decatt

Dear Trust and Obey, I couldn't help reading your thoughts on "Is God in Control". And of course as would have it, I need to add my 5 cents worth. Faith, Trust, Believing etc. is what opens the door for God to move in your life. If God was in control then just getting Born Again or Saved would be all that is required. Because God would do the rest, RIGHT? If God is truly in control then it would have to be his way RIGHT? Free Will means Free Choice. And even well intentioned christians can't always get it right. We can still break fellowship with the Father and his son Jesus Christ. And it can cost us our lives at times too!!! If God was in control and christians were allowed to die, then that would "by association" make him "God" a murderer. If God was in control then why did he create Adam and then let him screw all of creation up. And why would he create Lucifer and then let him punish his creation for thousands of years. That to me just takes the wind out of " For God so loved the world" doesn't it. How can you love and then kill and destroy all in the same breathe. Do you think God has a God complex? Do you think he has to prove himself, thereby creating and killing to show he can? I don't think so. My God does not have robots worshiping him. We by our choice do so lovingly. God responds to us according to how we reply to his wants. I John 3:22 and receive from him anything we ask, becuase we obey his commands and do what pleases him. NIV Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. We have to go to God. We make requests of God and hopefully he responds by granting our request. But if he was in control then what would be the need of prayer? If God was in control then all the bad things that have ever happened would be his fault for allowing them to happen. Do you see were God needs us. God doesn't use us. And to say He is in control also implies He does use us. I am not possessed by God. I have been given His spirit and can use the 9 manifestations of that spirit anytime that I choose. Does any of this make since? I sure do pray it does. God Bless you Trust and Obey decatt