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Some expert advice on Love/Algunos consejos de expertos sobre el Amor
Escrito el 01 Sep 2014
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By Gary Meisner (translated by Zulma Arroyo-Loomis).
At the age of nine, most boys know just enough about girls to know that they don't like them and want nothing more to do with them. The idea of getting advice on love from someone who has never experienced love and yet is strongly opposed to it seems pretty ridiculous, doesn't it? What real insights could this young man possibly have? A man needs years of experience to even begin to know something about women, and you wouldn't want advice from just any man on the subject, but only those who had been successful in their relationships, right?
Curiously, the most outspoken opponents of God are those who have never experienced Him in their lives and yet are strongly opposed to the notion that He even exists. There's a subtle irony in putting your energies into opposing someone who you say you don't believe to exist. Even so, with no experience with God and a strong bias against Him, what real insights can such people possibly have?
This isn't to say that those who claim that God doesn't exist aren't highly intelligent, well-educated and even extremely rational people.
It just says that without the experience that brings one to faith in God, their statements are really nothing more than ungrounded opinions. Often they strike out against religion as an institution rather than God as a person, because they do not yet know God as a person.
If they did, they would know that He, as revealed in the words of Jesus Christ, is more opposed to religious hypocrisy and self-righteousness than are they, and in that knowledge they might begin to come to know Him.
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."
Psalms 14:1
A non-believer is someone whose life hasn't yet been touched by God.
Author unknown
The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 2:14
"Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you (religious) hypocrites; as it is written: 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.' You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men."
Words of Jesus Christ in Mark 7:6-8
For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.
Romans 1:20-22
One with an experience should never be subjugated to one with an opinion.
Author unknown
Translated and published with permission. Original article can be found at Gary Meisner’s website: www.snapshotsofgod.com
... (Versión en español)
Por Gary Meisner (traducido por Zulma Arroyo-Loomis)
A la edad de nueve años, la mayoría de los niños saben lo suficiente sobre las niñas para determinar que no le caen bien y no quieren tener nada que ver con ellas.
¿No les parece que es una idea ridícula el pedirle consejos sobre el amor a alguien quien nunca lo ha experimentado y quien se opone obstinadamente al amor? ¿Qué conocimientos reales podría tener el joven? Un hombre necesita años de experiencia para comenzar a tener una idea de las mujeres; y, no querría usted consejo del amor de cualquier hombre, sino solo de quien ha sido exitoso en sus relaciones amorosas, ¿verdad?
Curiosamente, los que más ardientemente se oponen a Dios son aquellos que nunca lo han experimentado en sus vidas y aún más que están en oposición a la idea de que Dios existe. Que sutil ironía para aquellos quienes dicen que no existe Dios e invierten toda su energía oponiéndolo. Aún más, sin experiencia con Dios y con un fuerte sesgo contra El, ¿qué perspectivas reales pueden tener estas personas? No quiere decir esto que aquellos que niegan a Dios no son gente inteligente, bien educada y extremadamente racionales.
Solo dice que sin una experiencia que traiga a uno a la fe en Dios, sus declaraciones no son más que opiniones sin base. A menudo se van en contra de la religión como institución en vez de Dios como persona porque no conocen aún a Dios en lo personal. Si así lo hicieran sabrían que Él está más opuesto, que ellos mismos -como lo revela en la palabra nuestro Señor Jesucristo- a la religión hipócrita y a la santurronería, y en ese conocimiento es posible que empezaran a venir a conocerlo.
“Dice el necio en su corazón: No hay Dios,” Salmos 14:1
“Un no creyente es alguien cuya vida aún no ha sido tocada por Dios.” Autor desconocido
“Pero el hombre natural no percibe las cosas que son del espíritu de Dios, porque para él son locura, y no las puede entender, porque se han de discernir espiritualmente.” 1 Corintios 2:14
“Hipócritas, bien profetizo de vosotros Isaías, como está escrito: Este pueblo de labio me honra, Mas su corazón está lejos de mí. Pues en vano me honran, enseñando como doctrinas, mandamientos de hombres.” Palabras de nuestro Señor Jesucristo
“Porque las cosas invisibles de El su eterno poder y deidad, se hacen claramente visibles desde la creación del mundo, siendo entendidas por medio de las cosas hechas, de modo que no tienen excusa. Pues habiendo conocido a Dios, no le glorificaron como a Dios, ni le dieron gracias, sino que se evanecieron en sus razonamientos, y su necio corazón fue entenebrecido.” Romanos 1: 20-21
Aquel con una experiencia nunca debe ser subyugado a uno con una opinión. Autor Desconocido
For comments or questions, please write to avanzar12@gmail.com
At the age of nine, most boys know just enough about girls to know that they don't like them and want nothing more to do with them. The idea of getting advice on love from someone who has never experienced love and yet is strongly opposed to it seems pretty ridiculous, doesn't it? What real insights could this young man possibly have? A man needs years of experience to even begin to know something about women, and you wouldn't want advice from just any man on the subject, but only those who had been successful in their relationships, right?
