The God Who Wouldn’t

October 28, 2009

Science is supposedly something based on observation: we explain how things work that we actually see
happening in nature. That’s one of the flaws of the theory of Evolution: it is not based on things we actually
observe, but blatantly defies some of our observations. For example, never has there been known any force
or process to bring about information from lifeless matter without an intelligent author, and yet the
evolutionists expect us to believe that all the heaps of information in every little cell were supposed to have
come about by itself.
According to the theory of Evolution, we’re also supposed to be “evolving” and progressing, improving,
and thus become more intelligent, but one honest look around will only confirm the opposite actually taking
place.
Evolution is faith, quite similar to the faith we place in paper currencies. An American tourist may believe
that the paper god in his wallet in which he trusts, is almighty, but may experience shock when confronted
with the actual purchasing power of his once so powerful currency in, let’s say Europe.
We may believe certain things to be fact and we may “think” we know something, when what we are
actually dealing with is a case of gross inflation: our heads and egos are inflated by a strong confidence in
information and values that, when put to the fiery test, actually turn out to be invalid and worthless.
That’s why the Lord told Isaiah that His thoughts were as high above ours as the heavens were above earth.
We may be absolutely sure that we know something, and then He comes along and blows on our “facts” and
shows us just how ridiculous it was for us to assume we were so smart.
Some of our self-fabricated dogmas, mindsets and “facts” can even become so outrageous as to make Him
laugh (see Psalm 2:1-4).
We do it because we want to be the boss. We want to determine what’s true or false, what’s goood or bad,
instead of letting Him decide for us. Well, perhaps He – like any good parent – also wants us to make our
own experiences along those lines.
The more convinced we are that we know certain things, the harder it can become for Him to persuade us
otherwise.
The religious Jewish authorities during Jesus’ times were pretty sure of their ideas as to what the Messiah
was suposed to look or act like.
He was going to be their Savior and liberator from the physical chains of Roman opression. Just like Moses
had led them out of the bondage and opression of the first world empire, the Messiah was to liberate them
from the oppressors of this one, which they figured was to be the last.
But it turned out that the Messiah Whom God deemed fit to send along was going to liberate them from
something they didn’t even want to know that they had been subjects, servants and slaves to, namely their
own sins. They didn’t even know they needed liberation from that. Who needs liberation from sin, when
you’re the cream of the crop of God’s chosen people?
They expected a Savior that was going to bring about changes by a display of physical strength that was
going to make the heathen tremble.
Instead, this meek Messiah chose to sacrifice Himself for the darn heathen and anyone who wanted to
become God’s child from then on.
What sort of an unorthodox God was at work here? He doesn’t seem to be operating much according to our
own ideas…
Likewise, not a lot of people today are interested in that sort of salvation, either. God is okay for supplying
material needs and physical health, but when it comes to spiritual things, let’s keep it on the entertaining
side of things. And woe if He dares to let us down. We’ll be quick to change camps.
Woe if He allows anything bad happen to us, or even allows someone we love to die – the epitome of all
evils!
- But is it?
Or isn’t it rather so that one of the main reasons He came was to liberate us from the slavery of one of our
worst sins, namely our fear of death?
If He came to deliver “them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage,”
(Heb.2:15), then why are we still so scared of it, and why do we still get so upset whenever He takes
someone Home that we love?
We would like God to do things differently than they actually happen: kill all the bad people, and let all the
good people live. Make us rich and healthy and the other ones poor and sick.
Then we can believe. Then we’ll attend church and sing “How great Thou art!” – No wonder. It’s easy then,
isn’t it?
But what if death isn’t the epitome of evil at all? What if He really wasn’t kidding when He said, “He that
heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed from death unto life” (Jn.5:24)?
And what if being rich and successful isn’t necessarily the epitome of bliss and happiness, for each and
every one of us, personally, either?
What if He in fact knows best, after all, what’s good for us, and what isn’t?
What if He’s really the One calling the shots, and won’t be blackmailed, either, by our, “If You’re good to
me, I’ll believe in You, and if You’re not, I won’t” type of faith?
What if the God Who wouldn’t do things according to our plans has a few of His own?
Then why not grant Him the same type of freedom that He grants us?
But no, the minute His ideas dare to deviate from ours, we scientifically declare that He doesn’t exist, or no,
that He’s not the Messiah, not the right kind, not what we expected, no way, crucify that one!
Probably the only thing about us that has really evolved, and that to outlandish proportions – is our
arrogance.
It’s sort of ridiculous that true believers must implore their fellowmen to show just a little bit of tolerance
and openness toward an Almighty Creator. Just because He wouldn’t do things the way they would if they
were in charge, they grab a gun, kill a bunch of people, or live their lives accordingly, slowly but surely
converting this place that once was paradise into hell on earth… Forcing my child to believe that he’s a
monkey… Brainwashing him day and night with their dogma of over-population (“So feel free to relieve the
problem and commit suicide”?)… Of why we have to go and kill other people in the name of our own
justice…
Thank God He’s not one of us! I think we’d be in really rotten shape then!