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| Donna Kupp... |
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CALVINISTS SAVE THEMSELVES ...
It is a fact - Calvinists save themselves, though they would
deny it with all the breath in their body.
Generally speaking, a Calvinist believes that God has predestined
(chosen) some of mankind to receive eternal life, and the rest to
receive eternal damnation.
The other thing that a Calvinist believes is that "he" is one of those
whom God has chosen.
To a Calvinist, the evidence that a person is one of those whom
God in His mercy has selected to be given eternal life is that one
believes certain things about Jesus Christ. So, if a Calvinist
believes those "certain things" about Jesus, then he can be sure
that he is one of those predestined by God for eternal life.
Thus the Calvinist is able to save himself simply by believing
that God has chosen some, and then convincing himself that
he is one of the chosen because he believes those "certain
things" about Jesus. How convenient...
In reality, the Calvinist is much like the ostrich. The ostrich
saves himself from danger by burying his head in the sand.
And the Calvinist saves himself from destruction by burying
his head in John 3:16.
Both feel safe and yet neither can see the truth.
The "truth" which Calvinists cannot see is:
I Jn 3:6
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth NOT:
whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
I Jn 3:8
He that committeth sin is of the devil;
I Jn 3:9
Whosoever is born of God doth NOT commit sin;
Calvinists who commit sin are not children of God. Despite their
Protestations to the contrary.
Donna Kupp
"And the dragon was wroth with the woman,
and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
WHICH KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD,
AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST." Rev 12:17 (KJV)
http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/show.php?i=630302&cat=0
The Seven Deadly Deceptions Of Counterfeit Christianity
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| imanway... |
| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:48 am |
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On Oct 31, 5:07 pm, Donna Kupp <dk... at (no spam) charter.net> wrote:
Quote: CALVINISTS SAVE THEMSELVES ...
It is a fact - Calvinists save themselves, though they would
deny it with all the breath in their body.
Generally speaking, a Calvinist believes that God has predestined
(chosen) some of mankind to receive eternal life, and the rest to
receive eternal damnation.
The other thing that a Calvinist believes is that "he" is one of those
whom God has chosen.
To a Calvinist, the evidence that a person is one of those whom
God in His mercy has selected to be given eternal life is that one
believes certain things about Jesus Christ. So, if a Calvinist
believes those "certain things" about Jesus, then he can be sure
that he is one of those predestined by God for eternal life.
Thus the Calvinist is able to save himself simply by believing
that God has chosen some, and then convincing himself that
he is one of the chosen because he believes those "certain
things" about Jesus. How convenient...
In reality, the Calvinist is much like the ostrich. The ostrich
saves himself from danger by burying his head in the sand.
And the Calvinist saves himself from destruction by burying
his head in John 3:16.
Both feel safe and yet neither can see the truth.
The "truth" which Calvinists cannot see is:
I Jn 3:6
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth NOT:
whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
I Jn 3:8
He that committeth sin is of the devil;
I Jn 3:9
Whosoever is born of God doth NOT commit sin;
Calvinists who commit sin are not children of God. Despite their
Protestations to the contrary.
Donna Kupp
"And the dragon was wroth with the woman,
and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
WHICH KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD,
AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST." Rev 12:17 (KJV)
http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/show.php?i=630302&cat=0
The Seven Deadly Deceptions Of Counterfeit Christianity
www.freetruth.info
Allah says; “Seek help with patience and prayer: it is indeed hard,
except to those who are humble.” (2: 45)
Health benefits in prayers:
Prayers help release the burden of the soul and expand the
chest. In prayers, which are the best deeds, the heart gets
connected
to Allah the Almighty. The Prophet (PBUH) said, as narrated by Ibn
Majah and Al Hakim on the authority of Thawban; “Be it known to you
that your best deeds are prayers.”
