If I were the devil, I would try my best to make sure that the people on this planet remain ignorant of the mind of God. I would promote atheism first in order to cause people to question the existence of God. Then, for those others who dug deep and proved the existence of God, I would send religious leaders to scramble their brains, so that they might never wake up and get around to realizing what is in God’s mind. Once people realize what God has in mind for us, there is an amazing transformation.
One of the moderately effective ways of separating people away from God is to project the idea that God is a blob, some intangible something that is just floating around the universe.
God is not a blob. Scripture shows that we were made in his image, not the other way around. He has eyes, ears, mouth, legs, feet, etc. If we link up with him in the right way, we are the apple of his eye. That would not be possible if he had no eyes.
Another thing that separates people from God is the projecting of mythology. The traditional (Ouch, that hurts!) hell fire is a product of fear religion and the mistranslations of the King James Bible. You don’t believe it? Request the free booklet: Hell Is A Lie! It is free from 8v@8v.com and will be sent to you by overland mail if you request it.
Thanks to people believing in hell, the majority have a view that God is a sadistic monster who is ready to roast you for eternity because you didn’t make the grade. That really doesn’t make sense, does it? Unfortunately, we live in a self-destructive counter-productive world. But we ought to transcend that. God wants you to do well. He wants you to succeed. He wants you to have so much happiness you will have to share it for the overwhelming force it is.
“Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give to you the kingdom” (Luke 12:32). It’s His pleasure! Notice this is addressed to the little flock. So few people realize that God is on their side. It is His pleasure to pave the way so that you may inherit the kingdom!
Philosophers and theologians many times like to portray God as being mean. And He is mean to people who deliberately rebel against them. However, even in dealing with these rebels, he simply kills them, which is the merciful thing. He does not sentence them to be tortured for eternity. The notion of eternal punishing has done more to alienate people from God than any thing else.
Most of us would do well to just blow the dust off our Bibles and come to find out what is really in the mind of God. We really shouldn’t be relying on religious leaders to tell us what is in the book. We don’t need to be spoon fed. We should read it for ourselves.
Wily Elder
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