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41 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | TheCurtMan | 93601 | ||
If you would like to discuss the 9th chapter of Romans, I have no problem with that. But out of 33 verses, where would you like to start?? In light of our most recent conversation, I could only assume that you’re drawn reference to v. 17. Would that be a fair assumption?? The reason I drew this conclusion is because of these two statements that you made. 1. My whole point was about God's eternal plan. 2. But I am fully convinced that God created everything, even the devil, to be the evil being that he is. The CurtMan |
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42 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | TheCurtMan | 93720 | ||
When you're right, you're right. The class on snakeology I never took seriously, as a matter of fact, I never took it at all. I didn't know that Asp and Cobras where of the same family. Thanks for the enlightenment. | ||||||
43 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | TheCurtMan | 93729 | ||
Do I have any ideas?? Do a river have water?? A friendly discussion on spiritual matters where we can agree to disagree and share one another’s perspective on a matter is alright by me. But if it’s answers that you’re looking for, you could find a better resource than the CurtMan. Here’s my belief on the issue: Over in Matt. 19:3-9, the Pharisees were questioning Jesus on marriage. They wanted to know why Moses allowed them to divorce their wives if divorce was not origingally in God’s plans. In verse 8 Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been this way.” For a lack of a better way to say what I want to say, I’ll put it this way. I believe that God has two wills. An Original Will, like how things were suppose to go from the beginning, and a Permissive Will, things He allow because of circumstances, like the hardness of our heart. Originally speaking, I do not believe that divorce was part of God plans. But because of our Freedom of Choice, because of our ability to make bad decisions, God allow certain things to happen for whatever the reason, and has already planned for them. I personally do not believe that God’s original plan was for Lucifer to do the things that he did. I believe that God had to have a plan in place for when Lucifer did do what he did. Careful planning is one of the many lessons that can be found in scripture. Take Pharaoh for example. That was planned, but was it part of God’s Origingal Will, or Permissive Will?? I personally believe that Pharaoh was part of God’s Permissive Will simply based on the fact that if you read that story carefully, you’ll see that Pharaoh played a part in hardening his own heart. God also played a part in hardening Pharaoh’s heart because His plan was to make a cold example out of the man, and He did just that. Neither do I believe that God hardening Pharaoh’s heart was a voilation of Pharaoh’s Freedom of Choice. He could’ve repented at anytime, God just knew that he wouldn’t. So while regaining His children from Egypt, God showed His children a very important lesson, ‘THERE IS NO OTHER GOD BESIDE ME’. All Pharaoh had to do was open his ears and listen to his counselors who tried to tell him that his arms was too short to box with the God of Moses. Figurtively speaking that is. Let me ask you something, if God, ‘raised up Pharaoh’ to be the way that he was and violated his freedom of choice, then according with all that scripture has to say or salvation; obedience; and rebellion, it would seem that Pharaoh’s punishment was unjust. “He couldn’t help it, God made him do it.” Also, if all this is true, then how do you fit James 1:13-16 into this idea?? |
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44 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | TheCurtMan | 94391 | ||
Well gee Sal, you have my respect if nothing else. Until our next issue. The CurtMan |
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45 | Why did Eve orginally leave the garden? | Gen 3:1 | TheCurtMan | 99492 | ||
I’ve read this time and time again- Note: Emmaus, wow – you responded to both of my questions from last night. Thank you. Your response to my concept of Eve being outside the garden is understandable. Too often we hear a sermon from some rushed priest or preacher and take it for gospel. Another preacher adds his or her two-bits and pretty soon we have a “doctrine” that doesn’t fit Scripture. When I read His Word, I pay attention to ALL the words, not just the verbs and nouns. In that portion of Scripture, Eve and the serpent are talking about the tree which IS IN THE MIDST of the garden. IF they were standing in the garden, and in particular, next to the tree being discussed, they wouldn’t be making reference “to the tree in the midst of the garden”. They would be making references to “this tree”. It was later that Eve saw that the fruit looked good to eat. And Adam was with her at that time. The four letter word WHEN she saw – tells me that a period of time had transpired since the serpent and she had had their little conversation. Many such words fill that story to prove my point. So I am wondering the same thing still about Eve being where she shouldn’t have been. But I do appreciate your imput, Emmaus. I can’t conceive a reason why Eve would be outside the garden in the first place. Everything she needed was in the garden. Why go outside the garden?? I figured since this is something that you’ve probably considered long before I, that you might have a possible reason. Could the satisfaction of curiosity be sin?? If this was the case with Eve, then it deffinantly led to sin. And why would one want to satisfy self in a state of perfection?? The more that I think about Eve having this conversation outside of the garden, the more questions I come up with. The CurtMan |
