tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post114461004473113843..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Not just mostly deadPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1144898422979758412006-04-12T20:20:00.000-07:002006-04-12T20:20:00.000-07:00craigs,I agree with libbie - good post.Phil,Your p...<B>craigs</B>,<BR/><BR/>I agree with libbie - good post.<BR/><BR/><B>Phil</B>,<BR/><BR/>Your post reminded me of this sermon from Wesley:<BR/><BR/>If the children of God will connect themselves with the men of the world, though the latter should not endeavour to make them like themselves, (which is a supposition by no means to be made,) yea, though they should neither design nor desire it; yet they will actually do it, whether they design it, and whether they endeavour it, or no. I know not how to account for it, but it is a real fact, that their very spirit is infectious. While you are near them, you are apt to catch their spirit, whether they will or no. Many physicians have observed, that not only the plague, and putrid or malignant fevers, but almost every disease men are liable to, are more or less infectious. And undoubtedly so are all spiritual diseases, only with great variety. The infection is not so swiftly communicated by some as it is by others. In either case, the person already diseased does not desire or design to infect another. The man who has the plague does not desire or intend to communicate his distemper to you. But you are not therefore safe: So keep at a distance, or you will surely be infected. Does not experience show that the case is the same with the diseases of the mind?<BR/><BR/>Wesley, J. (1999). Sermons, on several occasions. Sermon #80Rick Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525495561013100331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1144774196185029992006-04-11T09:49:00.000-07:002006-04-11T09:49:00.000-07:00Totally agree with Craig and Dan's comments. It's...Totally agree with Craig and Dan's comments. It's a sobering perspective that I don't often consider.Mike Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14897602903962464086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1144684438613779572006-04-10T08:53:00.000-07:002006-04-10T08:53:00.000-07:00It's funny that Spurgeon could be considered "unpo...It's funny that Spurgeon could be considered "unpolished." Preachers today could use a dose of his eloquence.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10658215452617342095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1144677216076589082006-04-10T06:53:00.000-07:002006-04-10T06:53:00.000-07:00Craig -- your observation minds me of C. S. Lewis ...Craig -- your observation minds me of C. S. Lewis remarks (maybe in two different places) that we've never met an ordinary human being in our lives, and that if we could see our fellows as they will be in eternity, we'd either be tempted to fall down in worship, or we'd shrink away in horror and revulsion.<BR/><BR/>DanDJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1144675056620086432006-04-10T06:17:00.000-07:002006-04-10T06:17:00.000-07:00Not politically correct.Not politically correct.Mike Ratliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14067841429011899105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1144670486386213992006-04-10T05:01:00.000-07:002006-04-10T05:01:00.000-07:00CraigS, as someone with unsaved and dead close rel...CraigS, as someone with unsaved and dead close relatives, that is one of the best and most helpful reasonings on this topic I've ever heard.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873728356115837593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1144656815322370102006-04-10T01:13:00.000-07:002006-04-10T01:13:00.000-07:00I was interested in the comment that we become "lo...I was interested in the comment that we become "loathsome" if left to sin. <BR/><BR/>God's common grace still prevents the unregenerate from falling into utter depravity, but what will they be like when this final grace is removed? <BR/><BR/>It is part of the answer to those who say "How will I enjoy heaven if loved ones are in Hell?" But our loved ones will be utterly unloveable in Hell, there will be nothing redeeming left about them, as all that was good and loveable was a function of God's grace. <BR/><BR/>Loving the damned will be about as easy as loving a rotting corpse...Craig Schwarzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156017639962303656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1144637657808527572006-04-09T19:54:00.000-07:002006-04-09T19:54:00.000-07:00Rather convicting & sobering thoughts indeed.Rather convicting & sobering thoughts indeed.Carla Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395062089776262435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1144637152375167982006-04-09T19:45:00.000-07:002006-04-09T19:45:00.000-07:00Man, that was exhilarating! What's wrong with me?M...Man, that was exhilarating! What's wrong with me?<BR/><BR/>May our sovereign Lord grant us preaching of His truth like this once again. So be it.donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.com