I am reminded of a recent trip to the dentist. While the dentist was
cleaning my teeth he said to me,
"I do not believe in God."
Now this dentist knows what I do for a living and how important my
faith is to me, yet for numerous reasons (one main one being his hands
were in my mouth) I uncharacteristically remained silent, allowing him
to explain;
"How can God exist and still allow all the suffering and pain in the
world?"
I remained quiet until he was finished (and of course put his tools
away) and told him that "I do not believe in dentists."
This confused him greatly so I clarified for him that if there are
dentists in the world, how can so many people have broken, infected
and missing teeth?
He answered me "I cannot help anyone who does not come to me to have
their teeth fixed."
That reply is the same for faith. He cannot help people until they
come to Him in repentance and faith, accept Him in their lives and ask
Him for help.
2006-07-13
00:20:32
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