Just a grateful sinner.

[Ceptor]

I was asked to introduce myself, so in good faith.


My name is Daniel.

My life was very confusing growing up. I grew up in Church, a good Biblical Church, and stumbled in my faith in God as a teen due to evolution in the public school I attended. The day I realized.. "Someone is outright lying here." I began to question everything. I wanted answers. I studied, researched, prayed, debated, asked people questions. You name it, I had looked it up, from odd demonic occurrences, to scientific work, to Theology, and even near death experiences.

For over ten years I questioned, and I'm being conservative on that estimate. Continuously throughout this time I would ask God questions, God would give me answers. And again, I would have more questions, God would supply more answers. To this day, I don't believe anyone who tells me they had been "seeking" and didn't "find." It took a lot of seeking, but when I prayed, and persisted, and kept my eyes on Christ.. Eventually, out of the blue the answer would hit me. Every problem ever thrown in my face concerning God, Jesus, or the Bible has been refuted in my mind by God Himself, and there is no one who can convince me otherwise. I've never had a doubt that I truly searched for an answer to, and prayed about, that God did not resolve and answer me on.

When I began this search upon realizing there were a mass of lies being told by someone, I was terrified of dying. I loved life as a teen, and remember not wanting to disappear. Would it hurt to not exist? No, but it hurt to know that I had lived and was living for absolutely nothing. Sitting here today death is not only not a fear for me, but I would welcome it. There is nothing greater in life, in my opinion, than to be in the presence of Christ Jesus my Savior and my God and of all those that love Him.


My only goal right now in life is to give all I have to God's will. To always do those things that please Him. To preach the Good News by whatever means He provides me. I want to pick up the Sword that the great men of God have left here when they are called home. The Sword of the men who built my faith, who served God with all their strength, who inspired me to be strong in Christ and who showed the power of God that lived within them. I want to their place in the good fight, and bring God glory.

I believe with all my heart that our fight is in the minds and hearts of the people we encounter in life. Those that behold our words with their eyes and ears. I believe that my duty is to give all that God has given to me, to them. The truth given, and the lies dispelled. I don't have many interests aside from the Bible. I have a few hobbies. I like to invent, I enjoy learning to make my own tools from nature, and doing other wilderness/outdoor related activities. I also like writing and literature. Philosophy is a big passion. But God is my life.


So that is me. I'm not so sure it's how an introduction should go. But that's what came out.

I love people with all my heart. So if you feel like messaging, by all means, I'm open ears. I'll do anything for you I can.

 

[Chad]

Hi Daniel, welcome to the forums. That's for the nice intro! Appreciate your time writing it out. I hope this community blesses you.

 

[Ceptor]

Danke Mr. Administrator.

Kidding. Thank you Chad. Everyone here has been amazing. It's an excellent site. I hope to promote it with my work. I like it that much.

 

[amadeus2]

Welcome to the forum! Walk through here and everywhere always with God.

 

[Ceptor]

Thank you amadeus2!! That statement sounds about like what I would imagine Enoch would say.

 

[amadeus2]

Thank you amadeus2!! That statement sounds about like what I would imagine Enoch would say.

Enoch walked with God and was taken. I have mis-stepped any times in my walk, but God is not finished with me yet.

I wonder if before the end of his course Enoch had attained the "perfect heart" needed. He apparently did something right before the sacrifice of Jesus at which so many have seemingly failed since the sacrifice of Jesus. It is something to consider, isn't it? Have we not been given more than Enoch?

Give God always all of the glory!

 

[Ceptor]

I can say, I've asked God a number of times to translate me home! But to no avail. lol

He certainly deserves all of the glory doesn't He. I do wonder, what are your thoughts on the book of Enoch not included in, but quoted by, the Bible?

 

[amadeus2]

I can remember many years ago when I had recently received the Holy Ghost [1976 at age 32] and had begun to read the Bible for the first time, the idea of Enoch's translation captivated me. I thought that somehow I would be able walk with God as Enoch did and also in similar manner be taken by God. I didn't understand much then and perhaps I was foolish, but it was an innocent foolishness. It was an impossible hope or dream but then again doesn't God deal in things that are impossible for men alone?

I have learned a lot through the Holy Ghost and Scripture, and now I understand better than ever how little I do know when it comes to the things of God. But... He is not finished with me yet.

Several few months ago I found the Book of Enoch on the Internet and printed myself a copy. I have read only part of it [I will probably get around to the rest if God gives me the time and inclination]. so I honestly cannot give a fair opinion on your question.

But... the words I find in the Book of Jude indicate that there was or is something good in the book bearing Enoch's name. Jesus says that only God is "good". To me that has come to mean that anything that is any measure really "good" has some of God in it. One difference between the scriptures and other books containing something "good" is purpose. The Bible was written by men inspired by God for the purpose of expressing God to men. The writers of other books, even books about the Bible (commentaries for example) may have that same idea in mind, but usually those writers have let some of their 'old man' ideas be expressed as well. Is there more that God has spoken that is not contained in the accepted 39 books of the Bible? Certainly, but is it likely that God left out of the Bible anything essential for man to do and to become what God desires?