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1 | I just started reading the Bible and.... | OT general | petedavis6263 | 211313 | ||
Dear Hank, Thank you very much for trying to help. However I find it a bit hard to believe. I am a reasonably perceptive and intelligent man and God has blessed me in many ways. What you are saying is that my loving father in heaven has given me a powerful mind but in order to fully understand his message of salvation written in the bible I will need to read it at least 50 times. Wow! Wow, if that is the case then I suppose the reason there is a forum like this is for those of us who never complete very many readings. We can ask scholars who have already done it and are in full understanding. The sad thing is, there doesn’t seem to be anyone on this forum who has completed the necessary readings. How do you explain all of the long time members of this forum who have never completely read the bible 50 times, who possess faulty human wisdom and are trying to explain something they themselves don't fully understand? There must be someone! My questions are not difficult at all. The premise is elementary. God commands a moral law for everyone, thou shall not kill. He then commands another moral law in Dt 13:10, kill any family member if they should try to lead you away from Him. The civil laws are only for the Jews and the moral laws are for everyone. Killing is a moral law. Isn't there anyone out there who has read the bible 50 times and who can explain this? Why does it seem that God contradicts himself? Why do God given minds struggle to answer these questions without creating more confusion? How does killing your brother line up with the opportunity of salvation for all? Shouldn't your brother be given a chance to repent? Even if he doesn't repent, is killing him the correct message of love to send to other non-believers? If killing him is the right thing to do then why didn't God kill Lucifer way back in time before all of this mess began? How does killing your non believing brother line up with the message of love, mercy and grace? Isn't there anyone on this forum who has read the bible at least 50 times? Thank you for your patience. Please don't sweep me under the rug, there has to be a simple answer. May God bless you. Pete |
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2 | I just started reading the Bible and.... | OT general | lionheart | 211319 | ||
Pete, First of all let me encourage you with this, no one get's swept under the carpet here. I've been a disciple of Jesus Christ for going on fifteen years now and I've lost count of how many times I've been through the bible, but I learn something every time. And there are still things I don't completely understand. I'll be learning till the day our Lord calls me home. Now with all this in mind my next point. Hank's reply to you was solid and firmly grounded in scripture. His reference to Prov 3:5,6 was right on and I'll add Prov 14:12 to the mix. All wisdom or knowledge we may possess is inconsequential without a foundation in God's Word. 2 Timothy 2:15 3:16,17, 2 Peter 1:19-21 1 Tim 4:16 to name just a few is where all of us should be when it comes to our thinking and learning. We're not gonna figure it out on our own. Your reference to Dt 13:10, read it in reference and context to the whole chapter. Do a word study on the word kill and it's various meanings and usages, it'll tell you allot. Wisdom and knowledge in light of God's Word and council is a powerfull thing but without it well??? Pete keep swinging. I'm not a scholar by any sense of the word. I'm one the guys in the trenches evertday getting his hands dirty and the world being what it is they at times get bloody too. We need all the tools we can lay our hands on and they right there at our finger tips, In Him, lionheart |
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3 | I just started reading the Bible and.... | OT general | petedavis6263 | 211329 | ||
Thank you for your thoughts, lionheart, It was after I finished reading the first five books of the bible that I was advised to do a restart going to the NT first. I will study all the verses you listed and respond later. Thank you. Pete |
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