Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: blauch@bilge.ece.cmu.edu (Andrew J Blauch) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: What does IMHO mean? Message-ID: Date: 10 May 91 06:54:06 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon Lines: 41 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu GOD'S WILL: God's will for us is that we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour and live by faith in the God who saved us. God also wants to be loved by us because we want to love him not becuase we have no choice. Hence, our free will to chose to love him. Now God knows all things, therefore he knows who will accept him and who will not. He did not however make that decision for us. It's like He has all of time on a video and He can fast forward it to see what choice we make. I wonder what rating he'd give the video (not G I'm sure). GOD'S IMAGE: If God had a physical body he would be bound by space, which he isn't. Therefore one must reason that in God's image must refer to something other than physically. There is no problem here with God appearing to people. God can show Himself in anyway He wishes, but that does not mean that that is the way He really 'looks'. Here's a thinker for you: if Adam was made in the physical image of God then what was Jesus made in, or did they both look exactly the same? GOD'S EXISTENCE/REASON: Reason is a wonderful tool for understanding the Bible. Reason is not very helpful in proving God's existence or the validity of the Christian faith. Anyone ever hear of Objectivists? They basically follow a philosophy of rational selfishness. Anyhow, through many hours of discussion with a friend who is an Objectivist it has reaffirmed the fact that Christianity is based on faith. Only through faith can you believe there is a God. Only through faith can you accept that Jesus was the son of God and died for us. If Christianity could be proven true then the entire world should believe. As was stated in another post, once you begin to have faith your eyes are opened and you understand more. The process continues, hopefully, as long as you continue to have faith. Only by faith can I believe that a wretch like me will be saved. A J B n u e d s l t i e v e