Left? or Right? Or Jesus?
People always ask:"If God is Almighty, why does He allow evil? Why doesn't He just wipe off all the evil from the surface of the Earth?"
People also ask:"If God is there, why there are people suffering? And die from hunger, diseases?"
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Our merciful and graceful God gave us all two gifts that all of us have, that is free will and conscience.
Both of these gifts works together within us guiding us in our daily walk, with or without Him. Losing any one of these gifts can cause the whole human community upside down.
If God would give us these gifts, therefore we have to utilise it. Hence, there is choice. When man chose to rebel against Him, evil was introduced. Evil = Anything that goes against God's will and perverts His rules of nature. Man can choose between following Him or not following Him.
If God forces every man into following Him, what's the purpose of giving us the free will? Might as well dump it into Hell! Do you want a God that controls you like a robot? Or do you want a God who loves you so much that He let you choose the path you want? (There goes another exercise of free will)
Then how can this conscience work along with free will? Conscience tells you what is right and what is wrong according to the standard of the world. It tells you that killing a person is wrong, therefore you choose not to do it. Conscience tells you that stealing is not right, therefore your free will choose not to commit this crime.
However, this gift of conscience is fragile and malleable because it goes with the standard of the world and God is not in it. Satan knows this very well, and as the Prince of the World he bend the standard of the world so much that conscience is compromised. Conscience tells you that killing a person is wrong, but IT'S OKAY to kill him if he's armed and dangerous! Conscience also tells you that stealing is wrong, but IT'S OKAY because I need to feed my hungry kids! Conscience is also telling you that I'm crazy and ridiculous.
Can you see? We can compromise and justify what we do! By pride, then we cover our sins, justifying it, compromising it! But remember? We can always choose! God said He will never let us be tempted beyond what we can bear. [1 Corinthians 10:13] Yes, God allows temptation, lets look at the original sin which Adam and Eve had committed.
[Genesis 2:16-17]
And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."
God told Adam that he is FREE to eat from any tree. But at the same time He also WARNED Adam what not to do and about the consequences of doing it. God knows that we have the ability to do what we MUST not do, therefore He told us about consequences. He did not told us that we CANnot do it and just stop there. He WARNs us that we MUST not and continue with it's consequences. Yes, He allows temptation, but we can choose to obey Him or to disobey Him. We are righteous in obeying Him, we sin when we doesn't obey Him. If Adam chose to obey Him, we will not need Jesus to suffer this much for the worthless us!
And one sin leads to another when we compromise and justify our action with our conscience.
[Genesis 3:12]The man said, "The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
Adam tried to justify himself by putting the blame on Eve and worst of all, on GOD!. "I'm innocent, the woman YOU gave me led me into it!" Before God, you are not innocent! You could have choose not to listen to Eve!
In this case, we need the Holy Spirit! The Holy Spirit comes from God, whom the Father will send in Jesus' name, will teach us all things and will remind us of everything Jesus has said to us. [John 14:26]. It is from God and God speaks to us through the Holy Spirit. But again, God doesn't take away our free will, we can still choose to listen to the conviction of the Holy Spirit or otherwise. Again remember Matthew 12:32.
Holy Spirit is our Helper, a greater conscience who does not compromise or justify any sin. It convicts you and mould you into Jesus' character. Ultimately leads you into confession of sin so that you may be forgiven. It is a sign of God's love for us, guiding us, teaching us in our path and our growth. Therefore, let the Holy Spirit grow within us, so we may grow in Him and Him alone!
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Why suffering? Jesus answered that clearly in the Holy Bible! Obviously you're not reading it when you're posing this question!
[John 9:1-5] As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
Continue to look at Jesus
[John 9:6-7] Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes. "Go," he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
He did it right there and then....
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CHOOSE NOW, the path to death or to life as I went on and making disciples of all nation right behind Jesus. I fall and tremble on my path, but His love soften the ground and raise me up again!
People ask me what if the end of the path is not where I want to be, what would I do?
I don't know, I only have child-like-faith, I only know that Jesus' ahead of me, I don't wanna be left behind.