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46 | Is Satan Jesus' brother? Gen 3:15 | Gen 3:15 | TheCurtMan | 114467 | ||
Thanks for the response and the comments. However; there are a couple of clairifications I'd like to make, as well as ask you a very important question. When I said that Satan was 'terminated', I did not mean to reply that he was dead. What I was referring to was his position in heaven coming to an end. He nolonger have the position that he held. If Satan was dead, then I'd have a lot less trails in my life. In reference to Isa. 14, (sorry about the misquoted scripture earlier) I've always believed that to be a Hebrew Parallelism. Meaning that scripture is referring to more than just one thing, more than just the King of Babylon. One such example of Hebrew Parallelism would be Gen. 3:15. Who do you think God was talking to and about when He said, "He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel" Was He referring to the snake or the devil?? Another good Parallelism would be II Sam. 7:12-13. Who was God referring to Jesus or Solomon?? Everything else at this point isn't as important as the question I must ask for clarification sake. Is Jesus Christ Jehovah?? The CurtMan |
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47 | What is Mark of Cain? Where in the Bilbe | Gen 4:15 | TheCurtMan | 90564 | ||
Well EdB, that's a very good point. But at the time I didn't see it that way. Being of that particular race, I decided to leave the Mormon Church. According to their beliefs, we would be the absolute last; the bottom of the barrell; after everyone else, to enter into the Kingdom of God. I had a problem with that when I compared it to Romans 3:23. What made my skin a worse sin then their actions?? No one could answer that one. But since they were striving for Godhood anyway, they were just short of perfect, or trying to be, which was something that I could never accomplish because of the Curse of Cain. The CurtMan |
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48 | What is Mark of Cain? Where in the Bilbe | Gen 4:15 | TheCurtMan | 91052 | ||
From the perspective of a Christian, how can a church relate prejudice to the principles governing Col. 3:12-13?? With our mouths we profess one thing, but with our actions we profess the complete opposite. | ||||||
49 | Given the chance to repent | Num 4:15 | TheCurtMan | 93719 | ||
Your question to me is, where was justice. I can not answer that question any better than Gracefull did in her post. My question to you is that do you think that good intentions should superceed the laws of God? | ||||||
50 | Given the chance to repent | Num 4:15 | TheCurtMan | 94278 | ||
I did not say that good intension will superceed the laws of God but the chances that given to person to repent I did not make a statement or an accusation, I simply asked a question, which was, “My question to you is that do you think that good intentions should supercede the laws of God?” My second question to you is, “Can I get an answer to my previous question?” Fact of the matter is that God’s word was in place well before Uzzah touched the Ark. When Uzzah did touch the Ark, that brings me back to my original question. Unfortunately he did not have a chance to repent, I John 1:9. Some consequences to actions are immediate. This is one of those examples. And as far as Adam and Eve is concerned, THEY DID DIE IMMEDIATELY. Not physically, but spiritually. Look at Gen. 3:8. They were spiritually separated from God. That perfect relationship they had with God was broken. According to what God said in 2:8, “…for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Death did take place in that day. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, if you have a relationship with the Him. I personally would rather be physically dead and rejoicing than spiritually dead and miserable. The CurtMan |
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51 | Given the chance to repent | Num 4:15 | TheCurtMan | 94474 | ||
You don’t think that we’re slightly off track with the original topic? Fact 1. Adam and Eve hid from God because of their broken relationship with God. Gen. 3:8 Fact 2. Uzzah was killed immediately before he had the chance to repent due to a law of God that was in place well before he touched the Ark. II Sam. 6:7 and Num. 4:15. Fact 3. You still have not answered my original question. Do you think that good intentions should supercede the laws of God?? II Sam. 6:6 I happen to believe that just because the law wasn’t given until later, that there are a number of things about the law that the Israelites understood before hand. For example: Where was the law indicating Forgiveness when Joseph forgave his brothers? Gen. 50:19-21 Where was the law indicating Firstfruits, and or giving your best unto God