Why Does God Allow Suffering?/HOW WILL YOU USE THE GIFT FROM GOD?

As was noted in Chapter 5, humans were created with free will.  Do you realize what a precious gift that is?  God has made countless animals, and these are driven largely by instinct.  (Proverbs 30:24) Man has made some robots that can be programmed to follow every command. Would we be happy if God had made us like that? No, we are glad to have the freedom to make choices  about what kind of person to become, what course of life to pursue, what friendships to form, and so on. We love to have a measure of freedom, and that is what God wants us to enjoy.

Jehovah is not interested in service performed under compulsion.  (2 Corinthians 9:7) To illustrate:  What would please a parent more-a child's saying "I love you because he is told to say it or his saying it freely from the heart?  So the question is, How will you use the free will that Jehovah has given you?  Satan, Adam,and Eve made the worse possible use of free will.  They rejected Jehovah God. What will you do?

You have the opportunity to put the marvelous gift of free will to the best possible use. You can join the millions who have taken  a stand on Jehovah's Side.  They make God rejoice because they take an active part in p;roving Satan a liar and a miserable failure as a ruler.  (Proverbs 27:11) You too can do that my choosing the right course of life.  This will be explained in the next chapter. 

Note:  Free will doesn't mean you turn yourself into something you weren't born to be. If you were born a female, you stay a female, same as if your were born a male, you stay a male. God made you the way you are for a specific reason; with a certain personality for each one of us, certain eye color, a certain hair color.  If we were meant to have tatoos and piercings, Jehovah would have put them there himself.  Sometimes with free will, we tend to abuse it in doing things to our bodies that Jehovah God would not approve off in any way what so ever.   To change what we are, we are disrespecting God and  we not being true to our true self and personality, especially if we are talked into doing something with our body, just because its a fad, or someone else is doing it and should not.   You have free will, but God wants you to chose wisely.  Remember, men and women are only suppose to marry each other. True men and women.  Not women and women or men with men, that is not natural and God detests people like that.  Romans, chapters 1-2. 

Next time: CHAPTER TWELVE: Living in a Way That Pleases God

From the book: WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REALLY TEACH?