God is love
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As the Father of our spirits, Heavenly Father placed us on this earth, giving us space, away from him {for a time} to develope, learn then choose.
Heavenly Father created our spirits. We are His spirit children. That is why we call Him Heavenly Father.
" the God of the spirits of all flesh..."
Numbers 16:22 {in bible}
"Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us and we gave them reverance, shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of our spirits..."
Hebrews 12:9 {in bible}
"Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee.."
Jeremiah 1:5 {in bible}
Our spirits existed before they entered a body forming for them in the womb.
Like a parent sending his children to school, Heavenly Father sends us, His children, to this earth. God lives apart to see what we will do, away from His presence, as if unsupervised. It is a way to see how we will be, how we will react to situations and what we will choose to do.
For example:
I saw a program about kids playing with guns. The children were placed in a room with toys amongst which was a real gun. {unloaded}. Parents looked through a one way mirror {parents could see child but child couldn't see parent}. That is how God looks at us through a one way mirror. Parents wanted to see if their child would play with the gun when the child thought the parents wasn't around. The parents wanted to know if their children would obey what they had taught "not to play with guns" The parents observed their child while the child thought he/she was unsupervised. Some children obeyed their parents and some children played with the real gun. {their lucky it wasn't loaded}.
God looks at us through a one way mirror to see if we will obey what he has taught is right {good for us}. God has had plenty of time to observe and know what has a negative effect and what has a postive effect upon our lives and He wants to share that knowledge with us, if we ask to know it.
Another way to look at it is that eventually children grow up and are adults and move away from home. In that way we have moved away from Heavnly Father to make our own descisions while away. As adults, Heavenly Father's children make their own descisions, desciding whether to use the knowledge they have gained or to waste it, whether to use it for bad or for good. Life tests this knowledge.
I like the saying "Life is understood backwards but must be lived forwards." and the saying "Half my life is the act of revision." John Irving
I have my own quote "Live and learn if you can live through learning"
Some kids have played with a loaded gun and they didn't get a second chance to learn.
It's true with the choices we make as adults. Sometimes life doesn't give us a second chance to get it right. I've heard the over used saying "Life isn't fair" BUT God is fair and because Jesus the Christ made the Atonement we have a second chance to get right with God. Thanks to Jesus Christ. Justice has laws Jesus Christ has mercy.
Moving away is God's way to see whether we will choose what's bad {creates a negative} or what's good {creates a positive}. People descide whether to choose the bad or the good. The choices we make determines how much we advance or progress. Ultimately, it descides the degree of joy we receive. it is our spirit {desires, thoughts} that governs our behavior.
This life on earth is a grace period in which we can practice God's principles till we get right with them. We in a way, "work out our own salvation".
"Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always OBEYED, NOT AS IN MY PRESENCE ONLY BUT NOW, MUCH MORE IN MY ABSENCE, work out your own salvation..." Philippians 2:12
That is practice, practice, practice makes perfect and when we make mistakes we don't repeat them we repent and practice, practice, practice again. This is how this life prepares us to be with God. Through righteous living we can live in His presence again.
"Why put off tommorow what you can do today?"
God recognizes that we need His help!
Part 2 is "Prayer Helps"
Heavenly Father created our spirits. We are His spirit children. That is why we call Him Heavenly Father.
" the God of the spirits of all flesh..."
Numbers 16:22 {in bible}
"Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us and we gave them reverance, shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of our spirits..."
Hebrews 12:9 {in bible}
"Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee.."
Jeremiah 1:5 {in bible}
Our spirits existed before they entered a body forming for them in the womb.
Like a parent sending his children to school, Heavenly Father sends us, His children, to this earth. God lives apart to see what we will do, away from His presence, as if unsupervised. It is a way to see how we will be, how we will react to situations and what we will choose to do.
For example:
I saw a program about kids playing with guns. The children were placed in a room with toys amongst which was a real gun. {unloaded}. Parents looked through a one way mirror {parents could see child but child couldn't see parent}. That is how God looks at us through a one way mirror. Parents wanted to see if their child would play with the gun when the child thought the parents wasn't around. The parents wanted to know if their children would obey what they had taught "not to play with guns" The parents observed their child while the child thought he/she was unsupervised. Some children obeyed their parents and some children played with the real gun. {their lucky it wasn't loaded}.
God looks at us through a one way mirror to see if we will obey what he has taught is right {good for us}. God has had plenty of time to observe and know what has a negative effect and what has a postive effect upon our lives and He wants to share that knowledge with us, if we ask to know it.
Another way to look at it is that eventually children grow up and are adults and move away from home. In that way we have moved away from Heavnly Father to make our own descisions while away. As adults, Heavenly Father's children make their own descisions, desciding whether to use the knowledge they have gained or to waste it, whether to use it for bad or for good. Life tests this knowledge.
I like the saying "Life is understood backwards but must be lived forwards." and the saying "Half my life is the act of revision." John Irving
I have my own quote "Live and learn if you can live through learning"
Some kids have played with a loaded gun and they didn't get a second chance to learn.
It's true with the choices we make as adults. Sometimes life doesn't give us a second chance to get it right. I've heard the over used saying "Life isn't fair" BUT God is fair and because Jesus the Christ made the Atonement we have a second chance to get right with God. Thanks to Jesus Christ. Justice has laws Jesus Christ has mercy.
Moving away is God's way to see whether we will choose what's bad {creates a negative} or what's good {creates a positive}. People descide whether to choose the bad or the good. The choices we make determines how much we advance or progress. Ultimately, it descides the degree of joy we receive. it is our spirit {desires, thoughts} that governs our behavior.
This life on earth is a grace period in which we can practice God's principles till we get right with them. We in a way, "work out our own salvation".
"Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always OBEYED, NOT AS IN MY PRESENCE ONLY BUT NOW, MUCH MORE IN MY ABSENCE, work out your own salvation..." Philippians 2:12
That is practice, practice, practice makes perfect and when we make mistakes we don't repeat them we repent and practice, practice, practice again. This is how this life prepares us to be with God. Through righteous living we can live in His presence again.
"Why put off tommorow what you can do today?"
God recognizes that we need His help!
Part 2 is "Prayer Helps"