God has never spoken to me in a human voice or gave me a layout of His plans on paper. As when He spoke to Moses, God wasn't in a storm or an earthquake, but in the silence. I only know His will in the way He guides me through my life. His will is that we live like people saved from sin, and not like people enslaved by it. As a result I can testify to His presence in my life, even while I am still basically the same person I have always been. The difference is living under His mercy.
You cannot look at certain events and say "God did this" or "God didn't do that" if you don't believe in God - otherwise you would also have to look at everything and at the same time say God "did" the world. Say for instance God "caused" Sept.11, how can bin Laden take responsibility for it? Does that mean bin Laden is god? We know that terrorists, and people, do bad things, and even good people - some good American families for instance - back Bush's war against terrorism. And why not? It's a 'good' war isn't it?
You see, it is still a war between 'good' and 'evil', except what God says in the Bible as that we aren't just fighting against flesh and blood, but against forces greater than us. When Jesus died and rose again, He basically won the war on earth for us (the one that always ends in death), so that we can live without fear of dying, or suppressed by laws that condemn us to death (like the Shari'a law of Muslims, or even the Ten Commandments). But instead of making us free to do what we want (anarchy), we are given the responsibility of our actions, and God gave us the Holy Spirit to guide our actions.
You can't change foreign policy or terrorist activity. You can start the third world war but no-one can say that would be a good thing. The only thing we can do is pray that Bush will make the right decision, and that the real instigators of terrorism be brought to justice without having to wage war against Iraqi, Afghani, Palestinian or Israeli civilians. It will end up being a war against your own country, your own peple. Have you read the story in Time Magazine about the American who joined Al-Qaeda, how easy it is to get lost?
God wants the terrorists to change their views and listen to Him ('become Christians' so to speak). You want Him to force them to become good atheists, instead of bad mujaheddin (holy warriors). You aren't fighting God, you're fighting people who don't know God. I think God's will is that you pray for them as well as America, and maybe the past two world wars might not be repeated, and people can start living in peace.
But it's still your decision - it's your, and everybody's, free will that has to decide what happens next.
You cannot look at certain events and say "God did this" or "God didn't do that" if you don't believe in God - otherwise you would also have to look at everything and at the same time say God "did" the world. Say for instance God "caused" Sept.11, how can bin Laden take responsibility for it? Does that mean bin Laden is god? We know that terrorists, and people, do bad things, and even good people - some good American families for instance - back Bush's war against terrorism. And why not? It's a 'good' war isn't it?
You see, it is still a war between 'good' and 'evil', except what God says in the Bible as that we aren't just fighting against flesh and blood, but against forces greater than us. When Jesus died and rose again, He basically won the war on earth for us (the one that always ends in death), so that we can live without fear of dying, or suppressed by laws that condemn us to death (like the Shari'a law of Muslims, or even the Ten Commandments). But instead of making us free to do what we want (anarchy), we are given the responsibility of our actions, and God gave us the Holy Spirit to guide our actions.
You can't change foreign policy or terrorist activity. You can start the third world war but no-one can say that would be a good thing. The only thing we can do is pray that Bush will make the right decision, and that the real instigators of terrorism be brought to justice without having to wage war against Iraqi, Afghani, Palestinian or Israeli civilians. It will end up being a war against your own country, your own peple. Have you read the story in Time Magazine about the American who joined Al-Qaeda, how easy it is to get lost?
God wants the terrorists to change their views and listen to Him ('become Christians' so to speak). You want Him to force them to become good atheists, instead of bad mujaheddin (holy warriors). You aren't fighting God, you're fighting people who don't know God. I think God's will is that you pray for them as well as America, and maybe the past two world wars might not be repeated, and people can start living in peace.
But it's still your decision - it's your, and everybody's, free will that has to decide what happens next.
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