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| Steve Jobs Cause of Death Revealed. |
Steve Jobs, one of the most visionary Americans of his industry and the co-founder of Apple computers, died Wednesday. He was 56 years old. Apple released a statement Wednesday night saying they had "lost a visionary and creative genius" and "his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple."
Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. In 2005, following a bout with cancer, Jobs delivered Stanford University's commencement speech.
He said, "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life," he said. "Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure -- these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important."
That is a powerful statement. ... "these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important". The question is "What was 'truly important' to Steve Jobs and more importantly, what is 'truly important' to you?"
Success and money were truly important to Steve Jobs. Forbes magazine estimated Steve Jobs net wealth at $8.3 billion in 2010, making him the 42nd wealthiest American.
Family was truly important to Steve Jobs. He has left behind a wife, a son, and three daughters (one from a previous relationship). His family said, "He was a great family man".
Religion was truly important to Steve Jobs. He was a professing Buddhist and married by a Zen Buddhist.
However, in the face of death, truth did not seem truly important to Steve Jobs (although we don't know what happened in his final moments).
Is the Truth truly important to you? When you stare death in the face will the Truth be what's truly important to you? You see, the Truth will set you free. Jesus Christ said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." Most professing Buddhists do not believe Jesus is God's son, nor do they believe there is any God at all.
The real cause of death for Steve Jobs was not cancer, but sin. The wages of sin is death. The truth is that Steve Jobs was a sinner in need of a Savior. The truth is that death has come into the world because of sin. Steve Jobs was born a sinner in need of a Savior. The truth is that you were born a sinner and are in need of that same Savior. His name is not Buddha, but Jesus Christ.
In the face of death, Steve Jobs should have been worried about what is truly important. Steve should have been worried about his eternal soul that will never die, but rather live in one of two places of eternity forever. Steve Jobs should have been worried about heaven and hell? In fact, right now you should consider what's truly important, because you don't know when the moment will be when you will face your own death. You have an eternal soul and it is appointed for you to die once and then face the judgment of Almighty God. You will not be judged according to Buddha's standard, your standard or Steve Jobs' standard, but according to God's Holy standard.
God's standard of judgment is His Ten Commandments. You are probably familiar with them. If you were to die today would you be innocent or guilty of breaking God's commands?
How many lies have you told in your life time? The 9th Commandment says "Do not lie". The bible says all liars will have their part in the lake of fire (hell).
Have you ever taken something that didn't belong to you? The 8th commandment says "Do not steal". The bible says that no thief will enter into the kingdom of heaven.
God is Holy, Righteous and Just. He cannot and will not overlook your sins on the Day of Judgment. In fact, God's judgment of you will be so thorough that He will see the thoughts and the intentions of your heart.
Jesus said, "You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY’; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." That means every time you have looked with lust, even at the sinful pictures on the computer or iPhone screen that Steve Jobs created, you have broken the 7th Commandment that says "Do not commit adultery".
Jesus went on to say, "If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell."
Do you understand how serious and thorough the judgment of God will be concerning your sin ?
Steve Jobs said, "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life,"
The most important choice Steve Jobs could have ever made in life would have been to turn from his sins and to follow Jesus Christ as Lord of his life (again we don't know what happened in his final moments). The most important choice you will ever face in life is to turn from your sins and to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "he who believes in Me will live even if he dies."
2000 years ago, God perfectly showed His justice and mercy to all the world. Jesus Christ lived a perfectly holy life. He never sinned. He never broke God's Laws like us. In fact, God came in the flesh that He might declare Law breakers like me, you and Steve Jobs, NOT GUILTY on the Day we all stand before Him. Jesus died, was buried, and on the third day rose from the dead. Jesus Christ defeated sin, death and the grave.
The real cause of Steve Jobs death will be the real cause of your death too. You are a sinner in need of a Savior.
Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. In 2005, following a bout with cancer, Jobs delivered Stanford University's commencement speech.
He said, "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life," he said. "Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure -- these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important."
That is a powerful statement. ... "these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important". The question is "What was 'truly important' to Steve Jobs and more importantly, what is 'truly important' to you?"
Success and money were truly important to Steve Jobs. Forbes magazine estimated Steve Jobs net wealth at $8.3 billion in 2010, making him the 42nd wealthiest American.
Family was truly important to Steve Jobs. He has left behind a wife, a son, and three daughters (one from a previous relationship). His family said, "He was a great family man".
Religion was truly important to Steve Jobs. He was a professing Buddhist and married by a Zen Buddhist.
However, in the face of death, truth did not seem truly important to Steve Jobs (although we don't know what happened in his final moments).
Is the Truth truly important to you? When you stare death in the face will the Truth be what's truly important to you? You see, the Truth will set you free. Jesus Christ said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." Most professing Buddhists do not believe Jesus is God's son, nor do they believe there is any God at all.
The real cause of death for Steve Jobs was not cancer, but sin. The wages of sin is death. The truth is that Steve Jobs was a sinner in need of a Savior. The truth is that death has come into the world because of sin. Steve Jobs was born a sinner in need of a Savior. The truth is that you were born a sinner and are in need of that same Savior. His name is not Buddha, but Jesus Christ.
