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Here's a great article for consideration. The Problem of Suffering
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What I mean is, no one ever specifies what such worship actually entails. It's all vague whenever I hear it talked about.
As christians and not religious people, we preach the Gospel of Life about our Living God. We do not focus on heaven or hell and we do not come to Christ for fear of hell as punishment or desire of heaven as reward. We come to Jesus because we Love Him back and we want to. Not because we are afraid of punishment or seek reward. Questions are healthy, but a fixarion on heaven and hell and preaching fire and brimstone is a distinctly religious trait to scare people into following a religion.If you read the Bible you will see this theme... if you cruise Facebook and Instagram posts and listen to Christian music you will hear over and over again "more of you, Lord and less of me." We exist ONLY to worship God. That is the meanimg of life. We have free will so we may choose not to, but the best existence known to man is an existence where Christ is everything and we are part of His Body. To always strive towards a more Christ-centered life is optimal and part of the meaning of what it is to be Christian. To be in heaven and walk with Christ and Love Him completely for all eternity is the best that could ever happen to a Christian next to eing saved which puts us on this path.
We know there will be no pain and suffering and no sex and marriage in heaven. What more do you need to know? Talk to Jesus and wait and see. The Christian life is the only life worth living. I hope this helps...
God did not curse the world, he declared the consequence of their unbelief and disobedience, which is called the curse that brought thorns and thistles and all natural disasters. This crack slowly spread throughout all creation. But as I said, he anticipated the possibility with the agreement of the Word in the Godhead to incarnate and take the sins of the world upon himself.
The question naturally arises, then, is now that Jesus has taken the sins of the world upon himself, why not stop it all now and bring in the new perfect creation? I don't know. But I do know that God has good reason for everything and we will understand it all in the end..
Look at the book of Job.I am really struggling to answer this question. It can't be just be about free will. Natural disasters, accidents and diseases are the cause of many deaths each day. Dying without having a choice sounds like the opposite of free will to me.
Hi, there; good to see you.I am really struggling to answer this question. It can't be just be about free will. Natural disasters, accidents and diseases are the cause of many deaths each day. Dying without having a choice sounds like the opposite of free will to me.
Christians have struggled with these issues both intellectually and through living them out since we have been here on earth.I am really struggling to answer this question. It can't be just be about free will. Natural disasters, accidents and diseases are the cause of many deaths each day. Dying without having a choice sounds like the opposite of free will to me.
I am really struggling to answer this question. It can't be just be about free will. Natural disasters, accidents and diseases are the cause of many deaths each day. Dying without having a choice sounds like the opposite of free will to me.
There's something outside of God's control?mass spiritual lawlessness/wickedness is the cause of all evils, and the true God has nothing to do with it except the fact that He is the main one having to stop it; as for the question why hasn't He yet done that?, i could say He has not been able to stop evil completely and permanently because there have not been enough witnesses against the "darkness" on His side...
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How do you know suffering is caused by the devil? Suffering seems to be primarily caused by either human greed or nature. Things just happen.
The Christian life is the only life worth living. I hope this helps...
Are you saying, why doesn't God intervene? Mark 4:39-40 I think it's important to recognize the issue you bring up as something that puts pressure on many people's minds, both Christians and non-Christians alike to the existence of a fully personalized God.I am really struggling to answer this question. It can't be just be about free will. Natural disasters, accidents and diseases are the cause of many deaths each day. Dying without having a choice sounds like the opposite of free will to me.
There's something outside of God's control?
Then we have no hope.there has unfortunately been evil with many people since the day of the Fall - has the true One been fully able to stop evil for these 5-6 millennia or He Himself is evil?!
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I am really struggling to answer this question. It can't be just be about free will. Natural disasters, accidents and diseases are the cause of many deaths each day. Dying without having a choice sounds like the opposite of free will to me.
Then we have no hope.