/cg/ Christianity General - How To Find God, Edition!

I will say that the concept of God is a little overwhelming, (((they))) say that this concept can only be understood by simpletons and everyone else is too intelligent for it, but the reality is that God is infinite and we are finite in our abilities for understanding, so don't feel bad when you struggle to take in these new concepts. All of us did, and if we're still growing spiritually, we still do. Consider these words, perhaps you could file them away in your mind for when you feel worn down on this journey:

"God cannot be grasped by the mind, if he could be grasped, he would not be God"
-Evagrius of Pontus

"As the Greek Fathers insisted, "A God who is comprehensible is not God". A God, that is to say, whom we claim to understand exhaustively through the resources of our reasoning brain, turns out to be no more than an idol, fashioned in our own image. Such a "god" is most emphatically not the true and living God of the Bible and the Church. Man is made in God's image, but the reverse is not true" - The Orthodox Way

Moving on, I'll tell you what I had to do, to get started. I wanted to know God, I truly did, I felt so empty inside and alone in this world and the Christians that I knew from my old life didn't, they were always so warm towards me even as I looked upon their beliefs with contempt, I started to realize they might have discovered something that I didn't know, and I wanted to find it.

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So I prayed - for the first time perhaps, genuinely. I cried out to God, I said that I wanted to know him, I wanted to learn, I wanted the love in my life that my associates seemed to have in theirs, but at the moment I was broken inside and wasn't even sure if God existed as I thought he might, only that there was *something* more out there, and I wanted to find it. "Help me find you" I prayed; "I want to know you, please help me find you, if you're really out there".

So, I wasn't entirely sure where to go from this point, so I decided that a logical place to start was the bible itself. I started reading in the book of Matthew, the first book of the New Testament, (my recommended starting point for anyone, whose just getting started) and I found that these passages from ~2000 years ago hit me right in the feels, I tried hard to study them, to see myself there among the crowds seeing these events, and doing everything I could to apply Jesus words and teachings to my life - and it really was lifechanging.

But I had to read, and I had to work at this. I remember reading a few verses at a time on my phone at work while I was waiting for a machine to run through its cycle for ~60 seconds or so, before I had to do my job again when it finished, haha.

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There are millions of people who will do everything they can to convince you that God isn't real. That he doesn't exist. But if one is willing to get both sides of the story, so to speak, and read the gospel and try to apply this to themselves, wherever they are in life or in the world, and pray for strength, and to find God and seek him genuinely, through these means and through finding a GOOD Church near you (this is a challenge in and of itself) for fellowship, worship and the guidance of a spiritual elder, he IS out there. I had a number of truly life changing experiences which showed me his realness beyond anything the aforementioned people could ever try to disprove. And I genuinely believe that if you keep moving on this path, God will reveal himself to you, in your life, where you are. He loves you, he wants to know you, he has a plan for you and for your life, and I have faith in your desire, anons. For whatever its worth, I hope this helps you.

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The bible warns against serious sins, the committers of whom will not inherit the Kingdom of God. Once saved always saved is a very dangerous game and many say it is "Satan's Favorite Lie".

>Matthew 3:7-10 – "But when [John the Baptist] saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them. "You brood of snakes!" he exclaimed. "Who warned you to flee the coming wrath? Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. Don't just say to each other, 'We're safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.' That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones. Even now the ax of God's judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire."

>Galatians 5:19-26 – "When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives. Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another."

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>Romans 6:15-19 – "What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification."

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Matthew 7, 7-12

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

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You can't KNOW your going to Heaven until you KNOW you can't go to Hell.If you could lose your salvation at anytime why doesn't GOD being GOD take you to Heaven once your saved so you dont lose it why because The Gospel is eternal security.

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"christianity is manly and european"

cringe

wat do if there are no good churches in my area?

LOL you """believe""" in God but you're still on this pornographic sodomite forum called Jow Forums, fucking LARPer. Pay a hooker and you'll stop being such a sad fuck who pretends to be a religious person just because society doesn't like you (because of your obesity, bitterness, lack of social skills and general unlikeness of the average angry white beta from America).

The 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae is coming up. You arent using the pill or Condoms are you Jow Forums?

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Go to church, receive the sacraments. Cringe through it. Redpill anyone that you can and look for a church that says latin mass.

Hookers love the Gospel bubba

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Christ himself walked among prostitutes to preach to them. Neckbeards that post porn can't be worse. So long as we don't partake in the porn posting and other degeneracy, we are fine, as our work is good.

Me and gf don't have sex. We are marrying as soon as we have a job well paying enough to live near our families.

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I'm reading this thread while intoxicated.

I feel ashamed

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I found a copy of pic related and thought I'd share with /cg/. I've been wanting to spend some time reading the ECF and I wanted a devotional, so this kills two birds with one stone

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Hahaha nice deflecting and a way to excuse yourself, yes, Christ walked among prostitutes, but He wasn't in the Prostibule or the brother. You're delusional. Why aren't you bringing the Good News to a TOR pedo website you smartass? Or on a gay bar? Because Jow Forums is in the same state of sinfulness and inmorality.

Your way of expressing about the Gospel like a meme sexual phrase of sluts "loving it" its nearly blaspheme.

