesus but now I see. Again what a great testament to God. I hope you can regain your relationship with your family. That God's glory and riches could be shared by all. I can't wait to here more. Now I have two reasons to be rejoice this Sunday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com