Quote Originally Posted by bobbygreenbear
i'll get it started with a typical website contradiction.


God good to all, or just a few?

PSA 145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

JER 13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.



this is a hard one. you'll see God in the bible many times as a loving and caring father, and other times as a vengeful destroyer. in fact, a lot of folks have thought that the God of the old testament is incompatible with the God of the new testament, because He seems to be filled with rage and destruction in the old, and love and mercy in the new.
OLD TESTIMENT GOD: No payment for sin.
NEW TESTIMENT GOD: Full & complete payment for sin.

In the old testiment, only the a select few were able to talk to God because only a select few found favor with God. The priest can only enter God's presence once a year. Only priests can make your requests to God because you had no right to even mention his name let alone talk to him.

In the new testiment, everyone can talk to God because full and 100% payment has been made by Jesus Christ. The book of Hebrews tells us that we can boldly come before God because of Jesus Christ and make our requests known AND BE ASSURED OF HIS GLAD WELCOME. Why can we be assured of his glad welcome? Because our debt has been paid in full. We have been redeemed.

If you doubt that God exists, give him a chance. What have you got to loose? I can promise you that if you pray, not just some blah blah blah amen, but if you really pray, if you really trust, he will show you. I didn't beleive at one point. I had major doubts. Then one day, I gave him a chance, no sarcasim, no buts, no anger, just total and completely break down and have an honest conversation with no guard up and no questions, just seeking and asking for a "taste". I got it. Can't explain what I got, can't explain how I know, but people that know, know exactly what I'm talking about.