AN AUTHOR ONCE WROTE: IF THERE WAS NO GOD, THEN ONE WOULD HAVE TO BE INVENTED SO THAT THE HUMAN RACE WOULD NOT ANNILATE ITSELF.
EVERYONE WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN. EVEN PEOPLE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD WANTS TO GO TO THE GOOD PLACE WHEN THEY DIE.
IN A MAN'S MIND HE/SHE CANNOT FATHOM COMING TO AN END. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING AFTER DEATH.
WE CHRISTIANS HAVE THE ANSWER THAT GOD GAVE, AND WHAT DID GOD GIVE SO WE CAN HAVE THIS ETERNAL LIFE AFTER DEATH. ~ HIS ONLY "BEGOTTEN" SON, JESUS CHRIST.
EXTRA POINT: I THINK THAT "BEGOTTEN" IS A MUCH BETTER WORD TO USE THAN "ONE AND ONLY"
Well said, Charles. To those outside of Christ, there does seem to be a deep-seated desire for something bigger than self, for something truly good. This desire cannot be purged or expunged, it just morphs into different desires that need satisfaction. That is, the desire seems to be caused by inner emptiness – sin – the lack of relationship with God.
Out of curiosity, why is it that you think "begotten" is a better way to describe Christ than "one and only"?
BTW, I think that famous saying is by the Voltaire, an 18th century French philosopher.
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Anytime!
AN AUTHOR ONCE WROTE: IF THERE WAS NO GOD, THEN ONE WOULD HAVE TO BE INVENTED SO THAT THE HUMAN RACE WOULD NOT ANNILATE ITSELF.
EVERYONE WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN. EVEN PEOPLE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD WANTS TO GO TO THE GOOD PLACE WHEN THEY DIE.
IN A MAN'S MIND HE/SHE CANNOT FATHOM COMING TO AN END. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING AFTER DEATH.
WE CHRISTIANS HAVE THE ANSWER THAT GOD GAVE, AND WHAT DID GOD GIVE SO WE CAN HAVE THIS ETERNAL LIFE AFTER DEATH. ~ HIS ONLY "BEGOTTEN" SON, JESUS CHRIST.
EXTRA POINT: I THINK THAT "BEGOTTEN" IS A MUCH BETTER WORD TO USE THAN "ONE AND ONLY"
CHARLES H. WELCH, HARRISON CITY, PA., ~ CHWELCH1146@YAHOO.COM
Well said, Charles. To those outside of Christ, there does seem to be a deep-seated desire for something bigger than self, for something truly good. This desire cannot be purged or expunged, it just morphs into different desires that need satisfaction. That is, the desire seems to be caused by inner emptiness – sin – the lack of relationship with God.
Out of curiosity, why is it that you think "begotten" is a better way to describe Christ than "one and only"?
BTW, I think that famous saying is by the Voltaire, an 18th century French philosopher.