QUOTE (GreezyChef @ Oct 19 2009, 06:45 AM)

the whole "worry about what you're doing, not what the world is doing" thing....no that type of "do nothing" approach is why the world is in the shape it is in.
Unless i miss understood what he meant by that.
Also I thought Lucifer was the name given to one of the angels. I'm not sure if angels have free will but I always thought he rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven. After the fall he was refered to as Satan.
I'll explain. What does the world have to do with you ? John 15 is what I was referring to, please read the entire chapter. Verse 19 states : "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therfore the world hateth you."
lucifer was cast from heaven, and angels have free will, read the Book of Job. God does gamble, because he knew Job, and God knew the son of the morning better. Think about the afflictions that God allowed lucifer to bring about on Job. God loved Job, and Job loved God. God allowed for all of Job's children to die, He allowed for all of Jobs flocks and fields to be laid to waste, God allowed for Job to come down with boils and every aspect of human affliction you can think of, even Job's wife and friends turned against him. Job's wife told him Job 2:9 "Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity ? curse God, and die." His own wife said those words to Job. Job somewhat did by cursing the day that he was born, but he was in extreme pain. His faith never wavered however, and he was blessed not just on earth, but in the world to come.
Yesterday, you posted a video with someone questioning someone's faith in Jesus Christ or masonry, or if they were lucifer. I found it funny. I've known many people that are Masons, and they have been good people. Some are great people. There are some that aren't great people.
lucifer was cast out, and it is around halloween, and people get spooked out because the days are growing shorter or what not.
I'll tell you this, put faith in God, and everything won't be Great on this earth, but it will be in the world to come.