In the face of death, Steve Jobs should have been worried about what is truly important. Steve should have been worried about his eternal soul that will never die, but rather live in one of two places of eternity forever. Steve Jobs should have been worried about heaven and hell? In fact, right now you should consider what's truly important, because you don't know when the moment will be when you will face your own death. You have an eternal soul and it is appointed for you to die once and then face the judgment of Almighty God. You will not be judged according to Buddha's standard, your standard or Steve Jobs' standard, but according to God's Holy standard.
God's standard of judgment is His Ten Commandments. You are probably familiar with them. If you were to die today would you be innocent or guilty of breaking God's commands?
How many lies have you told in your life time? The 9th Commandment says "Do not lie". The bible says all liars will have their part in the lake of fire (hell).
Have you ever taken something that didn't belong to you? The 8th commandment says "Do not steal". The bible says that no thief will enter into the kingdom of heaven.
God is Holy, Righteous and Just. He cannot and will not overlook your sins on the Day of Judgment. In fact, God's judgment of you will be so thorough that He will see the thoughts and the intentions of your heart.
Jesus said, "You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY’; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." That means every time you have looked with lust, even at the sinful pictures on the computer or iPhone screen that Steve Jobs created, you have broken the 7th Commandment that says "Do not commit adultery".
Jesus went on to say, "If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell."
Do you understand how serious and thorough the judgment of God will be concerning your sin ?
Steve Jobs said, "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life,"
The most important choice Steve Jobs could have ever made in life would have been to turn from his sins and to follow Jesus Christ as Lord of his life (again we don't know what happened in his final moments). The most important choice you will ever face in life is to turn from your sins and to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "he who believes in Me will live even if he dies."
2000 years ago, God perfectly showed His justice and mercy to all the world. Jesus Christ lived a perfectly holy life. He never sinned. He never broke God's Laws like us. In fact, God came in the flesh that He might declare Law breakers like me, you and Steve Jobs, NOT GUILTY on the Day we all stand before Him. Jesus died, was buried, and on the third day rose from the dead. Jesus Christ defeated sin, death and the grave.
The real cause of Steve Jobs death will be the real cause of your death too. You are a sinner in need of a Savior.
Ignorance will be no excuse on the Day of Judgment. Buddha cannot save your soul. You don't want God's thorough justice and you do not want to spend eternity in hell. You need the mercy of God that is only possible through faith in Jesus Christ. Please turn from your sins and follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Cry out for mercy to the Only One who can satisfy God's justice on your behalf. Jesus Christ The Righteous One. He will forgive your sins, remove your guilt, give you peace and joy like you have never known and present you faultless on judgment day by grace through faith in Him. He will never leave you nor forsake you.
Please turn to Christ today, He will save your soul and give you eternal life in heaven with Him forever.
Steve Jobs is dead. You still have time to turn to Christ right now. Don't wait until it's too late.
You need serious help. Steve Jobs was a genius, a visionary, and perhaps the most inspiring human being of the past 100 years. To post this kind of garbage about him is shameful and blasphemous.
ReplyDeleteGo beat your bible over something else, friend. I pray for you and your misguided soul.
You are SCUM.
ReplyDeleteThat's a very narrow midnded view. how can you dare proclaim that the man was a sinner because he did not share the same religious views? I was brought up in a born again christian home. The basis of christianity is love. not condemnation. and as a "christian" you should not be posting things like this on the web. This is why people turn against christianity, because of people like you.....
ReplyDeleteTo use this man's death as a vehicle for belief in Christ is wrong. Faith in Christ will not stop cancer. Nothing will.
ReplyDeleteyou are right on the issue that God's standard is totally different from our human standards. I still hope God has been merciful towards Steve so has to accept him into heaven....like you said we don't know of his heart condition before his death. We know he was grieving of the pain that he endured through cancer. Let us as humans be compassionate and forgiving to one another. Jesus will come soon and we pray He will make things right...as He has promised. GBU SimonJR Malaysia
ReplyDeleteBeing a genius does not exempt you from your need for a Savior. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
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DeleteAbsolutely right!!!
Malachi and I were talking about this too. Thanks for the reminder.
ReplyDeleteSoli Deo Gloria!
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I believe that at some point before death occurs, that everyone is given a chance to have a conversation with God and to repent of their sins. None of us are fit to condem, past judgement and to put anyone in either heaven or hell. There is only one judge and that is God. Only God knew this mans heart therefore, regardless what his beliefs were, the ALL MIGHTY GOD knew him, his thoughts, his heart because he made him in his like image. For those that are too busy passing judgment, you just make sure that when your time comes, you are not too busy trying to send someone to hell and that your soul is right and prepared to meet the maker! My prayers and condolences are sent out this his family. May his God gifts and talents continue to live on. signed: Deerfield Beach Florida
ReplyDeleteThere is no God you ignoramus.
ReplyDeleteMy only misgivings about this post is that there does seem to be some judgment by the author. Remember, Christ himself said: "Judge not lest ye be judged." He also said: "Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone" when confronted with a judgmental crowd wanting to stone a philandering woman. Everything else the poster said, IMO, is true. I pray for Steve Jobs' soul. He seemed to be a nice man.
ReplyDeletefor someone who preaches about God, i am so appalled that you are so judgmental about Steve Jobs. you don't know him and you don't have a right to judge him. how can you say something like this, in the midst of the grief of the family he left behind? i don't share your faith, but my faith tells me God is merciful. may he rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteWow, and you call yourself a Christian? That is no Christian response to the loss of any life. Your sins are exploiting the death of a genius for your own personal gain. Sure you may get attention with the garbage you put out there, but you are not doing God's work, you are doing Satan's!
