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Rick C. Hodgin

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Dec 5, 2017, 6:35:25 AM12/5/17
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For some, a religion is all Christianity will ever be. They miss it.

Religion says, "If you do this, then you will achieve that." What
Christianity is is this: "You cannot achieve Heaven on your own
because you're riddled with sin. So, I will meet you at the point
of your sin and forgive you, making it then possible for you to
have that which you could not otherwise have."

When you apply this to Christianity it's God's love poured out for
us, despite our guilt, despite our sin, despite us having been rude
and mean and hateful and rejecting Him with everything in our lives
for even decades ... yet does He love us. Yet is He willing to forgive
us.

Christianity is not a religion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azWJ-MtxR2Q

Why TRUE Christianity is NOT a religion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZHKsAgg4Kk

I don't agree with the speakers on everything they write, say, or
do, but on these points they nailed it.

God comes to us while we are STILL sinners, He then cleanses us and
makes us whole, right, restored in God's sight, which then filters
in to the rest of our lives here by the new nature He also gives us.

True Christians do because we have been changed from within and it is
now our natural desire to do, not because of religious rituals.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

Mr. Man-wai Chang

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Dec 5, 2017, 7:38:40 AM12/5/17
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On 12/5/2017 7:35 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
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> God comes to us while we are STILL sinners, He then cleanses us and
> makes us whole, right, restored in God's sight, which then filters
> in to the rest of our lives here by the new nature He also gives us.

Tell your God to appear before us. :)

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Rick C. Hodgin

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Dec 5, 2017, 8:05:37 AM12/5/17
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On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 7:38:40 AM UTC-5, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 12/5/2017 7:35 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> >
> > God comes to us while we are STILL sinners, He then cleanses us and
> > makes us whole, right, restored in God's sight, which then filters
> > in to the rest of our lives here by the new nature He also gives us.
>
> Tell your God to appear before us. :)

He already has, Mr. Main-wai Chang. You can read about it in the Bible.
If you are looking for Him to appear before you personally, then if you
ask Him to come to you He will ... if you are asking truthfully. If you
are willing to say, "God, I don't know for sure if you are real or not,
but if you are I want to know the truth. I want to know for sure within
me that you really are real..." If you ask something like that, and are
truly sincere, then stand back because your whole life is about to
change forever.

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Rick C. Hodgin

Mr. Man-wai Chang

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Dec 5, 2017, 8:12:37 AM12/5/17
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On 12/5/2017 9:05 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>
>> Tell your God to appear before us. :)
>
> He already has, Mr. Main-wai Chang. You can read about it in the Bible.
> If you are looking for Him to appear before you personally, then if you
> ask Him to come to you He will ...

Whatever written in the Bible is history, just records, not in present
time and physical reality.

Rick C. Hodgin

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Dec 5, 2017, 8:25:15 AM12/5/17
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On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 8:12:37 AM UTC-5, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> Whatever written in the Bible is history, just records, not in present
> time and physical reality.

That view is held only by those who are perishing ... because they will
not hear the truth:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+1%3A18&version=KJV

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+2%3A14&version=KJV

It is a fearful thing to reject God. It means one's soul remains under
condemnation, which means the end will be far worse than the beginning.
But for those who come to Jesus acknowledging their own sin and asking
forgiveness, the same are forgiven, and their end begins today, and is
far greater than their beginning.

Only the individual will send themselves to Hell. Jesus has already
done everything to save all people world-wide. Only by rejecting His
free offer does a person send themselves to Hell.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

Mr. Man-wai Chang

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Dec 5, 2017, 11:40:36 AM12/5/17
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On 12/5/2017 9:24 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>
> It is a fearful thing to reject God. It means one's soul remains under
> condemnation, which means the end will be far worse than the beginning.
> But for those who come to Jesus acknowledging their own sin and asking
> forgiveness, the same are forgiven, and their end begins today, and is
> far greater than their beginning.

No, it's not about rejecting God, but whether you or your boss could
summon God before us. You have the right to remain silent about this.

> Only the individual will send themselves to Hell. Jesus has already
> done everything to save all people world-wide. Only by rejecting His
> free offer does a person send themselves to Hell.

It would be sad if one needed to go to hell in order to meet the real
God or maybe Goddess in present time. Stop scaring both believers AND
non-believers.

