Do you know that you are special to God no matter what Satan, this world, or some people on this forum say?

Question

Colossians 1:16 - "All things were created through Him and by Him." U were created by God. All of us have sinned against God. He is holy and without sin. Yes, He could've made us robots but, He allowed us to be able to make choices. We all have chosen to do wrong at some time in our lives. Have we ever lied, stolen, fornicated, or broken any 1 of the commandments in Deuteronomy 5:6-22? Yes. But, we are so special to Him that He still provided a way for us to be made right in His sight. The way I speak of is Jesus Christ and He will save us (Romans 10:9-1, "that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe that God (the Father) has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."). He will forgive us when we repent (to denounce our sins; He will strengthen us) and forgive others that have done wrong to us (Matthew 6:12). For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes will not perish but have everlasting life. -(Jn 3:16 ) Praise God! Choose

Answer 1

Amen! Which is why I don't understand why Christians argue and debate Truth on this forum. We are to share the Word, and if it is not accepted move on. God's Word is not to be sold and pushed.

I understand why Unbelievers and False Prophets do what they do...but Children of God should always strive to exemplify Christ. You are correct...regardless of what any human thinks, believes, or teaches...God remains the same. Thank you for this reminder.

Blessings, Miji

Answer 2

In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.

The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.

Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.

Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.

Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 3

I personally loved your selection of scriptures. I want you to look at a few though of my favorites:

Psalms 83:18
Isaiah 42:8
Matthew 28:19,20

But I agree with what you are talking about. Free will is a wonderful gift from God.

Have a good week!

Answer 4

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS: FREE WILL!!!!! PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!!