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Well said SeedyMartini, well put indeed ...
Well said SeedyMartini, well put indeed ...
Followers of Jesus are not thanking Him for being blessed with stuff. They are thanking Him for dying for their sins, taking our punishment upon Himself, so that when we go into eternity, it will be with Him, not in Hell where we all deserve to go because of sin and following the ways of this world which are of the devil. And although He is outside of time, He also came as a man, and was persecuted in that life, just like His people have been. And He will come back to avenge all of the suffering put upon His believers, and judge all the wicked. So you must believe in Him to make all of this we go through have purpose and hope. I also believe when He died in the flesh, He took on the punishment of Hell for us, every one of us, even those who hate Him, throughout all of time. So I believe He endured Hell and is still enduring it (if you think of things in our understanding of time), and He will not be done until He returns to judge. He gave the greatest gift I can imagine, so best start believing and becoming one of the "Thank you Jesus" blacks, while there is still time.