One to one

(Unverified odds and chances from an internet site)

Odds of bowling a 300 game: 11,500 to 1
Odds of getting a hole in one: 5,000 to 1
Odds of being struck by lightning: 576,000 to 1
Odds of being audited by the IRS: 175 to 1
Odds of having your identity stolen: 200 to 1
Odds of finding a four-leaf clover on first try: 10,000 to 1
Odds of spotting a UFO today: 3,000,000 to 1
Odds of a meteor landing on your house: 182,138,880,000,000 to 1
The chances of dying from a car accident: 1 in 18,585
The chances that Earth will experience a catastrophic collision with an asteroid in the next 100 years: 1 in 5,000
The chances of dying in an airplane accident: 1 in 354,319
The chances of dying from choking on food: 1 in 370,035
The chances of dying from food poisoning: 1 in 3,000,000
The chances of having a stroke: 1 in 6
The chances of getting the flu this year: 1 in 10
The chances of being bit by a poisonous snake is 1 in 36 million.
Well I am 1 in the 36 million that has been bitten by a poisonous snake!
Now I have never really understood odds and chances so I looked it up and found this: Let me clarify the difference between probability and odds. The
probability of an event is defined as:

(Chances for)
P(x) = —————————
(Total chances)

So, for example, the probability of drawing an ace in a single deck of
52 cards is 4/52 = 1/13 (or about 0.077 = 7.7%).

Odds, on the other hand, are given as:

(Chances for) : (Chances against)

Incidentally, odds of 1:1 would be read as “one TO one”, not “one OUT
OF one.” (The words “out of” seem to imply total chances, which is
probability, not odds.)

Since (Total chances) = (Chances for) + (Chances against), we can
calculate (Chances against) = (Total chances) – (Chances for). The
odds of drawing an ace in a deck of cards is 4:(52-4) = 4:48 = 1:12.

One thing is missing but I’ll give it to you myself and it did not take much calculating to do!
The odds of Jesus returning – 1 to 1!
The chance of Jesus returning – 1:1
The probability of Jesus returning – 100%
Jesus was taken up into a cloud while they were watching, and they could no longer see him. As they strained to see him rising into heaven, two white-robed men suddenly stood among them. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why are you standing here staring into heaven? Jesus has been taken from you into heaven, but someday he will return from heaven in the same way you saw him go!” Acts 1:9-11
The odds of Him coming for you? 1:1 if you know Him as Savior.
So be one with The One!

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  1. My steps are ordered by the Lord. Yours were & are too, The pain of enduring a poisonous snake bite, Well, I believe you were to be the modern day Job. And a sign to the world that God is your sourse of help & protector! My life is not by chance, nor anyone else who knows Christ. To many souls still hope for that “big one” to come in for them. It did when they accepted Christ Jesus as Savior! The peace that He gives me can not be bought, nor obtained in any other way than loving & worshiping Christ. And I do believe, & am ready to go at HIS call.

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