The more we get into Jesus, the more we will care for and love others; the more we will stand up for those who are treated unjustly and unfairly; and the more we will give to the needy. Honestly, I don’t think we can possibly overdo any of those things…. 
Do you?
can somebody ever be TOO into jesus? [Question from Formspring]
Posted: 22nd February 2011 by WHYDavid in Formspring Questions, God Talk0
tell me, without using bible verses, how you know for CERTAIN that your god is the one true God. [From formspring]
Posted: 4th February 2011 by WHYDavid in Formspring Questions, God TalkI know for certain because of my experience, not because of anything I have read or been told. When I opened my heart to God 6 1/2 years ago, his Spirit came into me in a way that let me know beyond any doubt that he is present with me and in me.
I had believed in God for a while before this happened, but there is a huge difference between believing and knowing. Imagine jumping out of an airplane with a parachute… I could believe all the way to the ground that the parachute would open and allow me to descend safely if I pulled the ripcord. Believing that wouldn’t help much when I hit the ground. But if I actually pulled the ripcord and the parachute deployed and slowed my descent as I believed it would, I would know beyond doubt that it worked.
A lot of people believe in God and just sort of dabble in that belief, mixing it with all sorts of other beliefs. After a while, they begin thinking that belief is useless because they it seems like God isn’t there for them. But if they would have been willing to “pull the ripcord” and trust in God 100%, they would have actually experienced God rather than just dabbling with thinking about him. If they did that, they would know as certainly as I do that God exists and loves them so deeply that he would allow Jesus to die for them so that he could send his Spirit into them.
For me, the Bible or sermons or teaching could not prove God beyond all doubt. But my willingness to place my trust in God 100% and experiencing his presence in me provided that proof, which then validated the Bible for me as the word of God.
I’m more than willing to expand on this answer…just let me know if you want me to.
You know how at ATF they had a huge talk about saving yourself for marriage and being pure and stuff? Well, why do we have to wait for marriage? Why not wait until we are sure we are ready and are with someone for a long time? If we are truly in love with
Posted: 8th November 2010 by WHYDavid in Formspring Questions, Uncategorized[Part 2 of question]: that person, why do we have to wait? I’m not saying we should have sex with every girlfriend/boyfriend we have, but I just don’t get why we have to wait for so long. Can you maybe talk about this at ?Why? I think a lot of people want to know.
We will talk about this at upcoming ?WHY youth meetings. I started making plans as soon as I read your questions. We will talk about these questions in an honest, straight-forward manner and look at them from a biblical point of view and talk about how to deal with these issues in your lives today–in the “real world” that you live in day-to-day. This is something we need to talk about regularly because it’s something you have to deal with all the time.
Here’s what we need from you: Be ready and willing to participate in an open, honest discussion. Don’t be afraid or embarrassed to ask questions. Be prepared to wrestle with some tough issues. Be willing not only to talk, but also to listen to others. And begin thinking now (and maybe writing down) some of your own answers to these questions.
I would LOVE it if you would write out these questions and ask your parents to write THEIR answers to them and then pass those along to me as soon as you can. I know that most of you would not want your parents to be at a meeting where we’re discussing this, but I think it is very important that they have a chance to be heard–this is a way to accomplish that.
So how about it? Are you willing to do this?