Arguing With God 

   “When you are arguing against God you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all.” (C. S. Lewis) 

   Try as you may, you will never win an argument with God.  You can deny Him, you can reject Him, you can try to ignore Him, but there is no argument that can be made with God.  To try is futile.

   All Christians consider the Holy Scripture to be the divinely inspired word of God.  Trying to redefine those words or twist them one way or another to suit one’s own purposes is tantamount to an argument with the One who is unarguable.  The result can only be frustration.

   We want to make things say and mean what we wish they would, what our earthly desires would like them to mean.  Adam and Eve tried the same thing; they sought to know right from wrong so they could define good and evil for themselves.  By their efforts, they destroyed the one paradise this world has ever known.

   Contemplate the words of God, study them, just sit and think about them.  But never believe that you, a mere human, can change the words or the meanings of the words of the Immortal One, the One who created all.  He created you, He created your intellect, and He will help you understand the truth of His words and how to apply them to your life.

   To be successful, to attain eternal life in His kingdom, we must quit trying to change Him and His truths and start changing ourselves.