Have you too many questions before you can turn to God?

While there's nothing we can do about the past, we must remember that even though we don't have all the answers, we are not God, nor gods. That is, we can't begin to figure out an infinite God with our finite minds. If we had been meant to know all the answers, I'm certain God would have given us that knowledge and ability. As it stands, he gave us exactly what we need to know, and he didn't even have to do that.

We must remember....there's no figuring God out, and there are way more different sides and reasons of things than we could ever imagine, so for us to make a judgement based on only what we know, is ludicrous. Further, for any of us to make a judgement on the all-wise, all-knowing, totally perfect, non-sinning, eternal God of this entire universe, is the height of arrogance and hypocrisy. We are not smarter nor wiser, than God. We should just be grateful Jesus loved us enough to provide us a way to have eternal life in heaven with him. If it weren't for Him, we'd ALL be headed for an eternity in hell.

Will we miss heaven, because we were so consumed with having all the answers, instead of asking the most important question of our life, which is, "How can I have eternal life?" How foolish. That would be more than a shame. It would be the biggest mistake of your life. You only get one shot in this life. You must make it count, as there are no second chances. Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay. It's just not worth losing your soul over. Jesus is just a prayer away, and will forgive you of your sins, and bring you back into fellowship with Him, if you'll only ask Him.

Mark 8:36 - "For what shall it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, but loses his own soul?"

John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son (Jesus), that whosoever (that means you) believes in Him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life."

He never turns anyone away.

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SeasonalSerenity · 26-30, F

"He never turns anyone away" Except for LGBT people apparently...

LadyGrace ·

Hardly. He loves all and died for all. All, means all. It is people who categorize sin. God does not. To Him, sin is sin...period. And we ALL have it, and it separates us from God. That's why we must ask for forgiveness and repent of them, so God can forgive us and bring us back into fellowship with Him, and we can have eternal life in heaven. But when you repent, that means your sorry for your sins, and if you truly are, you won't want to repeat them, but will turn away from your old life of sin, and walk in the newness of your life in Christ. Many don't wish to do that, so they never accept Jesus as their Savior.

SeasonalSerenity · 26-30, F

One thing I've never understood is how Jesus "died for our sins." How did Jesus dying do anything? Why did he need to die? Surely God could've went about whatever he was trying to achieve differently seeing as he is all-powerful?

LadyGrace ·

@SeasonalSerenity: Well, that calls for quite an indepth answer, but I'll try to cut it short, although it doesn't do it near the justice it deserves.

God the Father cannot even look on sin, he is so holy. If he did, there would be sin in heaven, and heaven wouldn't even be heaven if sin was in it. So since he could not look upon man's sin, Jesus, his Son, volunteered to come to earth through Mary, who gave birth to him, as the Savior of this world. Jesus became the only mediator between God and man. That is, being perfect and without sin, he was the only one worthy enough to pay for our sins by his blood on the cross. Without the shedding of blood, there is NO remission of sins, so that's why he died and shed his blood, for payment of our sins. In other words, he took our sin punishment of death, FOR us. WE couldn't pay for our own sins because it took a pure and sinless sacrifice, and that was only Jesus. So when we come to Jesus and repent of our sins and ask him to come into our heart and life, turning away from our old sinful lifestyle, he then goes to the His Father on our behalf, and tells the Father that we have repented of our sins, asked to be forgiven, and want to now live in obedience to God, then God the Father pronounces you "Not Guilty!" and forgives you all your sins and remembers them no more. As a gift for your commitment to him, you receive the gift of eternal life in heaven, as a new child of God. All of heaven and the angels rejoice when you do this.