People all over the world find it very entertaining to judge God and tell God what he should or should not be or do. Many people even go as far as to create their own religions. There are the major religions of the world like Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and Sikhism. I have also run across hundreds of people in my computer job days, where they would explain that God was this way or that way. I would explain that they were probably the only person in the world who believed that about God and they would explain that God was big enough to be whatever any individual wanted.
If the truth about God is presented from the Bible, people tend to express that God is unfair or mean or no fun or inconsistent or some other human judgment on the almighty creator of the universe. It seems that everyone, even many who claim the name Christian, want God to be their personal butler for prayers, blessings and truth. Sadly, God does not come to humans and ask what he is supposed to be today. God is who God is.
Back before anything existed, God existed. In the massive void of nothingness from eternity past, God existed as a perfect, complete, infinite, triune being. God needed nothing and no one and required nothing but himself. God is unique and defined by himself. He is perfectly holy, righteous and the definition of perfection. Therefore, when God decreed that he would create, God created everything. All at once he created the heavens, including his throne room and the angels. He created the entire universe, perfectly all at once. Then he went through the six day process of creating what we know as our solar system, earth and all that is on earth. People were created separately and differently than other beasts. People were created a little lower than the angels and people held the image of God and a living soul. Goldfish do not hold the image of God nor do they have a soul. Those things were for humans specifically.
What would God do with his creation that is separate, different and less than God? God’s prerogative was to create a unique people for himself, to tabernacle with and to be worshipped by them. God created a covenant with rules and behavior requirements. If people followed these, not perfectly, but basically, their sins would be covered by animal blood and the relationship would continue. God told them the rules and the benefits and punishment. People did whatever they wanted, telling God to follow their desires. So God sent Jesus and did all the work for people so that all people had to do was believe. People did the same thing they did 3,500 years ago, people say God is too hard or too mean or just does not exist. God’s prerogative, then will be to take those who reject his free and amazingly generous gift and throw them in the lake of fire forever. In the lake, they can image God is anything they want for all eternity.
God is sovereign. God makes the rules and he has the power and authority to enforce those rules. God’s prerogative was to setup this system. Sorry if people don't like it, humans are not allowed to rebel.
If the truth about God is presented from the Bible, people tend to express that God is unfair or mean or no fun or inconsistent or some other human judgment on the almighty creator of the universe. It seems that everyone, even many who claim the name Christian, want God to be their personal butler for prayers, blessings and truth. Sadly, God does not come to humans and ask what he is supposed to be today. God is who God is.
Back before anything existed, God existed. In the massive void of nothingness from eternity past, God existed as a perfect, complete, infinite, triune being. God needed nothing and no one and required nothing but himself. God is unique and defined by himself. He is perfectly holy, righteous and the definition of perfection. Therefore, when God decreed that he would create, God created everything. All at once he created the heavens, including his throne room and the angels. He created the entire universe, perfectly all at once. Then he went through the six day process of creating what we know as our solar system, earth and all that is on earth. People were created separately and differently than other beasts. People were created a little lower than the angels and people held the image of God and a living soul. Goldfish do not hold the image of God nor do they have a soul. Those things were for humans specifically.
What would God do with his creation that is separate, different and less than God? God’s prerogative was to create a unique people for himself, to tabernacle with and to be worshipped by them. God created a covenant with rules and behavior requirements. If people followed these, not perfectly, but basically, their sins would be covered by animal blood and the relationship would continue. God told them the rules and the benefits and punishment. People did whatever they wanted, telling God to follow their desires. So God sent Jesus and did all the work for people so that all people had to do was believe. People did the same thing they did 3,500 years ago, people say God is too hard or too mean or just does not exist. God’s prerogative, then will be to take those who reject his free and amazingly generous gift and throw them in the lake of fire forever. In the lake, they can image God is anything they want for all eternity.
God is sovereign. God makes the rules and he has the power and authority to enforce those rules. God’s prerogative was to setup this system. Sorry if people don't like it, humans are not allowed to rebel.
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