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1 | How did evil arise? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 5395 | ||
I have no ulterior motive other than to know the truth.I am a genuine seeker.I also need to know so that I have an answer for those who also ask these questions.But banging me with doctrine won't help.I have also chosen this forum to ask these hard questions because I am unable to ask them in my local church or that there is no one who can answer them | ||||||
2 | Why do you continue to ask? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 5522 | ||
Thank you for jumping in.I think your response is the best yet and I think I'll drop the subject. Cephas |
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3 | Does God have free will? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 5536 | ||
Actually the question is not absurd at all.God cannot do whatever he wants eg he cannot do evil.God cannot act against his nature which is perfectly good.It therefore seems to me that men and angels (at least the prefallen ones ) have an ability which God does not or cannot possess.Freewill connotes that we can act against our nature.God cannot do that.My point is not to illustrate that we have something superior to God, but is a further attempt to understand the nature of evil and its origins.I look forward to your further response.Cephas | ||||||
4 | Did God create evil? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 5623 | ||
My son has a computer game in which some of the characters say"We're under attack!". I felt like this too.Thank you for your response and the one from Orthodoxy which some how has put my mind at rest.Bless you. Cephas | ||||||
5 | Does God have free will? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 5626 | ||
Insults are a poor substitute for debate. | ||||||
6 | Does God have free will? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 5644 | ||
I fear I am being mightily misunderstood.If you have been following the correspondence associated with my enquiry about the origin of evil,you might be able to see my question in context.I still think that my question should be addressed in a serious and thoughtful way.Then I can move on. | ||||||
7 | Does God have free will? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 5645 | ||
I don't think there has been endless debate!What has happened is that my serious question has been shouted down.This matter of the origin of evil has been published in a newspaper in my city.It was put up as the cornerstone for atheistic thinking and the reason why artists in particular have abandoned the Christian faith for some sort of hedonistic self realisation spirituality.If we can't address those kind of issues in an effective apologetic way,your "serious bible study" may end up being the preserve of some elite and the lost will continue to be lost.These issues have serious consequences for my own faith too.So please tread carefully.Cephas | ||||||
8 | Am I being censored? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 5658 | ||
How can you call me your friend?You have laid an incredibly heavy accusation on me.I forgive you in Jesus' name. | ||||||
9 | Does God have free will? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 5661 | ||
My peace has been disturbed.That is why I turned to my brethren for some meat.I dare not and do not speculate about God's intentions and motives, but I am enjoined to "give a reason for my faith".I fear I have thrown a rock in this pond.It was not my intention to disturb anyone's peace, but to find some answers.I have found some. | ||||||
10 | Does God have free will? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 5943 | ||
I re-engage this matter with fear and trembling considering the reaction my innocent question provoked before.But here goes.Doesn't free will imply freedom of choice? I choose to act.My acts may be good or evil.I can choose either or both.But God cannot choose to do evil because that would be contrary to his nature.Apparently God does not have the same freedom as we do.God does not have free will in the way we have. | ||||||
11 | Does God have free will? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 5946 | ||
In a way you have.In no sense did I suggest that God is somehow accountable to us for his actions ( although Moses confronted God about his character- but I'm not as brave as Moses).But God is accountable to himself eg he swears by himself:Heb 6:13His hands may not be tied by his creation but it seems he has tied his own hands.Do you understand the sense of my question now? | ||||||
12 | Jesus have own will? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 6066 | ||
These verses suggest that Jesus has a will of his own,but chooses to do the Father's will.My question was about the separate will of Jesus and the implications of that. | ||||||
13 | Does God have free will? | Bible general Archive 1 | Cephas | 6067 | ||
What exactly do you mean about me succeeding in blaspheming the Holy Spirit? That is the worst sin of all!And what do you mean by saying "Praise the Lord etc if that is so?Your responses are very mysterious sometimes. | ||||||
14 | Replenish the earth | Gen 1:28 | Cephas | 8032 | ||
Thanks Hank. | ||||||
15 | Replenish the earth | Gen 1:28 | Cephas | 8036 | ||
Thanks Radioman.Amen to peace. | ||||||
16 | Why send demons into the pigs? | Mark 5:12 | Cephas | 6382 | ||
I think this event was designed to show just how unclean unclean spirits are and the utter wretchedness of the demoniac.The spirits were so unclean even the pigs (the most unclean animal) preferred suicide to possession. | ||||||
17 | Why send demons into the pigs? | Mark 5:12 | Cephas | 6383 | ||
Another thought.The priests who were supposed to be the "cleanest" of all,failed to recognise who Jesus really was, yet the most unclean spirits not only knew who he was,they obeyed him without question. | ||||||
18 | Why did Jesus walk on water? | John 6:19 | Cephas | 5747 | ||
Hank.Thank you for your testimony and your insight.I wondered if there was some connection between Jesus'actions and Genesis 1:2. Blessings,Cephas. |
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19 | Death of death? | Rev 20:14 | Cephas | 7761 | ||
I presume that this postscript is directed at me.What answer do you think I want to hear? Are you implying that I do not want to "hear" the truth? I have not yet had a reasoned response to my question.Ad hominem attacks are at least uncivil and lethal to debate. | ||||||
20 | Persons destroyed too? | Rev 20:14 | Cephas | 7766 | ||
That's a cheap shot.What is your answer to the question? | ||||||
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