Sunday, April 11, 2010

The D-Word

We had our best finish today in online National League of Poker action, since taking our spring cleaning break -- 15th out of 205 players. But as we chatted with someone else, we were met with this:

RRBEML: shut up god d**n
RRBEML: lol
Me: I'd rather praise God, personally. :-)
RRBEML: suck a ***
keithdob: yes ty

Praise God if you mean it -- because if you bring up the alternative, He might just do that.

"He that believes and is baptized shall be saved," a resurrected Jesus said in Mark 16:16, "but he that believes not shall be damned." (KJV) Other translations change the "D-word" into "condemned."

Admittedly, you're not likely to praise God unless you believe He exists, and that He sent Jesus the Son to pay the penalty of our sins. We don't recommend the alternative at all.

"It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God," warns Hebrews 10:31. The prior two verses show the context is one of God's vengeance for rejecting Christ and insulting the Holy Spirit. Do you really want to risk that?

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