Why would an all-powerful, omnipresent, omniscient god want lesser beings to worship and give offerings to him? [Spirituality & Religion]
That sounds like something a narcissistic sociopath would do.
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First, I just want to humbly say that it saddens me to see that you said you turned from the Lord. One just can't go wrong following the Lord, but of course, that's up to you.
I say this lovingly. I wish you understood that there is no comparison between our knowledge and the great, infinite knowledge of God. We can't possibly begin to figure Him out, let alone, judge Him.
God is perfect. And though many get mad at Him and judge him wrongly, thinking they know better than God, He [u]cannot[/u] err. He [u]cannot[/u] sin. Though we don't understand everything about Him, we certainly don't have the authority to judge or blame Him, when He is incapable of lying or error.
If we want God to be fair to us, we must be fair to Him and not judge the One who created us. Since He is sinless, he is just in everything he does, in spite of our doubts. As our Creator, he deserves to be praised, because in spite of our rebellion...and we can see that throughout history our sinful nature...He [u]still[/u] gave His very life to save us from the condemnation SIN brings on us. Though He was beaten and whipped to an unrecognizable pulp, what did He say to His Father in heaven as he hung suspended between heaven and earth? [b][c=#BF0000]Father, FORGIVE THEM...for they know not what they DO!"[/c][/b] He forgave and still loves us in spite of our sins, even his enemies who nailed Him to that cross. Does this sound like a man who is out to destroy you or cause you harm? No. It reeks of His everlasting, deepest love for us. He didn't HAVE to do that for us. But He DID. In fact, [b]He volunteered.[/b] Please tell me who else would go through all that suffering for you, just to see that you wouldn't miss heaven? Nobody. We should be infinitely grateful to Him. No OTHER gods stepped up to do this!
Instead of everyone arguing about details here, each of us should be preparing to make sure we don't miss heaven, because no matter how long we all argue, His plans are not going to change, so we need to be busy preparing, because this is not a "maybe". It's a given that the Lord is about to come back and though we don't know exactly WHEN, that's all the MORE reason to prepare. He could come tonight and what if He did? Would you be ready? A wise man prepares for the future, and what we say here will mean [u]nothing[/u]. "What shall it profit a man if he gains the world, but loses his own soul?" Prophecy [b]always[/b] comes true. Every biblical prophecy TO DATE has come true. I've got the list if you want to see them. This should tell us that all future prophecies shall come true. We should all be getting ready to meet our Maker. There's no excuse that any should miss heaven, except for their own bull-headedness. Stubbornness.
There are things we just don't know and that's OK, because God helped us know the most important thing...how to have eternal life in heaven. God didn't destroy this world. Sin did. Sin always brings death and is THE ONLY THING which keeps us SEPARATED FROM GOD. So common sense tells us, we need to have our sins forgiven, and Jesus is our ticket to heaven. We'd be foolish to refuse a free ticket to heaven through the forgiveness of our sins. If Jesus hadn't come down from heaven and paid for our sins on the cross, we'd have ALL ended up in hell, because as it stands, our sins [u]automatically separate us from God the Father[/u]. So...we need to come to our only Mediator between God and man...Jesus...and have our sins forgiven. What's so hard about receiving the free gift of salvation? Jesus did all the work, and it is HE that does all the saving, not man. There's no such thing as earning your way to heaven. Grace means [u]UN-earned favor from God[/u]. You just come as you are. He turns no one away.
I say this lovingly. I wish you understood that there is no comparison between our knowledge and the great, infinite knowledge of God. We can't possibly begin to figure Him out, let alone, judge Him.
God is perfect. And though many get mad at Him and judge him wrongly, thinking they know better than God, He [u]cannot[/u] err. He [u]cannot[/u] sin. Though we don't understand everything about Him, we certainly don't have the authority to judge or blame Him, when He is incapable of lying or error.
If we want God to be fair to us, we must be fair to Him and not judge the One who created us. Since He is sinless, he is just in everything he does, in spite of our doubts. As our Creator, he deserves to be praised, because in spite of our rebellion...and we can see that throughout history our sinful nature...He [u]still[/u] gave His very life to save us from the condemnation SIN brings on us. Though He was beaten and whipped to an unrecognizable pulp, what did He say to His Father in heaven as he hung suspended between heaven and earth? [b][c=#BF0000]Father, FORGIVE THEM...for they know not what they DO!"[/c][/b] He forgave and still loves us in spite of our sins, even his enemies who nailed Him to that cross. Does this sound like a man who is out to destroy you or cause you harm? No. It reeks of His everlasting, deepest love for us. He didn't HAVE to do that for us. But He DID. In fact, [b]He volunteered.[/b] Please tell me who else would go through all that suffering for you, just to see that you wouldn't miss heaven? Nobody. We should be infinitely grateful to Him. No OTHER gods stepped up to do this!
Instead of everyone arguing about details here, each of us should be preparing to make sure we don't miss heaven, because no matter how long we all argue, His plans are not going to change, so we need to be busy preparing, because this is not a "maybe". It's a given that the Lord is about to come back and though we don't know exactly WHEN, that's all the MORE reason to prepare. He could come tonight and what if He did? Would you be ready? A wise man prepares for the future, and what we say here will mean [u]nothing[/u]. "What shall it profit a man if he gains the world, but loses his own soul?" Prophecy [b]always[/b] comes true. Every biblical prophecy TO DATE has come true. I've got the list if you want to see them. This should tell us that all future prophecies shall come true. We should all be getting ready to meet our Maker. There's no excuse that any should miss heaven, except for their own bull-headedness. Stubbornness.
There are things we just don't know and that's OK, because God helped us know the most important thing...how to have eternal life in heaven. God didn't destroy this world. Sin did. Sin always brings death and is THE ONLY THING which keeps us SEPARATED FROM GOD. So common sense tells us, we need to have our sins forgiven, and Jesus is our ticket to heaven. We'd be foolish to refuse a free ticket to heaven through the forgiveness of our sins. If Jesus hadn't come down from heaven and paid for our sins on the cross, we'd have ALL ended up in hell, because as it stands, our sins [u]automatically separate us from God the Father[/u]. So...we need to come to our only Mediator between God and man...Jesus...and have our sins forgiven. What's so hard about receiving the free gift of salvation? Jesus did all the work, and it is HE that does all the saving, not man. There's no such thing as earning your way to heaven. Grace means [u]UN-earned favor from God[/u]. You just come as you are. He turns no one away.