Is there a creator?

                                                 What is Fate?

1.   An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future.
2.   The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events.

Jonah chapter 3 verses 9 and 10:-   9 Who knows whether the true God may reconsider what he intends to do and turn from his burning anger, so that we may not perish?” 10 When the true God saw what they did, how they had turned back from their evil ways, he reconsidered the calamity that he said he would bring on them, and he did not bring it.

Fate is, according to many religious beliefs, the ultimate day of our death in this life and cannot be avoided, because it has been set by God! And everything that happens in our lives is already worked out and set by the Creator from the day we were born until the day we die! This belief is also related to what the Hinduism and Buddhism religions call Karma, and Islam calls Kismet, and even some so called Christian religions believe in your fate or predestination. Even the ancient Greek civilisation over 2500 years ago believed that the Gods set the course of your life and day of your death!

The above scripture makes a mockery of Fate being unchangeable, God can change his mind if a nation or a person puts faith in him and leaves his bad ways and repents. The scripture shows that their fate is in their own hands!

                                                             How Do You View Fate?

When something bad happens in your life that directly affects you, do you outright blame God for this bad thing happening? Or do you say "why did God allow this to happen?" - The plain and simple fact is that God had nothing to do with this action, your life course is your own to control, and if you look at the bad event after the hurt has subsided you may see the real reason for the painful situation?

Ecclesiastes chapter 9 verse 11:-   11 I have seen something further under the sun, that the swift do not always win the race, nor do the mighty win the battle, nor do the wise always have the food, nor do the intelligent always have the riches, nor do those with knowledge always have success, because time and unexpected events overtake them all.

There are even some people who blame everyone and everything but themselves when a bad thing happens, feeling that any excuse is better than no excuse! Then there are those who rely on lucky charms, and fortune tellers to help them avoid bad things happening. None of these actions and preventative remedies will ever help, because they are useless!

Fate does not rule your life, you are in complete control of your everyday life, but it is also true that unavoidable accidents and minor or even major disasters can occur to anyone, often without warning! (As mentioned in the scripture above).

                                                             Fate Does Not Exist!

But while your fate is in your own hands, there are consequences attached to your actions: For example - You must avoid certain actions such as murder, robbery, rape, abusive behaviour, violence, and many other pursuits that leads to the harm of others. The majority of people know instinctively what is right and what is unacceptable because of the laws in your country, and getting caught for carrying out any of these things can end in prison or worse. But even if you appear to get away with these bad things, there is one whom you cannot fool, and he Jesus Christ on Jehovah's behalf will judge everyone very soon!

1 Peter chapter 4 verse 5:-   5 But these people will render an account to the one who is ready to judge those living and those dead.

This judgement is the one and only true fate that all of mankind will face, and it cannot be avoided! You do not want to be put at the left hand side of Jesus when that Judgement is carried out, for it will mean your destruction, alternatively, being placed at Jesus right hand will mean survival and life. Your entire life course will determine where you stand when judgement arrives!

Matthew chapter 25 verses 31 to 33:-   31 “When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit down on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will put the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.

In Conclusion:   Your fate is not preordained, your future life prospects are entirely up to you, but you have an obligation to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ without deviating to the left or to the right, and you must worship the true God Jehovah who created man and no one else! There is no other way to obtain everlasting life!

Matthew chapter 7 verses 13 and 14:-   13 “Go in through the narrow gate, because broad is the gate and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are going in through it; 14 whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are finding it.

                                     Your Fate is up to You!