Posted on 11/16/2001 1:14:39 PM PST by notyourregularhandle
12: Do not say, "Because of the Lord I left the right way"; for he will not do what he hates.
12: Do not say, "It was he who led me astray"; for he had no need of a sinful man.
13: The Lord hates all abominations, and they are not loved by those who fear him.
14: It was he who created man in the beginning, and he left him in the power of his own inclination.
15: If you will, you can keep the commandments, and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice.
16: He has placed before you fire and water: stretch out your hand for whichever you wish.
17: Before a man are life and death, and whichever he chooses will be given to him.
God is not the author of evil actions.
No, the email insinuated that it's our fault for turning away from God, and that God is letting us know he's not pleased with us.
Thanks.....
WE allowed the attacks to take place, and WE will see to it that they are not repeated.
Much better question! Maybe it is because man has a narrow, superstitious, illogical concept of the Creative Force behind existence - as displayed by most of the posts in this thread.
We ALWAYS fall short; even you. ALWAYS, as in EVERY time. Your pride says you can be "good" enough; you can't. We all fall short of the glory of God; even you. God knows that, apparently you don't. Man can walk in ways he thinks are righteous, but will be left behind when God calls. Why? "I am good enough and can make it on my own"? YOU are not the ALPHA and the OMEGA; He is. He makes the rules and you don't like it so you have a snit.
Are you going to pitch a fit when He begins to separate the wheat from the chaff? What are you going to tell HIM? Assuming you can stop trembling, something like, "I was pretty good". Or maybe "Uh, I didn't know; nobody told me about your Son, and that all I had to do was ACCEPT Him as your generous offer to save a slug like me"? Too late; you've been put on notice. No man comes to the Father except through Jesus the Christ.
So what if you don't like it? You want to make the rules? Do you think you're wise enough? So go ahead and live by the golden rule; it's better than nothing, but remember that's the way YOU want to do it.
Peace,
FGS
That makes NO sense.
FGS
God acts in mysterious ways? Mysterious only to us. I would submit to you that God acts with PERFECT reason; absolute logic. We can't, so we don't understand. Not a problem. He only asks that we accept the offer of His Son. That's NOT confusing. You want simple? Go for it!
FGS
Says you. Fact is, with the security He HAS offerd us, it doesn't really matter does it? What does a believer have to fear? Dying? Most of us aren't interested in advancing the timetable to be sure, but for a believer, that's going home. See you there some day?
FGS
And you know that for a certainty?
FGS
It doesn't, and can't answer the original question, but if you were Him; would you be?
FGS
You can clear that up for us, right?
FGS
Clinton was....DRUNK? I'm convinced that fool will say ANYTHING to get attention, whether he believes it or not; mostly not. Wonder what he knows about God anyway?
FGS
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