How Do You Deal With This?

gort said:

My quandry wholly consists of the aspect of love in this. God loved me first of course. Freely loved me. Is this not a 2 way street? (rhetorical question)

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heymikey80 said:

You've been saved because God had mercy on you.

Honestly, escaping any trauma in which people like you undergo violence, that brings about thoughts of guilt. Why am I saved? Why didn't I go through that? How am I any different?

You're truly not different, at least not in your own thoughts & actions. It's not you. It's God. And it's not capriciousness on His part. If any of us deserved saving, then all of us would, and we might have something to condemn God for. But none of us deserves saving.

In fact we so richly don't deserve it, our guilt feelings, our embarrassment over receiving it -- is richly deserved. But that embarrassment shouldn't be directed at people who also richly deserve it -- and neglect so great a salvation. Many are nice people. But they're not good people. Many treat others kindly -- just not justly. Many have a human level of hygiene, social awareness, love for those around them, and social action. That justification won't even justify their actions in the next century, much less eternity. Look at the past: why will future generations justify us? We haven't affirmed any past generation as just.

God knows this. God judges. We all are guilty -- far more than even we can see simply by looking into the past for some perspective.

We are far worse than we've ever imagined.
And far more loved than we've ever conceived as possible.

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How Do You Deal With This?

I believe in Election. Was exposed to it in a Christian college. Then I remember now that I tried to forget it. I have not really forgotten about election but I have not thought about it like I have been since reading about it again. I have guilt thoughts. Why have I been saved. There are people in this world that are not evil people who try to hurt others but they will spend eternity in Hell if they don't apply the plan of Salvation to themselves. I feel really bad about that. It makes me realize the tragic situation they are in. If they live a long life and experience many beautiful things of this world then have to spend eternity in Hell...........................It's just hard to understand that. Eternity is forever and the good life that they have here on earth seems meaningless to me. It was just a time that they were not in Hell. My tag is Greatfull because that is how I feel. That God chose me. But the guilt thoughts don't go away. But that would be such a light burden to bear when I think of the lost and what is in store for them.

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Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

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