FREE WILL! why cant god physically show himself?

[Drich]

Satan had free will and chose to rebel against god. Satan knew god, saw god, talked with god, and worked for god. He even made bets with god on torturing poor old Job! Why do christians say that if god showed himself people wouldnt have free will??

Freewill as you understand it is not a biblical concept. Matter of fact we are told we are slaves to sin with no completly independant will of our own. The only thing we have resembling free will is the ablity to choose whether or not we want redemption from sin which leads to an eternity with God.

So why doesn't God reveal Himself? Because it would destroy the point and purpose of this life. To be seperated from the known glory of God so we may demonstrate to ourselves where our hearts truly lie. Do we honestly want to be with God because we Love Him, or do we want to be with God because it benfits us somehow..

If God was known to be real, then it would be a sure bet that Hell was real as well. Then people would flock in droves to line up to go through the motions of Christianity. Which isn't the point of this life. Some of us are going to hell despite if we sit in church from this sunday to every sunday for the rest of our lives. Why? Because God is not a fool and will not be dupped into letting people into Heaven because of a perceived technicality they think they have found. Then they will spend there time in Hell wondering why they were sent there.

As it is in this life now, the qualities that marks a soul's worthyness for God/Eternal life are manifactured through the trials and hardships we endure. Apart of that is taking that faith of a mustard seed we have been given and using it as we have been instructed, which will eventually yield a great reward.

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meaning if we can establish and maintain a relationship with God, from the vacuum of proof and knoweledge of God's glory, then we can be assured of salvation.