"What I'm thinking is that you're not liking your God's form of justice right now."
This part of the email that my friend sent me(he was giving me the advice I asked for concerning religious matters) kind of makes sense to me.I don't like my (Christian) God's form of justice.I agree that it is fair,but I just have uneasy and sorrowful feelings toward it.
Any Christians feel this way as well?
2006-12-06 10:47:53 · 15 answers · asked by Myaloo 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am just bothered that I,a very un-desrving low'life can be saved and go to heaven,but my very,very sweet non-Christian friends are always suffering,and when they die they may continue to suffer.That's what bothers me.
2006-12-06 10:56:28 · update #1
No.
Mat 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
We are now running a endurance race. It's not easy but finish the race.
2006-12-06 10:51:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Regardless of how someone "feels", whether or not they believe the people in their lives are "good" or "bad" people is not relevant. People who believe they will go to Heaven because they are "good" will ultimately be their undoing. It is only natural to feel uneasy and sorrowful toward the Father's form of justice because no one can completely understand it. However, true believers know that it is for the best.
2006-12-06 21:58:48 · answer #2 · answered by Theresa B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I didn't like my parents form of justice either. However when I now find myself raising my own children, I know my parents were looking out for me, my best interests, they did the best they could.
God is our father, we are his children, if you look at it like that it is actually even better than a earthly parent, because he isn't doing the best he can . . . . he is doing it perfectly.
Its his will not ours. Keep praying your will be done Lord God and focus on being Christlike. The sorrowful feelings toward it will go away as his will in your life takes priority.
2006-12-06 18:53:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How do you mean? he would have saved 5 large cities full of evil men for the sake of ten. He waits forever it seems before he passes judgment in most cases after trying to warn them off of whatever they're Doing. If he compromised and gave anymore chances he'd have now power. at times i wish he were a little less lenient, but then I'd probably be dead already.
2006-12-06 18:57:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God justice is fair.. we have no right to question the decisions he makes, for he knows better than us..He is the alfa and the omega.. our IQ is that of a snail compared to his.
"I've lost all the need to know why.. I'll take the answers you supply, cause you knows better than I." Chorus from the movie Joseph and the many coat of colors..by Dream Works
2006-12-06 18:57:14 · answer #5 · answered by bulldogsr2cute 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have agonized over my disappointment with God and found over the years that the problem was never with God or with me...it's with religion. God is not a micro manager. Calvinism makes us think God is just that and cannot conceive of God as involved in the affairs of humanity in any other way. This is a problem. We need to respect God's mystery by not throwing transcendence aside because we get warm and fuzzy with imminence. God owes us nothing. We should trust God to Love us and leave the rest to God. Don't get any ideas in your head about what God will do or not do in a situation.
Peace
2006-12-06 18:53:04 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you need to learn more about your faith. Many people accept Christ, but never take the yoke and learn of him. They are easily swayed by every wind and doctrine.
God is you father. Ask him to open your understanding as you read the bible for yourself. Get a good concordance, dictionary and other study helps.
The more you learn about who God is, the more you'll understand that he and his will concerning you are perfect.
When you have been tested and helped enough, you'll understand how to trust him.
2006-12-06 18:53:14 · answer #7 · answered by Chris 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course you don't like His form of justice. You wanna go out and do what ya wanna do and not have to worry about what God thinks about it. It's too bad everyone can't do as the Bible tells us to do. If we did we would live in a wonderful , safe , beautiful world. Just remember....God loves us so much that He sent His only Son to die for us so that we would be able to seek salvation. Put yourself in God's shoes for a moment. Think about your children....(pretend if ya don't have any yet) think about how you have given them everything you could give them , you have loved them unconditionally from the moment you seen them. Now think about those children you loved and sacrificed your life for so that they could have a better life just to have them turn their backs on you when you need them. God is our Father and He loves us more than we can even begin to imagine. You close your eyes and picture our Lord and Savior up there dying on that cross FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH HIM TO GET TO GOD. It breaks my heart when i think about what Jesus had to go through for us. When God sees his children turning their back to Him , it breaks His heart. He doesn't deserve that.
2006-12-06 19:10:08 · answer #8 · answered by anndee 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, maybe this falls under the "work out your salvation with fear and trembling'...we don't understand or know, and it is a human nature to fear the unknown.
See it like this....you loved your mother, as a child, but you did fear when you did things wrong. You weren't killed, locked away, etc....but you felt that way
2006-12-06 18:52:18 · answer #9 · answered by TCFKAYM 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Guess what, when you read through the Bible, you'll see that God isn't as "fair" as we'd like him to be. That doesn't make God any less God. Life isn't fair, and that's the way it is. Worship him anyway.
2006-12-07 21:14:09 · answer #10 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