ReplyDeleteMay God have mercy on YOU!
idiot! SJ is GOD!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Blessings!
ReplyDeletereturn to the truth...
ReplyDeletepeople like you are "living incarnation" of sin in this world...
even jesus would b ashamed of you...and your thinking...
the entities like you...leave it...i dont have any words for you..soon you will find THE TRUTH WHEN IT WILL TURN ON YOU>>>
Whole lot of truth in this. Not a whole lot of love or respect.
ReplyDeleteMaybe if the article identified the distinction between original sin and personal sin there would be less offense taken. Consider the difference between saying 'nobody is perfect' and 'I am not perfect.' Subtle but important difference. The OP identified that only God has judged Steve's eternal soul. The OP is not implying a judgment, but the certainty of everyone's judgment. That's a painful reality, but in the materialistic dictatorship of relativism, where the spiritual and eternal is categorized as irrelevant, a lot of people mis-identify human temporal success with the eternal, and demand the same of others.
ReplyDeleteshortsighted article..this will most probably turn people into Atheism than convert them to Christianity... poor Jesus Christ, his religion is being murdered by so called Christians...
ReplyDeleteEverything you said Anthony was right. Continue to spread the gospel through blogging.
ReplyDeleteThis is TRUTH. Thank you for writing it. Amen!
ReplyDeleteFeel free to express your views and opinions, but no foul language will be posted. Please note it is not the opinion of the author that Steve Jobs died and went to hell. However, if he died without having expressed repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ the bible is clear that he would be lost to eternal hell. My sincere hope is that in his last days Steve Jobs saw the beauty and importance of salvation in Christ alone and embraced Jesus as his own. God bless you all.
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DeleteReturnToTheTruth: I hope you can feel it in your heart, through all the religious brainwashing that has been bestowed upon you, that you are absolutely out of line. How dare you use this man's death as a soap box for scaring people into your religion. It's people like you who scare me most in the world. Were it not for religion, the world would be a much safer place. We're better off without people like you who use events like these as ploys to scare people into joining the likes of you.
ReplyDeleteI hope you see that there is no man in the sky. The man who died yesterday has given so much to the world; why would your invisible man in the sky take his life away?
There is no god; there is only reality, and you stare it in the face every day as you grow older and approach your own death. Life is not about what happens to you after you die. (How selfish!) It's about what you do to change the world while you're alive.
You frighten me, and I hope that someday you become enlightened to the fact that you're wasting your life for a lost cause.
This article is such rubbish. It seems every religious person is always about accepting "my God" and only they are right. What if your God and Jesus is the false message? How would you feel if upon death you wake to find the Jews, or the Hindu's were right and you were condemned to eternal hell because you chose wrong? Perhaps Steve was correct in his views of being Buddhist. How can we ever know?
ReplyDeleteThis Post IS A HUGE PEACE OF RUBBISH, AS IT IS THE BRAIN OF THE PERSON WRITING IT, WHO OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T HAVE A BRAIN; SINS ARE NOT PUNISHED BY GOD MAKING YOU DYING, BUT PEOPLE PUNISH THEMSELVES BY THEIR SINS, THAT'S ALL. SAYING THAT EVEN AN ATHEIST, NOT SCREWING PEOPLE'S BALLS AND BY BEING RESPECTFUL TOWARDS THE OTHERS AND LEAVING IN A WISE WAY CAN GO TO HEAVEN AS WELL AS A GOOD CHRISTIAN, I DON'T NEED TO SAY MORE TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND THE SUPIDITY OF YOUR AFFIRMATIONS AND OF BOTH THE POST AND SOME COMMENTS WHICH SUPPORT THIS POST.THE PERSON WHO WROTE IT IS OBVIOUSLY AN ARROGANT IGNORANT, AND IT'S USUALLY SUCH PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WHO ACTUALLY RISK NOT TO GO TO HEAVEN BUT TO BE PUNISHED BY THEI OWN SINS !!
ReplyDeleteBY THE WAY, TO THE FELLOW WHO WROTE : ''THERE IS NO GOD YOU IGNORAMUS'', I SAY: IF YOU FEEL BETTER BELIEVING IT, IT'S YOUR OWN BUSINESS, SATAN ALSO EXISTS AND WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT, AS WE NEED TO ACCEPT THAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU EXIST. BUT PLEASE, DON'T CALL OTHER PEOPLE IGNORAMUS, USING YOUR OWN IGNORANCE!!!
JCM: I appreciate your thoughts and your comments. Consider the fact that Buddha did not rise from the dead almost 2000 years ago. Nobody has adjusted the clock or the calendar to revolve around Buddha as the center of human history. Even the iPhone Steve Jobs created testifies to the fact that Jesus Christ is the undisputed (i didn't say not disliked)center of human history. Every time you look at the clock and realize that the world counts time off of one man, the man Jesus Christ it is a testimony to a fact you cannot escape, a fact that will govern your life. Christ is Lord, God in the flesh. Creator, Judge, Ruler, King, Savior and Lord. Thank God for His rich mercy, love and grace in sending His Son into the world to save sinners. The question is "do you know Him"?
