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1 | How our Loving God commanded such things | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 126201 | ||
Johnny, It is God's way of cleansing the earth of sinful people on a smaller scale than the Flood of Noah. The bible is full of passages in which God says he is using one people to chastise another. See for example Isaiah 10:5-7, 13-16. and consider that the Assyrians for all practical purposes wiped out the ten "lost" tribes of Israel. The wrath of God is no small thing. Emmaus |
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2 | How a Loving and just God commanded such | Bible general Archive 2 | jlpangilinan | 127369 | ||
How a Loving and just God commanded such things? 1Sa 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. We can maybe assume that amalek was very evil person, how about the infants? Eze 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. Why the must kill the infants? they unskilfull about righteousness. Heb 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. God bless, |
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3 | How a Loving and just God commanded such | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 127388 | ||
Hi Johnny, I am concerned and saddened somewhat by the situation that initiated your question here. I am hoping that your faith in a loving God is still intact. In looking at your references, I can see the connection between them, but more in way of contrast than comparison. 1 Samuel 15, Saul did not carry out God's commands. He spared the best of the sheep and oxen. He didn't spare the children as you would have, but he did listen to the voices of the people and spared some sheep and oxen (to be sacrificed, he said, to the Lord their God). But the question for the chapter is "Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the Lord?" 1 Sam 15:22b, "Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams." The ways of the Lord in contrast to our ways is the subject of Ezekiel 18. You say, "The way of the Lord is not right." Yet the Lord God had already said that He has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather wants to see him turn from his wicked ways. Ezekiel 18:29, "But the house of Israel says, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Are My ways not right, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not right?" I think that it is time to be a good teacher and not question the Lord and His holiness and His ways. Ezekiel was a teacher of the elders who sat before him. Ezekiel 20:2, "And the word of the Lord came to me saying, 3 "Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live," declares the Lord God, "I will not be inquired of by you."" Hebrews 5 talks of our being teachers. Before that it talks of Jesus being obedient to the things which were to be acted on and endured. Hebrews 5:8, NKJ, "though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10 called by God as High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek." Jesus did all the things that pleased the Father. This loving God sent His Son to die for our sins. His ways are the ways of love. From the heart, Ray |
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4 | How a Loving and just God commanded such | Bible general Archive 2 | jlpangilinan | 127389 | ||
Ray, Yes, my faith is intact, but I one of the reason of this forum is learn from it. I was thinking that my question I posted are one of the basic question can be raised from a listener, a future concvicts. From my own believe I know God had a reason for this to command such things. My objective really for posting those questions is not really just for me but also to those persons may I encountered and probably will ask that kind of question. "Thou shall not kill" what is the purpose of this commandments if eventually the One that gave this will ordered to the same people which the receptient of such commandment, to murdered infants. Answer with scriptures are appreciated. God bless, |
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5 | How a Loving and just God commanded such | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 127409 | ||
Hi Johnny, I am glad that you asking your question more for other people's benefit. It is indeed easier to see God's love in the other attributes of God. It is more difficult to see God's love in His justice than in His holiness, for instance. Country girl leads us to another thread on this topic and it led me to restudying Ezra. In looking at Ezra 8:22 I like the NIV even better than the NASB and NKJ for this verse. I think that the idea of the "power of His wrath" in justice can be compared to the power of His love and the spirit of love that He shows to all who will repent and serve Him. Ezra 8:21b, "...that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions. 22..."The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger [NIV, the power of His wrath]are against all those who forsake Him." From the heart, Ray |
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6 | How a Loving and just God commanded such | Bible general Archive 2 | jlpangilinan | 127486 | ||
Thanks and God bless, | ||||||
7 | How a Loving and just God commanded such | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 127499 | ||
Hi Johnny, You might consider the threads concerning Romans 12:19 which talk about the wrath of God and vengeance. I compared some verses in post #61428. From the heart, Ray |
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