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161 | Same Bible? | Gen 21:18 | Brian.g | 144524 | ||
Now Hank, I used quotation marks to indicate a difference. Brian |
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162 | Same Bible? | Gen 21:18 | Brian.g | 144561 | ||
Hi Hank, Thanks for the welcome back. I'm not sure if I like being four years older, maybe it would be easier if I also got four years wiser - but I'm not sure that happened. Congratulations on your upcoming 70th birthday. Brian |
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163 | how did god test abrakam | Gen 22:2 | Brian.g | 73151 | ||
Prayon I'd like to add a couple of thoughts to expand upon your well thought-out answer. I think it is a fair statement that all true and loving parents will gladly take upon themselves the pains and suffering of their children. I believe that the greatest love possible, excluding the love for God, is the love a parent has for their child. In following God's command, Abraham demonstrated his complete love and devotion for God - greater than even the love for his son. But, in the end God did not require the completion of the act - because God did not need the sacrifice. Psalms 50:14 Offer praise as your sacrifice to God; fulfill your vows to the Most High. For all of the years since then and even through today, each parent who has heard this story has understood how great the sacrifice Abraham was willing to make. And in their own way, each parent has prayed that they would never be forced to demonstrate their complete and total love and devotion, in the same manner as Abraham. Through the story of Abraham, we are better able to understand how great was God's sacrifice of His Son, Jesus, in order to demonstrate His complete and total love and devotion for mankind. God did not need the actual sacrifice of Isaac, but man did need the sacrifice of Jesus to fully understand the depth of Gods love. As I said at the beginning, all true and loving parents will gladly take upon themselves the pains and suffering of their children, as did Jesus. Brian |
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164 | where was Abraham's buried | Gen 25:9 | Brian.g | 73101 | ||
ladyappleman Genesis 25:9-10 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, son of Zohar the Hittite, which faces Mamre the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites; there he was buried next to his wife Sarah Brian |
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165 | How human-like is God | Exodus | Brian.g | 13636 | ||
Man is made in the image of God. How human-like is God. Does God share the same or similiar emotions as man - i.e. likes, dislikes, and so on. This is not a question to try to belittle God, but to understand God better - to assist us in relating to God When answering, please quote verse and justify your answer. |
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166 | How human-like is God | Exodus | Brian.g | 13647 | ||
Thank you for your response. However, I'd like to limit the scope of this discussion specifically to God , the Father and not Jesus, at this time and more on non-physical features. For example: Integrity: God became very angry at the Hebrew people after He freed them from Egypt, and yet He fulfilled His commitment to them for a land of their own. Here, we see God's anger, hurt and other "man-like" features, but then we also see His God-like response in the manner in which He handled these situations. Can you help me expand on this? |
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167 | How human-like is God | Exodus | Brian.g | 13668 | ||
Hank I think you are reading more into this than intended. I suggest that maybe if you could re-read the question and also my expanded explanation to vkey, it may help explain theobjective of my question. If you need further clarification, please let me know and I will be happy to assist thanks Brian |
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168 | How human-like is God | Exodus | Brian.g | 13719 | ||
Hank In reviewing your comments, I agree that the question could have been written better. I think the best way to proceed with this thought is to end this posting and restructure the question and start all over again. Thank you for your feedback. |
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169 | why did God plan to kill moses here | Ex 4:24 | Brian.g | 88599 | ||
mnica50 Because the son of Moses was not circumcised, which is the responsibility of the father. Gen 17:10-13 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you that you must keep: every male among you shall be circumcised. Circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and that shall be the mark of the covenant between you and me. Throughout the ages, every male among you, when he is eight days old, shall be circumcised, including houseborn slaves and those acquired with money from any foreigner who is not of your blood. Yes, both the houseborn slaves and those acquired with money must be circumcised. Thus my covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting pact. Moses was saved when his wife circumcised their son Ex 4:25-26 But Zipporah took a piece of flint and cut off her son's foreskin and, touching his person, she said, "You are a spouse of blood to me." Then God let Moses go.... Brian |
