Happy to join you at a table some day brother. I
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Posted On: 03/21/2014 9:46:28 AM
Happy to join you at a table some day brother. If not at a catfish joint, then surely in Heaven! 
You're words on is/was Jesus a liar reminded me of something my father has told me many times about the CS Lewis' and his reasoning to faith. The line is something like , Jesus was either a liar, a lunatic or Lord. My Father tried for a long to make a believer out of me with arguments like this and books he suggested (Mere Christianity by CS Lewis is the one this quote comes from.). The more he tried, the more I fought against it. I became entrenched in skepticism and honestly I had no research or DD if you will, into why I felt one way or the other. I think it was simply because I felt someone else wanted me to be something different. Problem was I knew inside me that there was something helping me through life. Too many times I was "saved", too many situations in my life where I made it through. That I cannot deny! And to think I was the solely responsible for my own salvation was egotistic of me and false. And I say this only as it applied to my circumstance, not to say that others need to see the same thing. We each come to faith, the Lord or what have you on our own and I did too, it just took me 40+ years. Last year I was baptized and later sealed in a church I now belong to with my wife of almost a year. I've never felt more lost and more found all at the same time, but I'm learning and I believe and I am for once in my life fulfilled, happy and saved! God loves me and has been watching out for me. He has answered prayers when I did not even pray.
A small piece of my story anyhow.
Happy Friday everyone and let's see some action!
Enjoy your day JB!
You're words on is/was Jesus a liar reminded me of something my father has told me many times about the CS Lewis' and his reasoning to faith. The line is something like , Jesus was either a liar, a lunatic or Lord. My Father tried for a long to make a believer out of me with arguments like this and books he suggested (Mere Christianity by CS Lewis is the one this quote comes from.). The more he tried, the more I fought against it. I became entrenched in skepticism and honestly I had no research or DD if you will, into why I felt one way or the other. I think it was simply because I felt someone else wanted me to be something different. Problem was I knew inside me that there was something helping me through life. Too many times I was "saved", too many situations in my life where I made it through. That I cannot deny! And to think I was the solely responsible for my own salvation was egotistic of me and false. And I say this only as it applied to my circumstance, not to say that others need to see the same thing. We each come to faith, the Lord or what have you on our own and I did too, it just took me 40+ years. Last year I was baptized and later sealed in a church I now belong to with my wife of almost a year. I've never felt more lost and more found all at the same time, but I'm learning and I believe and I am for once in my life fulfilled, happy and saved! God loves me and has been watching out for me. He has answered prayers when I did not even pray.
A small piece of my story anyhow.
Happy Friday everyone and let's see some action!
Enjoy your day JB!
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