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I think that the Old Testament reflects the image of how hard is to seek God without his Son. I really thought many times that I would have suicided yet being born before Christ. I say this because true faith requires a lot of mental work and emotional control, so that you may be able to set your mind free and truly believe. And religion was a big torment in my life, and the darkness that Jesus overcame, I could never.
How could I be able to think "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her" when being tempted by the pharisees?
How could I have the courage to say "Ye have heard that it was said...But I say unto you" when religion teaches that to criticize the Scriptures is to criticize God?
These are some of the things that only Jesus would be able to overcome. I know that God has me as his son since the day I was born, but I know that I would never be able to be myself if he hadn't give me his Son to believe in.
There's a whole system built just to make you believe that God is not that good... Remember the temptation of the serpent? "Ye shall not die... For God doth know...", the first word uttered just to make you hate God. How many times religion made me hate God for its "truths" about him! I simply cannot forgive.
When one man believed that God was not all good, a whole system was created in which God is visibly evil. But such God is not God, but the devil, the one who took power by force.
This dualistic mystery I know well...
It's really important to watch what you're believing in when it comes to God. It may make you love or hate him.
So stare at Jesus and listen to the only Master.
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