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Can religion save a sinner from his or her sin?

The answer is No! A religion can't save anyone from anything. But the person of Jesus Christ, who is the sinless Son of God, who paid the penality for our sins, can save us, from our sins.

You don't have a personal relationship with God in Hinduism. You don't have a personal relationship with God in Buddhism. You don't have a personal relationship with God in Islam.

The only way you could have a personal relationship with God is through Jesus Christ, who bridged the gap between sinful humanity, and a holy God, being God's Son paying the penality for our sin, offering salvation as a free gift, and giving us forgivness.

There is no true forgivness in any of those religions.

In Hinduism, there's no sin to forgive. There is only karma to begin with.

And Buddhism, there's no absolute moral laws ,so there's no sin to forgive.

And in Islam forgivness is a rather arbitrary thing, and no basis for it. Because, there is no one who paid the penalty for our sin, (a price to appease God on our behalf), so that salvation can be released when His justice is satisfied, and His mercy is released.

That comes only through a relationship, not a religion. A relationship with Christ.


For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son to condemn the world, but to save the world through him (John 3:16-17).


Jesus said: I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me (John 14:6).

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12).


There is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5).



God's love and blessing to everyone at CS! Serendipity

Someone told me that Naphthalene (moth balls} can be used safely to keep seeds fresh and that its not at all toxic to the bird eating the seeds.
Have heard conflicting reports on this.
Don't want to put my bird at risk.
Anyone have first hand knowledge of this?

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. - Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Psalms 91:11 & Hebrews 1:14 KJV

By David Brant Berg

"One of these days you're going to a mansion that isn't going to cost you anything!--No upkeep, no expense, absolutely nothing except what it's already cost Jesus!--And it will be commensurate with your works on Earth, what you already paid for it down here.
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"Heaven'll be our last move!--No baggage, no luggage, no hard journey, no packing, no long travel! It may be a long way, but it may be closer than you think!
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"You can't take it with you! Whatever you have there you will have already sent ahead in the way of souls won, victories won, battles won and rewards won for your service here!
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"Even in Heaven, the most perfect City in the World, there are going to be different levels, different classes, different stages, some very high, some very low.
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"Heaven is the most beautiful thing God has ever made, outside of women, God bless them!--And in fact He even uses you women to symbolise the City and He calls that City His Bride, the New Heaven, the New Jerusalem! How about that? He couldn't think of anything more beautiful to symbolise that City than you, you beautiful girls, so He called it His Bride! Why? Because His Bride's going to live there!
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"It's not going to be that hard to be in Heaven, or the Heavenly City or the Millennium, but you're going to have something to do and something to keep you busy, and you'd be unhappy if you didn't. Wouldn't it be ridiculous after being so busy here if you wound up in Heaven with nothing to do but sit on a cloud playing a harp for a thousand years?--Much less all eternity! I think you'd really get bored.
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"Being able to disappear and appear and go through walls and fly with the speed of thought isn't going to make you half as happy as to see those you witnessed to, "Hi there! Wow, didn't I meet you on the streets? Didn't I talk to you about Jesus? Wow! Here you are! Hallelujah!" That's going to be the biggest thrill of all!
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"I've visited the future and I've seen the Heavenly City standing upon this Earth!--Beautiful, gorgeous, incomparable, almost indescribable, the most gorgeous sight you'll ever want to see! A beautiful pyramid-shaped City like the ancient Egyptian pyramids, only much more beautiful!--That Golden City like crystal gold, pyramid-shaped, 1500 miles wide! Think of it! And 1500 miles high!
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"There're going to be animals in God's Heaven on Earth, a New Heaven and a New Earth! God's not going to have His Creation defeated. He put those animals here for pets and playthings and companions for you and your children, and you're still going to enjoy the animals.
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"You can travel with the speed of thought! You just think you're on Jupiter and you're there, boom! You just think you're on Saturn and you're there, boom! You just think you're on the nearest star and you're there, boom! You don't have to have transporters, spaceships or speed of light or anything, you're just there like that! So we will have the might and the power of angels and the speed and the ability and we will be ruling and reigning spirits with resurrected bodies, but spiritual bodies which have enormous angelic powers like the angels of God, like Jesus when He was resurrected!
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"But there'll be plenty of room on Earth then because right now, what is it?--Only one-fifth of the Earth's surface is land, right? Whereas then there will be no more sea, it'll all be land, seas will be gone.





PowerPointParadise TFI [Posted Video - "Angel" - Sarah McLachlan]

Who makes better lovers left handed or right handed men ?

It Was Monday...The 19th Of June...Round About 930 Am.....As Nam Woke Up...And Got Out Of Bed....................
And As He Always Does....He Heads Straight To The Bathroom...Which Is Right Next To His Bedroom.....
He Opens His Bedroom Door...But Being That Hes Still Half Asleep....He Doesnt Get His Head Out Of The Way Of The Bedroom Door Being Opened...And....Of Course.... It Collides With His Head
And Thats All He Can Remember....Its Assumed He Was Knocked Out....And Then... Gravity.... Did Its Job From There

He Was Found Where He Layed...(Hes Awfully Glad He Had His Underwear On At Least)
His Son Finds Him Some Hours Later...Tries To Wake Him Up...When That Doesnt Work...He Throws A Bowl Of Water On Him
Still No Response..From There?...Its The Ambulance Being Called

(Usually...Because His Son Is An Over The Road Driver As He Is...His Son Wouldnt Be There)
(But Fortunately...Because Of A Closing On A House His Son Was Buying... Was In That Same Week...His Son Was Around)
(Other Wise..Good Ole Nam...Wouldve Layed There For At Least A Couple Of Days...As His Son Usually Doesnt Get Back Til.... At The Least ..... Wednesday Evening)

Now...For Just A Minute...I Want You All To Realize Something...That You Havnt Realized As Of Yet
All Of You People...Everybody In The World For That Matter...Knew That I Had Fallen Down
Everybody Knew My Son Had Found Me...And That I Was In The Hospital
Imagine That...Everyone Knew What Happened to Me...Long Before I Ever Did....I Only Found Out What Happened After I Had Woke Up And Said..."What Ta Hell Is Going On...Why Am I Here?!"
And The Doctors Tells Me... Ive Been In A Coma For 7 Days!!!