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DeleteReturnToTheTruth: I do understand the points you're making. I was raised Christian and only became a non believer in very recent years. I've grown to really not doubt anyone's views on how everything came to be because in my view everyone's idea is just as valid as the next. All seem to be supported by some ancient text that I honestly don't think hold any validly today.
ReplyDeleteIs there is a God? I would say most likely yes. Do I claim to know who or what he is, where he came from, or what he want? No I do not because I've never personally met him or asked.
JCM: When it comes down to the facts of human history, "everyone's ideas" cannot be as valid as the next. We definitely should love and respect one another. At the end of the day Jesus is the only man in history who backed up His claim (He is God) with the life that proved it. If you go to Harvard, Yale, the NYSE, the United Nations or look on your birth certificate and death certificate you must consign yourself to the fact (you won't like it possibly) that Christ is the center of history because He was who He said He was and did what He said He would come to do. BC / AD , just like history class says.
ReplyDeleteJCM: You also said you were raised a "Christian", but then recently became a "non-believer". Would you say you did religious things? Or would you say you were born a sinner, then "born again" (John 3), and then lost your salvation or you never really were a Christian and you just went along with the "religion" of your parents etc. ? Thank-you for your willingness to discuss, God bless you.
ReplyDeleteReturn to the Truth- I've never read your blog until this one and I was very encouraged. I see you're using a very relative yet sensitive topic(Steve Jobs dying) to help people realize their own mortality and reach the lost for Christ. I don't think what you've written is insensitive or 'judgmental'. The selfish thing to do in these times would be to keep our mouths shut and not reach those around us who we love and those we just meet, with the SAVING message of the Gospel: repentance and faith. Thank you for your boldness, we will continue to pray for that and for God to prepare the hearts of those who would receive His Word in faith. Lord Jesus, be glorified and lifted up so You can draw all men unto Yourself. Amen.
ReplyDeleteThere's whole love, respect and truth in this blog post. If you dislike the message you can go to other blogs to rant your hate comments.
ReplyDeleteLOL, the funny thing is, you really think you are going to heaven.
ReplyDeleteSteve Jobs was a person, of course he had sinned. Haven`t you?
Are you saying your safe cause your pointing fingers who is a sinner and who is not. Dude... honestly, read the freaking BIBLE. See where it says when you point fingers, ergo, "whoever is free from sin, throw the first rock".
God bless, unless you think I`m going to hell or something. Please...
ReturnToTheTruth don't worry about JCM and Anonymous. Seems Atheist and Freethinker will be bias in their comment since they always follow their emotional.
ReplyDeleteReturnToTheTruth: Whether or not our time system is based of when Jesus died is irrelevant. It is simply that the person who devised the Anno Domini system wanted to honor Christianity. The beliefs of one man in no way dictate the truth.
ReplyDeleteI am in agreement with JCM that men have no right to judge what the truth is. After all, even the bible is a work wrought by men; ultimately there is no way to place guarantees on anything.
Althought at first I was appalled at the original poster's remarks, the more I read, the more I began to think the poster was talking in a more abstract view of Steve's cause of death. I think the poster was talking about the cause of death for all of us, which is sin. The sin that was brought into this world by Eve in the Garden of Eden when she disobeyed God's cammand and ate the forbidden fruit at the urging of Satan himself. I believe the poster was dismayed that Steve was a Buhddist and may not have had the saving grace of the lord Jesus Christ. I pray that Steve may receive the lord's grace, just as I pray for all those who pass.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the Bible being "ancient text" that is no longer relevent today as JCM stated, I believe the text is just as relevant today as it was 2,000 years ago. Lying is lying, stealing is stealing, killing is killing, just as it was 2,000 years ago. The virtue that led to to a good life then is the same as it is now. The wisdom shared in the book Psalms is just as relevent as it ever was. Although it may not seem easier at first, following the Bible is the easy way to live. I imagine all the heartache and problems still caused in my own marriage today that wouldn't be there if I had be sexually pure before marriage. My sin then still affects me 20 years later and life and my marriage would be easier without it. Still, there are many that would laugh at the idea of remaining pure for marriage. I wish the only memories I had were with my wife instead of my sins with other women also. This is just one instance that affects me, and 1,000's of others, every day. Think about how the guilt of forgiveness not given to a loved one before they died, or the guilt of lying, stealing, killing, adultery, or abandonment affect millions of people every day. Simply put, living the way the Bible commands is the easy way to live your life. May you all be drawn to God and receive His grace. God Bless
Jason
I am also a Born Again Christian--but i don't agree with your opinion here in your article..no one has the right to judge anyone,except God!
ReplyDeleteKARL: Could you explain the irrelevancy of the calendar system? Is that like being in a murder trial and establishing that the suspect was at the scene at the specified time, but that has absolutely nothing to do with the case? Could we at least be intellectually honest? To say that the time system that governs EVERYTHING in our lives down to the checkout receipt at Wal-Mart is irrelevant is just plain intellectually dishonest. Furthermore, to say that it is randomly based on a single man's preference is hyper-intellectually dishonest. The restructuring of time / the calendar is based on the real historical fact of the the resurrection of Jesus Christ, an event so cataclysmic that it changed history and the way we count it forever. Period. Take it as evidence to any jury and they will attest to the fact of the matter, unless of course they would deny common logic and intellectual honesty.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous born again Christian: please read the whole post. No one consigned Steve Jobs to hell. The fact has simply been stated that if Steve did not repent towards God and place his faith and trust in Christ then he died in his sins and went to hell. Only God knows this and what may or may not have transpired in the last days or hours of his life.
