welp i'm nearing the end of Ergo Proxy.
I started the last disc today. it's been really pretty intense so far. It's one of those series that really makes you think. Even the supposed stupid episodes that just look like the writer was goofing off, makes you think a bit and really help to shed some light as to the mystery of the Proxy.
So earlier i was walking back from Mr. Joe's (lil place across the street from the church) and i was thinking about the phrase "struggling with God." I asked myself... Does man really struggle with God. or does man struggle with himself about God?
I say this because how do you strugle with the creator of the universe? I believe that when man says he struggles with God it's actually himself he struggles with.
Let me back up.
Every living person seeks God. Of course the final question is if they seek Him to the end or if they settle for something less. Even the self proclaimed athiest have a god. They just don't view thier god in the same way others do. To them god may be science, or perhaps just the simple act of living. Something or someone drives everyman or woman, that is thier god it is thier reason for being.
When people are faced with the Gospel of Christ they often say to people, i'm struggeling with God. But rather i believe they struggle with themselves. Man is naturally wired to pass th blame off onto someone else. True as we age we gain certain values that causes us to accept the guilt of our actions. However at the core we still are wired to passt he blame.
A small child drops and breaks it's mother's favorite tea cup that had been passed down from family member to family member. Immediately the child's reaction is to run away and hide. When approached a child will deny knowledge of any such deed. This is how we are hardwired
So when faced with the Gospel about how man is sinful and that we will one day pay for our sins we will often pass that blame. Ignore it. Claim it to be false. Yet inside we feel the conviction we know it's true. We struggle to accept the fact that we've fallen short.
(Romans 3:23)The other concept that man struggles with is how can someone willingly take the blame for them. After man has accepted and seen the fact that they are sinful they stuggle with the idea that Christ had died for them so that they don't have to suffer the punishment of sin.
(Romans 6:23) (John 3:16-17) We are prideful and that is what man struggles with on the inside is his pride.
Even people who are saved will at times struggle with themselves. The reality that Christ died for them. Even when we were sinners when we were imperfect and unworthy of his love he came and died for us.
(Romans 5:8) Yet the simple fact is this. That if we confess with our mouth and truely believe in our hearts that that Christ died for us and rose again... then we will be saved.
(Romans 10:8-10)
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