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<blockquote data-quote="Macsky" data-source="post: 6097224" data-attributes="member: 44120"><p>Most religions offer you favourable returns in eternity for your good works on earth, this is where Christianity differs wildly, you don’t/can’t earn your way into God’s favour, if you study the 10 commandments, you’ll find that, Christian or not, you will break most of them every single day, so how could a perfectly just God allow the guilty into a perfect and holy heaven, without compromising his justice, and defiling the place? </p><p></p><p>Enter Jesus, He lived the perfect and blameless life that we can’t, and was unjustly killed, which is just as well, because:</p><p></p><p> “He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53v5</p><p>(Written 700BC)</p><p></p><p>“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3v16</p><p></p><p>So it’s very hard to chuck Christianity in with all other religions, as it is not salvation by works, but rather:</p><p></p><p>“it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2v8-9</p><p></p><p>If the 10 commandments were lived by at their basic face value, who could argue that the world wouldn’t be a better place? But when you really look into them you see just how far we fall short of God’s standard, see the sermon on the mount (Matthew ch5-7). </p><p></p><p>So back to agriculture, if we can farm in a manner that honours, in order:</p><p></p><p>1 God</p><p>2 Others</p><p>3 Ourselves</p><p></p><p>then I think the benefits to human health and the our natural environment would be unimaginable. I see the holistic and regenerative thinking at the moment a hopeful path towards this, but alas:</p><p></p><p>“out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” Mark 7v21-23</p><p></p><p>So I’m not expecting the big businesses of the world to wake up anytime soon, as long as there is profit to be made from destruction. Rather, I must try to be the the salt (preservative) and light (guide) that I am challenged to be, and retain hope and thankfulness in the finished work of the cross that I might one day be in the presence of God, and enjoy the perfection of Him and of it, and to being washed of all my sins, and the sinful nature that causes us all so much grief.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Macsky, post: 6097224, member: 44120"] Most religions offer you favourable returns in eternity for your good works on earth, this is where Christianity differs wildly, you don’t/can’t earn your way into God’s favour, if you study the 10 commandments, you’ll find that, Christian or not, you will break most of them every single day, so how could a perfectly just God allow the guilty into a perfect and holy heaven, without compromising his justice, and defiling the place? Enter Jesus, He lived the perfect and blameless life that we can’t, and was unjustly killed, which is just as well, because: “He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53v5 (Written 700BC) “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3v16 So it’s very hard to chuck Christianity in with all other religions, as it is not salvation by works, but rather: “it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2v8-9 If the 10 commandments were lived by at their basic face value, who could argue that the world wouldn’t be a better place? But when you really look into them you see just how far we fall short of God’s standard, see the sermon on the mount (Matthew ch5-7). So back to agriculture, if we can farm in a manner that honours, in order: 1 God 2 Others 3 Ourselves then I think the benefits to human health and the our natural environment would be unimaginable. I see the holistic and regenerative thinking at the moment a hopeful path towards this, but alas: “out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” Mark 7v21-23 So I’m not expecting the big businesses of the world to wake up anytime soon, as long as there is profit to be made from destruction. Rather, I must try to be the the salt (preservative) and light (guide) that I am challenged to be, and retain hope and thankfulness in the finished work of the cross that I might one day be in the presence of God, and enjoy the perfection of Him and of it, and to being washed of all my sins, and the sinful nature that causes us all so much grief. [/QUOTE]
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