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Does God intercede

Discussion in 'Religion & Spirituality Forum' started by Miss tery, Apr 24, 2004.

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  1. Apr 29, 2004 at 3:02 PM #31
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    Your right, He intercedes in my life, but He's my Father and I've asked him to.
    I think that while God controls all things, Satan is running wild on the earth and right now it's his domain.
     
  2. Apr 29, 2004 at 7:38 PM #32
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    Seeming contradictions like that confused me for a long time. But what I learned is that God is much more concerned with the state of our eternal souls than He is our physical bodies. And the way I understand promises made like that is that they apply to the eternal, not the temporal. If you try to apply Psalm 91, for example, to our physical being it looks like a bad joke. Heck, even David (who wrote it) spent much of his adult life running from people trying to kill him. And Jesus said flat out, with no uncertainty, that we're going to get hammered in this life.

    One of the consistencies between the God's interaction with man in the Old Testament and Jesus' interaction with man in the New Testament is that both are primarily focused on the eternal. Everyday practical living is second, and most all of the promises God has made are rooted in the eternal. It's a different perspective, one that does not come naturally.
     
  3. Apr 29, 2004 at 7:41 PM #33
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    From a Christian's point of view, I came up with this answer to the original question:

    Imagine the worst-case scenario for daily life. Now imagine it on a global scale. The difference between that picture and what we have right now is the measure of God's influence. Again, from a Christian perspective. :)
     
  4. Apr 30, 2004 at 3:07 AM #34
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    You got that right.
     
  5. Apr 30, 2004 at 6:33 AM #35
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    :applause:
     
  6. May 1, 2004 at 8:04 AM #36
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    I appreciate your honesty in labeling your religion. There are a lot of them on our planet.
     
  7. May 3, 2004 at 10:05 PM #37
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    Did God kill Dale Earnhardt?
     
  8. May 4, 2004 at 8:38 AM #38
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    By asking that question I think that it is quite obvious that you have invested neither the time nor effort to read and reflect on what people took the time to write in this thread.
     
  9. May 4, 2004 at 11:40 AM #39
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    No, the accident killed him. Did God allow it to happen? Yes, He did.
     
  10. May 4, 2004 at 11:27 PM #40
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    I gotta tell ya

    tonite there were 25 people prayin like mad that we weren't gonna have to hand in protfolios. Indeed the hand of God did soften the heart of the crusty old sage we have a weeks reprieve.
     
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