RE: How far reaching are God's powers?
November 10, 2020 at 11:14 pm
(This post was last modified: November 10, 2020 at 11:18 pm by Angrboda.)
(November 10, 2020 at 11:57 am)MilesAbbott81 Wrote:(November 10, 2020 at 11:15 am)onlinebiker Wrote: "The lord works in mysterious ways" is a euphorism for "Fucked if I know - but I ain't admitting that I don't".
If you would honestly read what I wrote, you'd know that isn't what I said.
But just in case I wasn't clear, I will elaborate just a bit.
Sometimes things happen that we don't understand until we've suffered enough or until some effect occurs due to the event which we couldn't have possibly foreseen. That's the real mystery. God does, at least generally, give us to understand why certain events have happened to us or why they didn't happen to us, eventually. The significant events in our lives He will almost certainly explain to us if we're following His path and not our own. The key is patience and faith. Many just get disgusted and give up because they don't understand and don't actually believe God will give them understanding down the road.
ANYONE claiming to know what God is doing before or while He is doing something is almost invariably going to be flat out wrong, because His ways are mysterious. That doesn't mean they remain forever mysterious to those on the righteous path.
Those who walk their own path will not be enlightened so long as they stay on that path. You'll just flail about in darkness while you shake your fist at the sky in defiance. At least, until God saves you, which He eventually will do for everyone, in this life or the next.
This sounds an awful lot like Drich's prosperity gospel. "If you've got a BMW in your garage, you are doing it right. Otherwise you're a sinner."
(November 10, 2020 at 8:21 pm)MilesAbbott81 Wrote: Not that I have a high opinion of myself. You mistake confidence for arrogance, and my confidence isn't even in myself, but in Jesus Christ.
Confidence becomes arrogance when it is over-confidence.