Bible Question:
Where is God? I have been actively seeking for at least five years now. I, and my family, was recently baptised in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I have been regularly attending church for about a year now, and spend time in the word (though not as much as I should, I'm sure). But I still feel alone. Mathew7:7-8 7"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul. Jeremiah 29 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I have been seeking, I have knocked, I have prayed, I have aksed, I deisre nothing more than to know God. But even after all this I still doubt. I still question. i know that my doubt has made me a more knowledgable person, but what good is knowledge without God's presence? Where is God; why am I not allowed to know Him; how long must i seek before I can find Him? I feel no joy at the prospect of eternal life with Jesus. I want to. What else can I do, what have i left out? |
Bible Answer: Dear Schoolman, pray and continue to read the Word. Ask God to show you clearly if you belong to Him. Remember that truth is not dependent on feelings. For example, I know that the earth orbits around the sun, but it sure feels like the sun moves across the sky. In the context of faith, if God says it (i.e., it is revealed in the Canon of Scripture), that settles it. Period. I don't have to agree to make it true, let alone "feel" it. Also stop thinking "what good is it?" We do not believe the truth because of benefits that we derive from doing so. We believe the truth because it is the truth. Pragmatism, though common enough in the world and even in American churches, is not scriptural. As Job said, "Though He slay me, yet will I serve Him!" We have but one hope. I will intercede on your behalf, Schoolman, to the God Who created us. |
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