Matthew 13 Religion Essay

After I established this fact in Middle school I felt that I had strengthened my faith and I thought that I was now able to fully admire and trust God. This did not happen. In fact when I went into High School I found myself conflicted with another question. If God is Lord over everything why does he allow sin? God is all powerful, all knowing and all good. This means he can do whatever he wants, however he wants. God’s power and sovereignty govern everything in the universe. Sovereignty means that he has supreme power and authority. This also does mean he is in control of all so called “chance”, the natural process, evil, suffering and salvation. This does bring up the problem of evil. Did God create evil? No he did not. I am told that God is all
In Matthew 13 Jesus tells a parable of Wheat and weeds. A farmer planted wheat in his field but overnight his enemy came and plant weeds. When he saw what had happened he told his assistants to wait until the wheat were grown up to take them. This meant that the wheat and weeds would grow up together. The wheat represents those who believe while the weeds represent the evil. He is allowing evil to stay in the world so that those who want to believe can still believe. He is allowing time to for people to choose whether or not to believe in him. God has given everyone a free choice whether or not to follow him. He is not looking for people who feel forced to love him or people who has been programmed to love him. There are many theories about how God calls you and if he has a hand in your conversation. The theory that I believe in is called Arminian. It was named after the Dutch theologian James Arminius. The idea is that God calls our hearts which “activates” our choice whether or not to follow Christ. Before God activated your heart you had not heard of him or Christ’s salvation. But once your heart hears the good news you are left with a God given choice. This idea is shown through the