WHY DOES JEHOVAH REFRAIN FROM FORCING PEOPLE TO DO HIS WILL ? WHAT DOES THIS TEACH US ABOUT HIM ? Deuteronomy 30:19,20 _ I take the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you today that I have put life and death before you, the blessing and the curse, and you must choose life so that you may live,you and your descendants ,20_ by loving Jehovah your God, by listening to his voice, and by sticking to him, for he is your life and by him you will endure a long time in the land that Jehovah swore to give to your forefathers, Abraham ,Isaac, and Jacob. Consider Jehovahs self-restraint from a different angle. If you had uniimited power , do you might , at times, be tempted to make people do things your way ? Jehovah, with all his power , does not coerce people to serve him. Even though serving God is the only way to everlasting life, Jehovah does not force us into such service . Rather , he kindly dignifies each individual with freedom to choose . He warns of the consequence of bad choice itself, he leaves to us. Jehovah simply has no interest in service performed out of coercion or out of morbid fearof his awesome power. He seeks those who will serve him willingly , out of love.( 2 Corinthians 9:7) Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion , for God loves a cheerful giver. ..
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:46:49 +0000
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