Why did God create us? The answer that the bible seems to provide is: for His pleasure (Revelation 4:11) (Colossians 1:16).
According to Matthew's Gospel, the very essence of the Law and the Prophets is to love God and to love others (Matthew 7:12)
So many of us use the freedom of choice that He knew, being the omnipotent being He is (Matthew 19:26), would lead us to choose a path that excluded Him. He knows and says that many of us will go to Hell and few will make it to Heaven (Matt.7:13-14) . How can I love someone that says He Loves me, but has chosen not to allow me to live forever with Him in Heaven, but has created an environment where I can possibly go to hell?
If this ‘Love’ is the sentiment He wants me to reciprocate, It certainly will not be with the fondness or ‘Love’ I have felt for my fellow human beings, but with anger and resentment that he has made me and placed me here to struggle and suffer through life for His pleasure.
2007-09-09
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