Saturday, June 28, 2008
i can't believe i forgot the username :/ i kept trying
reachforsoulswithgod@gmail.com. lol.
anywaay.
i wanted to post something, but since it's 1:30am, i can't think of anything chim so i just want to say...
I LOVE YOU GUYS A LOT!!!(:
(see!! i'm keeping with cg vision. ahahahaha.)
okay that's it. hahaha. night:D
-joash
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
From Dave the man! woohoo!Dear Melissa
hi there - great to hear you, and thanks for asking some questions - i love looking at such things! i'll reply after each question below... Quoting Melissa:
#1 SIN God gave us a choice (Adam and Eve) and we chose to disobey Him.> However, the question is...did man really choose sin? I can desire to be> perfect and want to obey God, yet no matter how hard I try, it is my nature> to sin. So, in that sense, it isn't really my fault that I had sinned.
We have a sinful nature - this causes us to sin - every human will sin - it is a natural response for us since the fall. to put this differently 'we don't have free choice'. Free choice is the ability to really choose between doing good and bad. As fallen beings, sinning is our natural choice! however, even tho this sinful nature is in us as a result of adam and eves sin we are still culpable (to blame) before God, for we have all had opportunity to choose to do right, and have, of our own free will, chosen wrong. Where you have had choice it is your fault. basically its a big mess, but God has gracefully provided the solution, and the choice (a true free choice -as God gives us that) is there to choose good (in choosing Jesus), and to thus be rescued from the bad. The greatest sin in the bible is unbelief - in choosing not to believe God we reject the only hope we have. Does that answer it?
Summary; We are born disadvantaged (cannot be perfect!) but are still individually resopnsible (please write back if not)
#2 We were made for God's pleasure God made us for His pleasure, but why did He> choose to create earth? If He knew right from the start that man would fall> short of His glory, make Him so utterly depressed by our sinful nature, then> why did He still make us? Why couldn't God just make a LALA land where cotton> candies fly about and yes, snow boarding haha and have chocolate rain down> from the skies?
only God can answer this fully. my guess at it is that God wanted GENUINE RELATIONSHIP. This necessitates FREE CHOICE - ie the choice to be his friend or not to. If i put the gun to your head and say 'will you be my friend' your answer will be yes, but you'll never be a true friend huH! in giving us the free choice the inevitable was that some would take it. the devil and many angels did. And we did. Maybe this is the only path so as to get to that place of truly trusting God and also giving Him genuine relationship (rather than only because he's like big and powerful and we 'should') only God can confirm this -b ut this is my guess. It was inevitable. But God only started this whole creation as the end product would work out well - we can be sure of that - His love and power are sufficient!
#3 Did God know? God knows everything, He knows the future> and He has plans...and if God knew that more than half of the world were to> go to hell, for eternity. (linking it to my question about sin) it is our> nature too...so it's not really "fair" to send man to hell because they sin.> Then, why did God still create the earth? If He did really love the world,> and knew all along that more than half would not accept Him and thus go to> hell, He shouldn't have created it.
I'd not yet accept that more than half would go to hell. It's said that there are as many people alive on earth today as have lived in history preceeding - human population has worked amazingly to produce this amazing fact. while maybe only one in7 or one in 8 on earth are currently Christians I'm not ruling out God doing something greater than we've yet seen or imagined, and bringing BILLIONS to faith by the power of His Spirit. Even right now at www.god.tv you can watch a remarkable revival, currently called 'the florida outpouring' taking place. I've sacrificed a number of nights of sleep to watch the 4-6 hour long services, seeing deaf healed, blind seeing =- 20 people raised from the dead so far. They are up to day 66 today of this outpouring - MILLIONS are now watching via TV and internet. If you have broardband and don't need to sleep you could have a watch. At that www address click on 'god tv on demand' - it will give you past nights sessions - you can choose and watch one. Some stuff is wierd to see to begin with, but the way to judge it is to look at the fruit. Watch (tho it will cost you time) and look at the fruit! I'm still holding out that God is going to multiply things like this to bring in BILLIONS. God does love people, and like He says in 2 Peter 3:9 He is genuinely desiring that none should perish. ultimately your faith in God is your decision. if we mull over the many things we can't fully understand or see from where we stand as small temporary beings on planet earth we can fill our hearts with doubts. it is good and healthy for us to consider these questions, but choosing faith is the only conclusion what will restore peace to our hearts. We cannot provide an 'apologetic' (ie an answer by human reasoning) for every question to teh satisfaction of non-believing minds - but we can see things like deaf hearing and accept that even tho we can't understand it all God really is who He says He is - good, loving and in control of this apparant mess on earth!i cant believe this blog is so dead lah, i come back from mob still e same =.= anyway, God has really taught me alot during mob, so go for it nxt yr k! and pray for my foot. I've got an ant bite and apparently my blood vessels burst and I can't walk now. I'm unglamly sliding on e floor at home =.= so pray for miracle healing! (:
