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SOME FALSE VIEWS OF GODThese false views of God are chiefly promoted by Satan and his demons. They themselves are responsible for much of what people blame on God. Lie #1: God is hard and unfeeling, and enjoys seeing us suffer. This can be seen from the things that happen to us in the world. Biblical answer: God has compassion on people. (Mk 6.34) He feels with us our pain, and has provided salvation for us. He is not hard and uncaring, distant and unmoved. Suffering is the result of the evil choices of man and the work of the devil. God has given our moral choices real significance. Sin causes pain, curse, death and judgment. But God did not make us to sin. Lie #2: God is impersonal and doesn't care what we do. He just administrates the Universe like a giant computer. Biblical Answer: This is the lie of Deism. The truth is, God is love, intervenes in creation all the time, and wants to be a loving Father to us, if we will just let Him. The Bible speaks of God's personal involvement with people. And millions of Christians can testify of God's concrete involvement in their lives, backed up with hard facts. Lie # 3: God is so loving He would never punish anybody and certainly never in hell. Biblical Answer: WRONG! God is also a just God, taking delight in justice and judgment as well as in lovingkindness (Ps. 9.17. Jer 9.23). Jesus warned of hell more than anyone (Matt. 5:29,30). God will not renounce justice in order to save you from your folly and rebellion. Justice demands that the crime of rejecting God and doing evil must be punished. The good news is that Jesus took the punishment for you so that if you turn back to God you can stay in loving relationship with God and know eternal forgiveness and salvation. Lie #4: God is always looking to find our mistakes and judge us for them. Biblical answer: NO. God takes no pleasure in finding sin. He is not like the Pharisees who looked for a reason to accuse Jesus. He wants mercy, not sacrifice. (Mk 3.1-6; Matt. 12:1-7; Lk 9.51-56) For this reason also, God has provided the blood of Jesus to cover our mistakes, faults and sins. CONCLUSION: To relate with God properly we must understand that He loves us, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (Heb 11.6). We should believe the Word - not the world's view of God, the teachings of religious tradition or our own philosophies or imaginations. In the following lectures we will understand more of what God wants, how He has been working to bring us back to Himself, and how we must respond. Next Lesson - The Will of God and the Rebellion of Man |
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