A choice implies things to choose from.
If there was only love there would be nothing other than love to choose.
A darkness appeared in existence and it was quickly determined the darkness would not be allowed eternity.
Evil was given an expiration date.
How would this evil be crushed out of existence without comprehension of its true nature being against all God stood for, love? It would be crushed when it was determined that it could not overcome all love.
What was found out was that the evil could and did draw one third of the angelic beings to its side. Two thirds- a majority remained in the love of God by choice. Would the uniquely created human beings remain in the love of God by choice?
We know the answer to that one.
The kingdom of heaven is at hand….
Human beings - created by God to be loved by God and to love God- complete only with this union- our lives are filled with endless toil and ups and downs throughout. We inherited the failure of our original parents. We live in a world where obstacles are thrown up in our path endlessly. Our lives consists of many, many choices. Like our original parents we are faced with the choice between God and Self. Do we listen to God or follow our own leanings? Satan will be there to tempt us to follow our own leanings and disregard God and His word, just as he was there to tempt Eve. We will be tempted EVERY single day of our lives. We will need to choose every single day of our lives. Adam and Eve were in the garden for an unknown amount of time and during that time they too faced the daily temptation of choosing God or the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They had to choose and we don't know how long the temptation was resisted but we do know that Eve gave into the temptation eventually and because she did a flaw in us was revealed. We could NOT live for God without God's direct intervention. We are not able to live without God in us, without Christ in us- He is our HOPE.
More on this tomorrow by the grace of God. By His will, by His mercy, by His love.
If there was only love there would be nothing other than love to choose.
A darkness appeared in existence and it was quickly determined the darkness would not be allowed eternity.
Evil was given an expiration date.
How would this evil be crushed out of existence without comprehension of its true nature being against all God stood for, love? It would be crushed when it was determined that it could not overcome all love.
What was found out was that the evil could and did draw one third of the angelic beings to its side. Two thirds- a majority remained in the love of God by choice. Would the uniquely created human beings remain in the love of God by choice?
We know the answer to that one.
The kingdom of heaven is at hand….
Human beings - created by God to be loved by God and to love God- complete only with this union- our lives are filled with endless toil and ups and downs throughout. We inherited the failure of our original parents. We live in a world where obstacles are thrown up in our path endlessly. Our lives consists of many, many choices. Like our original parents we are faced with the choice between God and Self. Do we listen to God or follow our own leanings? Satan will be there to tempt us to follow our own leanings and disregard God and His word, just as he was there to tempt Eve. We will be tempted EVERY single day of our lives. We will need to choose every single day of our lives. Adam and Eve were in the garden for an unknown amount of time and during that time they too faced the daily temptation of choosing God or the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They had to choose and we don't know how long the temptation was resisted but we do know that Eve gave into the temptation eventually and because she did a flaw in us was revealed. We could NOT live for God without God's direct intervention. We are not able to live without God in us, without Christ in us- He is our HOPE.
More on this tomorrow by the grace of God. By His will, by His mercy, by His love.