6451	Forums / Theology Forum / Re: The ways of man	on: April 24, 2008, 09:13:51 PM
Men would always forget history so that they can create their own glory and power over others. Men do not remember the works of God in history because their natural tendency is to make themselves a new history. Men think that they are the beginning of a new way to make powerful change. They love to be in the place of wealth and glory. They love to dwell on those powerful positions in society. Most men dream of being the one who has power. The love of other gods is the love of self power. By that thinking they place themselves against God, not thinking that God hates pride. Men do not think that boasting in their own power is wrong. But the moment they envision their own power is the moment that the use others to get that power. God says that men are useless in power. God says that He has shown Himself in history so that men will always know that it is not the powerful that are godly, but it is those who know they are useless in this world. Gods ways are always bringing men to feel small. His ways are always unnatural to the thoughts of men. Men love to take things for granted the higher up they go on the ladder. They drink the judgment of their own oppression. God brings men up so that they will drink the cup fully. That cup of judgment. Men are blind by their high view of themselves. God has no place in their thoughts. He is either never on their minds or their minds are self righteous. They have gotten a position by trampling on the poor and helpless. Because anyone who thinks of being powerful and dwells on that focus, never having a sense of their own vileness, are those who have made a god , an image out of themselves. Gods ways are for the powerless to call on Him night and day. Mans ways are to include God as a portion of their own glory. Gods ways are to listen to the cries of the oppressed. Mans ways are to boast about their position. A man who has power is always looking at himself in his position as a dispenser of knowledge rather than an advocate for the oppressed and the sheep. They complain about the other lesser people as if they had gotten the position apart from Gods ordering it. Because oppression always comes from thinking that being in a position of authority requires obedience to the dictates of that authority. But God says that all mans thoughts are futile. No one is spared Gods searching. So that authority is having a sense that we all stand as beggars before God, we just have more of a responsiblity to show them where we got the bread. Men would rather spend most of their time thinking that God is not able enough to do what they could never do for others in changing them. They trust in their own ability to change people, and never consider that what God requires comes directly from God. They are proud in their deceit. They refuse to talk themselves down in a universal sense for the glory of God.