Does God Punish

Or Do We


I propose this metaphor as my point of view. I am
aware that not everyone would accept it but I have
not seen any other way that God punishes us while
we are alive.


I am walking through the wilderness, a place barren
and desolate. I have wandered and roamed for a
very long time and have lost my way. In the distance
I spot the glow of a fire burning. I walk towards it and
I begin to sense the warmth of the fire and slowly go
closer. Now I feel the warmth of the fire and others
are also there and for once in a very long time and I
take comfort from it. After a while complacency sets
in and I begin to wander away for short spells and
come back as I begin to get colder again. Then I
return to comfort again. Eventually I walk too far away
to come back and I am shrouded by pain and isolation.
For a while I kept turning to see the light until it grew
dim and out of sight. The warmth of the fire remained
but from lack of discipline I put myself into misery
again. That is a punishment of my own making.

You MIGHT WANNA read the Old Testament.


(just saying)

Thank you Willie and God bless.

As Christians we don't live in the O/T. Hebrews 8 states that Christ is the new
covenant making the old one obsolete.

Gal.5
Freedom in Christ
5 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. [SUP]3 [/SUP]Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. [SUP]4 [/SUP]You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. [SUP]5 [/SUP]For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope. [SUP]6 [/SUP]For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love