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170 | Virgin Mary | Ex 20:4 | Brian.g | 183012 | ||
To have a picture or statuette of any human being (living or dead) in your home is not wrong. To worship that art form, as if it were a god, would be wrong. To view a form of art in remembrance of how that person lived their life as an inspiration, in the same manner in which the images within the stained glass windows in churches inspire and help us remember, is not wrong Mary is viewed as the perfect disciple of Christ. The perfect disciple of Christ is one who always serves Christ, never betrays or abandons Christ and always leads other to follow Christ. From the moment the angel came to Mary (Lk 1:38 Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid (servant) of the Lord) To the wedding a Cana (Jn 2:5 His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you.") Through the scourging and crucifixion of Jesus Other Disciples: Jn 13:38 Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times." Other Disciples: Lk 23:49 but all his acquaintances stood at a distance, including the women who had followed him from Galilee and saw these events. Mary: Jn 19:25 Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala And following the instructions of Jesus to wait in the upper room, in prayer, for the Holy Spirit Acts 1:14 All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. From the very beginning and forever thereafter, there was only one perfect disciple of Christ who never wavered, who was always with Christ and who never denied or abandoned Christ. Mary, the mother of Christ, is that perfect disciple of Christ. Go ahead and put her picture in your home and I hope she inspires you to be like her as the perfect disciple of Christ and to lead others to Christ. Mary is the Christmas star – always leading others to Christ Brian |
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171 | Virgin Mary | Ex 20:4 | Brian.g | 183035 | ||
WOS In your reply, you referenced Luke 1:46-48. "...from henceforth, all generations shall call me blessed" Blessed means to be make or pronounce as holy. To be holy means "perfect in righteousness and divine love : infinitely good : worthy of complete devotion and trust : commanding one's fullest powers of adoration and reverence" To be 'righteous' means conforming oneself to the divine or moral law. Lev 11:44-45 For I, the LORD, am your God; and you shall make and keep yourselves holy, because I am holy. You shall not make yourselves unclean, then, by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground. Since I, the LORD, brought you up from the land of Egypt that I might be your God, you shall be holy, because I am holy. God would not expect man to be holy, if it was not possible. Mary proved it was and is, possible, as did Noah (Gen 6:9) and Abraham (Gen 15:6). Therefore, Scripture did say that Mary was perfect, in righteousness. Which is what we would expect from the perfect disciple of Christ. Brian |
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172 | 'Conscientious Objection' Biblical? | Ex 20:13 | Brian.g | 16086 | ||
Charis I agree with you to the point that God did give us permission in the OT to do many things, including capital punishment for many crimes, including murder. However, Jesus has taught us that we must help that person to sin no more and to become a Christian, if at all possible. By putting a murderer into prison, even for life, they will have the chance to find Jesus and live their life as Jesus wants us to. They may not find Jesus, but we must try to help them. If we immediately kill that person, or near immediately, then they probably won't have the opportunity to find Jesus during the course of their natural life. If they complete their natural life in prison, they will have a greater chance of being saved and spending eternity in heaven. John 8:7-11 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin." 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." Murder is a sin and if a man commits this sin and then truly follows Jesus, his sin of murder will be forgiven. Brian |
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173 | 'Conscientious Objection' Biblical? | Ex 20:13 | Brian.g | 16160 | ||
Charis I think we must remember that life does not end with the death of the body. Brian |
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174 | 'Conscientious Objection' Biblical? | Ex 20:13 | Brian.g | 16384 | ||
Ed God gave us the law Jesus taught us mercy Brian |
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175 | 'Conscientious Objection' Biblical? | Ex 20:13 | Brian.g | 16600 | ||
Ed I understand your thoughts on Humanists. Do you feel that people who oppose the death penalty are all Humanists, or can a Christian be opposed to the death penalty, also. Brian |
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176 | 'Conscientious Objection' Biblical? | Ex 20:13 | Brian.g | 16626 | ||
Ed Thanks for the clarification. I'm not sure if I fully agree with you, but you have given me food for thought. Brian |
