Faith.......
Faith yes I agree In the book of Job There is a great example of faith....One day the heavenly court went to present themselves to God and the accuser saten came with them. ' where have you come from? the Lord asked saten. saten answered the Lord i have been patrolling the earth watching everything that is going on. then the Lord asked saten have you noticed my servant Job. He is the finist man in all the earth.He is blamesless a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil.
saten replied to the Lord"yes but job has good reason to fear God. you have always put a wall of protection around him and his home and his property. You have made him prosper in everything he does. Look how rich he is but reach out and take away everything he has and he will surely curse you to your face!!
alright you may test him the Lord said to saten do whatever you want to everything that he possess but don't harm him physically. so saten left the Lords presence.
One day when Job's sons and daughters were feasting at the older brothers house a messanger arrived at Jobs house with this news:Your oxen were plowing with the donkeys feeding beside them when the sabeans raided us. They stole all the animals and killed all the farm hands. i am the only one who escaped to telll you'
while he was still speaking another messenger arrived with this news, the fire of God as fallen from heaven and burned up your sheep and all the shepards.. I am the only one who escaped to tell you. while he was still speaking a third messenger arrived with this news, three bands of Chaldean raiders have stolen your camels and killed your servants. i am the only one who escaped to telll you.
while he was still speaking another messenger arrived with this news Your sons and daughters were feasting in their oldest brothers home. suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the wilderness and hit the house on all sides. the house collasped and all your children are dead. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.
I came naked from my mothers womb
and i will be nakeed when i leave
The Lord gave me what i have
and the Lord has taken it away
Praise the name of the Lord
In all of this Job did not sin by blaming God...Faith and keeping faith
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** now saten originally and angel of God had become corrupt trough his own pride. he has been evil since his rebellion against God. saten conciders God as his enemy. He tries to hinder Gods work in people but he is limited by Gods power and can do only what he is permitted luke 22:31,32 timothy1;19;20 timothy2;23-26
saten is our enemy because he actively looks for people to attack with temptation(1peter5:8,90)and because he wants to make people hate God
he does this through lies and deception(genesis3:1-6)
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Look at some of the major works of art throughout history.
Interpretations......events, history. Just like art, religion and art are written by many different people. Each sees a different picture according to the climate of the times.
That is why religion can not be trusted, because they are only ideas coming from a point in history.
Meaning religion can be twisted by anything or anyone.
Hence cults and fanatics.
The only true thing to believe in, is that man must continue to be good and do the best he can towards his fellow man. That is if humanity is to survive. Without the idea of this we would not be where we are today.