@LegoVader5@PeterPorker97 Pior que quando fui ver o filme, eu tinha visto aquele Espetacular Homen-Aranha (o desenho), e só pensava nisso: o Mistério só é falso, vai ter a cena com a venda, etc
E eu curti tanto que foi mesmo isso
I'm not going to lie and say I fully understand why God killed the first borns in Egypt, or why he wiped out full people groups in the Old Testament. Because I don't fully understand.
I can say helpful phrases like, "maybe the children were going to grow up to be just as evil as their parents and God was aware of that" or "the first borns in Egypt weren't necessarily children". Both of which are not satisfying answers at all.
But the reality is, I don't understand. I wasn't present during the time when God made that choice, I cannot see into His mind to understand why, and I cannot see what would have been different about the future if He made a different choice. But I trust that it was the most just and most loving thing He could have done.
That's what faith is. It's a belief in things you cannot see.
That's not intellectual weakness - we all put our faith in things we don't understand all the time. I couldn't tell you how a car works, but I trust it to get me where I need it to go. But that faith is on a much bigger scale when it comes to the state of my soul.
At the end of the day, if God exists (He does), your opinion of His morality is irrelevant.
Not only can you not claim to know and understand more than He does, but He is the creator and definer of what good and bad is. Any human attempt at moralistic reasoning is just chasing after what He has already defined.
I don't understand why God killed those people in the Old Testament, but I also know that life is a gift we are not entitled to and God is fully justified in taking it away at any time.
I don't understand why God would kill children for their parents' evil, but I also know that everyone who died before Jesus' death on the cross got a second chance when He preached to them in Sheol, letting them choose one last time if they wanted to follow Him or stay in death.
I don't understand a lot about God, but I do know this: He is loving. Exceedingly so. Overwhelmingly, never-endingly so. He is just. He is honest and fair and just. He is merciful. He is full of mercy and grace in reckless abundance.
I have seen it myself, poured out on someone so undeserving as myself. I've seen it in the lives of others. I know what kind of Person He is.
Just because I don't fully grasp everything about an infinite God does not mean I reject all of Him.
He will always be my Lord and my God.
que durante as viagens iriam ter pessoas que não aceitariam eles (Marcos 6:11) e não deveriam insistir, mas seguir em frente. Tem gente depois dessa parada que vai receber, é seguir jornanda e falando sempre que puder. Chamou um amigo e ele não foi? Chama de novo, chama outro tbm
Nesse último domingo teve um tema na igreja que foi: "o que eu faço depois da Graça?" E foi genuinamente um tema bom pra pensar
Quando vem a conversão, o sentimento de ser de Cristo faz você querer chamar todo mundo +
Ao mesmo tempo, vem aquela decepção de chamar gente e não irem na igreja, vem a vergonha de falar de Deus e se sentir um "chato". Você sente que Deus não tá contigo, que você deveria desistir. Mas ai que tá, não é pra parar, Jesus quando mandou os apóstolos avisou +