John 1:1 In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.
As I look around this world in which I live I see a lot of evil. I see nations fighting against each other, neighbors fighting, people being killed, robbed raped, molested, drugged out, many lies being told, relationships coming apart, television evangelist seeking glory, fame and fortune at the expense of those who don't have and are blinded by their deception. Few people really seeking the truth. I suppose with all of the turmoil that goes on in the world it can lead some people to be non believers. But whatever excuse we use to not believe, his word still stands, and as sure as there is evil in this world there is a God. I have heard many people say " why does God allow all of this evil to happen? What kind of a God allow all of this to go on and if that is your God then I am not interested. I suppose that is there reason for not believing. For starters, mankind seems to forget that we are the ones who disobeyed him. Before the fall of mankind there was no sin in the world. There was no death, no hunger, no pain, no evil, no hate, no quarrels, no disease. Animals and mankind were all at peace with one another and we communed with God face to face. We have never experienced that peace. Only Adam and Eve knew that peace. At the second coming of Christ believers will live as it were from the beginning. Can you imagine being able to see a lion and not be afraid, or being able to hold a snake and not have it hiss or strike you. That is how it was in the beginning and that is how it will be again. As sin entered everything changed. The earths atmosphere changed. God even said " thistles and thorns the earth will give you, the earth will no longer yield its strength. Maybe we believe that the only thing bad that happened was us being kicked out of the garden. But it entailed much more than that, Which is what the devil did not divulge to Eve. We must understand that he uses deception to entice people. Matthew 10:16 states" I am sending you out as sheep among wolves, therefore be wise as snakes and be gentle as a dove. So now I ask the question, is it God who bestows faith on us or is it our circumstance that creates a believer or a non believer. A person who has never been told about God may have no reason to believe. There are others who are financially wealthy and do not believe that they have a need for God. Still there are others who are financially poor but rich in spirit and therefore believe in God. In every culture on earth we as people believe in something.
Romans 12:3 says" for by the grace given me to everyone of you; do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgement in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. " God has given each of us a measure of faith. We cannot allow ourselves to become non believers. Malachi 2:7 says" for the priest lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth, for he is a messenger for the Lord of host. But ye are parted out of the way, Ye have cause many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of host. 9, therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. 10, have ye not all one father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers.
Psalm 8:3-9
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Lamentations 5:16-22
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us for we have sinned! Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it. You Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long? Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old, unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us forever.
There is only one God, one bible, but many religions and I suppose that religion itself will cause one to not believe but, that is why we should never leave it up to the church to teach us. We must read and pray for understanding. As the good book says" test the spirit 1 John 4:1 beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
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