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1 | And the winner is ___ ? | Is 42:4 | EdB | 106947 | ||
Aixen7z4 Who says Adam let Eve make the decision. The Word says Eve was deceived however we see Adam walking into sin with his eyes open. I think this was choice and he choose the abilities that Eve now possessed versus the obeying of God. Once again who says Abel allowed Cain to kill him. Could Cain have not walked up to Abel from behind and struck him? Or perhaps he overpowered Abel and killed him. We aren’t told the detail just the important fact that Cain did kill his brother. I think right appears weak because right plays by the rules, wrong can cheat and circumvent what humans hold as true and good. Wrong is the aggressor and therefore usually has the advantage of surprise. That is why it is so important for Christians to walk in the Spirit for when we do we regain the advantage having Holy Spirit guide and protect us. We are the victors, but we are victors in Christ, it is when Christians try to do it in their own strength that evil triumphs. If we remain in Christ we have the victory. Another problem stems from the fact that we allow the world to define what is victorious, things like wealth, prosperity, things of this world. True victory is when you possess life eternal. Jesus said don’t fear those that can take this life fear what can effect your spirit. Evil doesn’t win evil is cloaked in deception to make us think it has won. Jesus in the eternal Victor. EdB |
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2 | And the winner is ___ ? | Is 42:4 | Aixen7z4 | 107052 | ||
You have made some good points there. Striking among them is the fact we need to decide what constitutes victory. The seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them, “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven“. It is true that wrong is often the aggressor, and it appears to win. We struggle to fit in the word “appears” when the righteous brother dies. But that is what we see, and hence the question and the challenge. My question asks, “Why was not Abel the aggressor?” Why was he not approaching his brother with the light and the right and the truth? Why was he not urging upon him the right way? It is clear that we can use our imagination to say that perhaps he did, etc. But the facts revealed indicate that Cain was the aggressor, with all of his evil skills and tools. We do not know that he sneaked up on him and such. We can imagine that. Can we not imagine Abel being smart enough to see what was coming and to protect himself? Beyond that, I say again, Abel could have decided to be the aggressor, to be proactive, to bring right and life to his brother. We are told to be on guard so that the enemy does not sneak up on us. “Be sober, be vigilant” (1 Peter 5:8). It does not seem to help the situation for us to say, while in the supine position, that he sneaked up on us. We are encouraged to be wise as serpents, and with that wisdom we go, with armor on from head to foot and a sword in our hands. We are to be proactive. We are to win. And he that winneth souls is wise. But of course, we also have to look out for each other. I wish that was saying that we look our for each other‘s welfare. But we have to look out for attacks from each other, because we do attack each other, rather than the foe. If you asked me, that is one of the main reasons we so often do not win. We spend so much of our effort attacking and opposing each other, it is a wonder we have any strength left to fight the foe. A kingdom divided against itself will suffer defeats. We also waste our time on nonsense. While the world is going to hell we sit and argue about where Cain’s wife came from. Mention it, and someone is sure to ask, “Who are you to judge?” We need some sure way, it seems, to provoke one another to love and to good works. Odium is swift and hate is strong. Love is slow to rouse itself. Truth is forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. Once again I’ll say that Joshua won, and Jesus won because they were proactive. Since we have the weapons of warfare, mighty as they are for the pulling down of strongholds, we should be notching up more victories. By victory I mean turning aside a temptation, winning a soul, doing a deed of kindness, encouraging a brother, earning a good reputation, getting up after you have fallen, restoring a brother who has fallen, suffering patiently for the gospel, getting to the meeting. Satan tries to stop these things. But in the strength of the Lord, with encouragement from a brother or sister, we can do them. We can win. |
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3 | And the winner is ___ ? | Is 42:4 | JCrichton | 107059 | ||
Aixwn7z4, hi! I've read through some of the posts today and someone made a comment as to the confusion that is cause on the board... I must agree! Your first posting ("And the winneris...") began with a pesimistic, antiChristian tone. It ended in a confusing proChristian stance; and yet your reply to EdB is full of statements contrasting your original thread. Adam did not knowingly enter into sin and Eve did not usurp his authority--they both did not know right from wrong prior to eating from the fruit (not the proverbial apple). Their sin was (firstly Adam) disobedience and (secondly, Eve) blind faith on a creature instead of the Maker. We cannot demand of history (theological or otherwise) what we know in restrospect. We do not know how Cain killed Abel; we know that he deceived him--could he not have assaulted Able from behind? I do agree with alot of what you stated on your second posting: we, Christians, do fall prey to the madness of earthly wisdom! We do maintain our spirituality intertwined with pride and egocentrism. Otherwise, how can so many denominations assert that their "way" is the correct way to: baptize, worship, serve, read, interpret, communicate, love, authorize, authenticate, live, die, resurrect, find salvation...? Christ said that there is only ONE WAY TO THE FATHER and he commanded that we BE ONE... But this is not new to the word--Paul had to reprimand his contemporary Christians (1 Corinthians 1:10-31) because they were basically doing exactly what you said: fighting amongts themselves, arguing what, when, why, how many... forgetting WHO we are to emulate, WHO we are to represent, WHO we have to answer to! Blessed Christmas! |
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4 | And the winner is ___ ? | Is 42:4 | Aixen7z4 | 107155 | ||
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