Comments on: The Long, Dark Eternity of One Soul http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/12/the-long-dark-eternity-of-one-soul.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:01:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pet Campbell http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/12/the-long-dark-eternity-of-one-soul.html#comment-43405 Pet Campbell Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:59:55 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=1101#comment-43405 I was delighted to find that you had visited my humble blog. And as I sit and read thru your soul questions.. and read the comments.. Something keeps jumping out at me.. It is the work of the Holy Spirit to make a person ready to hear and understand the need for Salvation. And the solution that God the Father provided. And... Yes, as believers we have been given the Great Commission, and Yes we are to go and make disciples,but to those that and brought to us, so that we do not further harden their hearts. Perhaps you did, as we all do at times, allow our comfort zone to keep us quiet.. Or perhaps, his soul was so hardened that only at the knowledge of his death, would he be able to accept the Truth.. I know that when someone I love has zealously refused the truth.. all I can do is move back,not away.. and pray, and allow the Holy Spirit to continue his work. God Bless and Keep you... I was delighted to find that you had visited my humble blog.

And as I sit and read thru your soul questions.. and read the comments..
Something keeps jumping out at me..

It is the work of the Holy Spirit to make a person ready to
hear and understand the need for Salvation. And the solution
that God the Father provided.

And…
Yes, as believers we have been given the Great Commission,
and Yes we are to go and make disciples,but to those that
and brought to us, so that we do not further harden their hearts.

Perhaps you did, as we all do at times, allow our comfort zone to keep us quiet.. Or perhaps, his soul was so hardened that only at the knowledge of his death, would he be able to accept the Truth..

I know that when someone I love has zealously refused the truth..
all I can do is move back,not away.. and pray, and allow the
Holy Spirit to continue his work.

God Bless and Keep you…

]]> By: Oengus Moonbones http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/12/the-long-dark-eternity-of-one-soul.html#comment-43242 Oengus Moonbones Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:23:33 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=1101#comment-43242 Quote: " I sit here typing and my soul grieves." Dan, you carry the world on your shoulders, and once again have found another way to blame yourself (as if you were the only evangelist living on earth and therefore fell down on the job for not preaching to Adams, who had thousands of opportunities to repent—for Heaven's sake, give God some credit for having the ability to make himself known). But this is what makes your blog so tiresome to read because there's nothing more irksome than watching someone constantly beating himself to a miserable pulp over everything. Do yourself a favor, Dire Dan, and <i>act like you believe that you're forgiven</i>. Doing that would much more honor XP, who paid a lot to make that possible, than constantly harping about how much you deserved Hell. Quote: ” I sit here typing and my soul grieves.”

Dan, you carry the world on your shoulders, and once again have found another way to blame yourself (as if you were the only evangelist living on earth and therefore fell down on the job for not preaching to Adams, who had thousands of opportunities to repent—for Heaven’s sake, give God some credit for having the ability to make himself known). But this is what makes your blog so tiresome to read because there’s nothing more irksome than watching someone constantly beating himself to a miserable pulp over everything.

Do yourself a favor, Dire Dan, and act like you believe that you’re forgiven. Doing that would much more honor XP, who paid a lot to make that possible, than constantly harping about how much you deserved Hell.

]]> By: Dan Edelen http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/12/the-long-dark-eternity-of-one-soul.html#comment-43240 Dan Edelen Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:15:55 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=1101#comment-43240 ianmcn, The sweet spot is in the middle of the two sides you describe. Be kind, be a servant, be gentle, but definitely let people know what the truth is. The wisdom comes from listening to the Spirit about when people are ready to move beyond the easy stuff and to the hard truth. ianmcn,

The sweet spot is in the middle of the two sides you describe. Be kind, be a servant, be gentle, but definitely let people know what the truth is. The wisdom comes from listening to the Spirit about when people are ready to move beyond the easy stuff and to the hard truth.

]]> By: ianmcn http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/12/the-long-dark-eternity-of-one-soul.html#comment-43239 ianmcn Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:14:02 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=1101#comment-43239 Great post Dan, echo's some of my recent thoughts quite closely. The question I have is what would a perfect Christian look like in today's culture? On the one hand you have people that boldly and courageously proclaim the gospel in their workplace at every opportunity but mainly create tension and irritation. On the other hand, you have people (more like me) who try to be a witness in their lives, and who everyone know's is a practising christian but doesn't ram their faith down people's throat. That second descriptions sounds very noble, but does there not need to be a greater sense of urgency about our witness like you say? However, the person of the former description may have created so much division between themselves and their colleagues that non-believers don't give them any access into their lives. There's got to be something that combines the urgency of the former with the love and genuine friendship of the latter - but I'm yet to find it! Great post Dan, echo’s some of my recent thoughts quite closely. The question I have is what would a perfect Christian look like in today’s culture? On the one hand you have people that boldly and courageously proclaim the gospel in their workplace at every opportunity but mainly create tension and irritation. On the other hand, you have people (more like me) who try to be a witness in their lives, and who everyone know’s is a practising christian but doesn’t ram their faith down people’s throat. That second descriptions sounds very noble, but does there not need to be a greater sense of urgency about our witness like you say? However, the person of the former description may have created so much division between themselves and their colleagues that non-believers don’t give them any access into their lives. There’s got to be something that combines the urgency of the former with the love and genuine friendship of the latter – but I’m yet to find it!

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