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Rick C. Hodgin
Jan 30, 2018, 9:32:07 AM1/30/18
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Christianity divides people into two groups:
Saved
Unsaved
All who are of the truth are led internally by God to come to His Son,
repent, ask forgiveness for their sin, and they receive salvation.
The rest remain firmly where they are, in sin, believing whatever lie
they are willing to believe, and they are already condemned to Hell:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A18&version=KJV
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth
not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the
name of the only begotten Son of God.
God is dividing people based on their own revelation of who they are.
He is putting those who will be saved on one side, and those who will
be cast into the fire on the other:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+13%3A24-30&version=KJV
Jesus created all men properly:
24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom
of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his
field:
Men loved sin more than keeping God's word and obeying His guidance,
so they let in all manner of false doctrine into their societies,
all given them as alternate ways to go by the enemy (Satan):
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among
the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit,
then appeared the tares also.
This was known to God, and there were inquiries about what should
be done?
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him,
Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence
then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants
said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
God knew that to take the evil (tares) up now would potentially
also take up some of the good, so they are all allowed to grow up
together, so that when they are fully mature (when they have fully
revealed their own character by their own choices, beliefs, and
actions), then they can be easily identified:
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root
up also the wheat with them.
The wheat (those who believe the truth and are of God) will remain,
and be pulled into the barn (Heaven), but those who are not of God
will be gathered together separately so they can be burned (in Hell):
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of
harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first
the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather
the wheat into my barn.
-----
People think Christianity is a joke because there are so many false
Christians running around, doing as the world does, believing as the
world does, not living the way God calls us to live. It's so per-
vasive that those like me who stand up and teach the way we're sup-
posed to be are ridiculed to scorn, mocked by the very sin the Lord
warned us would harm us here in this world through those who follow
after that sin, being unwilling to seek the truth.
-----
You are on one of two roads today: The road to Heaven, or the road
to Hell. Which road you are on depends ENTIRELY upon what you do
with Jesus Christ.
--
Rick C. Hodgin
Saved
Unsaved
All who are of the truth are led internally by God to come to His Son,
repent, ask forgiveness for their sin, and they receive salvation.
The rest remain firmly where they are, in sin, believing whatever lie
they are willing to believe, and they are already condemned to Hell:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A18&version=KJV
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth
not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the
name of the only begotten Son of God.
God is dividing people based on their own revelation of who they are.
He is putting those who will be saved on one side, and those who will
be cast into the fire on the other:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+13%3A24-30&version=KJV
Jesus created all men properly:
24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom
of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his
field:
Men loved sin more than keeping God's word and obeying His guidance,
so they let in all manner of false doctrine into their societies,
all given them as alternate ways to go by the enemy (Satan):
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among
the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit,
then appeared the tares also.
This was known to God, and there were inquiries about what should
be done?
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him,
Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence
then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants
said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
God knew that to take the evil (tares) up now would potentially
also take up some of the good, so they are all allowed to grow up
together, so that when they are fully mature (when they have fully
revealed their own character by their own choices, beliefs, and
actions), then they can be easily identified:
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root
up also the wheat with them.
The wheat (those who believe the truth and are of God) will remain,
and be pulled into the barn (Heaven), but those who are not of God
will be gathered together separately so they can be burned (in Hell):
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of
harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first
the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather
the wheat into my barn.
-----
People think Christianity is a joke because there are so many false
Christians running around, doing as the world does, believing as the
world does, not living the way God calls us to live. It's so per-
vasive that those like me who stand up and teach the way we're sup-
posed to be are ridiculed to scorn, mocked by the very sin the Lord
warned us would harm us here in this world through those who follow
after that sin, being unwilling to seek the truth.
-----
You are on one of two roads today: The road to Heaven, or the road
to Hell. Which road you are on depends ENTIRELY upon what you do
with Jesus Christ.
--
Rick C. Hodgin
Rick C. Hodgin
Jan 30, 2018, 12:35:15 PM1/30/18
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Christianity is a gas; a bit like methane. God is also a gas but more
like hydrogen.
--
Thank you,
Rick C. Hodgin
like hydrogen.
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Thank you,
Rick C. Hodgin
Rick C. Hodgin
Jan 30, 2018, 12:48:13 PM1/30/18
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identity theft to make it seem like they are me by the headers. In
Google Groups, click on the down-arrow on each message, then choose
the "Show original" option. Do this on my posts, and on other people's
posts, and you will see who is impersonating me, and who is really me.
I also put the "[Jesus Loves You]" tag on each post. It would be great
if the impersonators did that as well, but the purpose of their message
is to be harmful and hateful, so I doubt the "[Jesus Loves You]" tag
will be there.
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Rick C. Hodgin
mche...@gmail.com
Jan 31, 2018, 12:24:26 AM1/31/18
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Rick C. Hodgin於 2018年1月31日星期三 UTC+9上午2時48分13秒寫道：
fuck off asshole, you mother is killed by god
Rick C. Hodgin
Jan 31, 2018, 8:31:44 AM1/31/18
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On Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 12:24:26 AM UTC-5, mche...@gmail.com wrote:
> .. off .., you mother is killed by god
You are correct that God holds the keys to life and death. But there
is a part of that equation you are missing: Namely that God holds the
keys to life and death, AND He has prescribed the manner for which we
are able to attain life. He gives that part out freely to all who will
receive it.
My mother was a Christian, Peter, and she was saved. She has left
this Earth, but her existence did not end. She is alive now in
Heaven with God, the promise God has for all who are redeemed.
The opposite of that end is to die here on the Earth not being saved.
Such a person goes on to judgment, and then is found guilty and cast
into the eternal lake of fire, which is called "the second death."
That second death is unyielding, while our first death is only temp-
orary, as we "go to sleep" until judgment day.
-----
So, while God does hold the keys to life and death, He has made a
way out of that fiery second death end for all who will receive it.
That's the part of the equation you're missing. You're also missing
the framework for which that part of the equation exists: love.
God has a love for you which makes it possible for Him to forgive
you, despite your guilt.
--
Rick C. Hodgin
> .. off .., you mother is killed by god
You are correct that God holds the keys to life and death. But there
is a part of that equation you are missing: Namely that God holds the
keys to life and death, AND He has prescribed the manner for which we
are able to attain life. He gives that part out freely to all who will
receive it.
My mother was a Christian, Peter, and she was saved. She has left
this Earth, but her existence did not end. She is alive now in
Heaven with God, the promise God has for all who are redeemed.
The opposite of that end is to die here on the Earth not being saved.
Such a person goes on to judgment, and then is found guilty and cast
into the eternal lake of fire, which is called "the second death."
That second death is unyielding, while our first death is only temp-
orary, as we "go to sleep" until judgment day.
-----
So, while God does hold the keys to life and death, He has made a
way out of that fiery second death end for all who will receive it.
That's the part of the equation you're missing. You're also missing
the framework for which that part of the equation exists: love.
God has a love for you which makes it possible for Him to forgive
you, despite your guilt.
--
Rick C. Hodgin
Shinobi
Feb 1, 2018, 2:47:07 AM2/1/18
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To: Rick C. Hodgin
-=> Rick C. Hodgin wrote to comp.lang.c++ <=-
RCH> From Newsgroup: comp.lang.c++
RCH> Christianity divides people into two groups:
RCH> Saved
RCH> Unsaved
RCH> All who are of the truth are led internally by God to come to His Son,
RCH> repent, ask forgiveness for their sin, and they receive salvation.
RCH> The rest remain firmly where they are, in sin, believing whatever lie
RCH> they are willing to believe, and they are already condemned to Hell:
DUDE YOU'RE OFF-TOPIC.
Don't drink and post.
Read the conference topic.
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-=> Rick C. Hodgin wrote to comp.lang.c++ <=-
RCH> From Newsgroup: comp.lang.c++
RCH> Christianity divides people into two groups:
RCH> Saved
RCH> Unsaved
RCH> All who are of the truth are led internally by God to come to His Son,
RCH> repent, ask forgiveness for their sin, and they receive salvation.
RCH> The rest remain firmly where they are, in sin, believing whatever lie
RCH> they are willing to believe, and they are already condemned to Hell:
DUDE YOU'RE OFF-TOPIC.
Don't drink and post.
Read the conference topic.
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Rick C. Hodgin
Feb 1, 2018, 8:18:49 AM2/1/18
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On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 2:47:07 AM UTC-5, Shinobi wrote:
> To: Rick C. Hodgin
> -=> Rick C. Hodgin wrote to comp.lang.c++ <=-
> -=> [snip]
> To: Rick C. Hodgin
> -=> Rick C. Hodgin wrote to comp.lang.c++ <=-
>
> DUDE YOU'RE OFF-TOPIC.
> Don't drink and post.
I know it seems like I'm off-topic, but that's part of the teaching here.
> DUDE YOU'RE OFF-TOPIC.
> Don't drink and post.
We all need to come to Jesus, acknowledge our sin, ask forgiveness for it,
and then go forth doing the things we do in our life, but in subjection to
Him and His guidance.
Jesus wants us to be active members of our societies doing all of the things
we have interests in ... but He wants us doing them rightly.
In one of His last teachings to Christians He asked us to go forth and teach
people these things, but also to teach Christians to obey everything He has
commanded. Now we are living in the age of grace, which means we are not
under the law and do not need to keep up its many rituals.
So why would Jesus ask His disciples to obey all things whatsoever He has
commanded?
It's so we are not led away by the enemy, and rendered weak or impotent in
our walk as Christians.
So many watered down Christians exist in the world that it's very easy for
someone to dismiss a professed Christian because they are likely a hypocrite
or worse. But Jesus doesn't call us to be that way. And we must encourage
one another to be the right kind of Christian, faithful to God, obedient on
purpose and for a reason, and then going forth doing the things we are doing.
I come to the places of interest I have in my life and I teach the people
around me these very things. I try my level best to live them out as well,
though I know I routinely fail despite my best efforts.
The enemy we face is real. Without this teaching, people will only know what
that enemy guides us toward. Many people will feel justified in the choices
they've made because they've never taken a look at God and God's expectations
of us. But if they do take that examination, they quickly realize how shoft
they fall from His design for our lives.
It's why this teaching is needed, so we will know the truth, and so that truth
will make us free from the deception and bondage to sin we currently live in
this world by the enemy's direct guidance.
-----
Examine these things for yourself, Shinobi. See if we are truly supposed to
have God first, and then the other things we do second.
If we all did this, I wouldn't need to post because others would be constantly
bringing God into their posts. "I want to thank the Lord for a very productive
night of development last night," and so on.
"Taste and see that the Lord is good." Until you taste for yourself, you will
never truly know. Not everybody likes the same things, or dislikes the same
things, and not even for the same reasons. Each person must try for themselves,
and that is why this teaching is here. Don't let other people's negativity re-
garding Christ prevent you from seeing for yourself. Many people have been
saved that way ... because in so doing they sought to know the truth, and God
Himself made sure they found it.
--
Rick C. Hodgin
Öö Tiib
Feb 1, 2018, 9:33:46 AM2/1/18
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On Thursday, 1 February 2018 09:47:07 UTC+2, Shinobi wrote:
>
> DUDE YOU'RE OFF-TOPIC.
>
> Don't drink and post.
>
> Read the conference topic.
Rick knows that he is off-topic but he believes that he
>
> DUDE YOU'RE OFF-TOPIC.
>
> Don't drink and post.
>
> Read the conference topic.
gets bonus points from his deities for posting his lunacy
regularly. His deities can't communicate themselves
because they are somehow locked into afterlife. The
deities are waiting there and will torture people after
death based on such bonus points.
Rick C. Hodgin
Feb 1, 2018, 9:43:29 AM2/1/18
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On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 9:33:46 AM UTC-5, Öö Tiib wrote:
> Rick knows that he is off-topic but he believes that he
> gets bonus points from his deities for posting his lunacy
> regularly. His deities can't communicate themselves
> because they are somehow locked into afterlife. The
> deities are waiting there and will torture people after
> death based on such bonus points.
You are incorrect on several points.
> Rick knows that he is off-topic but he believes that he
> gets bonus points from his deities for posting his lunacy
> regularly. His deities can't communicate themselves
> because they are somehow locked into afterlife. The
> deities are waiting there and will torture people after
> death based on such bonus points.
#1 There is one God. He is God the Father, God the Son, God the
Holy Spirit, all in one. He is one like you are one, possessing
soul, body, spirit. He is one like our bodies are one, possessing
heart, brain, eyes, etc.
#2 Sin is already here. We have already been condemned because
of sin. What Jesus offers us is forgiveness of sin, and salvation
from the punishment of sin.
#3 All who receive forgiveness for sin are saved from judgment,
and pass (present tense) from death to life while still here in
this world. The eternal part of our being comes alive and we
then have input from our spirit for the rest of our life.
#4 Those who reject forgiveness remain under condemnation, and
continue on the path they're on today: on their way to Hell.
#5 Because we are eternal beings, and will endure forever after
we leave this temporal world, our existence in Heaven will be
eternal, and our existence in Hell will be eternal.
#6 For those who are redeemed, we are restored to that which God
intended for us before sin entered in and destroyed everything.
#7 For those who are not redeemed, it is like incarceration for
life. And considering the nature of sin and what it's caused
in this world, and considering that an eternal being cannot die
in the conventional sentence, a permanent incarceration is fully
appropriate.
--
Rick C. Hodgin
Chris M. Thomasson
Feb 1, 2018, 3:00:41 PM2/1/18
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On 2/1/2018 5:18 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 2:47:07 AM UTC-5, Shinobi wrote:
>> To: Rick C. Hodgin
>> -=> Rick C. Hodgin wrote to comp.lang.c++ <=-
>> -=> [snip]
>>
>> DUDE YOU'RE OFF-TOPIC.
>> Don't drink and post.
>
> I know it seems like I'm off-topic, but that's part of the teaching here.
[...]
> On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 2:47:07 AM UTC-5, Shinobi wrote:
>> To: Rick C. Hodgin
>> -=> Rick C. Hodgin wrote to comp.lang.c++ <=-
>> -=> [snip]
>>
>> DUDE YOU'RE OFF-TOPIC.
>> Don't drink and post.
>
> I know it seems like I'm off-topic, but that's part of the teaching here.
Do you even know the topic of the group?
Oh God.
Rick C. Hodgin
Feb 1, 2018, 3:47:16 PM2/1/18
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On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 3:00:41 PM UTC-5, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 2/1/2018 5:18 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> > On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 2:47:07 AM UTC-5, Shinobi wrote:
> >> DUDE YOU'RE OFF-TOPIC.
> >> Don't drink and post.
> >
> > I know it seems like I'm off-topic, but that's part of the teaching here...
> On 2/1/2018 5:18 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> > On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 2:47:07 AM UTC-5, Shinobi wrote:
> >> DUDE YOU'RE OFF-TOPIC.
> >> Don't drink and post.
> >
>
> Do you even know the topic of the group?
If you were in the military and your commanding officer told you to do X,
> Do you even know the topic of the group?
and the head of the military had previously given you instructions to do
Y, which would a good officer do?
Have you ever read Matthew 28:18+ ? And what does "all power" mean?
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+28%3A18-20&version=KJV
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There is a proper teaching here, Chris. So long as you refuse to seek
the truth, it will skip right past you each time it's posted.
Think, Chris! Seek out why I might post these things. Examine the very
subject material itself and give it an honest examination. Consider it
rather than just summarily mocking it.
--
Rick C. Hodgin
Juha Nieminen
Feb 5, 2018, 1:48:19 AM2/5/18
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Rick C. Hodgin <rick.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know it seems like I'm off-topic, but that's part of the teaching here.
It SEEMS like you are off-topic? Not only are you a dishonest liar and
> I know it seems like I'm off-topic, but that's part of the teaching here.
a fucking spammer, you are also a mental retard.
Kenny McCormack
Aug 19, 2018, 11:49:33 AM8/19/18
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In article <e8076a11-0307-48a6...@googlegroups.com>,
You post your crap here because you are clinically insane.
And we wouldn't have you change a thing.
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Rick C. Hodgin <rick.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>Think, Chris! Seek out why I might post these things. Examine the very
>subject material itself and give it an honest examination. Consider it
>rather than just summarily mocking it.
Oh, we all know quite well why you post your crap here.
>subject material itself and give it an honest examination. Consider it
>rather than just summarily mocking it.
You post your crap here because you are clinically insane.
And we wouldn't have you change a thing.
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Rick C. Hodgin
Aug 19, 2018, 12:47:34 PM8/19/18
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On Sunday, August 19, 2018 at 11:49:33 AM UTC-4, Kenny McCormack wrote:
> [snip]
You reply to a post that's 6.5 months old just to stir up strife,
Kenny. Do you know what scripture teaches about that kind of be-
havior?
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+6%3A16-19&version=KJV
16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea,
seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands
that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,
feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and
he that soweth discord among brethren.
===> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
An abomination, Kenny.
The gospel is about love and forgiveness. I teach these things
to people because I don't want them judged by God. I want them
set free from judgment, able to thrive in eternity without the
limitations imposed upon us here in this world due to sin.
--
Rick C. Hodgin
> [snip]
You reply to a post that's 6.5 months old just to stir up strife,
Kenny. Do you know what scripture teaches about that kind of be-
havior?
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+6%3A16-19&version=KJV
16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea,
seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands
that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,
feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and
he that soweth discord among brethren.
===> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
An abomination, Kenny.
The gospel is about love and forgiveness. I teach these things
to people because I don't want them judged by God. I want them
set free from judgment, able to thrive in eternity without the
limitations imposed upon us here in this world due to sin.
--
Rick C. Hodgin
Mr Flibble
Aug 19, 2018, 6:35:31 PM8/19/18
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/Flibble
--
"Suppose it’s all true, and you walk up to the pearly gates, and are
confronted by God," Bryne asked on his show The Meaning of Life. "What
will Stephen Fry say to him, her, or it?"
"I’d say, bone cancer in children? What’s that about?" Fry replied.
"How dare you? How dare you create a world to which there is such misery
that is not our fault. It’s not right, it’s utterly, utterly evil."
"Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid God who creates
a world that is so full of injustice and pain. That’s what I would say."
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