I know it's been a while since I have updated. I have been spending the
time I usually spend on here reading on faith. Because I am sick of being
confused and I don't want to be anymore. Here's what I've found.
In "I Wonder" Chapter 1 I wondered about war. Why God let it occur, and when he would jump in saying, "Hey, enough is enough."
The Bible, of course, says the war will go on until the end of eternity and "desolations have been decreed." *Daniel 9:26*
But the Bible makes apparent that Heaven is in his hands. So even if the world isn't perfect, Heaven will be. And that's eternity, so what difference do the first 80-or-so years make?
In "I wonder" Chapter 4 I wondered how one could say Jesus had gone through the same things other humans had. I commented that it would be easy for me, too, if I knew everything that would happen and everything people would say before they said it.
I was thinking this one over. Hmmm.. Hard question. But than I thought: Right. Jesus knew everything before it happened. He knew what he would eat next, what people would say to him, and just exactly what to do in every situation. He knew he would be killed brutally and tormented by his own father's creations, the ones he loved.
And it's not like he couldn't have said, "no, I won't do it." He defiantly could've. But he didn't. He knew he would be literally hung on a cross; nails cutting through his flesh and the same people he was dieing to save would cuss him and throw things at him. But he went.
I wouldn't have.
In "I Wonder" Chapter 4 I asked why Jesus always asked for the best, telling people they were greedy if they did not give it to him. I compared him to a father, saying that unless we were going by the "do as I say, not as I do" rule, he couldn't be considered very fatherly.
This was one I struggled finding the answer to. I swear, I read so much of the Bible I thought my head would explode, and I never found an answer. If anyone has an explanation, I'd love to know.
I still wonder how people should know to choose the Bible above all other books. I don't think anyone will ever know the answer.
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THE ULTIMATE QUESTION*********
"If God is really all loving, why does he let peoples lives get so damn screwed up?"
This being my Ultimate Question, it is of course what I focused on answering. I refuse to accept the free-will theory. So I came up with my own theory, using my Bible as a support.
If people's lives didn't get so "damn screwed up," if people were happy all the time, how would we know what being truly happy was? I mean, when you are really happy, isn't that a blessing? And if we were always happy, how would we recognize it?
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I have chosen my path. I have decided to go back to God, to Jesus, to The Holy Spirit. However I am thankful for this chance to linger on my faith. I have learned a whole lot, though most of what I have learned has nothing to do with my questions..
NewYorkBabe
In "I Wonder" Chapter 1 I wondered about war. Why God let it occur, and when he would jump in saying, "Hey, enough is enough."
The Bible, of course, says the war will go on until the end of eternity and "desolations have been decreed." *Daniel 9:26*
But the Bible makes apparent that Heaven is in his hands. So even if the world isn't perfect, Heaven will be. And that's eternity, so what difference do the first 80-or-so years make?
In "I wonder" Chapter 4 I wondered how one could say Jesus had gone through the same things other humans had. I commented that it would be easy for me, too, if I knew everything that would happen and everything people would say before they said it.
I was thinking this one over. Hmmm.. Hard question. But than I thought: Right. Jesus knew everything before it happened. He knew what he would eat next, what people would say to him, and just exactly what to do in every situation. He knew he would be killed brutally and tormented by his own father's creations, the ones he loved.
And it's not like he couldn't have said, "no, I won't do it." He defiantly could've. But he didn't. He knew he would be literally hung on a cross; nails cutting through his flesh and the same people he was dieing to save would cuss him and throw things at him. But he went.
I wouldn't have.
In "I Wonder" Chapter 4 I asked why Jesus always asked for the best, telling people they were greedy if they did not give it to him. I compared him to a father, saying that unless we were going by the "do as I say, not as I do" rule, he couldn't be considered very fatherly.
This was one I struggled finding the answer to. I swear, I read so much of the Bible I thought my head would explode, and I never found an answer. If anyone has an explanation, I'd love to know.
I still wonder how people should know to choose the Bible above all other books. I don't think anyone will ever know the answer.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
THE ULTIMATE QUESTION*********
"If God is really all loving, why does he let peoples lives get so damn screwed up?"
This being my Ultimate Question, it is of course what I focused on answering. I refuse to accept the free-will theory. So I came up with my own theory, using my Bible as a support.
If people's lives didn't get so "damn screwed up," if people were happy all the time, how would we know what being truly happy was? I mean, when you are really happy, isn't that a blessing? And if we were always happy, how would we recognize it?
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I have chosen my path. I have decided to go back to God, to Jesus, to The Holy Spirit. However I am thankful for this chance to linger on my faith. I have learned a whole lot, though most of what I have learned has nothing to do with my questions..
NewYorkBabe