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The enemy of truth, of Christ, says God abandoned people or the world.why did God go through the trouble of sending his son to die on the cross and then completely abandon this world?
Yet I am convinced that God is laughing at and mocking me just like every other person I've ever met
Why do you make of God a wicked person ?What if God decides at any given moment that this one guy is too disgusting to be covered by the cross?
First, I'd like to say, I am sorry about how you are feeling.This would be a major understatement. I am basically convinced that God has a raging hatred for me and is planning to burn my worthless hide forever.
So you would think that studying the scripture ought to be enough to realize how erroneous my view of God is? Here is where it gets complicated:
I have read many outstanding articles explaining the finer details of the Bible and read works from the finest apologists, priests, pastors, etc that I could find. Their arguments made perfect logical sense....yet I don't believe a single one of them.
No matter what I read, who I talk to, or how much I try to contemplate what God says in the Gospel I can't seem to shake the overwhelming sense that not a single word of it applies to me. God is talking to those wonderful special people who simply deserve to be saved because some part of them is worth saving.
Yet I am convinced that God is laughing at and mocking me just like every other person I've ever met. I have been a total joke to everyone since the day I was born. No matter how hard I try to be moral I'm just going to mess up and all the good things I did prior to that mistake will become entirely voided. Yet the Bible says the exact opposite of this...
There is something wrong inside my brain. All I see is the darkness all around me and the total absence of good in my life. I go from failure to failure and embarrassment to embarrassment. There is not a single sign anywhere that God has a plan for my life. If somehow God decides to arbitrarily let me into heaven because Jesus said "sure why not?" I'd still be in a panic. What if God decides at any given moment that this one guy is too disgusting to be covered by the cross? Yet I know this statement is absurd...
That's wonderful.I think you are making a lot of assumptions here. Over the last four months I've been supporting a man who lives in a condo down the street. He used to work as a trucker and then had a stroke. The state said he had to wait 4 months before receiving his first disability check. Perhaps it was God telling me that this guy was legit or maybe it was my own intuition but perhaps we can go with the former. So I've been supporting this guy over the last four months because absolutely everyone else in the local area told the guy to shove off. He was grateful enough to offer to help in return at some future date.
I did not feel any serenity or happiness during this period whatsoever. Only anger. I am angry that a regular working class guy can turn instantly destitute over a single freak medical accident. The state is going to continue running dry and the cost of everything will only go up. I didn't save anyone. Maybe if I invent something and become wealthy it will have a longer effect but the problems in the world will always be far far greater than my pathetic attempts at fixing them.
Ah. I see.If you really want to understand why I have no faith it all comes from one question:
why did God go through the trouble of sending his son to die on the cross and then completely abandon this world?
Once you have been Born Again, get into a good church that will encourage you to grow. Isolating yourself makes you an easy target for the Devil, especially as a new believer.@DarkSoul999, God is completely justified (and Holy) in condemning us to Hell for eternity (and would make no apologies for doing so), but He would greatly prefer not to.
He paid an extreme price to offer us Amnesty, but we have to surrender our lives to Him for it to go into effect.
Read all there is in Scripture regarding the sun and the earth.Hello Aaron,
Excuse me, i don't understand what you mean
Thank you, Aaron. i'll have a lookRead all there is in Scripture regarding the sun and the earth.
Particularly what the Creator did for Joshua.
It is perfectly God's Word, with no spot nor wrinkle, no error.
But mankind including religious men insist on continual error.
Too bad you've chosen to embrace Satan's lie to you. Jesus said he always sought out the lost coin. To him it had great value.This would be a major understatement. I am basically convinced that God has a raging hatred for me and is planning to burn my worthless hide forever.
Yes the devil does seek to muddy the waters in people's minds as to what is crystal clear.So you would think that studying the scripture ought to be enough to realize how erroneous my view of God is? Here is where it gets complicated:
No need to talk about all them. You got a Bible that says God loves you. That's clear enough.I have read many outstanding articles explaining the finer details of the Bible and read works from the finest apologists, priests, pastors, etc that I could find.
Good news for you! Just say it does!No matter what I read, who I talk to, or how much I try to contemplate what God says in the Gospel I can't seem to shake the overwhelming sense that not a single word of it applies to me.
Oh I see. So you think others are wonderful special people. Perhaps if you lived with them for a month you wouldn't think they're always wonderful as you think.God is talking to those wonderful special people who simply deserve to be saved because some part of them is worth saving.
Nope. Just the devil is. He's laughing at you for falling for his lies and deception .Yet I am convinced that God is laughing at and mocking me just like every other person I've ever met.
So if you know it is then you know it is. So what else is on your mind today. Seems you're further ahead then some people in this world. Other's don't KNOW it's absurd. Glad that you do!What if God decides at any given moment that this one guy is too disgusting to be covered by the cross? Yet I know this statement is absurd...
God created a perfect world; satan corrupted it. If God had not sent His Son to die on the cross, THEN He would have abandoned this world!I think you are making a lot of assumptions here. Over the last four months I've been supporting a man who lives in a condo down the street. He used to work as a trucker and then had a stroke. The state said he had to wait 4 months before receiving his first disability check. Perhaps it was God telling me that this guy was legit or maybe it was my own intuition but perhaps we can go with the former. So I've been supporting this guy over the last four months because absolutely everyone else in the local area told the guy to shove off. He was grateful enough to offer to help in return at some future date.
I did not feel any serenity or happiness during this period whatsoever. Only anger. I am angry that a regular working class guy can turn instantly destitute over a single freak medical accident. The state is going to continue running dry and the cost of everything will only go up. I didn't save anyone. Maybe if I invent something and become wealthy it will have a longer effect but the problems in the world will always be far far greater than my pathetic attempts at fixing them.
If you really want to understand why I have no faith it all comes from one question:
why did God go through the trouble of sending his son to die on the cross and then completely abandon this world?
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