ReplyDeletewe will never know the whole truth until the day we die but i beleive the bible does not have EVERY answer for everything and we r suposed to have "faith" and just believe without proof. also we r not to judge only God is to do that, so how is it that all christians are soo judging to the point of condemnation? also i believe the bible, witch was written soo long ago, was also written by man....man who can put whatever political views and whatever other beliefe he wants, man... who could not only sin though his own choices but man...evil enough to betray Jesus or commit genocide or whatever other terrible thing anyone may do. i agree with JCM i do not condem people for there beleifes i accept that they are different and if they deserve a choice then God will make sure they get that choice weather on there death bed or in the after life. God would not send someone to hell just becuase they didnt believe in Jesus when he gave them no proof or real substancial evidence of Him being Gods son. Not everyone goes by the same years we do either and besides time is man made agian man is who made it and man is seriously flawed. i am a believer but poelpe like u scare away people from believing or going to church. if u dont appreciate steve job thats fine but dont condeme him its deffinetly not ur place
ReplyDeleteAnonymous above this comment: God will and does send people to hell for breaking His commands. His eternal power and Godhead is clearly seen by all men through creation (Romans 1) and the things that He has made. All men (yes even the professing Atheist), know there is a God. All men are without excuse for not honoring Him as God. So, I know what you mean when you say God won't send people to hell for not believing in Jesus, but He will send them to hell for sinning against Him / His Holy Law. Lying, stealing, adultery, murder. Also, on the contrary, He will not save them without believing on His Son the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is God, if you don't believe in Him, you deny the One True God. If you are a "believer" and yet believe the bible does not have every answer for "life and godliness" or you believe it is skewed by men, then how do you know which parts to believe. Jesus said, "My Word is truth". Is the God of the bible powerful enough to create the Universe, the worlds and everything in it including you, but not powerful enough to preserve His words on a page?
ReplyDeleteyes he can, but he wont make someone write something...unless its His will right? He can not just give us the answers... we are suposed to have faith. He would want us to try to find more than just a book that DOESNT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS TO EVERY QUESTION, like the holes that appear in the bible or where the dinosaur bones came from. do u have the answers cuz if so tell me where they cam from, and dont say they arent real. im optomistic and believe God could ask someone why he or she doesnt Beleive after life and they may get a chance for redemption whos to say. mainly i beleive in free will otherwise God wouldnt let us do anything bad so that we could b with him....saying that the bible could have most definetly been tempered with by the devil just as he presauded eve. if u dont believe that then why would God ever let us go to hell if he could just make us do something...?
ReplyDeleteUmmm No, we have faith BECAUSE He HAS given us the Answer, His Son (is the answer to all of life). God's glory is the reason for everything. The dinosaur bones came from dead dinosaurs, that God created and then allowed to die, that's not too difficult. I definitely don't have all the answers to the mysteries of eternity, creation, the God head, heaven, hell etc. , but my faith is based on rock solid assurance of Jesus Christ and the evidence of what I cannot see, namely the promise of eternal life. I believe in free will too, but the human will without Christ is in bondage to its nature, a fallen nature in sin. Simply said, "you are free to sin all you want to." (Isaiah 64:6 ... all of our righteousness is as filthy rags.) You can't make a Tiger a vegetarian, likewise you can't make a born sinner (even with free will) a saint, unless God intervenes and causes His Spirit to regenerate the heart (born again John 3). Thank God for His amazing grace! So, in short God doesn't just "let" people go to hell. We sin against God by our nature and our choice, everyone of us. That is why we must have a Savior and His name is Jesus, not Buddha, Shinto, Muhammad, the Pope etc. etc., or any other self-proclaimed prophet. The bible is unadulterated truth because Jesus said so and He backed up His claims with the evidence that He was God.
ReplyDeleteI was raised in a Catholic home. I went to church every Sunday and "Thou shalt not lie" was not one of the Ten Commandments in any bible I read from. People like you are the reason I turned away from organized religion. What right do you have to think you're better than someone because of your religion? Do you really think that God approves of that attitude? IF Gdd exists and we truly are judged when we die, we will be judged on how we lived our lives and treated others, not what church we went to. "Question without hesitation even the existence of a God. For if there be one, he must more appreciate the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear." RIP Steve Jobs. May your family and friends find some comfort in this difficult time.
ReplyDeleteok ur just beating around the bush but like i said if he is "sending" people to hell but he could prevent it by "intervening" then he obviously doesnt care much about us....cuz he "made the universe" but its too much to keep someone form "eternal pain and damnation". that doesnt all add up and thats my point we dont no all the answers so we should b more understanding of others like steve. my point about the dinos was where is there appearance in the bible? not too important i no but another thing is the fact that i didnt ask to b put here and live by these rules so why would God force me to live a certian way or ELSE!? becuz some woman ate an apple and God told her not too? one more thing how is it that God spoke to a ton of people in the old testament and to no one now? or that jesus came down from heaven but now when someone need proof where is it...we just have to believe that God wants us to read the bible and take it all word for word with no extra proof. i mean like i was saying i beleive but i have so many q's that its very hard for me but it doesnt stop me from praying or what have u but i also dont stop asking q's. i no blind faith is more rewarded but then agian is it ....what does it even mean to b rewarded in heaven. i mean r u getting a gold house and me a gold box for questioning thing. im pretty sure we would all b equal up there rite?
