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RE: Christians: Convince me that God is Real

in #religion • 8 years ago

Have you ever been in a Skype chat session with two other people?
Picture turning off the labels so you can't tell whether you, Satan, or God typed something into your stream of thought.

Yeah. It's exactly like that.

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     8 years ago 

    That sounds a bit spooky. How can you trust any of your thoughts if Satan might be causing them?

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       8 years ago (edited)

      Absolutely not. You should examine every thought.

      Here is one such mental Skype session which shows how to handle it:

      Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
      Satan came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
      Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" = Matthew 4:1-4

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         8 years ago (edited)

        How would god react if you got it wrong and assumed an idea from satan really came from him? Would he be angry? Surely the devil is clever enough to masquerade as god to make you sin sometimes.

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          Oh yes! The devil is very tricky! Here he is actually quoting Scripture to Jesus:

          Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: " 'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'" Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

          You need to have everything that is written at the tip of your tongue to stand any chance at all.

          As to how God will react... like any good Parent he will critique how you processed it, since that entire Skype session is available for review. It logs your responding thought process with everything else. But if you are His child, screwing up does not get you shut out. You just might not get that brand new bicycle you had coming. :o)

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