But on the same hand, I can't imagine how the people the prophets were talking to felt, either. To hear that, after all of your trials and tribulations, that you are STILL not doing what God wants:
"What to Me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
Says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams"
-Isaiah 1:11
When all that you have been told to do is to sacrifice to your God, to offer him things, I would not know how to respond either.
I do not know what time would is more difficult to follow faith in: Back in the days of the prophets, when the outlines of "good faith" were so easily drawn out for you (as in sacrifices and religious wars); or now, where there are so many denominations, and each one tells you that "their way is the only way to God".
I agree, religion can be very confusing. There are so many different beliefs out there, so how can you know if your belief is the right one? Also, I agree that it much have been hard for the prophets, and the people that they were preaching too. How do you ever know what exactly to believe? I guess thats why it's called a leap of faith, right?
ReplyDeleteWith all the different religions out there, I don't think anyone truly knows what they believe. I think if we took pieces of all of them and put them together to make a single one it would be perfect. But that's the thing about trusting in God, we know that everything isn't going to be perfect, and some things are going to be really really hard. But we do it anyway. The prophets have to hardest job imaginable I think. They not only had to go through so much to be accepted as a prophet for God, they also had to tell the people to put ALL of their faith in someone that they couldn't even see. But people still do it everyday.
ReplyDeleteI think you raise a great point about do we have it harder as a society than they did back in the days of the prophets! We have all these cool toys and distractions now that they couldn't have even imagined back then! I mean shouldn't there be a curve or something now days about what it means to live "righteously"? Haha... I don't know how God views different generations and where he does and doesn't extend grace in regards to evolving societies...that is his call! I do think that every generation feels like their's is the most difficult compared to past generations!
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