10 Oct '18 22:02>
"For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope".
The pastor at the church I've been attending quotes this verse all the time, and uses it to prove to the congregation that God has plans for us......in the present.
I feel he's wrong, because God was speaking to a specific group of people in their immediate time frame, and it shouldn't be taken out of context to provide false hope for our current generation.
There is NO proof, in my opinion, that a believer in God should expect any sort of 'reward' for their belief. In fact, if you just watch the news on any given day you will see proof of the opposite, disaster after disaster.
When are people going to start preaching the truth, that you can believe in God, and have awful things happen to you and your loved ones?
Taking scripture out of context to promise something unreal is not how it should go.
God seems to stay out of human affairs most of the time, as I've said in different threads.
The pastor at the church I've been attending quotes this verse all the time, and uses it to prove to the congregation that God has plans for us......in the present.
I feel he's wrong, because God was speaking to a specific group of people in their immediate time frame, and it shouldn't be taken out of context to provide false hope for our current generation.
There is NO proof, in my opinion, that a believer in God should expect any sort of 'reward' for their belief. In fact, if you just watch the news on any given day you will see proof of the opposite, disaster after disaster.
When are people going to start preaching the truth, that you can believe in God, and have awful things happen to you and your loved ones?
Taking scripture out of context to promise something unreal is not how it should go.
God seems to stay out of human affairs most of the time, as I've said in different threads.