I have been thinking a lot about the way God manifests Himself to the world. He reveals Himself through His invisible attributes - Paul says in Romans 1. Sounds like a contradiction and yet that is the only way He can draw man to Himself without violating the law of the will in man. For God to appear before mankind is no big deal for Him but then He would be doing away with the requirement of choice. Man would then choose God not because he wants to but because he has to. Beyond a certain point, man would be crossing the line between choice and compulsion. That is why even in the miracles that God does, none are irrefutable. Man can always explain it away and that is a necessary part of how God works. He does not raise the dead every day. He cannot make it too obvious. Because then man would not have the freedom to choose. He would be forced to choose. Mankind is always brought to a place where His senses are not violated. And then he has to decide regarding his future. Man should always turn to Him in faith. God will accept no other way.
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Uncle...just a doubt...but wouldn't it be easier for us to believe if he did manifest himself unto us in a more 'obvious' form in our daily lives. Many of my failings are due to the bare reality of a lack of faith in him. Wouldn't an 'obvious' forM of manifestation boost our faith? Please correct me if I'm wrong..
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