Comments on: # 16- Fear Increases Converts http://www.lrchouston.com/archive/16-fear-increases-converts.php LRC, Houston - An Evolving Spiritual Community Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:56:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Maureen Runquist http://www.lrchouston.com/archive/16-fear-increases-converts.php/comment-page-1#comment-13173 Maureen Runquist Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:51:08 +0000 http://www.lrchouston.com/archive/16-fear-increases-converts.php#comment-13173 The very core of your writing whilst sounding agreeable initially, did not sit perfectly with me after some time. Somewhere throughout the paragraphs you actually managed to make me a believer unfortunately just for a short while. I nevertheless have got a problem with your leaps in assumptions and you would do well to help fill in those gaps. If you actually can accomplish that, I will definitely end up being fascinated. The very core of your writing whilst sounding agreeable initially, did not sit perfectly with me after some time. Somewhere throughout the paragraphs you actually managed to make me a believer unfortunately just for a short while. I nevertheless have got a problem with your leaps in assumptions and you would do well to help fill in those gaps. If you actually can accomplish that, I will definitely end up being fascinated.

]]> By: Ernie http://www.lrchouston.com/archive/16-fear-increases-converts.php/comment-page-1#comment-4347 Ernie Mon, 14 May 2007 11:57:43 +0000 http://www.lrchouston.com/archive/16-fear-increases-converts.php#comment-4347 <strong>John 17:3</strong>. Eternal life is<strong> KNOWING </strong>God, not knowing <strong>FACTS</strong> about God or <strong>BELIEVING </strong>in "<em>Belief systems</em>" which religion is good about constructing. John 17:3. Eternal life is KNOWING God, not knowing FACTS about God or BELIEVING in “Belief systems” which religion is good about constructing.

]]> By: Russ http://www.lrchouston.com/archive/16-fear-increases-converts.php/comment-page-1#comment-4346 Russ Mon, 14 May 2007 04:14:50 +0000 http://www.lrchouston.com/archive/16-fear-increases-converts.php#comment-4346 When I think about the salvation I discovered in my youth, I remember a salvation of singularity. Specifically, everything about salvation was making sure I had fire insurance; it was all about me...singular. Everything about witnessing revolved around making sure someone else had fire insurance and would be called up with Him in the clouds when He returns - unless they understood the three steps of salvation, then it was crispy critter time for them! But better them than me, I always said...because I HAD insurance! I recall that despite the ongoing fire and brimstone messages, I always questioned my salvation because I was petrified of missing God and going to hell. I also recall that none of the teaching ever taught me to seek God for the sake of knowing Him. Until I was an adult, I did not understand that being "saved" did not take away the impulses and wants that I struggled to overcome all of my life (thus making me question my salvation). It was not until I was grown that I realized that truely seeking God for the sake of seeking Him was enough to curb the things within me that caused me to question salvation in the first place. I still deal with things, but I know that it has nothing to do with my understanding and faith in Jesus...I don't have to cower and have nightmares of suddenly finding out, "Oh, snap, I'm not saved!" When I think about the salvation I discovered in my youth, I remember a salvation of singularity. Specifically, everything about salvation was making sure I had fire insurance; it was all about me…singular. Everything about witnessing revolved around making sure someone else had fire insurance and would be called up with Him in the clouds when He returns – unless they understood the three steps of salvation, then it was crispy critter time for them! But better them than me, I always said…because I HAD insurance!

I recall that despite the ongoing fire and brimstone messages, I always questioned my salvation because I was petrified of missing God and going to hell. I also recall that none of the teaching ever taught me to seek God for the sake of knowing Him. Until I was an adult, I did not understand that being “saved” did not take away the impulses and wants that I struggled to overcome all of my life (thus making me question my salvation). It was not until I was grown that I realized that truely seeking God for the sake of seeking Him was enough to curb the things within me that caused me to question salvation in the first place.

I still deal with things, but I know that it has nothing to do with my understanding and faith in Jesus…I don’t have to cower and have nightmares of suddenly finding out, “Oh, snap, I’m not saved!”

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