Tuesday, August 15, 2006

GUIDING

"The Lord will guide you continually, watering your life when you are dry and keeping you healthy, too."
Isaiah 58:11 NLT
We may not know the route by which God leads us, but we humbly rely on his guidance.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If there is a good and loving God, why do so many kill others in his name? Doesn't he guide them? Did he not guide those who died horribly on September 11, 2001?

Before invoking his name, think. If God is so good, why are things so bad? Why do so many of his pedophile clergy prey on our little children? Why did the Vatican condone it all?

Please . . . Post answers to these questions on your blog. I'd like to hear your response.

There may not be a God. I admire those who have blind faith. But I do not. I'll wait and see.

Jemit said...

I am going to assume that you are a person seeking guidance. I do hope you return and read what is prepared here for you. I have consulted my pastor and he has given me assistance in this.. to help your eyes to be opened.

1.If there is a good and loving God, why do so many kill others in his name?

This would be more a problem with the people killing than the gods they are killing for.

2.Doesn't he guide them?

Which god and which people?
Isa 45:5 "I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God.
Psa 96:4 For great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
Psa 96:5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the LORD made the heavens.

3.Did he not guide those who died horribly on September 11, 2001?

Who are you speaking of, the terorists or the people in the planes and towers?


4.Before invoking his name, think. If God is so good, why are things so bad?

Because WE are so bad. We stand in need. We are all fallen and evil. [Romans 1:28-2:11/Romans 3:10-12,23]


5.Why do so many of his pedophile clergy prey on our little children? Why did the Vatican condone it all?

The RC church operates under a false gospel. Certainly even true churches will have sin, for even those truly born again are not perfect this side of the grave. But the RC church, since it is a false church, will not have large numbers of truly saved souls in it...and therefore will have more sin problems. [Titus 3:3-8]

6.Please . . . Post answers to these questions on your blog. I'd like to hear your response.
There may not be a God. I admire those who have blind faith. But I do not. I'll wait and see.

Faith is certainly TRUST, but it is not "blind". The Scriptures are the trustworthy Word of God and make sense. Salvation is grounded in the historical fact of the the life, sacrifice, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God in the Flesh, for His people.