i spent this early morning (2a.m. to 4 a.m.) watching nightline's faceoff on ABC's website. the first thing i watched was "does satan exist?" in which mark driscol and annie lobert debated with deepak chopra and bishop carlton pearson. this was an interesting debate about the existence of satan. but in the end, i felt the debate became more about the existence of good and evil and whether or not it is relative. bishop pearson broke my heart because he claims to be a minister who believes there is no hell or satan and that EVERYONE will go to heaven whether or not you believe in God or Jesus. i don't see how someone who was deeply involved in ministry could have such a change of heart or thought on such a view. deepak chopra was of course all into this enlightenment and you are God, God is everything...its all about the conciousness. to be honest...i haven't processed the whole debate fully.
the second thing i watched was nightline's very first debate from 2007 w/ kirk cameron and ray comfort going against 2 atheists. i started off, listening to both sides and immediately got very angry w/ the atheists and how demoralizing they were to kirk and ray and how they were very rude and arrogant. but, as the show went on...i found myself feeling something different. by the end i wasn't angry at the atheists, but i was deeply saddened. i don't know how to explain it, but...all i could imagine was how much God's heart must break when people openly reject him. to have given them life, and them to spit in his face. then i started thinkin' about how i was that way. before i became saved, that's exactly what i did. i spit in his face, knowing he had given me life. even after i got saved i continued to do that. how patient is he? how awesome is he that no matter how much we spit in his face, he will always embrace us the moment we realize what we have done and come to him with true repentance in our hearts. those atheists didn't get it. i could see kirk and ray's hearts breaking on stage. they tried to keep composure...but they were completely blown away at how not only the people they debated against were acting, but how the crowd was acting too.
i feel sick. i think i finally understand the lyrics to that mercyme song "homesick". that's how i'm feeling. i just want to leave this world, and be in his presence where i don't have to hear people trash my God...or them try to disprove his existence. he exists...
now, i just have to wonder as to how i can be a part of the solution in bringing him to this sick and dying world. i encourage you to go check out the video's on abc's website under "nightline faceoff". i'd be interested in what you have to say on the matter.