ReplyDeleteJesus Christ that's the most stupid thing i've ever read... that's sick and twisted ina wrong way... LIVE AND LET DIE!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteJesus is the path, the truth and the life. All of his laws are based on love.
ReplyDeleteHis word will be repeated to you by his followers until you live.
If Steve hasn't followed Jesus, he will be judged by his actions.
Jon the anon ... : I really am not "beating around the proverbial bush", He DID intervene, that's what the whole of Salvation is about. God reconciling sinful man to Himself through Jesus Christ. You said then He doesn't care very much ... have you never read, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son ..." To answer your question about "why God spoke (audibly) to a bunch of people in the OT", He has spoken in these last days through His Son, Jesus Christ. He didn't just speak, but came and dwelt among us and He was full of grace and truth! He humbled Himself to the point of death, even death on a cross! Can't you see the love of God and the Justice of God. You and I and Steve Jobs have broken God's Laws again and again. Jesus was perfect, never sinned, and came in perfect love to pay OUR PENALTY and give us the free gift of eternal life. Faith is not blind, it is absolutely based on the sure Word and testimony of Jesus Christ, His life, death, burial, resurrection and return. Turn to Him today, throw yourself at the mercy of God. You know in your heart of hearts what I am telling you is true and history proves it.
ReplyDeleteCome on, a great man died. Have a little respect and put this post down. What you did was use his death to what, convey YOUR religious beliefs? This is wrong in different levels.
ReplyDeleteWell, God only knows if Steve is really saved or else he would be the visionary man in iHell...:)
ReplyDeleteAnonymous above: Death is a fact of life and not a normal part, not a natural part, but a bitter end. We all fear it and cannot avoid it, because we were not "designed" to die. We were designed to live forever, and everything inside of our conscience and heart testify to this fact. I am not using Steve Jobs death to convey MY religious beliefs (although they are my beliefs), but to convey the absolute truth of the death of the body and the judgment to follow. Steve Jobs death should be exactly what it is according to God's design; a sober warning to turn to Christ and live.
ReplyDeleteYour blatant use of Steve Jobs death due to cancer to further your specific religious agenda is both obscene, disgusting, and insulting.
ReplyDeleteSteve Jobs was a practicing Buddhist if you cannot respect his religious beliefs and the comfort they provided him in a time of pain, then please refrain from dragging him into your absurd pervasion of the judeo-christian tradition.
Steve left behind 4 children who have lost their father. I hope you are ashamed for your clear grandstanding in the moment of their loss.
We all are going to die even those that call Jesus lord. That is unless the rapture happens in our life time.
ReplyDeleteDeath came into this world through sin yes I agree. So we all our sinner and if we believe that Jesus came and died for our sins we will go to heaven.
However to get there we all have to die unless like I said Jesus come back before our time is up.
So to say Steve Jobs die because of sin yes that is true and so will you and I. The really ? is do you know Jesus as your lord and savior(john 3:16) if the answer is yes then you are going to heaven. If it is no then sorry you are not.
I can't believe that people can publish this kind of articles about a great man who lived a life doing lots of services to the poor and needy people as well as furnished a great impact to the new generation by his innovations.
ReplyDeleteI believe in GOD but not in NAME. GOD doesn't have a name.
1. God is in you and you can see him when you help others
2. GOD is love
3. If you have been lovable to people then that means they had found God in you.
TO THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS ARTICLE: I KNOW NOTHING CAN CHANGE YOUR VIEWS AND VISIONS BECAUSE YOU BECAME BLIND DUE TO THE MISUNDERSTOOD RELIGIOUS VIEWS. IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTERS WHAT RELIGION A PERSON BELIEVES IN. THE THING THAT REALLY MATTERS IS WHAT HE HAD DONE FOR PEOPLE AND HIS LOVE FOR THEM. JESUS NEVER ASKED ANY ONE TO WORSHIP HIM. HE ONLY WANTED TO ESTABLISH A PEACEF & LOVE AMONG THE PEOPLE. LOVE IS WORSHIP, LOVE IS GOD.
KINDLY DON'T POST THIS KIND OF ARTICLES ABOUT GREAT PEOPLE WHO LIVED AND DIED AS LEGENDS.
I completely agree with your point above "not designed to die". No one dies in this universe because the soul(energy) is immortal. Remember the words of another legend Dr Albert Einstein, 'Energy can Neither created Nor Destroyed, It can be only converted from one stage to another". Soul leaving the body doesn't means that you are dead.
ReplyDeleteUr post discourage people to follow Jesus...basis of Christianity is love, this post is very hostile. Humility comes before honor. Honor people for their status and accomplishment. You want people to follow Christ? Show it through ur daily compassion and love. Don't just blog!
ReplyDeleteDid you know that people have seen heaven & hell.
ReplyDeleteJust check out the many stories on the net.
But there is a way out!
I have found in life, what Jesus said is correct.
Yes it is only for believers.
It's great to be successful but in the end it's not what you know but rather who you know.
I hope he made it.
