As I have been traveling down the long road of Genesis, I did notice something quite fascinating. God seemed to have a line of perfect communication with people on Earth. He doesn't do that anymore. My interest is not in the fact that he actually did talk to us, but rather that there was quite a bit of evil despite this fact.
It goes a bit deeper then that. You see, many of the people who worshiped false gods seemed to act as if they knew of the monotheistic God's existence. They appeared only to act against Him as long as it suited there desires. If the presence of God became a burden to them, they would almost always acquiesce and temporarily bend to His will as a means to save themselves from the fully recognized greater power.
Why is this factoid important? It, in very basic terms, proves that proof and knowledge of God will not stop everyone from turning to evil. For this reason, I am fine that God chooses subtlety in this day and age. Those who seek Him will find Him, but having found Him, they still have to choose if they want to serve Him. There is no real point to God exposing Himself in form or in voice to us. We're still going to choose what we want, and there are many people on this planet that flatly do not want Him.
Before I end this blog, I want to give you a little food for thought. Sodom and Gomorrah is not the same as with Nineveh. If Jonah had been sent to Sodom and Gomorrah, telling them that God would have destroyed them for their sins, they would never have bothered with it. Some people would rather die than serve a God they despise. Those people made their decision. They went to the grave for it. The only regret they have can be found in that same grave and their eternal separation from the true joy found within God Himself. As for Nineveh, they tilted the wrong way, at first... and then tilted back. Sometimes people need to be told the truth to be set right. And with others... it just doesn't matter.
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You have articulated free will from top to bottom in summary. Yes, people do what they WANT regardless of the consequences. They lament the dire consequences of their wickedness, but not the wickedness itself. Nineveh did evil on whim. When they realized the consequences, they were scared into taking responsibility. Sodom and Gomorrah CHOSE to be IRRESPONSIBLE as a matter of principal, so no, they would NEVER take responsibility. The chaos was the very thing they worshipped. Flesh cannot live in chaos, however, for unlike spirit, everything must be in balance to properly flow.
ReplyDeleteIf people could actually know that God was real and that Heaven was a possibility, there would still be many who reject him. Seems crazy, but it's happened before.
DeleteAbsolutely, given direct knowledge and presence of God people would still be who they are. Why would God want to waste a moment with those who choose evil? The proof is all around us, those who bother to see and hear will easily be aware; ie The Shroud of Turin. Those who choose evil dispute the obvious to rationalize their lives of sin.
ReplyDeleteSome people just are not interested in God, even if they believe in it at heart.
DeletePeople know He exists or they would not be so determined to prove He does not. His very existence makes them accountable. So, they make lies their refuge.
ReplyDeleteKnowing God exists means nothing to someone who doesn't want to have anything to do with him.
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