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rick:
Hello Peggy,
I certainly think along these lines also, I wonder who doesn’t but I noticed a difference with true knowledge of God.
If everything went well for all of us without problems, pain etc. I guess we would be in the garden of Eden still.
This life I/we live is far from the garden of Eden and for good reasons according to God, so I/we need to trust not only the good things but also in the bad things too.
Like Kat said, easier said than done but even trusting is impossible without God giving us the faith to trust.
Rom 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
God bless. :)
Nett:
Another encouraging word for you Peggy,
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
v4 To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
v5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time,
v6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
v7 That the trail of your faith being much more precious than of gold that perish, though it be tried with fire might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
v8 Whom having not seen, ye love, in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
v9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
(1st Peter 1:3-9)
Stay hidden in Christ Jesus,
Nett
david mc fauld:
Hi Peggy,
I'm 60 this Year and understand what your saying,even to the point of thinking things would be easier dead, then I'm reminded God has not finished teaching me yet, so I just pray for more understanding, he may have a plan for you that has yet to be revealed,he will never give you more than you can endure.
2Ti 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
May God lift you up in your struggle.
David.
ez2u:
so many things have come up since i wrote this post thank you all for your kind words. Kat you are always such a dear to my heart hugs.
we need to trust not only the good things but also in the bad things too. (Rick) yes provocative stunning statement! new thought. With so much stress on my daily life there is a rest in that statement.(Dennis)All I can cling to is this is to prepare us for the next life which will have joy we cannot even comprehend in this life. that is a hopeful statement! when all else fails and it all does seem to fail. I believe that the only thing that is left is Jesus Christ.+ maybe we come to that place where we have nothing complete emptiness as we are being pour out as an libation offering, slowly... taking on Him
rick:
Hello Peggy,
God, through Ray, gives us so much understanding as to who is behind all things .
To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Ray’s writing below from the myth of free will part D
EVERYTHING HAS A PRECISE APPOINTED TIME
God Almighty is responsible for everything and He brings about everything only at its precise "APPOINTED SEASON AND TIME." Let's read it:
"To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven" (Ecc. 3:1).
The implications of this verse are staggering. The very foundation of human psychology and theology crumbles under the weight of this declaration of God’s Word. This is undoubtedly one of the ten most profound Scriptures in the entire Bible.
If we are to be honest and believe this verse, then we must concede that absolutely NOTHING is left out God’s profound declaration except man’s anti-scriptural theory of "free will."
The word "season" in the KJV is translated from the Hebrew word, z[e]man, and is defined in Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary as: "APPOINTED season, occasion, time." And "purpose" is defined as: "pleasure, desire, matter." Sometimes rendered as "purpose" or "event."
Here’s a second witness to this grand declaration:
"Because to every purpose [matter or event] there is time and judgment..." (Ecc. 8:6).
And a third witness:
"…for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work" (Ecc. 3:17).
Here are a couple translations that make this verse a little clearer:
"...for He has appointed a time for every matter, and for every work..." (The New Revised Standard Version).
"For He has set a season for every event and for every deed..." (The Concordant Literal Old Testament).
There is no wasted motion in God's creation, purpose and plan. Everything has an appointed time, and everything includes: "every purpose, every work, every matter, every event, and every deed." Where pray tell does "free will" fit into all this? It doesn’t. It clearly DOESN’T. Man has no free will. There is no such thing as free will. It is but the phantom of an "obscured heart" as we learned in Part C from Ecc. 3:11.
Again we ask, since "EVERY work, purpose, matter, deed and event" under heaven must happen at an "APPOINTED TIME," how can there be such a thing as human, uncaused, "free-will?"
Is any man free to do anything other than what God HAS "appointed time" for? No.
Is any man free to do anything that God HAS NOT assigned an "appointed time" for? No.
Is any man free to do or not to do anything that God HAS or HAS NOT assigned an "appointed time" for? No.
Then how can man have a free will?
Man’s will is predicated on previous circumstances and causes, all of which originate in God’s preordained plan and purpose.
Christendom and her fabled doctrine of "free moral agency" is trapped and completely book-ended between:
[1] "To every thing there is a season [appointed time],and a time to every purpose [matter or event] under the heaven" (Ecc. 3:1).
AND:
[2] "I know that, whatsoever God does...NOTHING can be put to it, nor ANYTHING taken from it: and GOD does it" (Ecc. 3:14).
Someone might see a contradiction in God’s teaching. If the two above Scriptures are true, then why does God warn against "adding to or taking away from His word?" Well, like everything else that is beyond the realm of carnal comprehension, all of these things too, have been foreordained and pre-determined to happen only at their "APPOINTED TIME." God has appointed a time for false prophets to add and God has appointed a time for false prophets to take away from His word.
This is truly awesome stuff, it literally helps me understand everything is arranged through circumstances by God for our learning and understanding of all this evil we are put through for the purpose of becoming the children of God being made in His image.
In God’s love. :)
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