01/09/2024
A Void of Sorrow in every Man's Heart
After years of being so insecure about my beliefs and attitude towards none believers I kind of understood one thing.
We are all entitled to what we believe in and that our stand based on our own convictions will affect everything that we choose to do in life.
For example; If you don't believe in the God of the bible that stand of yours will affect every decision that you make, which means that cheating on your spouse or commiting a murder shouldn't be something that is based on wether it is wrong or right but it should be based on what your convictions on Morality is.
If there is no God in the picture then it means you have to make a decision based on your personal feelings, if you feel that revenge or hating someone is best suited for your egocentric perception of reality then you should go for it.
I don't see religion as a forceful mechanism or as a concept that is rigid and hard to control but I see Spiritual beliefs as Truths that help us see the bigger picture in life.
That is why I don't judge people based on what they believe but I do know that if you know that your life and your family's life is in danger and you know that an inevitable judgement is coming then I'd definitely plead to you that you run towards the one who can save you.
Wars, Hate, Poverty, and communism etc and the list goes on shows us that Life is brief and if there is a God?
Why would He sit back and watch ?
Evil is a reality. "God is love" is a reality.
How can we find harmony in these two statements?
To believe in God, one must have faith that He is loving and wise, and providing all things for manās ultimate good. God, whose character is supreme love, would not have permitted 6,000 years of evil to reign over His creation without an ultimately useful purpose and grand outcome.
It would truly be a horrible thought that a God who claims to be love would create billions to live on earth in sorrow, only to send them to a future of eternal torment. We know that God is just and good, and hates evil of every kind.
The cause of evil is sinānot only personal sin, but inherited sin. "Dying, thou shalt die" was our inheritance from father Adam.
Fellowship with God having been cut off, manās distressed mind affected his physical health, and soon disease permeated the perfect organism.
Man lost his dominion over himself and his dominion over nature. Yes, the calamities in nature are the result of disobedience, as well. God said, "Cursed is the ground for thy sake. Man must endure an unfriendly earth as part of the penalty for disobedience.
Beside intuition, observation, and information, the only other way to learn is by experience. Why did Eve believe Satan, when God said plainly, "Thou shalt surely die"? Because of Eveās innocent inexperience, she was childlike and naive, and was easily deceived when the crafty Adversary said to eat the forbidden fruit for it would make her wise.
Thus, without the benefit which we now have of experience, Eve believed the first lie, and Adam, in turn, knowingly disobeyed his Creator. The death penalty was enforced, Adam began to die, and all his descendants have been born dying ever since. "...as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.
Soon, by benefit of experience, mankind will have learned to hate evil and to desire obedience and its resultant rewards. "This sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Experience has truly been the best teacher.
