Lurker > Dorfl_2

$100k. Now. Even if it's banned in only my country, that's enough.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

YoshitoKikuchi posted...

Like if we pray and we have sincere positive intention, that he "makes things work out" for us?

Yes. However the promise is for believers in Christ, not for just anyone.

Romans 8:28 - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Philippians 4:6-7 - Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

The "called according to his purpose" and "in Christ Jesus" parts are important. God never promises to listen to the prayers of unbelievers.

It's also important that God WILL answer believers' prayers for good, but that good is according to His determination, according to what He wants to produce in our lives. In other words, the answer isn't always going to be "Yes" when you want it to be "Yes." Even the Apostle Paul experienced this.

2 Corinthians 12:7-10
7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
9 But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christs power may rest on me.
10 That is why, for Christs sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Any other questions? Feel free to ask.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

I love the letter. It feels so... real. Like an email between two coworkers sniping at each other.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

$2.5 million can buy a LOT of food... A lot of really good food. Imma go with that.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

alt4445 posted...

I've tried to get her back to my place for a hook-up but she sorta leaned towards no because of guilt and it would be weird to have 2 coworkers like that, let alone one.

Sounds like you're just after her body and getting mad because she won't put out.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Early symptom of appendicitis? Get to a hospital for a scan first thing tomorrow.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

UnfairRepresent posted...

And he was never seen again

Trying to compose a non-TLDR post as best as I can.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Pretty much just saying you are one

A lot of people believe that, but mere lip service to Christianity never saves anyone.

Matthew 7:21 - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."

John 6:28-29 - 'Then they asked him, What must we do to do the works God requires? Jesus answered, The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.' [emphasis mine]

We are saved when we recognize our sinfulness, (Romans 3:23 - for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God) and repent and turn to God through the way He has provided, which is Christ (Romans 3:24 - and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.)

Once we are saved we live for Christ and experience the fruits of the Holy Spirit which include joy, but I'm always a little leery of the kind of Christian testimony which says "I wasn't happy then I found religion then I became happy," treating conversion as an add-on experience without talking about sin, repentance, faith in Jesus Christ. Her comments don't mention any of those things, hence my skepticism.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

UnfairRepresent posted...

Dorfl_2 posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Dorfl_2 posted...

Because it's essential to salvation?

It's not esstential to her story

Her story is that she became a Christian. But her account shows no such thing.

wut

Let me ask you, then. What does it mean to be a Christian?
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

UnfairRepresent posted...

Dorfl_2 posted...

Because it's essential to salvation?

It's not esstential to her story

Her story is that she became a Christian. But her account shows no such thing.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Because it's essential to salvation?
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

I liked Bride of the Century.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Money of course.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Metro2 posted...

Why would Mexicans want to move to America? Canada and Europe is where it's at.

A lot of those countries have stricter and more strongly enforced immigration laws than the USA.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Medussa posted...

I'm stunned they actually managed to remove him from the bench at all.

This is the biggest shock for me.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

UnfairRepresent posted...

Reading it introduced me to Gods great love and His ability to provide each of us an abundant life full of significance.

No mention of repentance towards God or forgiveness of sin?
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Metro2 posted...

James 5:1-6

5 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.
2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.
3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.
4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.[a]
6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.

This is preaching against exploitation, not about being rich or having wealth. It's about hoarding wealth when people are starving and about not paying your workers the wages agreed upon (the amount of payment is between the worker and employer but whatever you agreed upon must be given).
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

NES4EVER posted...

I thought Christians weren't supposed to charge interest on loans.

No? This was a command given to the Israelites, it is not applicable to Christians. Furthermore the command was to not charge interest to their fellow Israelites. Charging gentiles was a-okay.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

The Bible has nothing against private ownership of property, goods or businesses. The injunction is to work hard to provide for your own needs and those of your family, to pay your taxes fairly and to provide for the needs of the others as you have excess (Ephesians 4:28, Galatians 6:10, Romans 13:8-10, etc).
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Thatuser posted...

I don't believe any person, no matter how virtuous, is perfect by that definition. I don't think its attainable.

That was the whole point, that righteousness cannot be attained by keeping the law because our sinful nature makes it impossible for us to keep the law.

Romans 3:20 - Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.

And that's why God provided the righteousness that comes through Christ, who lived the perfect life on our behalf and died for our sins.

Romans 3:21-24 - But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.

But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.

This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.

There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Get to the doctor quick in case it's something serious like leukemia.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Both of them are as strong or as weak as the writers want them to be, so it's pointless speculating about it.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Rika_Furude posted...

What about the achievements of those going through the legal process to immigrate? Should they be ignored just so this girl gets their spot?

The good ol' American way, eh?

And this article is definitely hiding something about the full process the family went through. If they've been through years of application and appeals and the court determined they weren't really refugees then I'll give the court the benefit of the doubt here.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

And to hide something. But what?
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Again I ask, why are they making this story about just her? What about the rest of her family?
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Nope, I feel that something's missing here too. Why are they only talking about the girl and not the rest of her family? What about them?
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

smoke_break posted...

No loopholes allowed. You can only ingest $20 worth of food a week.

No deal. But there's a difference between "you can only spend $20 a week on food" as you wrote in the title and "You can only ingest $20 worth of food a week."
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Fair, next.
You'd think people would have learned by now not to give cops any lip.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

Wonderful news. They have my full support.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

MabusIncarnate posted...

Not trolling, I remember reading about an article of a 10 year old kid that set up a lemonade stand and her neighbor called the police, and being she didn't have the proper permits, they literally closed it down.

On a child.

Like I said, people suck.

It's to protect the health of the public. They're doing their job. If people got sick from drinking that stuff, people would be all like "why didn't the city do something before this happened?"
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).

As good as it gets for JRPGs. 9.5/10 for me but voted 5.
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For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).