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In underdeveloped nations Christianity is growing as fast as Islam. So don't worry so much.

InHisLove

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Originally Posted by IHeartLarrytheCucumber So why are people the way they are? Why are we so outnumbered?

Okay, I will probably catch a lot of flack for this, but I think the main reason so many people are the way they are in this country is because of selfishness. People are being taught too much doctrine and not shown enough of God's unconditional love.

We seem outnumbered because of the deception we have allowed in our hearts. I don’t believe God is a hard task master, so why do so many people make Him out to be one?

He doesn't knock us down when we stumble. He helps us up when we fall. But, I’ve seen too many Christians knock people down with judgment and condemnation if that person is not living quite the way the Christian thinks they should be living. Too many people have been knocked down so many times by people who are suppose to love them that they become so discourage they just give up. They believe it’s easier to numb themselves with such things as drugs or alcohol or violence or sex or whatever. They lose all hope and all care or concept of consequences for their actions.

For so many years I tried to make serving God more difficult than He ever intended it to be, and I sometimes projected that harshness onto others. I am so sorry for that! I still struggle with it, but I am finally allowing God to teach me to love unconditionally. Meaning, I do not condone sin, but I also do not condemn the sinner.

God is a God of simplicity or else Jesus would not have said in Matthew 18:3, "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven." Little children are as simple as they come. Their faith is pure, simple and absolute.

Many adult minds tend to complicate things and try to find hidden meaning. When I try too hard to find hidden meaning in scripture it blinds me and keeps me from seeing the simple, most obvious meaning God intends for me. Then, I miss out on certain blessings, get discouraged and quit studying my Bible. There are definitely times when God wants us to walk deeper in our faith, but I don't believe every conversation we have with Him has to be so deep that we drown.

I don’t believe God is as hard on us as we are on ourselves. He is an understanding God with mercy that endures forever. Hallelujah!

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Dusty

This unfortunately is the truth and do you know that these nations will be sending missionaries to us to evangelize as this nation becomes more heathen .... Sad but true Shame , shame on us.

What I saw on the mission field would put us to shame . The people are hungering and thirsting after righteuosness. When we were giving out tracts , they were following us down the street and coming up begging for a tract. They were in their doorways , reading the tracts. This would not happen here . People will not even take the tract and if they do they throw it on the ground.

We were in a house where there was church above us and the people would sing and pray all night. And this was not just one night ... this was every night.

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Trials prove a Christian

Love confirms a Christian

But death crowns a Christian

Boanerges

Sadly those in the modernized nations feel self sufficiency and pride- these are bot manifestations of mans flesh and a wedge between them and God.

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Anything that dims my vision for Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps me in my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me; and I must, as a Christian turn away from it. – J. Wilbur Chapman

IHeartLarrytheCucumber

I hadn't known anything about other countries.
I'm just seeing what I see in my everyday life, which made me ask.

Also, I understand that before the end we'll see major turnarounds from people.
Does God work like that in individuals' lives near the end?

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Boanerges

God will not miss a single heart that will have Him.

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Anything that dims my vision for Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps me in my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me; and I must, as a Christian turn away from it. – J. Wilbur Chapman

Boanerges

I have seen the proud brought low only to reach for Him in desperation- whatever it takes God will reach those who will come.

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Anything that dims my vision for Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps me in my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me; and I must, as a Christian turn away from it. – J. Wilbur Chapman

IHeartLarrytheCucumber

Thanks, Bo

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Boanerges

A pleasure my sister!

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Anything that dims my vision for Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps me in my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me; and I must, as a Christian turn away from it. – J. Wilbur Chapman

Jon-Marc

We're not outnumbered; we have God on our side. There's a song that says, "God and I make a majority." As believers we are on the winning side. Satan and all of his followers are doomed; they just don't know it yet.