It’s why evil is frequently described as an absence of good, because God has never taught us its actual nature.
I hope one day you will find the answers you need, and I wish you Good Luck in all you do !
The old system of continual sacrifices isn’t needed anymore. The consequences of the knowledge of evil and sinfulness will live in Man’s world forever as part of the earthly realm of God, and part of Man’s nature, and those consequences are as a direct consequence of man’s actions in turning away from God and defying him. For all we know, God may not see it that way at all. But who knows? Vengeance?
He knew what was best for us but we in our arrogance decided otherwise. The universe we live in is perfectly designed as a place to choose between good and evil. “…a divine intervention for a purpose in the here and now could be undertaken by God at any time between the Big Bang and now and in any location in the universe, and to any scale between the subatomic and the Big Bang.” But then, what does? You are right, Kathleen. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. That’s why you might hear Christians calling each other brother and sister. ….A sort of insurance policy, if you like. If we were to write out our sins on an old-school blackboard, we’d be absolutely exhausted, ashamed, and then we’d need more chalk. ?” also mentions the subject of suicide as a legitimate escapist method from pain and suffering, and that is worrying. The prophets knew this. Our God is a God of peace, yet wars are still fought, Our God is a God of Love, yet there is hatred in the world, Our God is a God of Justice, but there is injustice and slavery in the world. You asked me how things would have been had we not fallen. Which is why they are generally ignored, most noticeably by Christians.
Things that are of heaven are surely out of this world and are not there to be analysed or understood in technical earthly terms, as they are matters of faith? Beneath the Cross there is an ocean of Blood: Blood to cleanse the world of every stain of sin, of every crime, of every defilement.
Surely not? Blaming God for the world’s problems is the usual cop-out for all those – mostly atheists and agnostics – who do not want to face up to Man’s own sinful nature; they prefer to see him as the victim rather than the instigator. “Just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so sin spread through all men” (Romans 5:12).
I also wish I could understand God’s plan in all its fullness, but one thing that I do know is that the world is a place of greater hope and has the potential to be a better place with God in it. My heart and emotions are much bigger than this world I live in. ….were they created by God, as well?
What I mean by that Toad, is that whilst we can not know the fullness of God on this earth; by denying him and all he stands for – that we are able to understand -, ( even if we do not understand fully now ) surely we would be setting ourselves on a course wherein all that is worst in man’s nature would become the norm. Yes it is broken, but many people have come and gone in this broken world as must we all. Laura is a wife and stay-at-home mom who loves encouraging others and passing along grace out of her own flawed experiences. The apostle seems to be passing from the idea of ransom or price to that of expiation. Necessarily, separated as we are from the full understanding of Truth, we are in a state of a fundamental ignorance — that is however prevented from being total by Inspiration, Revelation, and the transcendental ability of our souls, via the senses, to understand our own condition as being Real. If God had taken away man’s Free Will, then mankind would have been (as you have described) nothing more than puppets. Would it be reasonable to assume that he would not have walked into the ensuing Tsunami?. I seem to have a feel for things and watching this world at what it has become I can only question. Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus… let us draw near to God.
well you get the general picture. Yes, these things can happen, (“can” being the weasel word here) and do – but what about Lisbon in 1755, to stick to one example? ahhh sorry the post to which I just responded is no more ( see above ), so apologies for any confusion over what I have written .
We know deep down that our sinful actions create pain, suffering, and a rift between us and God. How things may systemically work together and how one thing affects another. Shouldn’t love in a country like Bangladesh where there are rivers, says John! And if we want to talk about the bible literally then I would assume that we have an inexperienced God.
The phrase Covered by the Blood of Jesus is not for the faint of heart.
Hi Toad, I get where you are coming from, and I suggest that having people around to ask questions is in many ways not a bad thing because it makes us all re visit our positions of faith. We will never be able to pay the price that’s required to be righteous or truly good. It refers to your “ps”, “P.S.
Man ill-used his Free Will and sinned, thus losing his inheritance of eternity in God’s Presence; so God sent His Only Begotten Son to redeem us at great cost – so great was his love and compassion for His fickle unfaithful ‘children’. I certainly appreciate it . I have read the entry on suicide in the catechism many times over the last 23 years, and I take comfort in its message of hope, and also its stern warning of the objectively terrible nature of suicide. We are all simply living to die. Naturally I do, John.
Verkauf durch Amazon Digital Germany GmbH. Is this how God allows the Devil to participate through this length of time to allow people to “drift” away! Moreover, I have found that it has been a remarkable revelation to find that subsequent church teaching as promulgated by the Roman Catholic Church does indeed fit into the New Testament teachings with such clarity once we open our minds to it. No. What about tigers then, John? It has been over 2000 years that humanity as a whole as seen any hint of divine intervention. Also, man lives without the pure incite of God, that which would equip him to live in the world and treat it with respect and to interact with the rest of creation in such a way as to be happy, safe and content, There are people in the world who try to live as God intended them to live, in imitation of hios son Jesus Christ who is our model, but mankind as a race is afflicted, and it will take all men to repent and change their ways before any form of order in terms of what God will is can be restored. Anyway, really good to have you back with us, and I look forward to reading the promised description of your amazing super-long pilgrimage from Lourdes to Santiago de Compostela, commencing next August.