Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:22 pm
One thing Lord God expects from his children is faith, he even provides us ALL with a measure of faith, it's what we do with that measure that matters. Do we build on it or do we squander it.
If we have faith, if we are honest, meaning we confide in god how we truly feel he rewards us with his friendship. Abraham had friendship with god, he was honest, he stood up for Sodom and got the lord from 50 to 10 rightious and the city would be saved. However there was not 10 rightious men but god allowed the rightious to leave. Mosses and Noah had similar friendships with god, built on honesty and trust.
Non believers put an incorrect idea to what god is, they see our god often as a tyrant. They don't believe, yet often I have heard they say Your God rules by fear and fear alone.
One can not respect one they fear, I do not fear God, I fear his judgement, (does that make sense?) God wants us to love him, he loved us first. God made us for his enjoyment I know that sounds bad, but it isn't. Parents have children for enjoyment of watching them grow, and this is how god is. But god wants us to grow towards him not away from him. We all have a part of us that was made in gods image, and that is our soul/spirit. If you don't believe in that there is nothing that can help you, because this is the part of us that is capable of having a relationship with god. Our soul is the part of us that must rule our lives, too often our heads rule our lives and deny our heart and soul. I need to train myself to include my heart and soul in the ruling of my life and as it is my soul that is most able to converse with god, then it is my soul that must lead.
If we have faith, if we are honest, meaning we confide in god how we truly feel he rewards us with his friendship. Abraham had friendship with god, he was honest, he stood up for Sodom and got the lord from 50 to 10 rightious and the city would be saved. However there was not 10 rightious men but god allowed the rightious to leave. Mosses and Noah had similar friendships with god, built on honesty and trust.
Non believers put an incorrect idea to what god is, they see our god often as a tyrant. They don't believe, yet often I have heard they say Your God rules by fear and fear alone.
One can not respect one they fear, I do not fear God, I fear his judgement, (does that make sense?) God wants us to love him, he loved us first. God made us for his enjoyment I know that sounds bad, but it isn't. Parents have children for enjoyment of watching them grow, and this is how god is. But god wants us to grow towards him not away from him. We all have a part of us that was made in gods image, and that is our soul/spirit. If you don't believe in that there is nothing that can help you, because this is the part of us that is capable of having a relationship with god. Our soul is the part of us that must rule our lives, too often our heads rule our lives and deny our heart and soul. I need to train myself to include my heart and soul in the ruling of my life and as it is my soul that is most able to converse with god, then it is my soul that must lead.