Grappling With Why God Allows Evil To Continue

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Stunnedbygrace said:
This made me laugh so hard because it reminded me of something granpap said when I was little.

Dogs were always just kind of showing up at the farm. Sometimes they looked a little banged up but there was this one that showed up in good shape but he was the butt-ugliest dog you ever saw. His face was all squashed in and his teeth stuck out in different directions and his eyes didn't quite sit right in his skull. He was this short, squat, bowlegged thing. He really can't be described. He looked like he could have been from the pit of hell - no joke.

We were sitting on the porch, rocking, catching a good breeze that had sprung up (no A/C on the farm but house was on top of a hill and caught any breezes real good). So this dog walked up to granpap and just stood there. He reached down and gave it a pat and a scratch behind the ears, then started rocking again. The dog turned and walked back down the steps. Granpap said, I think that dog looks the same whether he's coming or going...
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Oh boy,, rolling on floor!
 
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God wants us to choose Him. Sin is abhorrent to Him. He set up sacrifices in order to remove our sins so we could come to Him. He had Jesus pay the ultimate penalty for them. God reaches out to all but only a relative few respond. He doesn't want robots forced to be good. They would probably end up angry. He wants us to choose Him of our own free will.
 
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Endoscopy said:
God wants us to choose Him. Sin is abhorrent to Him. He set up sacrifices in order to remove our sins so we could come to Him. He had Jesus pay the ultimate penalty for them. God reaches out to all but only a relative few respond. He doesn't want robots forced to be good. They would probably end up angry. He wants us to choose Him of our own free will.
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This is so true ! and then there are christians who refuse to keep the Commandments/Sabbath of God in the NT because it's NOT specifically ''commanded'.
Would they consider it LOVE if they were FORCED ??? So where is their love of their own free will ?
does not exist ...regardless their claim !
 
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beta said:
This is so true ! and then there are christians who refuse to keep the Commandments/Sabbath of God in the NT because it's NOT specifically ''commanded'.
Would they consider it LOVE if they were FORCED ??? So where is their love of their own free will ?
does not exist ...regardless their claim !
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There is another thread about the Sabbath. Go there to discuss that.
 
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