Last night - we continued on through part 5 of our series "Story of God". Last night was a different experience for myself as I was the one actually moderating the evening.
I found being moderator was a different challenge then just going and partaking in conversation. There were times throughout the night where I just wanted to go on a rant and say everything I wanted to say - but instead and trying to have an opportunity to hear others ideas - I would try and propose my ideas in a form of a question.
Am I correct in doing such a thing?
When I think about this - I actually like the idea of placing it in a form of a question. As you will then get to hear the person's thoughts on what they think of this - rather than you just stating what your thoughts are and hearing people agree/disagree on them.
Now - when it comes to the stories we went through - Moses & the Passover - isn't this just what God does?
God gives people a choice.
God gave Pharaoh a choice to let the Israelites leave or he would start the plagues. After each one Moses returning to Pharaoh saying let us go - or God will cast his next plague out on you.
Now - some will say - God is evil because of the plagues, but if you think about it, did God not simply give Pharaoh an opportunity to let the Israelites go or he would then punish them?
Think about it - do you punish a your kids for something they haven't done? Furthermore - do you punish an innocent man for something he hasn't done?
Definitely not! And well it would seem obvious that God would do the same thing. God wouldn't punish someone who hasn't done anything wrong...or does he? This question - will come to another story that we haven't yet arrived at.
So - my last thoughts from last night - we as people have a choice - we can do what God would like us to do, or we can do what we would like to do. Now - what would you like to do?
I found being moderator was a different challenge then just going and partaking in conversation. There were times throughout the night where I just wanted to go on a rant and say everything I wanted to say - but instead and trying to have an opportunity to hear others ideas - I would try and propose my ideas in a form of a question.
Am I correct in doing such a thing?
When I think about this - I actually like the idea of placing it in a form of a question. As you will then get to hear the person's thoughts on what they think of this - rather than you just stating what your thoughts are and hearing people agree/disagree on them.
Now - when it comes to the stories we went through - Moses & the Passover - isn't this just what God does?
God gives people a choice.
God gave Pharaoh a choice to let the Israelites leave or he would start the plagues. After each one Moses returning to Pharaoh saying let us go - or God will cast his next plague out on you.
Now - some will say - God is evil because of the plagues, but if you think about it, did God not simply give Pharaoh an opportunity to let the Israelites go or he would then punish them?
Think about it - do you punish a your kids for something they haven't done? Furthermore - do you punish an innocent man for something he hasn't done?
Definitely not! And well it would seem obvious that God would do the same thing. God wouldn't punish someone who hasn't done anything wrong...or does he? This question - will come to another story that we haven't yet arrived at.
So - my last thoughts from last night - we as people have a choice - we can do what God would like us to do, or we can do what we would like to do. Now - what would you like to do?
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