| NolSinkler said: Oh dear. I fear you have some grave misconceptions of God. He loves us like a father. Which father would not want the love of his children? God is perfectly holy, perfectly just, and perfectly loving. He does no wrong. He has no weakness. And he loves us. Is the worship of God necessary? Suppose that a God of infinite knowledge and understanding created us. Now suppose that we are created for some purpose. Would God not know that purpose better than us? Certainly, he would. Suppose that we resist what we were made for. Shall we not end up with no purpose? Suppose that God is omniscient, omnipotent, perfect, just, holy, loving. Would we not want such a God in our life? And if God is the only one with these characteristics, where else will we find such value? But these are all suppositions. You can suppose differently. You don't have to affirm that these suppositions hold any truth. You can affirm that we have a malevolent, evil creator who wants nothing but evil for us. Also, THE1, you mentioned something about deserving God's mercy. ...what? The concept doesn't even make sense to me. We can never deserve mercy. Nobody deserves mercy. Mercy is always freely given. A silly but common misconception of mercy. Have you ever given somebody mercy? It is a gift. It is unfortunate and sad when somebody takes mercy without understanding the gift you have given them. Now of course, God gives mercy to anybody who wants it, so I am not even sure why we are upset that God won't give it to everybody. After all, wouldn't it be rude of God to give somebody mercy when they will not accept it? If somebody would rather bear the wrath of God, shall he instead give them mercy? No, God will give them wrath instead. Don't you realize that when you hate God because of his just wrath that you are in essence refusing his forgiveness? And if you refuse his forgiveness and mercy, and hate him for his wrath, which you so rightly deserve, are you not only acknowledging his wrath? Have you not put yourself above his mercy and Grace? On your birthday, if you refuse a gift from your parent, will they make you have it? No - but they will likely be sore displeased with you. But they will forgive you. And if you refuse forgiveness for the rest of your life? You have then cut yourself off from the good things of your parents. The same is true of God. |
A great post.
