The Difference Between Cats and Dogs.
Cat [Christians] have this "You pet me,you feed me,you care for me,I must be god" concept. Dog [Christians] have this "You pet me,you feed me,you care for me,You must be God" concept. See the difference?
Its in the book Cat and Dog Theology that I admire so much because it presents in the simplest way how two types of Christians could "pray the prayer", sing the worship songs, go to church, and still differ from the motives that they have(using cats and dogs as representations.)
The 'Cats' are a little hypocritical. They only glorify God according to the blessings they expect to receive in return, they do not want to leave out of their comfort zones and their vision of salvation is shortsighted. Why? Because while walking towards heaven, they're walking backwards as they move away from hell. Their idea of salvation is to secure to themselves that they will not go to hell because they have accepted Christ. In other words, they're missing the bigger picture.
'Dogs' however, while walking towards heaven, hell is behind them. They keep their focus on who they serve other than being attached to the thought of going to hell because this focus is what really matters.
Salvation and the death of Christ do not force us to be godly people all of a sudden. Its a message that means Jesus was the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE for our sins, because the wages of sin is death. He is the only one who can overcome death so He had to sacrifice Himself for us to be renewed and given a second chance...to repent and live a life pleasing in His eyes. If we choose to give thanks to Him and pray to Him,and glorify Him only in times of happiness and prosperity,forgetting His lordship when we experience trouble,then something is wrong with us.
God does not need miracle workers, but people who believe in Him, surrendering their lives to Him, not making Him a final resort, but the only reason for living.
I now take the Web as a tool to publicize how God has changed my life, my family,everyone else...how my life is not worth living if not for a cause of "dying everyday" to fulfill God's purposes for me. I didn't create myself so I cannot tell what the primay function of my existence is, but because I am created in God's image (and so are you),its He alone who can manipulate us.
I encourage you, whether you're already a Christian or not...please don't be a 'cat' and think that God exists to serve you and become egocentric, but be a 'dog' willing to obey his Master,so His glory could radiate through You and in turn, bless you so greatly and maintain a balanced relationship with Him like a Father to a child, loving Master to servant,Friend, Savior...everything else you could ever ask for.
Just believe.
PS: I highly recommend that book I mentioned :]
Its in the book Cat and Dog Theology that I admire so much because it presents in the simplest way how two types of Christians could "pray the prayer", sing the worship songs, go to church, and still differ from the motives that they have(using cats and dogs as representations.)
The 'Cats' are a little hypocritical. They only glorify God according to the blessings they expect to receive in return, they do not want to leave out of their comfort zones and their vision of salvation is shortsighted. Why? Because while walking towards heaven, they're walking backwards as they move away from hell. Their idea of salvation is to secure to themselves that they will not go to hell because they have accepted Christ. In other words, they're missing the bigger picture.
'Dogs' however, while walking towards heaven, hell is behind them. They keep their focus on who they serve other than being attached to the thought of going to hell because this focus is what really matters.
Salvation and the death of Christ do not force us to be godly people all of a sudden. Its a message that means Jesus was the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE for our sins, because the wages of sin is death. He is the only one who can overcome death so He had to sacrifice Himself for us to be renewed and given a second chance...to repent and live a life pleasing in His eyes. If we choose to give thanks to Him and pray to Him,and glorify Him only in times of happiness and prosperity,forgetting His lordship when we experience trouble,then something is wrong with us.
God does not need miracle workers, but people who believe in Him, surrendering their lives to Him, not making Him a final resort, but the only reason for living.
I now take the Web as a tool to publicize how God has changed my life, my family,everyone else...how my life is not worth living if not for a cause of "dying everyday" to fulfill God's purposes for me. I didn't create myself so I cannot tell what the primay function of my existence is, but because I am created in God's image (and so are you),its He alone who can manipulate us.
I encourage you, whether you're already a Christian or not...please don't be a 'cat' and think that God exists to serve you and become egocentric, but be a 'dog' willing to obey his Master,so His glory could radiate through You and in turn, bless you so greatly and maintain a balanced relationship with Him like a Father to a child, loving Master to servant,Friend, Savior...everything else you could ever ask for.
Just believe.
PS: I highly recommend that book I mentioned :]
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