You may think of it as a joke, but the devil is in the business of bringing people under judgment so that they will be damned. That is the fundamental nature of his war on humanity. He wants you to sin, and he wants you to be proud of your sin so that you will never seek repentance and forgiveness for that sin through the blood of Christ. And he wages this war against large groups, peoples, and nations. If you know the pulse of this country, you know that this is the state of our nation. There are few things more monstrous and heinous than a mother and father killing their own child, and boy has the devil fattened up a generation for judgment by stirring up that nation to take pride in something so awful and heinous.
I'm a big fan of a lot of fiction. One show I always loved was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Full of all kinds of evil gods, demons, etc. I recommended the show to a lot of people over the years. But never once did I consider cutting off their access to the things they like unless they watched Buffy. The people who aren't in your book club don't want to live by your rules. We certainly don't want to live under rules made by Incels who hate women. Move along.
Or it could be something you are saying because it is a defense mechanism of someone who does not want to repent. I challenge you or anyone else who doesn't believe what I am saying to watch this documentary. It lays out the case I have explained in great detail with lots of references to the Bible and to history.
Will my sin & the pride in my sin & my refusal to grovel for forgiveness keep YOU from going to heaven? If the ans is NO, then you have repeatedly born false witness on this board with your Taliban fantasies. If the ans is YES, then it gives my sin even more gloriousness. I suspect you won't ans.
God has made you free to make your own decisions, but moral decisions have consequences. The more evil you choose to give yourself over to, the greater the judgment. Hopefully, one day you come to your senses and repent.
Hopefully one day you will get married, have children, travel outside your home county and garner a greater perspective on life.
All I am required to do is obey God. Speak the truth in love. What you do with that truth is between you and God. What you do with it has no impact on my eternal standing with God. I wouldn't wish hell on my worst enemy. I've never prayed to God for anyone to be cast into hell. I've prayed for many to come to faith in Christ. I hope you come to a saving faith in Christ so you can experience the joy of a relationship with Christ.
You just said a bunch of people were ripe for judgement ... is judging them obeying God? I thought that was God's domain, not yours?
I have no desire to actually be in this debate, but I can’t help it… If I say I think OJ was ripe for conviction, have I usurped the role of Lance Ito and a California jury?
"Judge not that ye be judged, for with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."
By that I meant the conditions are there. Someone who has committed a crime, but has yet to stand before the judge is ripe for judgment. They just haven't been before the judge yet, but the crime has been committed. The deed to warrant the punishment has been done. When the deed has been done, and that is mixed with a stiff neck, one that will not do what is prescribed to receive pardon, there is only one possible result. They will not receive pardon if they do not turn in repentance and faith. The time is late, but there is still time. The judge is gracious, but His grace is dispensed on His terms. I do not know what will happen in the last hour, so I do not say with complete certainty what will happen. If nothing changes, though, then the result is certain because God cannot lie: He has revealed the terms and conditions of our judgment. Judgment is not a mystery, and "I didn't know" will not be a sufficient excuse because the heart laid before God and He knows the truth from a lie. He knows "I didn't know" is a lie.
It was not intended to be anything more than a sarcastic comment in the first place, but in the absence of authority isn’t it just opinion and not judgment?
according to this def., no. judg·ment /ˈjəjmənt/ Learn to pronounce noun noun: judgement 1. the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions.