Interventionist God Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Interventionist God ------------------- Date: 2/24/2001 Keywords: "deism" "interventionist" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passages: 2 Samuel 7:24* You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, O LORD, have become their God. Questions 1. Which of God's character traits does this verse highlight?   2. How could this verse apply to your struggles with pornography?   Practical help The philosophy of deism posits a god who set the universe in motion and then stepped out of the picture for good. He doesn't intervene in people's lives. When it comes to struggles with porn, Christians can unwittingly fall into this same (heretical) notion of God. They have prayed so long and tried so hard to rid themselves of this problem, they begin to believe God won't — or can't — do anything about it. Scripture takes a different approach. It acknowledges temptation, yet it posits an interventionist God who can step in to clean house. If the deistic god still sounds more realistic, find your way back to faith through a simple truth: It only takes a mustard seed of it to move mountains. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2001 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.