Clarissa Rojas

It's like God just allows that to happen, not because he wants us to choose evil, but actually because he wants us to choose him. And if God forced us to choose him, then it wouldn't feel fair. God is just and he's fair. So if God didn't orchestrate freedom and risk because love can't exist outside the parameters of that, then we wouldn't have a free choice to freely choose them.

It's like God just allows that to happen, not because he wants us to choose evil, but actually because he wants us to choose him. And if God forced us to choose him, then it wouldn't feel fair. God is just and he's fair. So if God didn't orchestrate freedom and risk because love can't exist outside the parameters of that, then we wouldn't have a free choice to freely choose them.

Therefore, it wouldn't actually be a relationship. It would be dictatorship. I did a whole podcast episode on this if there's people who are listening who are like, Bro, what? There's a whole episode talking about why does God allow suffering? But it's kind of like that question. Like, dang, God, like, why do you... Like, I bet even Paul had that question with God in 2 Corinthians 12.

Therefore, it wouldn't actually be a relationship. It would be dictatorship. I did a whole podcast episode on this if there's people who are listening who are like, Bro, what? There's a whole episode talking about why does God allow suffering? But it's kind of like that question. Like, dang, God, like, why do you... Like, I bet even Paul had that question with God in 2 Corinthians 12.

Like, why did you allow the messenger of Satan to come and put this thorn in my flesh? But he answered it. He was like, because it keeps me humble and it keeps me needy. And I understand why you did this, God. It's not because...

Like, why did you allow the messenger of Satan to come and put this thorn in my flesh? But he answered it. He was like, because it keeps me humble and it keeps me needy. And I understand why you did this, God. It's not because...

you want this to happen it's because you want my neediness yeah and it's because if that wasn't allowed to happen it's almost as if god allowed that to happen because paul couldn't infiltrate that that behavior for himself yeah like i bet if we were to keep ourselves needy all the time and if we humbled ourselves all the time like we'd be good yeah but like god has to humble us yeah because we fail to humble ourselves you know exactly

you want this to happen it's because you want my neediness yeah and it's because if that wasn't allowed to happen it's almost as if god allowed that to happen because paul couldn't infiltrate that that behavior for himself yeah like i bet if we were to keep ourselves needy all the time and if we humbled ourselves all the time like we'd be good yeah but like god has to humble us yeah because we fail to humble ourselves you know exactly

No, I even think when it comes to like our own selfish inclination and desires that we were within the spirit, Paul, he's like, is it in second Corinthians where he's like, I do what I do not want to do. It says Romans 7.

No, I even think when it comes to like our own selfish inclination and desires that we were within the spirit, Paul, he's like, is it in second Corinthians where he's like, I do what I do not want to do. It says Romans 7.

It says I do not want to do what I do want to do. I don't do it because of sin that lives within me.

It says I do not want to do what I do want to do. I don't do it because of sin that lives within me.

Yeah. So it's like this constant, like bad. Does that mean like you can't have a relationship with God or get, God can't grant you grace again. Like literally God says, God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Like you can't even have grace without humility. True. Like, To even think about that is crazy because everyone's like, oh, free grace, blah, blah, blah.

Yeah. So it's like this constant, like bad. Does that mean like you can't have a relationship with God or get, God can't grant you grace again. Like literally God says, God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Like you can't even have grace without humility. True. Like, To even think about that is crazy because everyone's like, oh, free grace, blah, blah, blah.

Everyone's living by this grace that enables them instead of changes them. And that's the problem in our society. It's like, you know, oh, I can do whatever I want, blah, blah, blah. And we're living by this false doctrine of grace. And it's like, no, it's supposed to change you.

Everyone's living by this grace that enables them instead of changes them. And that's the problem in our society. It's like, you know, oh, I can do whatever I want, blah, blah, blah. And we're living by this false doctrine of grace. And it's like, no, it's supposed to change you.

Like you need to humble yourself in order to even receive that grace in the first place, recognize your need and then have that, you know.

Like you need to humble yourself in order to even receive that grace in the first place, recognize your need and then have that, you know.

work of the holy spirit done in you so what do you think is like this fake grace in this like superficial grace that we're seeing people embed into their lives today it's

work of the holy spirit done in you so what do you think is like this fake grace in this like superficial grace that we're seeing people embed into their lives today it's