‘When I don’t feel that I can trust what You’re telling me.
And when is that?
When it’s too good to be true.
I see.
I go into fear. What if it’s not true? What if I’m making it all up? What if I’m creating a God who
will say anything I want Him to say? What if You’re saying just what I want to hear so that I
can justify continuing my behavior? I mean, based on what You’re telling me, I can do
anything I want, with impunity. No worry, no muss, no fuss. No price to pay in the hereafter.
Hell’s bells, who wouldn’t want that kind of a God?
You, apparently.
But I do-except when I don’t.
And when is that?
When I’m afraid. When I think I can’t trust You.
What are you afraid will happen to you?
You mean, if I believe the things You say, and it turns out that You’re not really God?
Yes.
I’m afraid God will throw me in hell.
Why? For having, at worst, a fanciful conversation?
For denying the one and only true God, and for leading others to do so. For telling others that
there are no consequences to their actions, and thereby causing some people to do things
they might not otherwise do, because now they’re not afraid of You.
You really think you’re that powerful?
No, I think other people are that easily influenced.