First you have to ask yourself :JCThink:
"Could God create a conundrum He could not resolve?" :swordfight:
Then you have to ask yourself :idea2:
"Would God create a conundrum he could not resolve?" :skittles:
Then you have to ask yourself :wacko2:
"Did God create a conundrum he could not resolve?" :BangHead:
If you believe that God created this universe and placed mankind in it so that He could watch us like an ant farm and see how we would respond to various stimuli :bottlebump:.....May the Lord have mercy on you.
If you believe God created this universe and placed mankind in it and sent His Son to die for us- but it didn't work very well and most, nearly all, or even half of us will burn forever in a hell of torment :bdh: or be annihilated :Shoot: (while the few who made it rejoice and watch them burn up :pointlaugh:) ..... May the Lord have mercy on you.
If you believe that God created all this for an elect few who never earned their salvation but were arbitrarily chosen by God to receive everything -while the rest of creation was arbitrarily chosen to be judged, burned and never redeemed at all in any way :hammerhead: ....May the Lord have mercy on you.
If you believe any of these things :doh:, you may not know Him as well as you think you do :punish:, or maybe the Him you think you know is not Him at all but some other being who has an endless appetite for meaningless suffering, madness and pain. :angry1:
If you believe that God had a plan from the very beginning :robinhood: (or actually, before the beginning) and is in the process :clock: of revealing Himself to a universally redeemed and immortal "new creation" (purchased by the blood of the One :first: who says, "Behold,I make All Things New!" :reachout:) and that the trials of this present evil age (and perhaps for some ages to come) are the cocoon wherein the worm becomes the butterfly ( as is natural, God having revealed His eternal power and divine nature through the things He has made :icon_flower: ) - eventually being transformed, from glory to glory, into His likeness. All beings birthed anew into the kingdom of His glorious light, until all is light :dsunny:-
Whew :heat:
Then rejoice :myahoo: :happyclap:, there is hope for all(even me & you :gimmefive:), and your God is a God of Mercy :HeartThrob: that triumphs over judgement :trampoline:, and justice and mercy have met together :handshake: and righteousness and peace have kissed each other :peckblush:, and you have come to know Him who is from the beginning, who wills that all be saved, who works all things after the counsel of His will. :Peace: :Peace2:
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Rom 11:32-36 For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all. Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR? Or WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM THAT IT MIGHT BE PAID BACK TO HIM AGAIN? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen. :dsunny: :icon_flower: :hithere: :girlheart: :boyheart:
Peace be with you, and glad tidings to men of good will, the King is born in Bethlehem!
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:cloud9: AMEN :thumbsup: ALL men will eventually return to the Head from which they came. Blessings....
I just :HeartThrob: that!
It made me :bigGrin: and :bgdance: for joy!
eaglesway... this is awesome.
I vote that it be stickied somewhere to the forum
This is a keeper!! :icon_flower: :happy3: :icon_flower:
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So Kool, I herd that before, but it has not been put together like that before for me to read. Thanks. Marry Christmas.