Rick C. Hodgin

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Dec 5, 2017, 11:47:33 AM12/5/17
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On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 11:40:36 AM UTC-5, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 12/5/2017 9:24 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> >
> > It is a fearful thing to reject God. It means one's soul remains under
> > condemnation, which means the end will be far worse than the beginning.
> > But for those who come to Jesus acknowledging their own sin and asking
> > forgiveness, the same are forgiven, and their end begins today, and is
> > far greater than their beginning.
>
> No, it's not about rejecting God, but whether you or your boss could
> summon God before us. You have the right to remain silent about this.

You ask for things from your own point of view, Mr. Man-wai Chang.
You demand God come to you as you demand Him to come to you. It does
not work like that. God is who God is. He is as He is. You must come
to Him as He is, because He has a purpose for being the way He is, and
He has a purpose for calling you to Him the way He is.

Jesus is only truth, only rightness, only righteousness, only faithful.
He is nothing negative, so to come to Him is to approach all goodness
where goodness is.

By demanding He come to you, you're trying to alter the way He is by
transforming Him per your own beliefs on how He should be, or where He
should be. It is to place self above God.

It is not like that, Mr. Man-wai Chang. It will never be like that.
It is how it is, and God will receive all who come to Him, but they
must come to Him humbly, acknowledging they are a sinner, and then
also humbly asking for forgiveness.

They are the only ones who will be saved. The rest will perish in
their stubborn pride and arrogance.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

Mr. Man-wai Chang

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Dec 5, 2017, 12:02:51 PM12/5/17
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On 12/6/2017 12:47 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>>
>> No, it's not about rejecting God, but whether you or your boss could
>> summon God before us. You have the right to remain silent about this.
>
> You ask for things from your own point of view, Mr. Man-wai Chang.
> You demand God come to you as you demand Him to come to you. It does
> not work like that. God is who God is. He is as He is. You must come
> to Him as He is, because He has a purpose for being the way He is, and
> He has apurpose for calling you to Him the way He is.

I know it's hard for a mortal to summon the Almighty God.

> Jesus is only truth, only rightness, only righteousness, only faithful.
> He is nothing negative, so to come to Him is to approach all goodness
> where goodness is.

Jesus is s Son of God, NOT God itself. :)

Rick C. Hodgin

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Dec 5, 2017, 12:28:32 PM12/5/17
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On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 12:02:51 PM UTC-5, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> Jesus is s Son of God, NOT God itself. :)

What does the Bible teach?

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10%3A30&version=KJV
30 I and my Father are one.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+2%3A8-9&version=KJV
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain
deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of
the world, and not after Christ.
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+9%3A6&version=KJV
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the
government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+1%3A23&version=KJV
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a
son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=revelation+22&version=KJV
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first
and the last.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things
in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David,
and the bright and morning star.

The concept is difficult for people to understand, but God is one. He
is Father, Son, Holy Spirit, just as we, made in His image and likeness,
are soul, body, spirit.

It's why unsaved people cannot understand this concept. They are dead
in the spirit, and their soul is under condemnation, so they only have
their flesh-based knowledge and ability to understand. It is only for
those who seek the truth, who are drawn from within to God, who then
ask for and receive forgiveness, who are then born again spiritually,
and their soul is removed from condemnation, enabling them to experience
the full fruit of the full life God intended for us, be it still dimin-
ished here in this fallen-in-sin world, in these fallen-in-sin bodies,
such that we continue to struggle, but being alive again spiritually
we are able to overcome and do despite the difficulties.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

Mr. Man-wai Chang

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Dec 6, 2017, 11:39:50 AM12/6/17
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On 12/6/2017 1:28 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 12:02:51 PM UTC-5, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>> Jesus is s Son of God, NOT God itself. :)
>
> What does the Bible teach?

Well, not interested in the detail of the Holy Bible nor the Kohan. Come
back when you find a way to summon God before us. :)

Rick C. Hodgin

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Dec 6, 2017, 12:02:31 PM12/6/17
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On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 11:39:50 AM UTC-5, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 12/6/2017 1:28 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> > On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 12:02:51 PM UTC-5, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> >> Jesus is s Son of God, NOT God itself. :)
> >
> > What does the Bible teach?
>
> Well, not interested in the detail of the Holy Bible nor the Kohan. Come
> back when you find a way to summon God before us. :)

You have been shown the way and rejected it. You will meet Him one
day. If it's here on Earth it will be joyous, if in the hereafter,
terrifying. Which one depends solely upon you.

Good luck with your choice, Mr. Man-wai Chang.

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Rick C. Hodgin

Mr. Man-wai Chang

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Dec 7, 2017, 9:34:40 AM12/7/17
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On 12/7/2017 1:02 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
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> Good luck with your choice, Mr. Man-wai Chang.
>

Same to your path! :)

Rick C. Hodgin

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Dec 7, 2017, 9:39:03 AM12/7/17
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On Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 9:34:40 AM UTC-5, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 12/7/2017 1:02 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> >
> > Good luck with your choice, Mr. Man-wai Chang.
>
> Same to your path! :)

With the path I've chosen, luck is not involved. It is confident assurance.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

Mr. Man-wai Chang

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Dec 7, 2017, 9:41:22 AM12/7/17
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You are lucky because you are still bashing loudly here. :)

BTW, for you and others:

Breath taking Sun Halo in Sweden
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JWJQkjMxK0>

Rick C. Hodgin

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Dec 7, 2017, 9:50:39 AM12/7/17
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On Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 9:41:22 AM UTC-5, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 12/7/2017 10:38 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> > On Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 9:34:40 AM UTC-5, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> >> On 12/7/2017 1:02 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Good luck with your choice, Mr. Man-wai Chang.
> >>
> >> Same to your path! :)
> >
> > With the path I've chosen, luck is not involved. It is confident assurance.
>
> You are lucky because you are still bashing loudly here. :)

You take everything and twist it into something it's not, Mr. Man-wai
Chang. Your witness is one of purposefully denying the truth, the real
intent and meaning of things, and twisting it slightly in your replies,
therefore usurping what didn't exist, and wasn't your to approach.

If you go back and re-read my posts, you will see no bashing.

You will see a man concerned about your eternal soul, and teaching you
to go to the Bible and see for yourself if what I write is true.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

Mr. Man-wai Chang

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Dec 8, 2017, 10:08:55 AM12/8/17
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On 7/12/2017 10:50 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>
> You take everything and twist it into something it's not, Mr. Man-wai
> Chang. Your witness is one of purposefully denying the truth, the real
> intent and meaning of things, and twisting it slightly in your replies,
> therefore usurping what didn't exist, and wasn't your to approach.
>
> If you go back and re-read my posts, you will see no bashing.
>
> You will see a man concerned about your eternal soul, and teaching you
> to go to the Bible and see for yourself if what I write is true.

the *psychology* of preaching could be wicked. Bashing can be a way to
attract attention and showing authority. :)

Anyway, let's end this thread.

Rick C. Hodgin

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Dec 8, 2017, 10:13:52 AM12/8/17
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On Friday, December 8, 2017 at 10:08:55 AM UTC-5, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 7/12/2017 10:50 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> >
> > You take everything and twist it into something it's not, Mr. Man-wai
> > Chang. Your witness is one of purposefully denying the truth, the real
> > intent and meaning of things, and twisting it slightly in your replies,
> > therefore usurping what didn't exist, and wasn't your to approach.
> >
> > If you go back and re-read my posts, you will see no bashing.
> >
> > You will see a man concerned about your eternal soul, and teaching you
> > to go to the Bible and see for yourself if what I write is true.
>
> the *psychology* of preaching could be wicked. Bashing can be a way to
> attract attention and showing authority. :)

It can be that way. It is not that way when people are teaching as
Jesus commanded us to teach. It may seem that way to people who are
rebelling against the message, but to be honest, that is their own
issue and not those who teach correctly about Christ, teaching that
we are all sinners and need forgiveness. Jesus has commanded that
His teaching go forth because He desires that all people would hear
the message, repent, and be saved. He doesn't want any to go to Hell.
Nonetheless, He will honor their choice.

This is my last post to you, Mr. Main-wai Chang. The information is
before you. You can examine it for yourself to see if what I've taught
is correct or not. You can heed the warning I've given you regarding
your own sin and your need for forgiveness or not.

