{"id":191,"date":"2025-01-22T00:02:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T00:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellbut.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2025-01-22T00:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T00:02:42","slug":"well-buti-need-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellbut.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/well-buti-need-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Well but\u2026I need answers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In case I&#8217;ve not said it for the record I am a believer in Jesus Christ. I believe He is the only way to salvation and to heaven. The questions I&#8217;m about to ask in no way cast doubt on my faith. They add spice to what I already believe. I&#8217;m running each of the following questions against <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/nasb_\/revelation\/3.htm\" title=\"\">Revelation 3:15-16<\/a>  <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/revelation\/3-15.htm\">15<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> \u2018I know\u00a0your deeds, that you are neither\u00a0cold\u00a0nor\u00a0hot; I wish\u00a0that you were cold\u00a0or\u00a0hot.\u00a0<strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/revelation\/3-16.htm\">16<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> So\u00a0because\u00a0you are lukewarm, and neither\u00a0hot\u00a0nor\u00a0cold, I will\u00a0vomit\u00a0you out of My mouth&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/nasb_\/matthew\/7.htm#fn\" title=\"\">Matthew 7:21-23<\/a> &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/matthew\/7-21.htm\"><strong>21<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>\u201cNot everyone\u00a0who says\u00a0to Me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 will enter\u00a0the kingdom\u00a0of heaven, but the one who does\u00a0the will\u00a0of My Fatherwho is in heaven\u00a0<em>will enter.<\/em>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/matthew\/7-22.htm\"><strong>22<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>Many\u00a0will say\u00a0to Me on that day, \u2018Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy\u00a0in Your name, and in Your name\u00a0cast\u00a0out\u00a0demons, and in Your name\u00a0perform\u00a0many\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/nasb_\/matthew\/7.htm#fn\">[s]<\/a>miracles?\u2019\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/matthew\/7-23.htm\"><strong>23<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>And then\u00a0I will declare\u00a0to them, \u2018I never\u00a0knew\u00a0you; LEAVE\u00a0ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE\u00a0LAWLESSNESS.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly &#8211; What does it mean &#8220;to be a man after God&#8217;s own heart?&#8221; King David was guilty of murder and adultery yet was called a man after God&#8217;s own heart. Anecdotally, I can think of many other similar though less egregious examples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondly &#8211; Peter denied Jesus three times &#8211; PUBLICLY &#8211; and yet Jesus himself said that &#8220;upon &lt;that> rock He would build his church.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case I&#8217;ve not said it for the record I am a believer in Jesus Christ. I believe He is the only way to salvation and to heaven. The questions I&#8217;m about to ask in no way cast doubt on my faith. They add spice to what I already believe. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellbut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellbut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellbut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellbut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellbut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wellbut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192,"href":"https:\/\/wellbut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions\/192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellbut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellbut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellbut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}