When people say god is testing you or the lord works in mysterious ways.... Does that mean they don't know?
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No one will ever know. Its far to simple for humans to say its gods doing when they dont have the capacity to understand it, or the knowledge to cope with the news.\n\nAnything the human mind can not understand completely is pushed out, forgotten or blamed on their gods
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i dunno i've ran into some people on here like that but that's true how could you explain anything. science, no science is something people use i think to jump away from the fact that god does exsist whether they like it or not. i've tried to make people beleive in god but some don't. so all you can do is beleive pray for those people. HE IS OUR SAVIOR SO WORSHIP HIM! GOD BLESS.
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NO!!! It proves that God does not like to be tested \n\nDeuteronomy 6:16 \nYe shall not tempt the Lord your God\n\nMatthew 4:7, Luke 4:12 \nThou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God \n\nLuke 4:2-12\n2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry\n\n3The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."\n\n4 Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written,'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"\n\n5 The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.\n\n6 The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.\n\n7 If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours."\n\n8 Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written,'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"\n\n9 He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,\n\n10 for it is written,'He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;'\n\n11 and,'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"\n\n12 Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said,'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
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You're not supposed to test God because... wait... lean in for this one... it's a secret...\n\n*whispers* ...this is the religious person's way of getting out of such silly things as 'evidence' and 'intellectual honesty'...*/whispers*\n\nSo yeah -- don't question God.  In fact, don't question anything!  Being a sheep is best.  That's what Jesus said, right?  ;)
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Acting on faith strengthens it. Testing God might not be the same thing
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What I have experienced is answered prayer; maybe not as instant or as dramatic. I have prayed sometimes for situations that seemed impossible, and God answered in such a beautiful way. I can think of so many problems that have been solved, because they looked like they would have a bad outcome, but prayers, have turned it around. It restores my belief in praying, even more than ever, when I realize that miracles like this DO happen. I'm sure that in some way, somewhere, God is still creating these miracles. Some don't believe it to be true; but that's ok...I think that great FAITH is a requirement for miracles like this to happen. God Bless you and your friend.
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As long as you know in your heart it isn't true then God knows it isn't true either. The Bible teaches us "Judge not lest you be judged", sorry I don't remember exactly where to find it. If they are lieing about you then it is them that are casting judgement. That is their problem, not yours. Anyone interested in the truth will ask you about it. It's harder to be an individual than to go with the flow. Lies die but the truth always stands tall. I personally would let them know you know they are the one's spreading the lies and and they can't hurt you with untruths. It's important to forgive them for their mis-speakings then leave the rest in God's hands. He'll take care of them and give them what they deserve in the end. He handles all.\n\nGod has blessed you enabling you to reach out for help. Hold on to that - God's Got It and His victory is so much more sweet!
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Does this fall into the category of "why do bad things happen to good people"?  I understand your question completely and have asked that same question myself.  In time you come to accept what happens, good and bad, as out of your hands.  Everything in life is a lesson and we just have to try to see what it is that God is trying to get us to learn.  I don't question God's wisdom, I just ask him to help me see what it is he trying to teach me.  Maybe those people who cannot have children are there to make a home for those children who do not have parents.  Trust in God's wisdom, his will is always done.  Accept what he gives you and learn from it.  This may not answer your question, but it is the best explanation I can give you.
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"Don't understand what is happening to you?"\n\nCould you elucidate that?\n\nSometimes I get upset at God, yes, but I'm still Christian.
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The prayer's so powerful. You just have to have faith when you pray. Our prayer's always heard by God. He never forgotten nor ignore us. Things just don't happen right away. God let things to happen according to His plans and not according to our own will. Sometimes, you'll be surprised cuz He'll give you better and bigger than what you've asked for.
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You know that's what I asked all my preists at church coz I had enough of the church and they went silent for more than 3minutes and I was standing there looking at them like "God aint gonna bless ya if u keep on being silent m8" and then they're like."Things happen for and by the Lord and I and no other human being knows how things happen but ask the only God who knows" and Im like" what?..." but I always think.\nFrom the bible it says the re was nothing and then out of nowhere God appeared. that aint possible. I mean how could something appear in nothing when the something came out of nowhere. BUt if there was nothing, how could there be a something when there was nothing? And it totally didn't make sense that there was some tiny disease lyk thing hanging 'round but I guess something wouldve hapened ay?hope i find out l8er.
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God bless...I'm so glad you keep being so curious about God, keep it up and someday you may finally come to him and believe....God bless
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No one can know if God really punishes them or not. It is up to God and we can't know. We can make assumptions but that is it.
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James 1:13 When under trial, let no one say: “I am being tried by God.” For with evil things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone.\n\nSince that scripture is clear. It is impossible for god to try anyone with evil. We can see that the evil and bad things that happen are from Satan the devil not god.
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For the Christian, God knows all. He knows what we will do and even think. But we don't. He has given us free will. So whatever decisions I make are new to me; I don't know the outcome, but God does.
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I can say that I have asked that same question when my daughter was in an accident. I sat next to her bed begging for a miracle and a healing from her injuries. What I got at the time was nothing, so I thought. We don't always know why some prayers are answered and some aren't. It didn't mean that GOD was not there, it just means that sometimes our will is not in line with his. I struggled with prayer after her death because I felt forsaken anyway alittle over a year later my best friend called to tell me her son had been in an accident. On the way to the hospital I had this conversation with God and made the comment I don't know what to ask for just give me the strength to help her through whatever she had to endure. As I related that situation to another friend I made the comment It doesn't matter how much faith we have if it's not Gods will. With that said, sometimes it's more a question of whether we will still believe and stay strong or will we blame GOD. It was not GODs fault that my daughter was in that accident. It was the bad choices made by others that caused it. We have to go to our Father in Heaven in good and bad. It is through him that peace will come if we are patient. I have learned many things in the past couple of years but what and when I've learned them have been upon my williness to subject myself to the Fathers will knowing that ultimatly he knows what is best for me. I don't know if that helps, but it is all about learning and growing and sometimes we have to do the work, but that doesn't mean he's not bearing us up, we just don't realize it.
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Show me the verse where it says that your life down to the minute is predetermined. The Bible says that the hairs on your head are numbered, and this is in reference to how much God pays attention to you, not to how he planned how much hair you would have. There are several verses and passages in the Bible that hint at something - God is not omniscient (all knowing) in the way humans have made Him out to be. For example - He will forget our sins, He told Abraham that NOW He knew that Abraham truly feared God, He will tell some on judgement day "I never knew you." Is he all-powerful - yes, in that He can do anything that is good (he cannot, for example, lie). If He is all powerful, then can He not, as the examples I listed suggest, choose to know or NOT know whatever He pleases? He certainly does know quite a lot, but for His reasons, there are things He chooses not to know. In the interest of preserving our free will, I think He chooses not to know all the choices we will make. Were we created with a plan for our lives, a purpose, a mission? Yes, but we still have the option to refuse to accept it.