Comments on: 4,212 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/02/4212.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:23:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: My Hope & Prayer for 2009 | Cerulean Sanctum http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/02/4212.html#comment-43296 My Hope & Prayer for 2009 | Cerulean Sanctum Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:02:13 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/02/4212.html#comment-43296 [...] That’s what I would like to think. But I know better. Fact is that too many of us rely on someone else to do the witnessing for us. The upshot is that hardly anyone is doing the work. That unnerves me. It tells me that we don’t care about the eternal destiny of lost people. [...]

[...] That’s what I would like to think. But I know better. Fact is that too many of us rely on someone else to do the witnessing for us. The upshot is that hardly anyone is doing the work. That unnerves me. It tells me that we don’t care about the eternal destiny of lost people. [...]

]]> By: The Real Secret of Spiritual Warfare and Dominion | Cerulean Sanctum http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/02/4212.html#comment-40176 The Real Secret of Spiritual Warfare and Dominion | Cerulean Sanctum Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:02:07 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/02/4212.html#comment-40176 [...] powers, attempting to find the demonic “city limits” around this place and that, while 4,212 people every day enter the gates of the eternal city of the [...]

[...] powers, attempting to find the demonic “city limits” around this place and that, while 4,212 people every day enter the gates of the eternal city of the [...]

]]> By: Dave Block http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/02/4212.html#comment-34892 Dave Block Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:41:53 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/02/4212.html#comment-34892 Dan, You're on target with that assessment. So you weren't thinking of specific changes in this statement? "I may say I care, but I don't care enough to make the changes needed to my life to ensure I'm living for Jesus." I thought you had specific examples in mind and might share them. Dan,

You’re on target with that assessment.

So you weren’t thinking of specific changes in this statement?

“I may say I care, but I don’t care enough to make the changes needed to my life to ensure I’m living for Jesus.”

I thought you had specific examples in mind and might share them.

]]> By: Dave Block http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/02/4212.html#comment-34890 Dave Block Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:26:47 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/02/4212.html#comment-34890 I find it very interesting that this point has been raised. Tonight our neighbor (see my comment above) spent more than five hours at our house. We talked about spiritual issues and my wife and I were able to explain the gospel. The major point that our neighbor couldn't overcome was the idea of a loving God sending such a high percentage of the children He created and loves to hell. I did my best to explain but in the end, how can I blame my neighbor for rejecting a doctrine that is so hard for me to handle? I believe in eternal hell, and I speculate that it would be even worse for the lost to be in the unbearable presence of a holy God with the stain of their sin, but it's so hard to deal with the concept. It reinforces the fact that no matter how well we witness in word and through love, it takes the Holy Spirit to draw people to God. I find it very interesting that this point has been raised. Tonight our neighbor (see my comment above) spent more than five hours at our house. We talked about spiritual issues and my wife and I were able to explain the gospel. The major point that our neighbor couldn’t overcome was the idea of a loving God sending such a high percentage of the children He created and loves to hell. I did my best to explain but in the end, how can I blame my neighbor for rejecting a doctrine that is so hard for me to handle? I believe in eternal hell, and I speculate that it would be even worse for the lost to be in the unbearable presence of a holy God with the stain of their sin, but it’s so hard to deal with the concept.

It reinforces the fact that no matter how well we witness in word and through love, it takes the Holy Spirit to draw people to God.

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