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God

• God is a sign of persistence. He never gives up, which he could have done and created another world, or simply abandoned His creation and do something else entirely or nothing at all. But he keeps persisting for centuries, He said: “I still contend with you, and with your children’s children I will” (Jeremiah 2:9).
• The Lord often asks, “what went wrong?” but if He can see into people’s hearts, why does he always have so many questions? Is the answer rhetorical, is He questioning his own choices for how He made man?
• “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him.” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Humans

• In some parts of the Bible, it is mentioned that some people took to pretending to be prophets sent from God, but in fact were only lying. They spread false prophesies such as “the sword and famine shall not come upon this land” (Jeremiah 14:15), to which God then swore it would as punishment. It seems typical, that humans, in a moment of need, doubt and trouble, would turn to lying, not only to give an answer in uncertain times, but also to take advantage of the scared.
• Many of God’s prophets and followers, when on their journey of trials and tribulations, found that no matter how much they gave, they must endure more and do and give more. Much as the case of average humans with their parents, it seems that even prophets had a hard time of pleasing their God.
• The Bible directs how older men should behave with a firm hand, by stating they ‘are to be’, however, it only states men should ‘urge’ younger men’s behaviour to be self-controlled (Titus 2:2 and 6).
• There are always people around to take advantage of others and create deceit (Titus 1:10-11).
• Those who do not follow the covenant and submit themselves to the Bible’s teachings, who are lovers of all things ungodly, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, are always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth (2 Timothy 3:2-7). This is because the mindset of the infidels simply does not allow them to understand God’s teachings, they are continuously making mistakes (“learning”) but without ever correcting or showing concern, and therefore never believe in or follow God’s word as the truth. They never reach a higher calling.

Christianity’s intentions and beliefs

• The ideals of Christianity are there to prepare man to be “equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:17). Christianism is taught so as to correct poor behaviour and make you competent.
• Life comes from spirituality and the afterlife = the eternal life. “Death in Adam, Life in Christ” (Romans 5), and we should present our bodies “as a living sacrifice” (Romans 12:1).
• From one perspective, followers stick to the word of the Bible to gain glory in the next life, which is supposed to be the eternal one. This belief makes it easier to suffer all the hardships of this life, and anything imposed on you by leaders and people of higher rank, as you are waiting for paradise in the next life.
• The Bible states that “all those who follow Christ will always be persecuted” (2 Timothy 3:12), which seems like an odd way to encourage people to follow.
• When God formed Jeremiah in the womb, he did so to create his next prophet, and then in his youth commanded him to spread His word. Although this is a huge undertaking for someone so young, God did state that he should not be afraid as The Lord would be there with him. So, although he sends his prophets out into the world, He always makes sure they are accompanied (Jeremiah 1:4-8).

Obligation and freedom

• God touches Jeremiah’s mouth and says to him “I have put my words in your mouth” (Jeremiah 1:9), this means that not only would Jeremiah not be able to express his own thoughts if ever he had them, but he may never even bother to think about his own opinions. Also, when he spreads God’s word, it indicates he will not have done so of his own free will.
• Is the previous point not an infringement on Jeremiah’s freedom, to make him believe and prophesize for the Lord? God created him solely as a tool, to persuade everyone to do something that we cannot be sure Jeremiah would have believed, if it were for his own free will. Would it not be more convincing to find someone whose heart He had touched voluntarily, and made them a prophet?

The Bible. ESV, Good News Publishers, 2007.