On Friday Evening..The Doctors All Concluded... That I Could Go Home
(Of Course Nam... Giving Them A Consistent Hard Time Contributed To His Release)
(Id Say They Were Over Joyed.... To See The Back Of Him)

The Last Thing The Doctor Said To Me Was... That Sometimes..There Are Things That Happen..That Cant Be Explained By Medical Science......As In My Case


(So In Reality...Not Knowing It...I Was In Purgatory For Seven Days...Seems The Purgatorians... Couldnt Arrive At A Decision Of Where I Should Be Going...Or What To Do With Me..So...I Guess.... They Sent Me Back)...And Here I Am

Anyway..A Very Special Thanks To Miss Itchy Witch...For Her Sixth Sense...And For The Two Blogs She Put Up
As You Can See..One Can Be On The Other Side Of The World...And Still Know That Something Isnt Right With Someone That Is Far Far Away
Of Course...Being A Witch...And A Pisces...Kind Of Helps Out Id Say

Anyways.... Id Like to Thank All Of The Below...For Their Concern

Allan Stagg...Robert 787...Miss Crazy...Miss Mimi...Ann Lee Rose...Oney...Calliopes Girl...Johnny Sparton...
Viking...Redex...Benedicta...Daniella...Miss Pro...Miss Namana...Z Man...Miss Molly...Stringman...Miss Ele
Miss Fiery Red...Luke...Miss Outside Of Bali...Oooby Dooby...Pat8lips...Seaworthy...Jimmy...Miss Jazz 53
The Snooker...Conrad...Non Smoker...Chaton Lyman...Nice Guy 58...Miss Lou Lou...Robby Real
1April...Miss Enigma...Miss Lindsy...Iotaoo...Lilith10...Miss Chameleon...And Miss Kal
Thank You All...And This Is Something I Dont Forget

And...As Walter Cronkite Used to Say....."And Thats The Way It Is"

I think the most difficult part of aging is admitting to it. Before that you live in denial and sometimes make a spectacle of yourself trying to pretend that you’re still young.

My general image was the first to suffer as I grew older. First I got tired of the all-night parties; next the long hair with the occasional pony tail went out the door. Then my dress code went to the dogs. Gradually baseball caps made place for wide brimmed hats, T-shirts went out in favor of golf shirts & button up shirts, shorts became longer, canvas shoes gave way to leather shoes, jeans moved on for cotton slacks, and finally the vivid colors faded into something more sober.

Mind you, I still wear jeans more often than I should but that is because I think I still can. The thing is, I still have the same body as when I was 25. Over the last 40 years I gained 5 kilos. My ex-wife told me the other day that my bottoms don’t fill out my jeans as they used to but then my six-pack is still there; somewhat depleted but still there. So, as long as I can wear hipsters, I will. See, still the young man syndrome.

And I don’t know exactly when, why or how it happened but my taste for alcohol has faded. It was no conscious effort. I just discovered one day that I don’t drink half as much as I used to drink. My current view on alcohol is that I gave it up 20 years ago. I feel so proud of it that I celebrate it regularly with a few glasses of wine or brandy.

But it is not all milk and honey. In the mornings when I get out of bed my knees creak like an old shìthouse door and when my feet touch the cold floor all I can say is “f*ck, I’m still alive”, based only on the assumption that ghosts cannot feel the cold.

I cannot read without glasses and more than often I cannot remember where I left them last. I frequently find them on my head after looking everywhere else for 30 minutes or more. But there are advantages to a short memory; I forgive those who did me short much easier and I can read the same books and look at the same movies after a year or so.

Not ideal but it could have been worse. I have not (yet) grown any unruly hair at the most ungodly places and apart from a spot of arthritis and hypertension, I enjoy good health. Most my friends have many more ailments and they enjoy their old age; and so do I.

Admitting to old age does not mean surrendering to it.


And enjoy whatever you do today.

Several times I have been called "exotic" regarding my look.
The men who did it were not Bulgarians which explains why I looked different to them. I still wonder what they meant...

Anyway, what is exotic for you? And do you find exotic things attractive or a bit puzzling and even frightening?

HI!

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...encore... again... encore ...


And what did you think?

These words can be said in so many situations...

...Meeting, a joke, a smile, a kiss...

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So...

...............................................................................................................We have words for things that dont even exist...........yeaterday....tomorrow.....one day.....someday.....the day after tomorrow......next week.....next year......next month......tonight.....life insurance,,(its death insurance).....why get the weather for tomorrow?..when it doesnt even exist?....why save money for next years vacation(that doesnt exist either).....in your morning you cant say "what im going to do TODAY,,because today is in the future...and the future does not exist either,,,,nope..the only word you can use is......NOW.......

Strong Kid