Curiously, the most outspoken opponents of God are those who have never experienced Him in their lives and yet are strongly opposed to the notion that He even exists. There's a subtle irony in putting your energies into opposing someone who you say you don't believe to exist. Even so, with no experience with God and a strong bias against Him, what real insights can such people possibly have?
This isn't to say that those who claim that God doesn't exist aren't highly intelligent, well-educated and even extremely rational people.
It just says that without the experience that brings one to faith in God, their statements are really nothing more than ungrounded opinions. Often they strike out against religion as an institution rather than God as a person, because they do not yet know God as a person.
If they did, they would know that He, as revealed in the words of Jesus Christ, is more opposed to religious hypocrisy and self-righteousness than are they, and in that knowledge they might begin to come to know Him.
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."
Psalms 14:1
A non-believer is someone whose life hasn't yet been touched by God.
Author unknown
The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 2:14
"Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you (religious) hypocrites; as it is written: 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.' You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men."
Words of Jesus Christ in Mark 7:6-8
For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.
Romans 1:20-22
One with an experience should never be subjugated to one with an opinion.
Author unknown
Translated and published with permission. Original article can be found at Gary Meisner’s website: www.snapshotsofgod.com
... (Versión en español)
Por Gary Meisner (traducido por Zulma Arroyo-Loomis)
A la edad de nueve años, la mayoría de los niños saben lo suficiente sobre las niñas para determinar que no le caen bien y no quieren tener nada que ver con ellas.
¿No les parece que es una idea ridícula el pedirle consejos sobre el amor a alguien quien nunca lo ha experimentado y quien se opone obstinadamente al amor? ¿Qué conocimientos reales podría tener el joven? Un hombre necesita años de experiencia para comenzar a tener una idea de las mujeres; y, no querría usted consejo del amor de cualquier hombre, sino solo de quien ha sido exitoso en sus relaciones amorosas, ¿verdad?
Curiosamente, los que más ardientemente se oponen a Dios son aquellos que nunca lo han experimentado en sus vidas y aún más que están en oposición a la idea de que Dios existe. Que sutil ironía para aquellos quienes dicen que no existe Dios e invierten toda su energía oponiéndolo. Aún más, sin experiencia con Dios y con un fuerte sesgo contra El, ¿qué perspectivas reales pueden tener estas personas? No quiere decir esto que aquellos que niegan a Dios no son gente inteligente, bien educada y extremadamente racionales.
Solo dice que sin una experiencia que traiga a uno a la fe en Dios, sus declaraciones no son más que opiniones sin base. A menudo se van en contra de la religión como institución en vez de Dios como persona porque no conocen aún a Dios en lo personal. Si así lo hicieran sabrían que Él está más opuesto, que ellos mismos -como lo revela en la palabra nuestro Señor Jesucristo- a la religión hipócrita y a la santurronería, y en ese conocimiento es posible que empezaran a venir a conocerlo.
“Dice el necio en su corazón: No hay Dios,” Salmos 14:1
“Un no creyente es alguien cuya vida aún no ha sido tocada por Dios.” Autor desconocido
“Pero el hombre natural no percibe las cosas que son del espíritu de Dios, porque para él son locura, y no las puede entender, porque se han de discernir espiritualmente.” 1 Corintios 2:14
“Hipócritas, bien profetizo de vosotros Isaías, como está escrito: Este pueblo de labio me honra, Mas su corazón está lejos de mí. Pues en vano me honran, enseñando como doctrinas, mandamientos de hombres.” Palabras de nuestro Señor Jesucristo
“Porque las cosas invisibles de El su eterno poder y deidad, se hacen claramente visibles desde la creación del mundo, siendo entendidas por medio de las cosas hechas, de modo que no tienen excusa. Pues habiendo conocido a Dios, no le glorificaron como a Dios, ni le dieron gracias, sino que se evanecieron en sus razonamientos, y su necio corazón fue entenebrecido.” Romanos 1: 20-21
Aquel con una experiencia nunca debe ser subyugado a uno con una opinión. Autor Desconocido
For comments or questions, please write to avanzar12@gmail.com