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177 | 'Conscientious Objection' Biblical? | Ex 20:13 | Brian.g | 16672 | ||
Ed I told you that you gave me food for thought, and I'd like to share with you some of my thoughts. I can see situations in which people can strive so hard to be Christ-like and to follow the teachings of Christ so diligently, that we can overstep what Jesus was teaching and begin to add our own interpretations. Subsequently, our interpretations could be inconsistent with the teachings of Jesus - or using your term, Humanistic in action, not by plan. This exemplifies the importance of proper guidance from our Church leaders and teachers as to what Jesus meant for us to do. We have to rely on our Church leaders who have spent the hundreds and thousands of hours analyzing and dissecting these topics from a theological standpoint and then to share with us, their interpretations. This is why the role of a teacher is so important to insure that the teachers are instructing according to the denominations beliefs. Again, this is how the pieces came together on this topic for me. Thanks for the good debate. Brian |
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178 | Crafts and Professions in the Bible | Ex 31:3 | Brian.g | 33961 | ||
Makarios You never cease to amaze me, my friend. You are an incredible source of knowledge. Brian |
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179 | Should Christians practice nonresistance | Lev 26:6 | Brian.g | 15880 | ||
Charis I think the main question which needs to be addressed is: what is the value of human life? Where do we draw the line as to when it is acceptable to end life. Who is right in determining the final answer. If we keep accepting more and more justification for ending a life, does it make taking the life easier - and then devalues life even further. If we never permitted abortion, would we be debating stem cell research today. If we permit stem research today, what will be tomorrow. If today we allow stem cells to be harvested from aborted children on the justification that it helps others, aren't we promoting the possibility of women getting pregnant in order to sell their fetuses to cell harvesting companies. If cell harvesting is permitted and we continue killing criminals - can we then kill any criminal who has murdered 5 people so we can use his organs for transplants - our justification is that he is paying back for his crimes. And if we need more organs, maybe we can pull back that number to include criminals who have killed 3 people. What about older people who are in relatively good physical health, but suffering from Alzheiners - they will not be cured and they will be a drain on our medical resources - but instead they can help others live by letting us euthanize them and donating their organs to sick people. The point I'm making with this, is that in today's world - these scenarios don't seem as far fetched as they would have 10-20 years ago. And that is because human life is rapidly being devalued. Where is the line drawn All life is from God and all life is sacred. It is not our right to end any human life for any reason. By the way, I believe there an Apostle who murdered someone. Thank God he was given the opportunity to repent and follow Christ. I think he made a difference in the world. |
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180 | Should Christians practice nonresistance | Lev 26:6 | Brian.g | 15922 | ||
Charis The point of my posting was that we have the responsibility to protect the diginity of man and that protecting human life is one aspect of it. Life is a gift from God. When we begin accepting the destruction of life from one perspective, then it becomes easier to end life from other perspectives. The different acceptable reasons for destroying life begin to feed upon each other. With specific regard to the death penalty: Our legal system attempts to accomplish four goals: 1. Rehabilitation of the criminal - this consists of repentance and moral reform. One of the Apostles was a reformed murderer. 2. To defend society aginst the criminal. - Sometimes that includes life in prison. Which, while is a harsh punishment, the criminal still can reform and repent and can live the remainder of his life in Christ. At that point, the physical location of life is unimportant. Look at the writings of the Apostles which were created while in prison. 3. Deterrance - I feel life imprisonment is as much of a deterrant as the death penalty - when people fully understand the magnitude of the sentence. A 14 year old will not fully understand the significance of the death penalty nor life in prison but a 20 year old should. 4. Retribution - Punishment should try to restore the right order violated by the crime. The criminal should pay a price for the crime committed and if possible, the victims should be compensated for the wrong suffered. This does not mean revenge. Mathew 9 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" 12 On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." Exodus 20:13 "You shall not murder |
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