God has left us

[concerneduser]

-In terms of talking about a ‘watchmaker theory’, or a Christian Deism type belief (that God made the world and left it to his natural laws, only to rarely break them for example through Jesus)…
Is there any biblical evidence to prove that God is here with us everyday? Is there any biblical evidence that shows that God is constantly watching over us and our every actions? Is there any biblical proof that shows how God will really judge us??
-Please address these seperately, Bible quotes are the easiest way for me to understand this (and understand a friend who doesent believe that god is with us everyday/ watching over us/ and that we don’t know how he will judge us)…In some respects we do not know entirely what God will take into consideration when he judges us, but I’m looking for biblical quotes about the reasoning behind following his commandments/ sacraments etc.
–Thank you for your responses!

 

[Mintaka]

What was the last thing Jesus said before He ascended to the Holy of Holies in heaven?

Matthew 28:20 –

“I will be with you always, until the end of the world.”

Did the world end when I wasn’t looking?

(And yes, you also see it translated as “the end of the age”, but it means the same thing. The end of the age is the Second Coming, the Last Judgment, etc.)

Also, you have a bad misconception about natural laws.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” That’s John 1:1, yes?

“Word” in Greek is “Logos”. It means the Word spoken to create the world, yes, and Jesus the Word of God, yes. But it also means “Order” and “Logic” and “Plan”. It was a very important philosophical term, too.

God did not just make the natural laws and the divine order of Creation. God is constantly present in those very laws and divine order. Just as all living things get life from Jesus, who is the Life, and all true things get that trueness from Jesus, who is the Truth, and just as God is Love, and nobody could love even sinfully without some remote connection to God –

Nothing could exist, continue to exist, or exist in any sensible way, without God’s constant care and attention. If God could and did forget Creation and cease his perpetual creating of it, we would all be blown out like candles. Jesus coming to dwell with us was not an exception, but rather a really huge helping in a really different way of God’s usual presence in the world. Yes, God transcends Creation and doesn’t need to be involved with it. But He loves it, so He is extremely involved.

God not only has not abandoned the world and us; He never is not poking His nose into our business. Whether or not we notice, He’s always there. If not for sin, we’d probably always notice Him.

God’s love and attention keep you alive, every moment you live. And one way or another, for heaven or hell, you will eventually be resurrected and live forever, precisely because God made you individually, knows you personally, and cannot forget you ever.

Isaiah 49:14 –

But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me,
the Lord has forgotten me.”

What does the Lord reply in the next verses?

“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands…”

 

[JMJ_coder]

Is there any biblical evidence to prove that God is here with us everyday?

and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age. (Matthew 28:20)

Is there any biblical evidence that shows that God is constantly watching over us and our every actions?

Psalm 139
O Lord, You search me and you know me,
You know my resting and my rising,
You discern my purpose from afar.
You mark when I walk or lie down,
all my ways lie open to You.
Before ever a word is on my tongue
You know it, O Lord, through and through.
Behind and before You besiege me,
Your hand ever laid upon me.
Too wonderful for me this knowledge,
too high, beyond my reach.
O where can I go from Your spirit,
or where can I flee from Your face?
If I climb the heavens, You are there.
If I lie in the grave, You are there.
If I take the wings of the dawn
and dwell at the sea’s furthest end,
even there Your hand would lead me,
Your right hand would hold me fast.
If I say: “Let the darkness hide me
and the light around me be night,”
even darkness is not dark for You
and the night is as clear as the day.
For it was You who created my being,
knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I thank You for the wonder of my being,
for the wonders of all Your creation.
Already You knew my soul,
my body held no secret from You
when I was being fashioned in secret
and molded in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw all my actions,
they were all of them written in Your book;
every one of my days was decreed
before one of them came into being.
To me, how mysterious Your thoughts,
the sum of them not to be numbered!
If I count them, they are more than the sand;
to finish, I must be eternal, like You.
O search me, God, and know my heart.
O test me and know my thoughts.
See that I follow not the wrong path
and lead me in the path of life eternal.

Is there any biblical proof that shows how God will really judge us??

If you’re asking for the protocol for court of God, I don’t think that the Bible records any of those type of courtroom proceedings.

 

[Luke65]

Is there any biblical evidence to prove that God is here with us everyday? Is there any biblical evidence that shows that God is constantly watching over us and our every actions?

And not only God, but also the Saints…

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” (Hebrews 12:1)

If you’re asking for the protocol for court of God, I don’t think that the Bible records any of those type of courtroom proceedings.

Actually, there is one brief description…

“Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still with him on the way, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. I tell you the truth, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.” (Matthew 5:25-26)

 

[JMJ_coder]

Actually, there is one brief description…

“Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still with him on the way, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. I tell you the truth, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.” (Matthew 5:25-26)

I sure wouldn’t want to be a lawyer in that court if that was my only guidance.

 

[JMJ_coder]

but I’m looking for biblical quotes about the reasoning behind following his commandments/ sacraments etc.

Ultimately, we should obey God out of love of God, not out of fear of punishment.