Adam and Eve are Gullible Here are gullible Adam and Eve (God was responsible for their gullibility too) being subjected to the craftiest being and the arch Enemy of them and their Creator. Talk about a set up! What a brilliant plan. God knows exactly what He was doing. He was going to teach Adam a lesson so profound that it would affect all man down through eternity. Remember, God wanted beings like Himself with which to share eternity. He wanted them to be as wise as serpents. So, why not let them learn directly from the serpent. The inference in all of this is that God believed that with the intelligence He gave us we would ultimately be able to out fox Satan! For Friendship Since Satan created enmity between God and himself, God realized that other free moral agents would be capable of doing the same. Therefore, he decided to let them "rebel" at the beginning of their creation so they could get a feel for what it is like. He would let them experience what Satan was like as a father. Then they could contrast Satan's way with His (God's). Given a choice few, He was convinced, would choose Satan's way. Man would be first Satan's children and then God's kids. Is God's plan working? You bet it is! It is on schedule and going exactly as He planned it. Yes. Most of us Christians as well as are tired of this evil world. God Is Brilliant God is a brilliant planner and manipulator. He can influence people to do things that He wants without them even realizing it. He is in control of what goes on down here. It is His training program for us. Satan is not a "great" power. God is. God is the boss! The "buck" starts and stops with Him. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. What He says goes. I sometimes wonder why our religious leaders do not believe He knows what He is doing but they don't seem to. A Conspiracy? On the one hand, some of our religious leaders say that God is all-powerful and has everything until control. Then, they talk about a conspiracy theory as if it will somehow threaten God's plan. If I became God's archenemy and wanted to thwart His plan, what could this little piece of dust do? I am no match for someone as brilliant as God is. Neither is Satan. He is not about to let them wreck His plan. He would not be God if He did. Somehow, some church people get involved with these conspiracy ideas and it diminishes God in their eyes. They talk about the conspiracy theory as if God does not know what is going on. God has such a mind that knows every hair on our head. Every star has a name that He knows. Not even a sparrow can fall to the ground without Him knowing it. This ought to give us supreme confidence in His ability. "Unless the Lord shall build the house the weary laborers toil in vain. Unless the lord the city shields the guards maintain a useless watch . . ." (Psalm 127:1) God knows what He is doing! He is the one that puts kings in their office. He is the one that takes them out -- not the illuminati or Jesuits or anyone else. |