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lilitalienboi16:

--- Quote from: lauriellen on June 12, 2016, 10:00:55 PM ---Thank you all and yes Alex,  I feel exactly as you do. I am typically very private, however
I'm going to give a very personal example. My husband and I brought our son Nathan to Minnesota to the Mayo clinic as a last desperate attempt  to save his life. After the first week,  my husband had to return home to work, leaving my son and I alone. I watch him struggle to live. I am watching this young man literally wasting away in front of me. I see him in terrible pain every day. I listen to him violently vomiting everything he tries to eat. I sit in a chair by the window and I read about Jesus. He had so much compassion. He couldn't resist helping those who asked. I wonder. . .and I wonder. . .does He hear my cries for mercy for my son? Is he not moved by my desperate tears? I I think about the millions and millions who suffer and cry out to God every day for mercy. For relief. And I wonder HOW LONG God will you turn away from the suffering of humanity? And I get angry. God forgive me, but I get so angry. My prayer is that I never again contribute one single ounce of evil or hurt to this earth ever again. That whenever possible, I will do my best to ease someone else's pain and suffering.
So, yes, addressing the original post, this life certainly does feel like living in the Christian hell.

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I wonder Lauri,

As a mother caught in an evil time, do you think of the mother of our Lord?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSRQvg7OHnI

How much she must have suffered watching her Son and thinking too, perhaps not understanding why, how long God of Abraham will you turn away from our suffering?

I'm sorry for your suffering Lauri. I hate that I am part of this worlds problem, too weak and stupid to do what is right even if I know what I must do.... there is no power in me to do it.

Come Lord Jesus, well all need you :(

lauriellen:
Wow! They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Very powerful. I can't watch without crying. Thanks Alex.

John from Kentucky:
James 1:17 teaches us all good comes from God without variation.

Jesus taught that Satan is the Father of lies and was a murderer from the beginning.

The first two chapters of Job show Satan is the principal source of evil.  Satan killed Job's ten children by a tornado or strong wind that collapsed the house they were in.  Satan took away Job's wealth.  Satan gave Job a loathsome illness that brought him to the edge of death.

God placed bounds on the evil Satan could do or it would have been much worse for Job.

Satan is the god of this world.  Satan tempted Jesus by offering all the wealth and power in this world.  It wouldn't have been a true temptation unless Satan could have delivered what he said.

When tornados occur and kill babies and other people, it is Satan who does the killing.  Satan deceives and calls it an Act of God, but Satan lies.  It is an act of Satan.

The wars and killings, famines, sickness and disease, religious deceptions and lies---the four horseman of Revelation----that occur in this world and age, come from Satan, the god of this world.

God will bring everyone of us healing and salvation.  All of us will have all blessings and all good.  God will bring us good at our appointed time.  The zeal of the LORD God Almighty will bring our salvation about and wipe away all tears and give us peace.

lauriellen:
Yes, John, I do know that all evil is through Satan, but did not Ray teach us that satan was only the "hammer" in God's hand? That ALL is FROM God and thru ______? I don't believe satan can do anything that God did not already intend for him to do. So, to me, satan is like us, a slave to his carnal nature that is beyond his/our ability to control. Only God has the power to change that and stop evil. I hear many christians Fervently Pray For God to "bind" satan. I don't see satan as the problem. That may sound shocking, but that's how I feel. Satan is doing exactly what God created him to do. My eyes are only fixed on God, to author and creator of ALL, the only power able to stop evil and heal and restore. I believe He will, but I don't see it happening now. I will keep waiting and watching with hope.

lilitalienboi16:

--- Quote from: lauriellen on June 13, 2016, 01:35:27 PM ---Yes, John, I do know that all evil is through Satan, but did not Ray teach us that satan was only the "hammer" in God's hand? That ALL is FROM God and thru ______? I don't believe satan can do anything that God did not already intend for him to do. So, to me, satan is like us, a slave to his carnal nature that is beyond his/our ability to control. Only God has the power to change that and stop evil. I hear many christians Fervently Pray For God to "bind" satan. I don't see satan as the problem. That may sound shocking, but that's how I feel. Satan is doing exactly what God created him to do. My eyes are only fixed on God, to author and creator of ALL, the only power able to stop evil and heal and restore. I believe He will, but I don't see it happening now. I will keep waiting and watching with hope.

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That is my understanding too Lauri. Satan is God's created adversary to do the dirty work necessary to fashion humanity into God's spiritual image.

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