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GOD CAUSES EVERYTHING
Ninny:
Amen to that, Sorin! Hey if God can save US (Me) then why shouldn't he be able to save anyone? Not one of us is any better than the next guy, our sins may be different, but God is no respecter of persons, right?
Just to think that SIN is what God hates. Pride, hate, selfishness, greed...etc. it's all sin. sin is sin.
I am guilty of sin, and so is everyone on this planet. We are all the same, except that some of us are being led into more truth, but sin is our nature until GOD changes things! When I hear anyone say "You are going to hell" It makes me want to throw up! :P
Sorin, I can't answer that question about feeling powerless..BUT I know that God is in control and God is all powerful, what his purposes are we don't know. Why things happen the way they do, we don't know. We just trust that God is in control. That is the only thing that can keep you grounded.
Kathy :)
rk12201960:
Hi Sorin.
long time bro....
To be humble is a gift grom God thus it has to be learned...
To feel powerless is a humble feeling... no?. give thanks that God is teaching you now...
Hang in there bro.
Peace and understanding.
Randy
;D 8) ;D
Kat:
Hi Sorin,
--- Quote ---then that means my life could not have been, and could not be any different then what it has been, what it is, and what it will be and nothing I can do will change that because while I do make my own choices there is a causation which causes me to choose accordingly.
--- End quote ---
What you stated is the sovereignty of God. With this understanding comes understanding the fear of God, but I don't think of it so much as 'fear' but respect.
Luke 12:4 "And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
v. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!
v. 6 "Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God.
v. 7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Psa 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.
His praise endures forever.
We all are powerless indeed and the whole world is in the dark about this truth, but now you know who controls all things and where all the power comes from. This knowledge gives you a whole new perspective. Hopefully you really will desire to know Him that has brought you into existence and seek to get your thinking in line with His will.
Luke 12:22 Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on.
v. 23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
v. 24 Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds?
v. 25 And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
v. 26 If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?
v. 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
v. 28 If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?
v. 29 "And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.
v. 30 For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things.
v. 31 But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.
v. 32 "Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
v. 33 Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys.
v. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
When you accept God's sovereignty and truly turn everything over to Him, you will have real peace.
Php 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
v. 5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
v. 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
v. 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Just trying to help by sharing what His sovereignty means to me :)
mercy, peace and love
Kat
Deborah-Leigh:
Hi George K
You say :
--- Quote ---2) God is responsible for everything that has or will happen in this world and that is why He sent His Son to pay the price for forgiveness of sin.
--- End quote ---
God is responsible for EVERYTHING. God sent His Son to die because God the Father can not die. He gave up His Son to show us His Love
1 John 3 : 9 By THIS (Christ coming into the world to die) the Love of God was revealed in us, because His Son, the Only-begotten, God has sent into the world that we might live through Him.
We live through Him by God conforming us into His image. This is God's work and power in us that brings us into the experience of learning to discern and know exactly what is good and what is bad/evil. This is the Plan and Purpose of God for all of us.
Gen 3 : 22 ....Behold! The man has become as one of Us, to know good and evil.....
We all know that non are in the image of God yet except for His perfect spotless Lamb, Jesus Christ The world is aching for the manifestation of the Sons and Daughters of God and that is what all the misery, pain and suffering, evil, deception, and lies are all about.
Light has to come OUT of Darkness. It will be, because God will make it so. This is our Hope.
Arc
Ricky:
Hello all, I have had a big beef with this truth of not having free will. For the last several months I have tried to solve this beef by pretending (to myself only) that I do have free will. I know I don't have it , but pretending to myself I do have it, helps me do better for God because I know the difference between right and wrong now, what is right in life for God, or maybe the way He would like me to be. Does this make any sense at all.
Bless you all. Ricky
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