I Need Your Help!!!!!!!!!

[chimney55]

That's the whole problem, he won't read it. He doesn't really believe in the bible. He didn't even used to believe in God really. Now he says that he believes in God, but the God of the jews, Jehovah. That's as far as he's gotten so far.

Then ask him if he thinks that God is going to just let people who think they're good into Heaven? Good compared to whom? God would be unjust if He allowed sin to go unpunished. Who does he think gets to decide which sins will go unpunished and which will be severely punished?

 

[Southern Gent]

Isaiah 53. It is OT..it is in the Hebrew Bible..have him read it and ask him who it is speaking of.

 

[blondeambition3]

So does this scripture mean that he will be saved through me regardless of what he believes?

No it doesn't.. but through your "Christlike" example (according to scripture) he has a shot. However, someday he has to make a decision. The decision. You may or may not be there. You may or may not be the person who sees the harvest. You just stay where you are in Jesus & continue planting those seeds of faith and believe Jesus for the harvest.

 

[blondeambition3]

Live the Christ like example and pray some more. Many are won over to at least curiosity or contemplation not only by the Word of God proclaimed, but when we they see the Word of God acted out daily in our lives. We can't force more truth at someone than they are willing or able to hear, but we can continually "walk" in Christ and let that be a witness also.

Ask God to soften his heart and make him receptive to the truth. Ask God to perform a miracle and open his eyes to the truth and make him into the spiritual leader of your home that he was intended to be. I will also lift him up in prayer on your behalf.

So beautifully said e.... This will be my prayer for him also Lisa....

 

[chimney55]

Not a small consolation, but at least he is beginning to believe in the Jewish God and not another god (we believe in the same God too). I would add to what has already been said, (obviously) pray, pray and pray. Live the Christ like example and pray some more. Many are won over to at least curiosity or contemplation not only by the Word of God proclaimed, but when we they see the Word of God acted out daily in our lives. We can't force more truth at someone than they are willing or able to hear, but we can continually "walk" in Christ and let that be a witness also.

Ask God to soften his heart and make him receptive to the truth. Ask God to perform a miracle and open his eyes to the truth and make him into the spiritual leader of your home that he was intended to be. I will also lift him up in prayer on your behalf.

I agree wholeheartedly, E. I would also say that a Christian who has the Holy Spirit seal within them should display the fruit of the Spirit to everyone (But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control---I'm trying to get stubbornness added to the list but it hasn't happened so far. ) You should display as many of them as you can, especially to your husband. He is your "greatest mission field" because you care.

 

[LisaLisa]

You guys are the best friends a person could ever have. Well, of course Jesus comes first, but you guys are pretty awesome too.

 

[blondeambition3]

You guys are the best friends a person could ever have. Well, of course Jesus comes first, but you guys are pretty awesome too.

We just you so much LisaLisa! ♥♥♥

 

[chimney55]

 

[Saintscruiser]

The Scripture that came to my mind was is in Genesis 1:26 - Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

Now the first 5 books are the Mosaic Books, from the God of Abraham, Isaaic, and Jacob. Who is the US? It wasn't the angels because angels don't have the power to create life. God doesn't say, "Let Me make man" or "I will make man"...... it's "Let Us" ...... so who is He talking to? Now you and I know He was talking to Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Something else that just came to me.....it wasn't "Both of Us will make man in Our own Image." There was more than 2!! See if he can find it online....Hebrew translated to English.

I think we should all pray that the scales fall from his eyes. Holy Father, the God of Abraham Isaaic, and Jacob, we humbly come before You asking for this precious soul to be covered by the Blood of THE LAMB, so that he can become one of Your children. He's acknowledged Your existence, and I humbly ask You, Lord to give him a Damascus Road experience. It is NOT Your will that any should perish, but that all have eternal life with You, with joy overwhelming every day, and I know You can break through this fog....He is one of Your chosen, Lord and we ask that he also become one of your children. Teach Lisa what to do and what to say. It may not come from her as it could be someone else who can get his attention. Unite this family in Your love and covenant. Keep them safe from the dangers lurking on the horizon. Let us all not forget to pray daily for this unsaved soul. For I ask in the Loving Name of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus, Amein.

 

[chimney55]

Holy Father, the God of Abraham Isaaic, and Jacob, we humbly come before You asking for this precious soul to be covered by the Blood of THE LAMB, so that he can become one of Your children. He's acknowledged Your existence, and I humbly ask You, Lord to give him a Damascus Road experience. It is NOT Your will that any should perish, but that all have eternal life with You, with joy overwhelming every day, and I know You can break through this fog....He is one of Your chosen, Lord and we ask that he also become one of your children. Teach Lisa what to do and what to say. It may not come from her as it could be someone else who can get his attention. Unite this family in Your love and covenant. Keep them safe from the dangers lurking on the horizon. Let us all not forget to pray daily for this unsaved soul. For I ask in the Loving Name of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus, Amein.

