Mark (from God),
Here's the post. I'll speak with you soon.
Bob
Mark (from Bob),
I agree these conversations are interesting.
<<I believe that most people make things way too difficult. This is one of those things. I
think that if you were to really look at your life, the highest and noblest actions that you
have undertaken, are undertaken with love and compassion in mind. At least that is how
it is for me. With that in mind, I expect God to follow that path in ways far greater than I
am able.>>
I agree with almost everything you said here.
1. I believe that people do make things way to difficult. I believe that believing God
loves us enough to die for us and reconcile us to Him is much simpler than some
elaborate and inexact scheme of our souls evolving.
2. I agree that the greatest things I've accomplished have been done in love. But love for
those who love or even like me is nothing special. It is God who has given me the ability
to love those who curse me, and He has given me the ability to love Him when I was
even at war with Him. Truly Christ died for me when I was a sinner.
I do however disagree with the mindset that God should follow a path that we set forth.
I don;t think you mean that, I think it's just the way you worded the statement.
Truly our ability to love is modeled after God's infinate love, again the greatest
expression of His love is the giving of Himself for us. That is how we are to follow the
path He established, by giving ourselves to Him and to others. You see, He has already
established the most noble path, He gave Himself for others - we are to follow suit along
this path.
Soul evolution:
You are either referring to reincarnation or an evolution of the soul in the current life.
Soul evolution in current life:
My experiences or trying to improve myself, no matter how hard and how impassioned
the effort, have failed. I have a long history of failed New Years resolutions and broken
promises of change to prove it. Until I had a relationship with the Messiah, I was not
able to change myself. Through His help, I am able to change. I'm able to love where
there was no love before, have compassion where none existed. He has even removed
the desires for destructive things from my heart. A reformed alcoholic stil desires alcohol
and has to be onguard, the Messiah actually removes the desire. (This is an example,
fortunatly alcoholism was not one of my problems). Truly the evolution of the soul to the
higher path comes from God through the Messiah.
Soul evolution through many lives:
Evolution never made sense to me. Question: If we are to evolve through many lives
moving toward perfection, why don't we clearly remember the successes and failures of
past lives as we do our current life? The way we learn and 'evolve' in our current life is
through vivid recollection of successes and failures.
God's higher and nobler path comes through love and humility. Two traits I'm sure you'll
agree are wonderful. He loved us enough to die for us, and even though He is the
Creator, He humbled Himself to become one of us. By us taking the stance that we can
evolve our souls to perfection we are completely eliminating humility and replacing it
with pride. Pride leads us to believe that we can evolve our souls. Truly pride is not a
formula in the higher and nobler path.
Thanks for the response. I hope that love is coming through and not condemnation, for
truly I do care.
Talk with you soon.
Bob |
