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1 | Is God really I am who or what I am? | John 3:14 | Giam | 46449 | ||
Thanks Makarios! I hear u! But can I be as wise/subtle as a serpent while hating them, and be as harmless as a dove while loving them? See waht I am saying? And what about this? Proverbs 30 18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: 19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. Am I really learning the core about going to ants if I hate them? See what I mean? And since to u, subtle means crafty, what about this? 2 Corinthians 12 15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. 16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile. Can I hate the serpent or Satan for being crafty while loving the apostle Paul for being crafty with guile? Wd I not tend to also hate Paula for being like the serpent and snake I hate? See? And when u say this: I do not believe that such a close comparison or analogy between Christ, love, and snakes is in any way accurate, how do u explain Romans 8:35-39 where Hate for any of the creation separates us from the Love of Christ? Romans 8 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, IN ALL these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, NOR ANY OTHER CREATION/CREATURE, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Can we really hate any creature God created and still totally love the Creator of what we hate? See? Looking fwd to your comments. All Love and Respect to u, Giam |
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2 | Is God really I am who or what I am? | John 3:14 | Hank | 46471 | ||
Giam, the Scriptures teach, and God Himself sets the example, to hate sin and evil. The serpent of Genesis is the personification and embodiment of evil. The snake you may find in the forest or in your garden is no more evil than your pet goldfish. Thus, we have no command to "hate" snakes or any other creature. While I don't personally hate snakes, I don't generally invite them into my den to watch television! Your confusion seems to generate from the assumption that snakes and Satan are somehow intertwined. They are not. Snakes are members of the animal kingdom. Satan is not. Snakes are not fallen angels. Satan is.--Hank | ||||||
3 | Is God really I am who or what I am? | John 3:14 | Giam | 46498 | ||
Thanks Makarios! Yes, I love snakes and in love stay far away from them! So too, I love Satan and with Love resist him and want to be in Love far away from him! See? My point was/is that to hate snakes or to hate Satan or to hate anyone or anything is the same Hate misapplied! Satan is also compared to a lion. 1 peter 5:8-9. So the same premise and logic in love applies: it is wrong to hate lions and wrong to hate satan! Satan is only Lucifer in hate! Lucifer was Satan in Love! Do u follow? Hate must only be applied to sin, and sin is the hating of anything God loves! Satan is only evil because of the evil attitide of sin of him hating himself and so trying to get us to hate him so to get us to disobey God who commands us to lvoe our worse and number one enemy, our spiritual enemy: Satan. So if we hate Satan, we are dissing God and obeying Satan, and if we love Satan, we are obeying God and disobeying satan! Matthew 5:43-48 and Ephesians 6:10-12. Since Satan hates us, when we hate him back,, when we resend hate to him, we are just like him who hates his enemies, and we are not like God who loves His enemies! see? Your comments please! l and r, giam |
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4 | Is God really I am who or what I am? | John 3:14 | Makarios | 46580 | ||
Greetings Giam! I can certainly agree with what you said here, "Yes, I love snakes and in love stay far away from them!" :-) But I cannot follow nor agree with your logic concerning love and Satan. You see, Satan is the very absence of love. Satan is the ultimate darkness and God is the Light that penetrates all! Satan, if ever he did contain or resemble anything that was once noble, is wretched with evil and is beyond any redeeming whatsoever. Also, Satan does not have any redeeming qualities, being completely and forever accursed because of his malice and pride. Therefore, one could say that 'love' is beyond Satan's grasp to attain. So you can see that a simple analogy or comparison such as yours does not do justice to how we should act or react towards Satan in light of what has been revealed to us through Scripture. No, I do not love Satan. But I do not live in fear of him either. But we are commanded to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength (Mark 12:30). Nowhere does it say that we should love Satan in any way, but the Bible tells us the very opposite about Satan.. "Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." [James 4:7] Blessings to you, Makarios |
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5 | Is God really I am who or what I am? | John 3:14 | Giam | 46679 | ||
Makarios! Thank u! I HEAR u! smile We agree to disagree in Love and Respect, right? smile So where did u get that name? I love it! L and r, Giam |
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