I have the answer to this riddle but I want to see what everyone has to say about it before I give the answer to it.
What would you do if you could hear both God and the devil at the same time. sort of like a three way phone conversation. Say that you can hear both clearly and understand what is said and asked of you.
Now the devil says to you---I will give you all the power you desire or anything on this planet you want--all you have to do is obey me---Now all I want you to do is quit smoking. What do you do? Do you go ahead and quit because the bible speaks of the sin of addiction? Do you clarify with God that the devil doesn't matter and you just want to do what is right? (The devil is clearly relevant to God or he wouldn't be in existance--we are enough to tempt each other to sin--so God must have the devil for his own reasons)
To add a further twist--say God answers and says--I have healed your addiction--you walk away from it for three weeks--no problem--but then you feel compelled to go back to it because something doesn't seem right about it. What is wrong with the picture now? What has smoking become if it is no longer an addiction? (biggest clue)
Satan is no God--so your not placing a God above Jesus by quitting. Satan is God's tool. But should you have to bow to the devil in order to bow and obey God? You return to smoking because you feel that God is teaching you a lesson with your greatest weakness--what is it? What lesson do you think that God can teach with this?
It's a great lesson--I just want to see if anyone else can get it. It took me almost three years to figure it out.
Huldah
Can anyone out there answer this riddle?
What would you do if you could hear both God and the devil at the same time. sort of like a three way phone conversation. Say that you can hear both clearly and understand what is said and asked of you.
Now the devil says to you---I will give you all the power you desire or anything on this planet you want--all you have to do is obey me---Now all I want you to do is quit smoking. What do you do? Do you go ahead and quit because the bible speaks of the sin of addiction? Do you clarify with God that the devil doesn't matter and you just want to do what is right? (The devil is clearly relevant to God or he wouldn't be in existance--we are enough to tempt each other to sin--so God must have the devil for his own reasons)
To add a further twist--say God answers and says--I have healed your addiction--you walk away from it for three weeks--no problem--but then you feel compelled to go back to it because something doesn't seem right about it. What is wrong with the picture now? What has smoking become if it is no longer an addiction? (biggest clue)
Satan is no God--so your not placing a God above Jesus by quitting. Satan is God's tool. But should you have to bow to the devil in order to bow and obey God? You return to smoking because you feel that God is teaching you a lesson with your greatest weakness--what is it? What lesson do you think that God can teach with this?
It's a great lesson--I just want to see if anyone else can get it. It took me almost three years to figure it out.
Huldah
Can anyone out there answer this riddle?
