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1 | Can God change His mind? | Jer 18:8 | Searcher56 | 13859 | ||
The expression "to repent," when used of God, is anthropopathic (that is, a description of our Lord in terms of human emotions and passions). The Hebrew root behind all the words variously translated as "relent," "repent," "be sorry" and "grieve" is nhm. The root may have reflected the idea of breathing or sighing deeply. It suggests a physical display of one's feelings--sorrow, compassion or comfort. The part of the names of Nehemiah and Nahum take the root. In Genesis 6:6 the repentance of God is his proper reaction to continued and unrequited sin and evil in the world. The parallel clause says that sin filled his heart with pain. This denotes no change in his purpose or character. It only demonstrates that God has emotions and passions and that he can and does respond to us for good or ill when we deserve it. Contrast this with Jonah 4:1-2. It again appears that God changed His mind and not destory Ninevah. However, since God cannot change (Mal 3:6), which I see as His plans, too ... they continue, becuase man changed. Steve |
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2 | followup | Jer 18:8 | userdoe220 | 13865 | ||
Is it anthropopathic because our theology dictates it to be? Another words, our we letting our presuppositions dictate our interpretation, or are we letting the Bible speak without our presuppositions. I listed just a couple of examples, but there is a number of instances in scripture which seem to really say just that...God changed his mind. I guess the big question would be, "who defines what verse is Anthropopathic?" There are many verses where everyone in Orthodox Christianity would agree on; However, Dr. Harden feels that the account in Genesis addressing God's sorrow is Anthropapathic. Why? Because feelings like sorrow imply lack and since God is totally complete he can never lack anything. I would disagree and believe that passages that write about God's emotions are not anthropapathic at all. However, where is the line drawn? Have we allowed Platonic reason to form our understanding of the Biblical God? Is the label, Anthropapathic, used to do away with verses that don't fit our understanding of who God is? |
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3 | followup | Jer 18:8 | Searcher56 | 13878 | ||
We need to let the Bible speak without our presuppositions. If we don't we believe that God changes His mind. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts" (Isa 55:9 NASB). We do not understand God, so we need to put human attributes on Him to describe Him. You not siding with the "experts" makes me smile, for I often do the same. However, I have studied this and His changing is from our view. He cannot and will not change. Steve |
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4 | followup | Jer 18:8 | userdoe220 | 13880 | ||
For now I agree with you wholeheartedly on this issue. I was asked a question by a skeptic and he didn't buy my/our explanation. He felt we adopted the term, anthorpormiphic, to 1.) help undue an obvious Biblica Contradiction and 2.) wedge "another" Bible verse into our theology and make God fit into our understanding. Disgruntled X-Preachers are the hardest to reach out too. |
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