Prayers are surely a healing for the soul. It is confirmed that
the Prophet, if afflicted with grief, would hurry to prayer: “ prayer
forbids indecency and dishonour. Allah’s remembrance is greater; and
Allah knows the things you work.” (29: 45)
Prayers help adjust the ‘rhythm’ of the body. Modern scientific
research proved that Moslems’ prayer timings correspond with that of
the physiological activities of the body. Thus, prayers are
considered as the orchestrator that adjusts the ‘rhythm’ of the whole
body. In his book ‘Seeking cure from prayers’, Dr. Zaheer Rabeh
indicates that cortisone is the hormone of activity that starts to
increase acutely in the human body with the approach of dawn time,
and
is associated with the rise in blood pressure. Man feels greatly
active after dawn prayer between 6-9 a.m. Thus the time after prayer
is considered the best time for hard work and seeking livelihood.
The
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was quoted saying; “O Lord, give benediction
to my umma (nation) at the early morning time.” Ozone, which has an
invigorating effect on the nervous system, and muscular and mental
activity, reaches the highest levels in air at such a time.
Contrary to this is the forenoon time (Dhuha), in which secretion of
cortisone reach the minimum limits; leading man to feel exhausted
with
the stress of work, and the need to have rest. This is almost after
7
hours of early get-up. Here comes the time of noon (Zuhr) prayer,
which gives complacency and quietness to the exhausted heart and
body,
and following which man seeks to get an hour of sleep that gives him
rest and reinvigorates his activity, in what is termed as Qailulah
(nap) before (Asr) (afternoon) prayer. Such a short sleep was
mentioned in the Prophet’s saying; “Get help with Suhoor (meal before
dawn time) for fasting, and with Qailulah for Qiyam (night) prayer.”
He also said; “Have Qailulah, as satans do not have it.” It has been
proved that the human body at this period generally encounters a hard
time, where an increase occurs in an anesthetic chemical substance
secreted by the body that has the effect of tranquilizing, and
incites
man to sleep. The body, after 7 hours of early wake-up, is at the
lowest levels of concentration and activity. So if man ignores
sleeping at that time, much of his neuromuscular compatibility
decreases all day long.
Then comes the Asr (afternoon) Prayer to reinvigorate the body once
again. Adrenalin then raises in the blood; causing activity in the
body functions particularly the cardiac one. Asr prayer has thus a
great effect in preparing the heart and the body to accept this
sudden
state of activity, which can cause serious troubles to cardiac
patients due to the sudden transfer of the heart from the inert state
to the active state. Allah says; “Be you watchful over the prayers,
and the middle prayer, and do you stand obedient to Allah.” (2: 238)
Most of the Quran Commentators agreed that the middle prayer is Asr
prayer. With the discovery of the increase of Adrenalin hormone at
this time, the reason behind this Quranic remarkable command of the
keep-up of Asr prayer becomes crystal clear. Performing Asr prayer
at
designated time, alongside with other extra prayers, reinvigorates
the
heart gradually to function more effectively after an inert state.
So the rest of bodily organs and senses are in deep concentration in
prayer, making it easy for the heart and the hormone to adjust the
normal rhythm of the body which reaches the climax at that time.
Then comes the Maghreb (sunset) prayer. In contrary to what happens
early in the morning, Cortisone decreases and the activity of the
body
starts to diminish. With the transfer from daylight into night
darkness, melatonin increases encouraging relaxation and sleep, and
causing laziness to the body. Here prayer comes as a transitional
station.
Prayer of Isha (early night prayer) is the last station in the course
of the day, wherein the body is transferred from the state of
activity
and mobility to a state of seeking sleep with the spread of darkness
and the increase of melatonin secretion. Therefore, it is
commendable
to delay Isha prayer to the time before sleep so that all man’s
preoccupations are finalized, and sleep comes next. The regular
secretion of melatonin is closely related to the sexual and mental
maturity, which is the consequence of following a fixed programme and
a way of life. Therefore, we find that adherence to perform prayers
on time is the best way that guarantees an integral compatibility
with
daily activities, thus leading to highly efficient functions of human
body systems.