It's cold unfeeling people like you who abuse the scriptures and claim to be a Christian who give Christianity a bad name and make it look so repulsive. And you have no idea how he died or if he perhaps called out to God in the name of Jesus in his last moments. This post was extremely foolish. You need to read back over you bible more carefully. God would have never influenced you to write this. You're listening to the wrong spirit.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous above: Thank-you for your response. First of all I would say Christianity is repulsive to the world. Read Romans, specifically Romans 1 and 3. People who are dead in their sins hate God and there is nothing more repulsive to them than submitting to God's authority in their life. BUT PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE POST MORE CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU MAKE A COMMENT. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT I SPECIFICALLY POINTED OUT THAT "WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST MOMENTS OF STEVE JOBS LIFE." Thanks again.
ReplyDeletepure delusion, insecure X-tians sure holla about their fake certainties. this is a mean-spirited anti-life splenetic bawl. don't worry bout heaven, you're already in hell.
ReplyDeleteSteve Jobs helped give the means to post your stupid misled beliefs. YOUR bible says: judge not lest ye be judged yourself.....also didn't YOUR savior says: if he is guilty then let he who has not sinned cast the first stone? You are sinning right now by judging Steve Jobs. You are not God. You seem to forget that YOUR bible said man was made in God's own image which means God is flawed just like man. If He wasn't then Adam and Eve would never had the means to be tempted. YOUR faith is flawed as is your thinking. You need to learn more about the TRUE meaning of faith and salvation is because you are another Sunday Christian trying to get your 15 seconds of fame. I slam my door in the face of every person that comes preaching at my door. People do not need people like you trying to sell a false belief in a false and failed system. THANK YOU STEVE JOBS FOR BEING YOU!
ReplyDeleteMatthew 7:15 - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
ReplyDeleteYou are one sicko Jesus freak. Too bad you have the right to spew your stupidity.
ReplyDeleteJudgment belongs only to God! Period.
ReplyDeleteThis is Unbelievable. Jesus Christ's biggest teaching was forgiveness. Forgiveness of self and forgiveness of others. To me, that is the holy teaching he brought to this world.
ReplyDeleteAll I see here is judgement and criticism, the very thing that Jesus was NOT. Steve Jobs did nothing more than following his passion, and what he felt a divine inspiration to follow.
To be critical and judgmental of his path is, in my heart, the antithesis of what Jesus came to teach us.
Who are YOU to judge and condemn? That is not for us to do... that is for God to do. Who do you think you are???
Steve Jobs in his own words. The benefit of death, he said, is you know not to waste life living someone else’s CHOICES.
ReplyDelete“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”
CHOICE, respect what CHOICE people chose to believe. God never interfere with Adam and Eve's CHOICE. God respect their CHOICE! God gave them the result of their CHOICES. Its up to Steve or us CHOICE we choose. Once we did make the CHOICE, there is no turning back once we die! Dead or Alive in your own CHOICE.
Food for thought...from Rath P.
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ReplyDeleteThere is something wrong with so called devout Christians who judge others, and think themselves somehow superior. Quite off putting in any religion.
ReplyDeleteReligion never made my life better or easier. Steve Jobs on the other hand, did. What makes what you believe correct. You have no proof. Stop preaching and using the death of others to spread your religious virus. If your way was the right way then there would be more to it than just believing. There would be some evidence. Organized religion is the biggest scam there is and you are all suckers. There is no god. Just life. Stop waisting your life trying to get to a place that might not even exist. In fact it doesn't. It was made up by a few guys trying to figure out what would be the best way to manipulate common folk into doing what they believed was right. Instead, why not focus on trying to change the world you live in now. That is exactly what Steve Jobs did and look at all of the great things he has done for us.
ReplyDeleteSome people tend to be naive... Most people ignore that the 1st Apple that was put to public access its price was $666.66. The other thing is that one of the adds from Apple had the Egyptian Eye... and that most products from Apple start with the letter i... Get it? i & eye... Okay... coincidence? And for those that say there's no GOD... Why do the most powerful people in the world gather somewhere in California sometime in every November and worship the beast? And these people including Steve Jobs also used symbols dealing with the Egyptian, Pagan Gods. They all play the roll of some practice of religion, but all it's an act... Everything that's made needs an design & even Einstein said... Though he never admit any specific God...
ReplyDeleteI believe Steve Jobs did sin against our children. The iPod is responsible for pumping obscenities from Explicit music into the ears of millions of children. Corrupting their spirit. Apple could have produced an iPod that prevented this so parents could have a choice. They could also block the illegal downloading of songs where most of the kids get the explicit music anyway but instead they turn their backs. This type of technology is impossible for parents control. Apple is therefore exploiting children for their own greed.
ReplyDeleteGod's standard WAS the Ten Commandments. Maybe you've heard of something called the New Testament? Christ came to fullfil the Law. Which is why He gave us a new commandment "to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself." Do you consider this "loving your neighbor", to curse him in death? His place in eternity was his choice, between him and God, not yours. So butt out...
ReplyDeleteI have written a big tribute to the late steve jobs, "Remembering Steve Jobs – The Man, The Entrepreneur, The Maverick". That contributed alot to our society. hope that he may rest in peace.
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I don't think to use someone like Steve to make people turn to God is right.
ReplyDeleteI don't think God is going to be happy about this. And I am sure God saved Steve already since he contributed so much to us human beings.
the ten commandments also includes sabbath. that also make you the writer of this column accountable to it. Dont judge steve for anything only God can do that worry about yourself instead. if you have time to write this do you thing it should have been spent more for you to commit to Jesus and that also includes me.
