{"id":517,"date":"2009-03-29T15:59:14","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T20:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aleroy.com\/blog\/?p=517"},"modified":"2009-12-15T06:51:15","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T12:51:15","slug":"where-did-god-come-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog\/archives\/517\/where-did-god-come-from","title":{"rendered":"Where did God come from?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When this question is asked in the Greater Reality, the answer given is: &#8220;God has always existed.&#8221; God is the Alpha and the Omega. The Beginning and the End of all things.<\/p>\n<p>All things come from God and have their existence in God. We live within God and God lives within us. Jesus said that the Father was within and did the good works. If we believed this, we could do the good works also, and even greater works than Himself.<\/p>\n<p>The nature of God is universal, unconditional Love. Compassion, truth, and caring for all. This is confirmed by the Near Death Experience.<\/p>\n<p>Now, where did evil come from? If in the beginning only God existed, how could evil come from good? It couldn&#8217;t and it didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Man became so focused on the physical world that he forgot his spiritual nature. He mistakenly thought himself weak and vulnerably. He became fearful of his neighbors and divided the lands and built walls. He warred against his neighbors and brought much suffering into the world. Needing an excuse for his actions, man invented devils, demons, and symbols of evil to explain his own transgressions. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aleroy.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/where-did-evil-come-from\/\">Where did Evil come from?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style='text-align:left'>&copy; 2009, <a href='https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog'>Lekatt<\/a>. 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