So I'm assuming the reply to my first point is therefore 'no'
because unless you just sat back and did nothing and was somehow
given those things then it would be a gift. You obviously had to
work for those and therefore those things aren't gifts from God but
a result of your own doings. It is senseless to call something you
had to work for a gift.
If God won't give me money then God doesn't give us everything
we ask for as money is included in everything. I've also asked for
getting 100% exam scores but never did get them, therefore God
doesn't give me everything I ask for and I did go to church every
sunday, read the Bible, prayed for things other than money such as
health, etc.
Sure, God won't put a bullet through my head if I sinned, he'd
do something much worse - condemn me to hell. God does supposedly
condemn us to hell by choosing not to save us even though it is an
effortless act for him as he is omnipotent and his power is
infinite. Through his inaction he condemns us.
If someone was hanging off a cliff, about to fall to their death
and all you had to do to save them required less effort than
blinking yet you chose not to, you would be a murderer and a sick,
evil person and also a criminal under the legal system. It is
senseless to think that God loves us yet allows us to experience
eternal suffering.
So I'm assuming the reply to my first point is therefore
'no' because unless you just sat back and did nothing and was
somehow given those things then it would be a gift. You obviously
had to work for those and therefore those things aren't gifts from
God but a result of your own doings. It is senseless to call
something you had to work for a gift.
REPLY:Ok to be specific...yes i do work for it.
But all these is being paved for me by God. God has a plan for all
of us before we were born. Like in the scriptures...the law has
already been written long before the Son of God came to our world.
What He is to do on earth has already been in the scriptures.
Isn't it?
If God won't give me money then God doesn't give us
everything we ask for as money is included in everything. I've also
asked for getting 100% exam scores but never did get them,
therefore God doesn't give me everything I ask for and I did go to
church every sunday, read the Bible, prayed for things other than
money such as health, etc.
REPLY:Yes we all need money to survive. But my
point is how much is enough? You have been asking for 100% for
exams but did you study hard enough? God will not give us
everything, He will give us the necessary required to survive long
enough in this world. It's nice to hear you have been going church
every sunday, read the bible & prayed. Pls don't give up just
because you didn't get what you prayed for. Maybe the sincerity
isn't enough? e.g... like some people who go church to "pray",
they actually go church to ogle at girls & woo girls. the
agenda is hence very wrong. If you have enough sincerity in
whatever you do & prayed for...it will come.
Sure, God won't put a bullet through my head if I sinned,
he'd do something much worse - condemn me to hell. God does
supposedly condemn us to hell by choosing not to save us even
though it is an effortless act for him as he is omnipotent and his
power is infinite. Through his inaction he condemns us.
REPLY:Bro, you didn't get my point. John
3:16-----> For God so love the world, he sends his only Son
to the world to save us. And whoever that believes in Him will be
saved. Yes we are all sinners. But do you believe in Lord
Jesus Christ & He will take away our sins? do you believe in
asking for forgiveness from someone after you done them wrong? The
fall of adam & eve, though initially caused by the devil, was
ultimately caused by the sin of pride. They refused to acknowledge
their mistake after they sinned. If they had admitted their sin
then & ask for forgiveness, God will forgive them &
not banish them to the world. Besides catholics believes after
death, we will go "purgatory"...a place to reform, not hell. i'm
not sure about other religions.
If someone was hanging off a cliff, about to fall to their
death and all you had to do to save them required less effort than
blinking yet you chose not to, you would be a murderer and a sick,
evil person and also a criminal under the legal system. It is
senseless to think that God loves us yet allows us to experience
eternal suffering.
REPLY:If you were that someone, i believed you
will go to the person's aid right? we are all born good naturally,
why go against it? Actually we can go on & on about this
topic...but at the end of the day...it boils down to faith. some
believe others don't. Like im beginning to wonder where has the
creator of this topic went? she has been missing for some time. Is
she really a devil in disguise to create chaos & disharmony
among us here? Anyway from your post, i can see you are definately
not a sick & evil person. Don't give up believing in God.
Continue your faith my friend.