Prayer is a prevention from varicose. Legs varicose is a
common dysfunction in the legs veins, which takes the shape of big
and
zigzag veins filled with blood of a changed colour all along the
lower
limbs. Dr. “Tawfiq Elwan”, a Professor in Alexandria Faculty of
Medicine (Egypt), indicated that with the meticulous observation of
prayer movements, it was found out that prayer is distinguished with
a
wonderful measure of smoothness, harmony and coordination,
represented
in standing, kneeling (Ruku’), prostration (Sujood) and sitting
between every two prostrations. With a scientific study of the
measure of pressure exerted on the walls of the saphenous vein at the
ankle joint, it was found out that the great decrease in that
pressure
during kneeling reaches almost the half. As for the state of
Sujood,
the average pressure becomes very slight. Naturally, this decrease
is
a full rest to that vein, which is greatly exhausted due to the
severity of pressure all along the periods of standing. The position
of Sujood helps the blood circulation work in the same direction of
earth gravity, as blood which always suffers the bitter creep from
the
feet soles to the cardiac muscle, now pours smoothly and easily from
top to bottom. This process reduces much of the vein pressure over
the feet dorsum around 80 times (from the state of standing to the
state of Sujood). Consequently, the risks of having varicose, which
rarely affects those performing prayers regularly and properly, are
diminished.
see http://www.islamicmedicine.org/medmiraclesofquran/varicosis.jpg
( Varicose veins in both legs )
Prayer for strengthening bones. Bones pass with two consecutive
stages : the stage of anabolism followed by the stage of catabolism
and so on in a continuous manner. In the phase of youth and growth,
man’s anabolism increases, so bones become longer and stronger.
After
the phase of maturity and with the advance of age, catabolism takes
the lead, with the amount of bone decreasing and becoming more
fragile, and the spine bows due to the vertebra’s collapse, shortness
and weakness. The activity and the strength of bones are the
outcome
of :
i. Powers of pressure and pulling exercised by the muscles and
tendons, which sticks to bones, during flexion and extension.
ii. It has been recently proved that an electric current with
two
different poles runs inside the bones; affecting the distribution of
cells functions such as anabolism and catabolism cells. The current
also determines at large the aspects of these cells activities. The
experiments proved that in case of laziness and rest, the electric
current is diminished, leading the bones to lose the componential
materials, thus they become thin and weak. Experiment also revealed
that during travel to space where gravity is totally absent, muscles
become weak and bones become thin due to the inability to resist the
burden of the earth gravity. It is therefore deduced that complete
rest causes the bones to shrink, as the absence of movements
activates
catabolism cells, and weakens anabolism cells, hence a reduction of
the bony material occurs.
http://www.islamicmedicine.org/medmiraclesofquran/salatt2.jpg
· The performance of 17 units (Rak’ah) of obligatory prayers,
and some more of extra prayers, strengthens man’s bones, and forces
him to do a bodily movement not less than one hour daily. This
happens all along the life of the Moslem, who never abandons prayers.
· Prayer is a regular simple exercise at different times, and
helps
keep the viability of the body specially the cardiac system and blood
circulation.
· Prayer is a psychological therapy that helps calm the soul and
relieve all tension for many reasons, of which the most significant
is: man feels that all his problems are very small in the face of the
Greatness and Capability of the Creator Who handles this large
universe. The Moslem, after finishing his prayer, has thrown all he
has of problems and worries, as he has deputized the Merciful Lord to
manage and relieve him of such troubles. Prayers help remove all
sources of tension due to the constant change of movements. It is
known that such a change leads to an important physiological
relaxation, therefore, the Prophet commanded that the Moslem when
afflicted with a state pf anger, should resort to prayers. It has
been proved that prayer have an immediate effect on the nervous
system, as they calm agitation and maintain balance. They are as
well
a successful treatment for insomnia resulting from the nervous
dysfunction.
imanway |
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