If God wants us to be a certain way, why doesn't God make it so?
And, if God is perfect, why would God create something imperfect or inherently flawed/sinful?
And, if God is "testing" us, what's the point of it all? Is it just a big game? Does God delight in sending people to Hell just to prove a point? What the hell?!
2007-07-22 16:49:23 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-07-22 16:51:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
1. God doesn't make it so because of free will. We can choose the way we want to be 'cause if we couldn't we'd be a buncha robots, dude.
2. God didn't create us flawed. Adam and Eve in the garden ate the fruit and let sin into the world. (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=1&chapter=3&version=76)
Since then, we've been sinful. Yeah, and there goes free will again.
3. The point of testing is to see how much we reallly love the Lord and want to be with him. The point of testing us is to change us, to change our ways (1st question answered!). The point of testing us is to see how dedicated we really are, and it also helps us to really and truly appreciated dry land after the storm clouds, clear skies after the gray ones. It really does help =).
4. No, it isn't a game. LOL
5. God really doesn't want anybody to go to hell; and he doesn't have to prove anything, to tell you the truth.
I hope I answered your questions. Please don't think God is evil or something, 'cause from my own life experiences, he's really AWESUMM. With a capitall M. or 2 LOL
2007-07-23 00:01:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If God wants us to be a certain way, we need to want it too. He can't just change you, you have to help too.
God did create perfect people. Adam and Eve, but they were tricked by the Serpent, Satin, and condemned man to live a life of sin.
God's "testing" us is a way to build your relationship with God. It's not a big game. God love each and everyone of us and doesn't want to see us go to Hell. "For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son so that whomever believes in him shall never die but have eternal life" John 3:16. God sent His son, His only son into the world. Jesus lived a sinless life and then took every ones sins and payed the penalty, death. He died for us, then three days later he rose from the dead. The only way to get into he van is to be saved by Jesus Christ. That is quite simple, you just tell him you need him, and you understand what he did for you. Give your life to him and you will be saved.
Just because you haven't done anything really bad in your life doesn't mean you get to go to heaven. Everyone has sinned. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." To get your sinned wiped away, you need to be saved by Christ.
There is no other way to God than trough Christ. "For I am the way, the truth, and the light. No one gets to the father except through me." John 14:6
If you have any other questions read your bible some. All the answers you need are in there!
He is comming back soon. Be ready and you will not be left behind!
2007-07-23 00:10:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would hate to have a God that programed me, I would be just like a robot, with no feelings or anything. We have been given a choice, to love Him, live for Him or not. If God delighted in sending people to hell, do you think, He would have sent His precious Son, to die the death that we all deserve. It never ceases to amaze me that people who chose not to believe in Jesus ask this question all the time- if they accepted Jesus they would escape hell and have an awesome relationship with the living Lord, and then the love of God would be the greatest topic to talk about, not hell
2007-07-23 00:30:28 · answer #4 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would like to share my feelings about this.
God is the ultimate Parent. He sees all people as His children in one respect or another. There are "good kids" and "bad kids", but His desire for His children is to grow up like Him-cherishing His character and values. We have free will in order to grow and become the "adults" that He would like to see. If we matured like plants, or followed instincts like animals, our relationship with our Heavenly Parent just wouldn't be everything that it could be. A constant prayer relationship is needed to get His opinion and guidance throughout the day.
Growth and learning to make decisions about what type of person we will become comes in the face of challenges. Yes-our faith, love, morality, wisdom are tested by people and situations and even by our own questions. The hope is that we hone our character into a mature child of God.
When an inventor designs an intricate machine, he has goal in mind and a specific purpose. If his machine doesn't work the way he wants, he either scraps the whole idea or he fixes it. Not to say that people are machines, but God created us with an idea in mind and He chooses to fix the situation rather than give up. The solution relies heavily on people and their free will.
It may sound trite, but I don't believe that God sends anyone to hell. We carry inside us heaven or hell or some level in between. What we become on earth, we continue to be in the afterlife.I think that hell ultimately is the last motivation for evil people to change themselves. And it was not created by God-it was created by evil people. Just as hell on earth is created by evil people.
God doesn't delight in anyone's suffering. He will delight in the positive personal change that suffering can stimulate. Just as the father of the prodigal son delighted in the reunion with his child, but not in the trials that his child suffered when he left home.
2007-07-23 01:13:17 · answer #5 · answered by RAY R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God made us in His image, and He gave us a choice. The choice you make decides your eternal destination. He didn't make us like a computer chip to be programmed, empty vessels. He gave us choices to make in life and those choices define the person you are, and can be. God doesn't delight in sending anyone to Hell. We each make a choice to believe God's Word and turn from the evil of this world and accept His free gift of life in Christ, or deny Him to eternity in Hell.
I use to shoot dope, and drink, and look for the next woman to spend some time with for a night. I had no hope til one day I was walking around a track wondering about my life, knowing that I didn;t want that life anymore. I knew then that the only hope I had was to ask God's forgiveness of my sins. I got down on my knees in my cubicle (I was in prison then, that was 7 yrs. ago) and asked God to forgive me and I asked Jesus into my heart and to teach me what He would have me to do for Him. God heard my prayer and He took away all those desires and lusts and He gave me new life, a life full of purpose and joy in serving Him.
My friend, if this is where you are right now just bow down and open up your heart to God and confess your sins to Him and do as I did, ask Jesus into your heart to be your LORD and Savior. God's love and the strength from His Holy Sprit will guide you each and every day.
2007-07-23 00:04:57 · answer #6 · answered by David R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created us perfect in the garden of eden but he has always give us free will to make choices.If he didn't give us chioces then we would be zombie-like.Gods plan is that all love him with a true heart, not a forced love but a welling love.the human race chose to not love him when they didn't listen to Him.If sombody told you out of love not to do somthing and you did it anyway you don't respect them and love them.I am not so sure he tests us, I think life in general and satan test us to see if we well break. thats when God is waiting for us to chose him and say God help me. the answer to all you ask is this we put ourselfs in this mess and God gave us away out. Jesus Christ is that way.He was nailed to a cross spit on and cussed at hit and beat for us and when we beleive that he done this for us , and that even through all that ,on the third day ,God raised him from the dead and he is seated at his right hand And he is coming back are you ready?
2007-07-23 00:08:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does not want a race of robots - He wants us to love because we want to
God created the world in perfection. He only cursed it when the first man Adam disobeyed.
God is not testing us. He is giving us an opportunity to know, love and live with Him 4ever.
It's not a game - it's eternal life or eternal death - you decide!
God sends no man to hell - those there send themselves
2007-07-22 23:55:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
God wanted people to 'join him' in some 'unspecified future' ... he gave us 'free will' so that we could 'make up our own minds' about Him and what he wants us to do in both this life and the next. God is not 'testing' us at all ... I think that this life is 'training' for whatever is to come after we are ALL in Heaven ... we won't be 'people' any more, but I don't know what we will 'be' ... but I am 'looking forward to it' when I am 'done' on this planet.
2007-07-22 23:53:51 · answer #9 · answered by Kris L 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
LOL what book have you been reading?? You should actually try the bible for some answers.
Why would God want ppl that are forced to love Him?
What did He create thats flawed?
God doesn't delight in the fact that ppl deny Him. He has given everyone the equal opportunity to accept Him. Not His fault if you don't want Him.
2007-07-22 23:52:12 · answer #10 · answered by Mulereiner 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
God aparently does make things the way God wants them, man attempts to alter these things through personal interpretations of man's writings of their beliefs about what God wants.
2007-07-22 23:53:12 · answer #11 · answered by Always Curious 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