I have heard these words far too often, people justifying doing whatever they want and basically ignoring God while claiming to have faith in Him. It makes me sad to hear people say things like this, because it represents a fundamental misunderstanding of who God is and what He wants from us. To say you and God have a deal is to act under the assumption that He wants someTHING from you, that He wanted you to do something particular, like go to church or read your Bible every day, and you talked with Him and worked out a deal that allowed you to do something else, like skip church and just be nice to people instead, that would still satisfy His requirement of you and allow you to remain in good standing with Him and go to Heaven.
That is messed up, and it makes me very, very sad to hear, because it is dropping God once again into that box of legalistic scorekeeper, who doesn't really care about your heart and just wants you to do something for Him to satisfy Him. This is tragic, and I'm so tired of hearing this view of God and other manifestations of it. This is so wrong, and so opposite of our beautiful, free, wild, loving God! I feel like once people know God for how free and loving He really is, no one can possibly not want Him! I want the lies to stop! It breaks my heart to see how so many people don't understand that what God really wants is not for them to do something for Him, He just wants them, exactly as they are. I want the lies to stop.
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