Re: "Under Loving Command"
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Originally Posted by newday
I always wonder how it is these adults believe God is "chastening" them
"oh, I lost my job. I need to figure out what God is punishing me for..."
"Whoa, that was a bad fall - and no good reason for it. I think it must be God telling me to not keep eating sweets when I have promised Him I would stop."
Is it like that?
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That's exactly the idea I grew up with. Something good happens, it's God rewarding you for good behavior. Something bad happens, it's punishment for doing something wrong. Or it's Satan causing havoc and if you just hang in there long enough and pray hard enough and do all the right things and God will work it out to bless you.
Okay, so it might not have been preached quite that simplistically, but that was the idea.
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