Why does God want obedience despite anything people want?
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HES ask  us in the Bible to  be obedient. NOW  behave  your  self  over  there.  and ill  make  you a  pie.
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god is omnicient. he needs not to change his mind
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Our freewill was created by Jehovah.  He wants people to serve him because they want to serve him, because they love him.  He doesn't want people to be programmed like robots and worship him because they simply were made that way.
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Good question.  People are not perfect and no one can obey all the laws all the time, no matter how hard they try.  It can't be done.  I, thank the Lord, am not under the law.  The law was fulfilled when Christ died for me.\n\nThis does not mean that I go out and sin on purpose.  All things are lawful for me (I can choose for myself), but all things are not good for me.  God has changed my life in a way that I want to please Him.  So I do those thing that please Him, as much as I am able.\n\nPeople choose because we have free will.
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What you say just isn't true for many people.  People don't refuse faith; faith just doesn't exist for many people, especially thoughtful, rational-type people.  And you already know that it's not true that God always gives when asked; lots of times He doesn't.\n\nRE: Your Email (Yahoo wouln't let me respond directly):\n\nThanks Jenny.  I've read lots of the Bible growing up.  I have not decided "he doesn't exist."  But if He exists, he has not given me Faith.  To the contrary, He has given me a brain and a heart that do not lead me to Faith, even reading the Bible.  Who knows why, but that's the situation.  I can act like I have Faith, I can pretend I have Faith, but it would be a lie, and I can't just manufacture real Faith.  I'm sure it's very comforting to have Faith (regardless of whether it's well placed).
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Because God gave us the beautiful choice of free will. He will never force Himself upon anyone. \nPeople are scared of something they can not see or touch. They don't want to open their eyes and accept the Lord into their hearts. \nThey want to be able to do whatever they want and not have any accountability.
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All people, christians and non-christians grow old and die and many die from unforeseen circumstances. The reason bad things happen to anyone, is because of God's enemy, Satan the devil. He challenged God's right to rule over the earth and said that humans do not need God and could rule themselves independently without God's help. God is answering Satans challenge by allowing man to try to live without his interference. Satan also said that humans would discontinue serving God if he( Satan and his demons)) were allowed to cause them pain and suffering. There have been and still are many who are proving Satan to be a liar, who love and serve God faithfully, despite whatever persecution Satan brings upon them.\nWhat has been the result of man ruling man without God intervening? Suffering and injustice, wars, crime and hatred. \nGod has promised to soon rid the earth of all those things and to destroy Satan and all who follow him. Satan will lose the challenge and be proved a liar. By remaining faithful to the end, we show that we are on God's side and prefer his rule over man's.  \nWe need a righteous ruler who will be just and merciful. Human rulers can do nothing for us. (Psalm 146:3)\nLook what Psalms 37:9-11 promises us--" For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace." \nSoon the meek who inherit this earth will be under one government that will last forever. (See Daniel 2:44) No more will we have to put up with imperfect human rulers who can never bring an end to injustice, crime, terrorism or death itself. God's government will do all that and more.
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Because doing the right thing (obeying God) isn't always easy.\n\nBecause in a world where everyone is always out for "me," believing that someone loved the entire world enough 2000 years ago to die for them *today* seems far-fetched.\n\nBecause in a world where everything is fastFastFAST, there is even more time to be lazy.  Christians are called to do things and go places that are sometimes outside of their comfort zone.  Sometimes a couch seems more comfy.\n\nBecause sometimes people choose to exert more faith to believe that we evolved from a single-celled organism as a product of the Big Bang Theory, than to believe in a loving Creator.\n\nBecause reading the Bible would require people turning off their XBOX or Palm Pilot.\n\nBecause in a world where things can be measured in nanoseconds, people don't have time be still and hear from God.
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Rom 13:1  Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.\n\nThis states clearly we are to obey the government regardless of whether it is good.  This is part of a theme of Christians being peacefully submissive to government/masters/parents/husbands, so that Christianity will not be used as an excuse for rebellion.\n\nIn cases when the government contradicts the commandments of God though, we must obey God.  See below.\n\nAct 5:29  But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men. "
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You can't force God on anyone they have to except him on there own. Have you ever taken the time to see, if he would be interested in finding God.
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maybe. God uses hardships & struggle to build character to the person you might think has a 'hard life'. if he just hands over everything we want we dont learn anything.
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God did make rules but not every one follows them.
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Because free will is all about choices. God know before a person chooses but HE doesnt choose for that person...its up to the person...People are finite, GOD IS INFINITE. That's what makes HIM GOD!!! And if you dont get it...be not dismayed...neither do I...but I believe and have faith in HIM who created heaven and earth.  He wants our love and He wants us to choose HIM...ptl
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God does not want anyone to go to hell. He would very much want each and everyone to believe in him and be saved, be baptized, and live for him. We make our own decisions. God will never force himself on us. He wants us to make that decision for ourselves. God doesn't send us to hell, we send ourselves to hell by disobeying God.
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The Bible tells us that God demands us to be bold in our faith. So it may seem crazy to someone who doesn't know the word of God. Most people don't like to hear what the lord says, because it means they would have give up their hedonistic lifestyles. Sometimes the truth cannot be accepted because it would mean giving up on what the world sees as important, and realizing what is.People think christians are mean and stuffy, but you can't change the word of God to make people feel comfortable. You have to read the bible for yourself and meditate on what He wants and not what the rest of the world tells you is right and fair.
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God wants you to ask Him for your daily wants. It's never wrong. Asking God, shows him that you are including him in your live and this is what he wants.
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More importantly, and I suspect this is what you're getting at, why would a god who wants worship set himself up to be totally illogical and irrational? I think that if there was a god controlling it all, we'd be somehow predispositioned to believing in him, rather than having to ignore all logic and reason just to get into heaven.