Atonement

I walked into a nice little conversation last night between my roommates. They were discussing the difference between homosexuals and heterosexuals. It ended up leading the conversation to one of them saying "You're going to Hell." Now this is shocking even to me... none of them "believe" that God exists.

So the other shot back... so you admit that there is a God and stuff. He replied back with." the bible is fake crap written by man. But you still have to atone when you die."

I jumped in here with a simple question "To whom or what are you going to atone to and for,"
He pretty much avoided the question stating the fact that he believes that you have to atone for your past life...

I kept pressing the matter by asking " Like who are you going to be judged by..."
He still avoided the question by stating religion is a controversial subject...


This leads me to my point. I have a strange feeling that somehow in some strange way that maybe being around a religious person, that it is having some kind of impact in his thought process. It definitely is showing how frivolous some of his arguments are considering Hell and judgment if there is in fact "No God and the Bible was written by man." Him stating this is a logical fallacy because if man created God he also created the concept of Heaven and Hell...

Just somethings I have been thinking about today

God bless
Ricky

God presides in the great assembly;
he gives judgment among the "gods"
-Psalm 82:1

Perfection or lack of

Recently I have been thinking a lot. These things have come down hard upon me because of the various things I do. During our bible study Tuesday we came up with a conclusion that you can tell who are true followers of Christ. They are the ones that don't just say things, but they take it to a new level. They actually DO the things to show love to their brothers and sisters aka everyone in the world.

I have been reflecting a lot lately about my own stance. I mean I do say a bunch of things to people, but how often am I doing it. How often am I going up to random people and saying "Hey you know what? Jesus loves you!" Well I can honestly say that hasn't happened at all when I have been by myself. It's only happened when I am around other Christians. I think its half trying to show off how good of a person I am, and half that they help give courage and encouragement.

I also have been considering other things as well. Like today I claimed that I could honestly be either a mentee or a mentor within my walk as a Christian. But I just came to realize this: How can I help others with their walk if I struggle with my own? How can I tell others how they should be doing things, when often times I don't do them? How can I expect others to express their thoughts, feelings, and actions when I myself rarely do them?

I am far from perfect. I am far from being decent, I am far from being average. I am below mediocre even. I was talking to my brother today trying to make sure his own intentions for things were right. Well honestly I have no reason to judge his actions, because I do the same things and often times far worse. He admits what he is doing half the time. I take these secrets only to myself. God knows them still because he's El Shaddai and nothing can be hidden from Him.

Its just some things I have been thinking of lately...

God Bless
Ricky