>I used to be Catholic, shes Russian Orthodox. Together we figured out its actually best to cut out the middle man and go straight to the source document - the Bible.
KYS for falling for Yankee Cuckestant Fakestianity. Catholicism and Orthodoxy are unironically the unadulterated original versions of Christianity.
>Hurr-durr, us le ebbbicccc :DDDD smarties can figure the bible out on our own.
So you think you understand the bible better than the original fathers of the church, who were essentially the students of the students of Jesus? You do realize that the bible alone is not enough for salvation? There is a specific theology and spirituality that was given to us later generations from the early Christians in the form of liturgy and lived out Christian culture. The Christian faith is not just bible study - It is a way of life. And to know how this way of life looks like, one has to look into traditionally Catholic or Orthodox societies, where the Christians have been preserved until today (of course, not everyone is religious there). The liturgy according to St. John Chrysostom was collected by him in the fourth century AD. You think you are know more about Christianity than that guy?
Are you really choosing THIS version of our Lord's faith: youtube.com/watch?v=of1Sa3oyTBs
over THIS one: youtube.com/watch?v=nsuUJV3cFZg
Who do you think is getting it right? Hmmmmmm? Christians living in the Holy Land for 2000 years? Or rather a bunch of American hillbillies who like to make money? Difficult choice...

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>Why aren't you bringing the Good News to a TOR pedo website you smartass?

Because I am not strong enough to overcome the disgust such a site would cause, whereas Jow Forums is rather mild. And I am awkward to talk to people in real life, so I bring the gospel to the places I can. There isn't even much porn in these boards, even on Jow Forums. Up to this post there is no porn in this thread.

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Hello user. If nothing else, go for the sacraments and try to find like minded people. How far is your nearest worthwhile church? Are you willing to travel there? Have you been to all of the churches around you already? There are good Churches out there - but they're few and far between in this fallen world. I'll pray for you on your journey - and I'd beg you not to give up as difficult as things may be, as the rewards of finding one will be greatly enjoyable and worth the journey many times over.

user, between your strange assumptions and general bitterness, I don't really know what to say to try and help you. But you're always welcome here, and God loves you even as you turn your back upon him. Christ himself said "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance". I hope you'll join us at some point and we'll help you with anything that we can.

Nope! Waiting for Mrs. Right to start a massive family with. No need for such things here! Greetings user.

Hey, user. God loves you, no matter what state you're in, now. Welcome, lets get through things here. Please start to read the Book of Matthew if you haven't already, I'll pray for you on your journey to a better place in life. Is there anything else we might be able to do, to help?

Interesting. The Church Fathers are something I wish I'd read more of... Afternoon, user!

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Good News! We are at the bottom of the feet at last. God's Kingdom ruled by King Jesus Christ is up next. You guys are living in exciting times.


>(Daniel 2:44) “And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite;


PIC RELATED

>(Daniel 2:45) forasmuch as you beheld that out of the mountain a stone was cut not by hands, and [that] it crushed the iron, the copper, the molded clay, the silver and the gold. The grand God himself has made known to the king what is to occur after this. And the dream is reliable, and the interpretation of it is trustworthy.”

>(Isaiah 28:16) therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: “Here I am laying as a foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, the precious corner of a sure foundation. No one exercising faith will get panicky.

>(Daniel 2:34) You kept on looking until a stone was cut out not by hands, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and of molded clay and crushed them.

CONTINUED...

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>(Psalm 118:22) The stone that the builders rejected Has become the head of the corner.

>(Romans 9:33) as it is written: “Look! I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock-mass of offense, but he that rests his faith on it will not come to disappointment.”

>(1 Peter 2:6) For it is contained in Scripture: “Look! I am laying in Zion a stone, chosen, a foundation cornerstone, precious; and no one exercising faith in it will by any means come to disappointment.”

>(Luke 20:17) But he looked upon them and said: “What, then, does this that is written mean, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, this has become the chief cornerstone’?

>(Acts 4:11) This is ‘the stone that was treated by YOU builders as of no account that has become the head of the corner.’

>(1 Corinthians 3:11) For no man can lay any other foundation than what is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

>(Ephesians 2:20) and YOU have been built up upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, while Christ Jesus himself is the foundation cornerstone.

Pic related. The stone that you see in Daniel destroying all the kingdom of the world starting at the bottom of the feet is the same cornerstone of God's Kingdom: Jesus Christ. Jesus himself, along with an army of angels, will come down here and execute all evil doers in the world. The West will not be conquered by another human empire. It will be conquered by Christ himself. How long until imminent empire collapse(politically, socially, economically) and another human empire can take over? Many anons here have helped me narrow this down to 20-30 years.

Do you know what happens next?

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The primary theme of Jesus ministry wasn't salvation and it wasn't repentance. It was God's Kingdom.

>(Matthew 4:23) Then he went around throughout the whole of Gali·lee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and curing every sort of disease and every sort of infirmity among the people.

>(Matthew 4:17) From that time on Jesus commenced preaching and saying: “Repent, YOU people, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.”

>(John 18:36) Jesus answered: “My kingdom is no part of this world. If my kingdom were part of this world, my attendants would have fought that I should not be delivered up to the Jews. But, as it is, my kingdom is not from this source.”

The model prayer

>(Matthew 6:9, 10) “YOU must pray, then, this way: “‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. 10Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth.

>(Matthew 6:33) “Keep on, then, seeking first the kingdom and his righteousness, and all these [other] things will be added to YOU.

The entire theme of Jesus is his father's Kingdom being the solution to all lives problems.


The verses all there imply that a heavenly regime will invade earth and wipe out all disobedient mankind. Pic related, the earth will be transformed into a beautiful paradise where all of you will live there and not visit there. You will all be physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually perfect. No defects of any kind. No sickness, no old age, no mental disorders, no crime, violence, fear and no death.

>(Matthew 24:14) And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.

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