EvC Forum: What gives God the right to be "holy"?

How do I know that you are not working for the same evil forces

How do we know that you aren't? Sure, you talk all sugar and spice and everything nice, but you know

Second Corinthians 11:14,15 writes:

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

The Inquisitors all talked real pretty too, and had a verse for every occasion; but they are praying for icewater now, ain't they? So I guess we will have to judge you by your fruits. Assuming you lay some out here, rather than just shaking your finger with a suspicious glare

As for questioning God's motives and character, why shouldn't we? Jeremiah does it all the time.

Jeremiah 15:17,18 writes:

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, [which] refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, [and as] waters [that] fail?

He not only doesn't even discourage it, he seems to get such a kick out of it that he's willing to give over a lot of poor Job's livestock and children just to set the fight up; though he does warn us to be sure we are familiar with the material before we give him a go

Job 41:1 writes:

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?

If you manage to put up a decent fight all night long, he might reward you in a totally disproportionate manner

Genesis 32:24 writes:

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

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