In my last post, I referred to today's christian church as being superstitious and yeah, that brought a bit of comment. :)
Within the current culture of modern christianity is woven a complex web of old wive's tales, cultic beliefs, practices and worldwide gullibility.
Because I was hit by a truck while bicycling in 1996, "Why Kris if only you wore a suit to church, God would be protecting you! But, as it is you whom disrespect God and He ... well ..." I honestly burst out laughing in that lady's face. I am still chuckling all of these years later.
I am a complete and utter klutz, my ability to injure myself is legendary ... Apparently not. "You must be the worst sinner on the face of the Earth Kris! God is constantly having to injure you just to get your attention!" "No, Paul is claimed to be the worse sinner, so either Paul is a liar or I am less sinful than him!" "Whaaaaaaaaaaaa ... ?"
"You know Kris, you only have transportation troubles (constantly!) because you are doing something wrong! You know if you just tithed you would have no troubles at all!" "Uhm, I am not willing to reduce my giving to the God's ministries so that He can bless me more ..." Yeah, historically, my detractors give about half what I do ... They must be really blessed!
"Kris, you just do not pray enough. Why if you only prayed more, your parents would be Christian and you children less troubled!" I wonder how many decades, three times a day, praying for my parents, does not become "enough" to push them over the edge! Really?
"Sorry to hear about that fire Kris! (anyone remember that 2005 fire from the long defunct blog?) You know, if you just would "claim" God's safety and protection things like this would never happen!" I can't even honor that one with a response!
Yeah, everything in our life is our own fault because we do not possess the "faith" to name it and claim it - so therefore, we apparently suffer because God demands our requests before He dishes out blessings ...
Seemingly, God blesses me unexpectedly, without my having to ask, much less imagine the multiples of ways in which He does! Literally, I have watched my life go to Hell in a handbasket across the past six years - and equally I have seen His blessings day after day throughout the same period of time. Most of them I will never mention - because then we can start a new superstition - be like Kris and you will blessed! Not! But, you medial expenditures would go up ...
So, we seem to have a quandary :\
God blesses without our expectation or having to ask
Those whom demand/ask/expect often receive as well
Can both approaches be true?
Well God is sovereign, so He can and will do as He pleases. But, I have to think on the Old Testament Book of Job 40:6-14 as well as Job 42:1-6.
I think those two verses sum up Job's discovery about God rather well. No, Christian superstition is not addressed in the Bible, except perhaps by extension in the Epistles of John where John had to argue against the gnostic's and their belief in "hidden knowledge", only available to the select ... Join our church and learn about how you can be blessed ....
No, God's knowledge, which He shares with us is for all. It is the cult wherer things are hidden, only the very select, the very faithful, the most generous, can be taught and know ... and well most people are not part of the select ... so therefore the Bible is hidden knowledge, unknowable by you or anyone other than them ...
It is why we know the Health and Wealth gospel to not be the gospel of Jesus, but one of demons.
Sorry world .... you truly are going to Hell because you have willingly allowed yourself to be misled.
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