It amazes me when people declare that they don't believe in God, and it is not for the reason people expect. When a person makes that declaration, what they are saying is they have chosen to not believe in the God they already know exists.

 

We all have a free will and we have the right to choose to believe whatever we want. We can even freely choose bad choices. 

So how do we know that every adult already knows that God does truly exist? 

We see the answer when there is a horrific or catastrophic event that is beyond what the person can cope with in their own strength. It is then that we see people cry out to God. There are a few individuals that even in those times they do not cry out to God, but they curse God. Either reaction is proof they do know that a God exists. 

So the real question here is "Why would a person choose to believe something contrary to what they do truly already know?"

If we already know that there is a God, it becomes a matter of our choice between having Him in His rightful place or choosing to reject Him. It goes from a matter of belief to a matter of who do we want to be in control.

Are we going to take the time to figure out who God really is or are we going to reject Him as we don't want to give up our kingship over our own lives?  If the latter, we probably already know that a God whose character is truth, love, and righteousness, would not approve of some of the things we are currently doing or have done.  

People that have taken the time to find out who God really is, come to realize that God really is there to forgive them and bring about a higher quality of life for each of us.  Some still reject God loving their own ways and this world more than what makes sense.

Over time our ways do catch up with us in the form of consequences.

Trying to Grow?

Playing Games with God?

People rarely admit that they have been subconsciously playing games with God.

Are you and I playing games with God to keep our lives under our own control?  Since part of who God is, is perfect truth, perfect love, and perfect righteousness, would it be wise for us to put Him in His rightful place truly as God in our lives?

 

Even when you talk to people on a personal level they are so often not aware of their playing games with God.  Instead they will usually say one of three different views. 

1.) that  they don't understand God, or

2.)  they wish God would make things plainly visible to them, or

3.) they already have God.

Yet almost everyone ou us plays a hidden subconscious game with God for who is in contron. God's plan works perfectly and He does not change.  God will not corrupt His perfection to get things to line up with our normal.  Our normal is a twisted version of reality.  When we start to line up our understanding with God's reality, we start to begin to realize just how true the Word of God actually is.

What is quite interesting is, when a person is in a man made religion, they still are playing this same subconscious game with God. Most man made religions initially look like they have the truth.  This is also true for Christians.  The only way to know if our religion is real, is to carefully study the scriptures and prove all things.

When they crucified Jesus Christ, they were playing religious games with God.  They thought they won, but in reality, they lost.  These were the brightest, most educated people of the day.  Today is no different.  Even educated and highly educated religious people often are unaware that they are playing games with God.  God knows all about it. 

So how do we get out of this deception?  As we get older, we realize that when we play games with God we cannot win.  God always wins in the end.  We would be wise to learn how God made things work and then bring our lives in line with that reality.  There is only one source and that is the scriptures that our Bibles are translated from.  They have proven trustworthy and we should choose to believe what they say.

That would mean we should learn how God says we are made and how we should interact with Him.  Each part of us that God has made, God has a plan and a purpose on how it is to be used.  Yes we have to do the work necessary to learn this in order to be an overcoming child of God. Works are not a requirement of salvation, but they do show our belief in the God of salvation.

This means we should learn the difference between thinking, believing, and knowing from God's perspective.  Even educated people often get these mixed up.  God has specific meanings for each of them.  Also God has specific functions for the six parts of a person that are listed in the scriptures.  God put that information in the Bible for us to search out and understand and make our daily decisions by faith accordingly.  

 

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