Can we stop crossposting this shit to the Beatles NG, please? Donald L McDaniel wrote: > Matt Hayden wrote: > > Johnny Gentile wrote: > >> C'mon. Everyone knows God plays a Martin. > > > > I dunno. I think God has a honkin' big collection so he won't offend > > ANY luthiers when they come to visit. SOMEONE has to set up his > > guitars... > > > > mh > > 1) God is a Being Who lives in Eternity and Infinity. > > 2) God is not a man. However, His Son, Christ Jesus, left the loftiness of > Eternity and became a Man without losing His God-Substance which He > receives from His Father. This means He is not just a man, but the God-Man. > > 3)He lived a pure, sinless life, and died on the Cross in our place, as the > Sacrifice for our sins. However, He did not remain in the Tomb HE was > placed in after He was taken down from the cross by those who loved Him. > Within three days, HE was raised from the dead by His Father, still the > God-Man. After 40 days on the earth, He was returned to the Father in His > Body of flesh, tho now It was glorified (made eternal by the Father). There > He is to this very day, interceeding for those who have received Him as the > Anointed One of God. > > 4) One day, hopefully, soon, He will return in Power and Glory to judge the > thoughts of all men, and transfer His servants from their bodies of flesh to > glorified bodies, like His. > > Do not try to reason this out, since the Incarnation of Christ is not a > thing of logic and reason, but a Holy Mystery, only comprehended by faith in > those who have put their hope and trust in Him and His Sacrifice on the > Cross. Faith can easily be understood by a man with an open mind: Let us > say that there is a Sargent in the Army; his commanding officer, a General, > whose desk is a thousand miles away, and whom he has never seen, gives him a > letter containing an order. The Sargent's act of obedience to the order can > be explained as "faith", since he never saw the General, and obeys him > simply because he is his commanding officer. While we have never seen the > Father, we obey Him, because He sent a Man with orders from Him for His > servants. > > Not only that, but this simple faith is testified to by the Holy Spirit > after we obey, and our steps of faith are rewarded with experiential > knowledge of God, as we learn to recognise His Hand in our lives. We obey > God simply because His Son and servants tell us to. Through time and
> experience, we have learned to trust His Words, because they come to pass, > in His Time, and in His Way. > > 4) I doubt seriously whether God plays a guitar, since guitars are made by > men, for men. His Son could theoretically play a guitar. Perhaps He does. > Perhaps He doesn't. Only the Father and His Holy Angels know. > > -- > Donald L McDaniel > Please reply to the original thread, > so that the thread may be kept intact. > ============================== -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