People also ask:"If God is there, why there are people suffering? And die from hunger, diseases?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Our merciful and graceful God gave us all two gifts that all of us have, that is free will and conscience.
Both of these gifts works together within us guiding us in our daily walk, with or without Him. Losing any one of these gifts can cause the whole human community upside down.
If God would give us these gifts, therefore we have to utilise it. Hence, there is choice. When man chose to rebel against Him, evil was introduced. Evil = Anything that goes against God's will and perverts His rules of nature. Man can choose between following Him or not following Him.
If God forces every man into following Him, what's the purpose of giving us the free will? Might as well dump it into Hell! Do you want a God that controls you like a robot? Or do you want a God who loves you so much that He let you choose the path you want? (There goes another exercise of free will)
Then how can this conscience work along with free will? Conscience tells you what is right and what is wrong according to the standard of the world. It tells you that killing a person is wrong, therefore you choose not to do it. Conscience tells you that stealing is not right, therefore your free will choose not to commit this crime.
However, this gift of conscience is fragile and malleable because it goes with the standard of the world and God is not in it. Satan knows this very well, and as the Prince of the World he bend the standard of the world so much that conscience is compromised. Conscience tells you that killing a person is wrong, but IT'S OKAY to kill him if he's armed and dangerous! Conscience also tells you that stealing is wrong, but IT'S OKAY because I need to feed my hungry kids! Conscience is also telling you that I'm crazy and ridiculous.
Can you see? We can compromise and justify what we do! By pride, then we cover our sins, justifying it, compromising it! But remember? We can always choose! God said He will never let us be tempted beyond what we can bear. [1 Corinthians 10:13] Yes, God allows temptation, lets look at the original sin which Adam and Eve had committed.
[Genesis 2:16-17]
And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."
God told Adam that he is FREE to eat from any tree. But at the same time He also WARNED Adam what not to do and about the consequences of doing it. God knows that we have the ability to do what we MUST not do, therefore He told us about consequences. He did not told us that we CANnot do it and just stop there. He WARNs us that we MUST not and continue with it's consequences. Yes, He allows temptation, but we can choose to obey Him or to disobey Him. We are righteous in obeying Him, we sin when we doesn't obey Him. If Adam chose to obey Him, we will not need Jesus to suffer this much for the worthless us!
And one sin leads to another when we compromise and justify our action with our conscience.
[Genesis 3:12]The man said, "The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
Adam tried to justify himself by putting the blame on Eve and worst of all, on GOD!. "I'm innocent, the woman YOU gave me led me into it!" Before God, you are not innocent! You could have choose not to listen to Eve!
In this case, we need the Holy Spirit! The Holy Spirit comes from God, whom the Father will send in Jesus' name, will teach us all things and will remind us of everything Jesus has said to us. [John 14:26]. It is from God and God speaks to us through the Holy Spirit. But again, God doesn't take away our free will, we can still choose to listen to the conviction of the Holy Spirit or otherwise. Again remember Matthew 12:32.
Holy Spirit is our Helper, a greater conscience who does not compromise or justify any sin. It convicts you and mould you into Jesus' character. Ultimately leads you into confession of sin so that you may be forgiven. It is a sign of God's love for us, guiding us, teaching us in our path and our growth. Therefore, let the Holy Spirit grow within us, so we may grow in Him and Him alone!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Why suffering? Jesus answered that clearly in the Holy Bible! Obviously you're not reading it when you're posing this question!
[John 9:1-5] As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
"Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
Yes, and the night is coming! You wasted 3 seconds asking this question, 5 minutes reading my answer, another 10 minutes digesting and thinking of a strategy how to fight me back. I've waste my whole life not doing anything to help the sufferers, and I just wasted 2 days typing this long-winded blog post.Continue to look at Jesus
[John 9:6-7] Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes. "Go," he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
He did it right there and then....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHOOSE NOW, the path to death or to life as I went on and making disciples of all nation right behind Jesus. I fall and tremble on my path, but His love soften the ground and raise me up again!
People ask me what if the end of the path is not where I want to be, what would I do?
I don't know, I only have child-like-faith, I only know that Jesus' ahead of me, I don't wanna be left behind.
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