Zone1 God is not indifferent. Are you indifferent towards God?

[Meriweather]

Don’t act as if God is indifferent. If you face God’s judgment today, what will you see, how would you respond?

God loves us; He is not indifferent towards us. He wants us in love, too. How are we doing in approaching the quota of love that we can be?

Imagine standing before God's judgment today. What are you imagining?

 

[ding]

What are you imagining?

I believe it depends if we are stripped of pride; stripped of self. Which I believe exist as an artifact of a material existence. In this scenario we will see things as they were without any feelings or emotion.

 

[Meriweather]

I believe it depends if we are stripped of pride; stripped of self. Which I believe exist as an artifact of a material existence. In this scenario we will see things as they were without any feelings or emotion.

I am uncertain about the non-emotion part. I do believe what we will see is pure truth, so that we will not feel defensive. As far as other feelings...I am not sure.

 

[ding]

I am uncertain about the non-emotion part. I do believe what we will see is pure truth, so that we will not feel defensive. As far as other feelings...I am not sure.

I'm not sure either. I believe we will judge our actions and the only way that would be accurate would be if we were stripped of pride or self.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

C.S. Lewis’s agonizing description of feeling abandoned by God during his wife’s fatal illness:

He recorded these raw thoughts in his book A Grief Observed. Describing the crushing silence of prayer when desperate for help, Lewis wrote:

"...what do you find? A door slammed in your face, and a sound of bolting and double bolting on the inside. After that, silence. You may as well turn away."

 

[ding]

C.S. Lewis’s agonizing description of feeling abandoned by God during his wife’s fatal illness:

He recorded these raw thoughts in his book A Grief Observed. Describing the crushing silence of prayer when desperate for help, Lewis wrote:

The flesh is of no avail. How can it be if we are born to die?

 

[my2¢]

What are you imagining?

Incredible humility on my part.

 

[BreezeWood]

only those who accomplish the heavenly goal will ever be judged ... the triumph over evil.

 

[ding]

only those who accomplish the heavenly goal will ever be judged ... the triumph over evil.

What exactly does triumphing over evil look like?

 

[ShahdagMountains]

What exactly does triumphing over evil look like?

I think l might start a thread about Satan. And how he took on God.

 

[ding]

I think l might start a thread about Satan. And how he took on God.

As near as I can tell that wouldn't be the Jewish take on Satan.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

As near as I can tell that wouldn't be the Jewish take on Satan.

Why did you have to say that?

 

[1srelluc]

If you face God’s judgment today, how would you respond?

What, you think you can haggle with god?

 

[ding]

Why did you have to say that?

Because you are Jewish, right? I didn't say it to be mean.

 

[ding]

If you face God’s judgment today, how would you respond?

What, you think you can haggle with god?

No need for that. God is infinitely merciful. Dying ain't hard. Living is hard.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

Because you are Jewish, right? I didn't say it to be mean.

So why say it? And why would it be mean?

Job was a righteous non Jew, and the story explores why innocent people suffer (theodicy) without relying on specific Jewish laws or covenants, making it a universal text for all of humanity.

 

[1srelluc]

2:06 in.

 

[ding]

So why say it? And why would it be mean?

Job was a righteous non Jew, and the story explores why innocent people suffer (theodicy) without relying on specific Jewish laws or covenants, making it a universal text for all of humanity.

I agree. But the traditional Jewish view is that Satan was working for God, not against God. At least that's my understanding anyway.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

I agree. But the traditional Jewish view is that Satan was working for God, not against God. At least that's my understanding anyway.

.it was a text in the Hebrew bible. But there is also a Christian reference to temptation,

In Christian theology, "Satan tempting God" primarily refers to the biblical account of the Temptation of Christ in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11). After fasting for 40 days, Jesus (believed to be God incarnate) was directly challenged by Satan to prove His divine identity, abandon His mission, and worship the devil.

 

[Meriweather]

Incredible humility on my part.

Reminds me of the morning prayer of one Saint: "Watch out for me today O Lord. Given the chance I will betray you.”

That is humility. I was thinking of it while imagining standing judgment before God. Will he still have to watch out for me?