ReplyDeleteYou even dare say on you tag that its official. Isnt that Lying? Whos the Devil now?
ReplyDeleteAt least buddhisum is a way of life.. Not an imaginary GOD.. If god exist We shall sue him as he created all these problems in the world. Religions with are gods destroying this world.. All the wars in the world are caused by the religion.
ReplyDeleteSteve Jobs has many followers who are concerned that your words have detracted from his life. I believe that you have sought to make each of us think about death in the light of what is said in the Word of God. May we then consider own lives in the light of eternity. We all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. We all need hope in the light of the fact that when we die, we will face God with or without a Savior to defend us. If we have not come to the Lord Jesus Christ, we will have to answer for our sins personally. If we have come to Christ, He answered and paid for our sins upon the cross.
ReplyDeleteYou have stated that you did we do not know Steve Jobs final thoughts. He certainly contemplated death. We would hope that he turned to the only One who has risen from the dead by His own power and endless life, the Lord Jesus Christ. He alone can forgive us of our sins having paid their penalty in full upon the cross. Those who trust in Him are promised eternal life with him. May all those who read this blog remember that it is Jesus Christ who created all things (John 1:1-3); it is He who rose from the dead; and it is the Lord Jesus who saves those who repent of their sins and trust solely in Him.
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ReplyDeleteI believe Steve Jobs did sin against our children. The iPod is responsible for pumping obscenities from Explicit music into the ears of millions of children. Corrupting their spirit. Apple could have produced an iPod that prevented this so parents could have a choice. They could also block the illegal downloading of songs where most of the kids get the explicit music anyway but instead they turn their backs. This type of technology is impossible for parents control. Apple is therefore exploiting children for their own greed.
Dude, you have *serious* issues. You're *clearly* one of those religious fanatics people hear about. Go chase a comet and drop, you fucking retarded mother fucker. And to the moderator reading this, your "god" isn't real. Jesus wasn't the son of God. He clearly had a mental disease that can be rationally explained today. And stories grow with every telling, or are fabricated outright. Seriously, grow a fucking mind and question bullshit that organized religion feeds you, you simple-minded fuck.
U r sick man dude. U need help ... U r brain washed.
ReplyDeleteYou are sick and evil.do not dare to quote jesus ever again you make me sick!
ReplyDeleteChrist died for our sins.
ReplyDeleteTherefore i was not born a sinner.
So was Jobs.
This is so typical of born-again type christians. THEY ARE SO QUICK TO JUDGE & CONDEMN. AND DO NOT LIVE THE LIFE THEY PREACH THEMSELVES. AND THE BIBLE TEACHES TO NOT JUDGE YET THEY TEACH SEPARATION & HAVE SUCH TUNNEL-VISION. THANK GOD I DO NOT LET ANY OF THEIR GARBAGE EFFECT MY THINKING ABOUT MYSELF, OR OTHERS. WE ARE HERE TO APPRECIATE EACH OTHERS UNIQUE TALENTS, & RESPECT EACH INDIVIDUAL FOR THEIR CHOICES, WHETHER WE AGREE TO THEM OR NOT, THAT IS OUR GOD-GIVEN WILL TO CHOOSE. I MAKE MY CHOICES NOT BY SOME FEAR OR GUILT DOCTRINE THAT WAS REWRITTEN SO MANY TIMES TO BE USED TO CONTROL THE PEOPLE IN THAT TIME BEFORE THE POLITICIANS APPEARED. PEOPLE EVERYWHERE ARE WAKING UP TO THESE FALSE WANT-TO-BE CHRISTIAN LEADERS TRYING TO CONTROL.. I LISTEN WITHIN MYSELF TO MY GOD-GIVEN CONNECTION WITHIN ME, (WE ALL HAVE) JUST LIKE JESUS DID... JESUS WAS A BROTHER, HE SAYS IT OVER & OVER IN THE BIBLE. OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, ETC.. THE PRAYER, HE PUTS US AS THE SAME AS HE WITH THE SAME FATHER.. WE'RE DONE WITH THE FALSE DOGMA OF THE CHURCHES.. WE SEE THRU ALL THE BS, & YOU GUYS ARE LOSING YOUR CONTROL & POWER OVER PEOPLE NOW... IT'S TOO BAD THAT STEVE JOBS WAS NOT ABLE TO HEAL HIMSELF OF THE PANCREATIC CANCER. MY GRANDMOTHER GOT PANCREATIC CANCER AT AGE 60, & WAS GIVEN 6 MONTHS AT THE MOST TO LIVE. SHE LIVED TO BE 90, & TRANSITIONED IN HER SLEEP WHILE LIVING WITH ME. SHE TOLD ME SHE WANTED TO TRANSITION THAT NIGHT. AND SHE WAS IN PERFECT HEALTH WITH NO MEDICATIONS OF ANY KIND,& HAD A PERFECT MEMORY, ETC.. THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF STEVE JOBS, & HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS A GENIUS, & A PIONEER FOR HIS TIME SPENT WITH US.. THANKYOU STEVE FOR BEING SUCH A GIVING, CREATIVE, & COMPASSIONATE, & CARING MAN, YOU WILL BE MISSED, BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN. :) TOMMY
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