Realization #08: It is God-allowed pains & difficulties that actually make our personal Salvation possible. Not only does our pain not come from God, the pain-filled life that God allows us to create for ourselves actually enables us to eventually attain Salvation. For indeed, it is the pain from our poor (i.e. self-centered) choices […]
By being given a life that tempts us to be selfish, and by being given a mind-body that makes most of its decisions based on its fear-filled desire to survive, all of us are apt to make mistakes and thereby “call” painful consequences into our lives. Fortunately, it is this very dynamic that also gives […]
Realization #09: There is no such thing as a cruel or unjust challenge. Most importantly, as God is innately loving and just, any trial we are experiencing is inherently within our power to overcome (“No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you […]
Realization #10: We are allowed to See all our trials & all our tribulations as what they truly are – as Blessings. Jesus, God’s primary messenger for all Christians, summed up his intentions very simply when he said: “I have said these things to you that my Joy may be In You, and that […]
Realization #11: Salvation is guaranteed for all sentient beings. And what if we refuse? What if the challenge seems “too great” for our fear-filled ego to overcome? Well, if that does prove to be the case – if we do choose cowardice over courage; a life of selfishness over one of service, then the […]
In conclusion, then, we can use the Bible to make God in our own image — a vengeful ruler who “loves” us only as long as we satisfy certain requirements. Fortunately, we can also choose to see Jesus’ “Bigger God” therein — an all-Loving, all-Forgiving Father — one who transcends all of humankind’s pretty definitions […]
“And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the Glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image – from one degree of Glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Holy Spirit.” ~ 2 Corinthians 3:18 “And I […]
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