Far too many people try to speak for God, and thats part and parcel to the problems in religion. I don't know why God does not now speak for himself, but the bible is his only word we have. Outside of personal revelation, that book is all we have, even though even it has been tampered with. Yet the more I study that book, the more I begin to realize that God does NOT want humanity to now believe in him. He does not. God is not concerned with belief in him, because he knows he can alter the belief of any human in an instant, thats nothing for him to do.
But religion has muddied the waters of what God is really after in humanity, they have taken the cause of God and ran it into the ground, because of their misunderstanding.
Jesus said something of unique intrest in John 6:65;" For this reason I have said to you, that no man can come to me, unless it has been granted him from the Father." Interesting and astounding, nobody can come to God of their own will. This is what Jesus meant, we are not allowed access to even Christ, unless God first " Grants it!" This goes against the grain of religion teaching that we are in the age of " Whosoever will, let them come." You just can't pray up an aduience with God, you just have been taught that you can.
The reason why God " Grants an audience", is because the vast majority of humanity is not now being given an audience! Thats not whats on Gods mind, he's ignoring much of humanity, and what they are doing. Because nothing is going on , on earth, that is against his will for now.
We cannot approach God, know him, understand him, or even believe in him, unless he grants it. So what he is now granting, is unbelief, confusion and Darkness.
Belief in him, incredibilly as it may sound, is not what he wants for humanity now!
And I want to go into that.
Peace.
mickiel,
I hate to say it but your post is pure dereism. What your post shows is; you are, at best a superficialist. and at worst an apostate.
What you have said is exactly opposite of the teaching of the Bible, God's personal letter to every human.
Jesus, God's only begotten son, when on earth, actually said that it means our everlasting life to take in knowledge of him and the one who sent him forth, the only true God, John 17:3. Today the most recognized pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, God's personal name in Hebrew, is Jehovah, in English.
It is true that Jesus said, more than once, that you can only come to God through him, but that does not mean that anyone who wants to know about God is going to be denied.
God has given one name by which all men MUST get saved, 1Tim 2:4,5, Acts 4:12.
You seem not to know that Satan is the god of this world, John 16:11, 2Cor 4:3,4, 1John 5:19. Satan wants everyone to believe that this is the way God wants things to be. This is totally false!!! God is going to turn this world into the paradise that Jesus promised the evil-doer, that died on a stake next to him, Luke 23:43. God promises to do away even with death, Rev 21:3-5.
One big problem today is, people put trust in their heart. Without the heart being trained according to Bible principles, the heart is the last thing we can trust in, Prov 28:26, Jere 17:9, Heb 5:14.
The only way that any person can be pleasing to God is to put your full trust in HIM, and that means study His word, and have faith in the ransom sacrifice of Jesus, Prov 3:5,6, Matt 20:28, Gal 2:16, Acts 13:38,39.
The Bible is very clear about people who stumble others, Matt 18:7, James 3:1, 2Pet 2:1-3, 3:15,16.
Do not put your trust in what men say the Bible says, but what it really says, Jere 17:5, Ps 146:3,4, Mark 7:6-9,13.
The fact is: the only thing that men can be sure of today is God's word, because He has promised to protect His word, Ps 12:6,7, John 17:17, 1Pet 1:25.