The choice is yours. I am innocent of your blood.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

Mr. Man-wai Chang

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Dec 8, 2017, 10:20:24 AM12/8/17
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On 8/12/2017 11:13 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> .. we are all sinners and need forgiveness. Jesus has commanded that
> His teaching go forth because He desires that all people would hear
> the message, repent, and be saved. He doesn't want any to go to Hell.
> Nonetheless, He will honor their choice.
>....
> The choice is yours. I am innocent of your blood.

Are you still distracted by words like "hell" and "blood" on your path
to God? Um.... later. :)

Mr. Man-wai Chang

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Dec 8, 2017, 10:44:06 AM12/8/17
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Some bed-time reading for you. :)

*****
From: "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet...@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy
Subject: [BBC] Ripper Street: Whitechapel
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 22:52:59 +0800

Full story:
<http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/ripper-street/blog/2012/12/whitechapel>

By 1888, London was the largest capital in the world and the center of
the ever-increasing British empire. Queen Victoria had been on the
throne for over 50 years and the public face of Britain reflected
Victoria’s lifestyle; proud, dignified and above all, proper.

It was the center of empire, culture, finance, communication and
transportation, with a new emerging mass media called the new
journalism, later to be dubbed the tabloids.

However, right on its doorstep in the East End lay the district of
Whitechapel. Seedy by any standards, it was a crime-ridden sordid
quarter, where 78,000 residents lived in abject poverty. It was an area
of doss houses, sweatshops, abattoirs, overcrowded slums, pubs, a few
shops and warehouses, leavened with a row or two of respectably kept
cottages.

Whitechapel housed London’s worst slums and the poverty of its
inhabitants was appalling. In fact, malnutrition and disease was so
widespread that its inhabitants had about a 50/50 chance of living past
the age of five years old.

.... more ....

mche...@gmail.com

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Dec 9, 2017, 2:19:38 AM12/9/17
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this fucking asshole is called rick c. hodgin, this asshole keep spamming newsgroup alt.os.development and comp.lang.c++. God has punished his mother to die by cancer. She is in hell now.

Rick C. Hodgin

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On Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 2:19:38 AM UTC-5, mche...@gmail.com wrote:
> this .. is called rick c. hodgin, this ... keep spamming newsgroup alt.os.development and comp.lang.c++...

Peter, go back over the past 45 days and count the number of what you
are calling "spam posts" I've made in these groups, compared to the
number of posts you've made in these groups (both as Peter Cheung, and
in your impersonation of me).

You'll find that you have far outpaced any of my "spam" writings.

You have become the very offense you claim to hate in me.

--
Rick C. Hodgin

Mr. Man-wai Chang

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Dec 9, 2017, 8:10:53 AM12/9/17
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On 9/12/2017 3:19 PM, mche...@gmail.com wrote:
> ... God has punished his mother to die by cancer.
> She is in hell now.

You don't curse others. It would not help the peace process. :)

Rick C. Hodgin

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Feb 17, 2018, 12:45:15 PM2/17/18
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On Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 6:35:25 AM UTC-5, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> For some, a religion is all Christianity will ever be. They miss it.
>
> Religion says, "If you do this, then you will achieve that." What
> Christianity is is this: "You cannot achieve Heaven on your own
> because you're riddled with sin. So, I will meet you at the point
> of your sin and forgive you, making it then possible for you to
> have that which you could not otherwise have."
>
> When you apply this to Christianity it's God's love poured out for
> us, despite our guilt, despite our sin, despite us having been rude
> and mean and hateful and rejecting Him with everything in our lives
> for even decades ... yet does He love us. Yet is He willing to forgive
> us.
>
> Christianity is not a religion
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azWJ-MtxR2Q
>
> Why TRUE Christianity is NOT a religion
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZHKsAgg4Kk

Updated video link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXKT8IPdvzA

Chad

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Feb 17, 2018, 8:20:39 PM2/17/18
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And leggings aren't pants.

Rick C. Hodgin

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Feb 17, 2018, 8:43:49 PM2/17/18
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On Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 8:20:39 PM UTC-5, Chad wrote:
> And leggings aren't pants.

If you want to understand what I write, rather than mocking it,
the ability to do so is in the text of what I've written in this thread.

--
Rick C. Hodgin
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