Praying in agreement! Amen!!

 

[blondeambition3]

Wow Chimney! I never seen THAT Emoticon before!!! I it! (Where'd you get it)

 

[blondeambition3]

I think we should all pray that the scales fall from his eyes. Holy Father, the God of Abraham Isaaic, and Jacob, we humbly come before You asking for this precious soul to be covered by the Blood of THE LAMB, so that he can become one of Your children. He's acknowledged Your existence, and I humbly ask You, Lord to give him a Damascus Road experience. It is NOT Your will that any should perish, but that all have eternal life with You, with joy overwhelming every day, and I know You can break through this fog....He is one of Your chosen, Lord and we ask that he also become one of your children. Teach Lisa what to do and what to say. It may not come from her as it could be someone else who can get his attention. Unite this family in Your love and covenant. Keep them safe from the dangers lurking on the horizon. Let us all not forget to pray daily for this unsaved soul. For I ask in the Loving Name of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus, Amein.

Yes Father, we pray in agreement in Jesus' precious name, Amen!

 

[chimney55]

Wow Chimney! I never seen THAT Emoticon before!!! I it! (Where'd you get it)

It's one in "my own personal stash"...

 

[blondeambition3]

It's one in "my own personal stash"...

drats!

 

[angelique510]

That sounds like a tough situation Lisa. As other people have said, one of the bets things you can do (after praying, of course) is be a good example. At least he now believes in God the Father. That's a big step from where he once was, and a third of the way there - give praise for that.

Now, if you can get your husband to agree with Jesus on the things He said about God the Father, that He is good, loving, the creator of everything, etc, and get him to see that Jesus was a good man, led a good life and taught many good things.....many non-Christians will agree to that. The whole "Jesus was a great man and and a great teacher and the world would be a better place if we followed his teachings - but he was a man and not God" thing.

That, then, that leads us to "Lewis' Trilemma" You should be armed with this and aware of arguments against it (you'll find a lot if you Google it, and none of them can hold water) you will be able to present it to your husband when the time is right to do so.

"I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronising nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to. ... Now it seems to me obvious that He was neither a lunatic nor a fiend: and consequently, however strange or terrifying or unlikely it may seem, I have to accept the view that He was and is God."​

We're praying for you and your husband.

~A

 

[luceblueboy]

Okay, I actually am a pastor that was trained in a university for ministry. I hope I can help you talk with your husband. First off your husband is right in the Jewish sense that Jesus was not the Messiah (in hindsight, we see that he was) The Messiah was supposed to lead Israel from exile permanently (according to what they believed). When Jesus died on the cross, most lost hope because Rome was still in charge of Israel, including the disciples. They wanted a political kingdom like that of David. Little did they realize that this purpose was the messiah was to release the entire world from the exile sin had created. Also, most Jews did not imagine the messiah to be divine. Look at the Bible as a whole though. The Old Testament is the story of God calling a people, for whatever reason, to be different from the rest of the world (hence all the laws and such). They failed miserably. Yet God still had the messiah come through them. This starts the New Testament. Jesus legitimately was heir to the throne of David. After Jesus rose again, then the rest of the New Testament is the story of Christians learning about this new Savior and trying to live their lives accordingly. It all makes sense as a whole but loses momentum when separated.

 

[LisaLisa]

We had a big discussion about it yesterday morning, he's just not receptive at all. Sigh.......I keep on trying tho. He just doesn't believe any of it, thinks it's all made up stuff.

I did ask him this tho "If you see the christians raptured, then will you believe it?". He said yes, then he would believe it, and then he would do whatever he had to do to be saved and that he would never accept the mark of the beast, he said he would die first.

Such a pity that people won't save themselves from these terrible things to come with their own stubborness, and not feeling that searching out God is important. They really don't think it's important! This is just a concept that I can't even comprehend. Their lives and souls are hanging in the balance, and it's not important!!!!!

Hard to believe.

 

[blondeambition3]

We had a big discussion about it yesterday morning, he's just not receptive at all. Sigh.......I keep on trying tho. He just doesn't believe any of it, thinks it's all made up stuff.

I did ask him this tho "If you see the christians raptured, then will you believe it?". He said yes, then he would believe it, and then he would do whatever he had to do to be saved and that he would never accept the mark of the beast, he said he would die first.

Such a pity that people won't save themselves from these terrible things to come with their own stubborness, and not feeling that searching out God is important. They really don't think it's important! This is just a concept that I can't even comprehend. Their lives and souls are hanging in the balance, and it's not important!!!!!

Hard to believe.

I'm praying still