when Able gave his gift to God? Gen. 4:4. Where was the law concerning Murder when Cain killed his brother? Gen. 4:8 And if Cain didn’t do anything wrong by killing his brother because there was no law, then why try and deceive God about it? Gen. 4:9 The Tree of Knowledge of good and evil that Adam and Eve ate from gave them the knowledge of good and evil. Can you honestly tell me to what degree did their knowledge extended to?? And Yes I will tell you that there is spiritual teaching in Gen. 3. You quoted verses 16-19, but you over looked 15. What are the indications of that verse?? What did God mean when He indicated that the woman’s seed would bruise the serpent’s head?? Better still, what are the implications of II Tim. 3:16?? Maybe you didn’t mean what you said about no spiritual teaching there, but if you did, there IS spiritual teaching there if you were to combine it with other parts of scripture The CurtMan |
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52 | Comfort Zone? | Num 28:11 | TheCurtMan | 98938 | ||
The fight is not easy, and it lasts a lifetime. If you don’t mind me asking, how long have you been running this race?? What I’ve notice about this Comfort Zone is that it is not a place for New Christians. My personal experience has shown me that if evangelizing the entire world were possible within a few hours, then it would probably be a New Christian that would get the job done. Upon conversion, New Christians are Gong Ho for the Lord. They have a fire within them for the things of the Lord that I find amazing. It is after being in this fight for awhile, after running this race for awhile that I notice that a Comfort Zone become more of a possibility then at the forefront. I’m not saying that all Older Christians fall into this trap, but it is something that I believe that all Older Christians have to contend with, like any other sin. In Eph. 6, I’m under the impression that when Paul was talking about the Armor of God, he was speaking in military terms that gave the impression that as solders, we are suppose to dig a trench, get in it, and fight to keep the ground that we have gained. Never giving up; Never loosing the ground; and NEVER turning our back on our enemy. In this type of fight, there is absolutely no room for a Comfort Zone. It takes strength from God, courage from God, and complete dependence on God. If you’re fighting this kind of fight, then keep it up. You’re not alone. You have many other soldiers fighting with you. I have a T-shirt that says, “Keep working for the Lord. The pay may be lousy, but the Retirement Benefits are out of this world.” The CurtMan |
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53 | Comfort Zone? | Num 28:11 | TheCurtMan | 98942 | ||
VerticalRelationship, I totally agree with much of what you have said. We Christians are so bombarded with sin on a daily basis, that a lot of times it nolonger have the effect on us that it should. I believe this is wrong. I live in a real bad section of town. About a couple of months ago, I was coming home from work. I commute on public transportation. I got off the bus and one of the first things I noticed was a dead body lying in the street. He had just been shot in the face. The authorities were just arriving, so I walked around the body and went home. I gave no thought of the individual. No thought of his family, and absolutely no thought of his spiritual relationship with God, if it was any. Later the Holy Spirit convicted me of all this. My excuse, as lame as it was, I’m surrounded by death. I turn on the News to find that someone died. I come home to find that someone has died. The same is true in the Newspaper. My conscience has become deaden to something that I should have concern over. If we’re not consciously concern about the plight of others, how are we supposed to act accordingly?? DO NOT BECOME INSENSITIVE TO ERROR!! That can and will evoke a Spiritual Lesson from your Spiritual Teacher, and I can testify to that one. The CurtMan |
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54 | Can this be applied to todays war? | Deut 20:1 | TheCurtMan | 99696 | ||
Sorry Sis, I'm not seeing it that way. I'm not denying that this was for the Israelites. The question is, as I understand it to be, can the principles governing this verse be applied today. I believe they can. What? God never bought you up from Egypt? From the bondage of sin? From your old hard taskmaster before Christ? I believe the principles governing this verse can be applied today. The CurtMan |
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55 | To think clearly and Biblically | Ps 119:105 | TheCurtMan | 85816 | ||
Radioman, I've come to accept the fact that no one can really force anyone to think clearly nor biblically. All you can do is share the Biblical Truth in love and pray for the best. No one really wants to be told that their beliefs are incorrect, but if that's the message that the Father wants them receive, then it's our Christian Responcibility to enlighten them on sound doctrine. I've read a number of your replies to certian questions, and thus far they all seem to be Biblical Truths based on Biblical Principles. If what you are doing, you're doing out of Love and Obedience to the Father, then what's with the apology?? To my knowledge Paul did not apologize to the Jews for sharing the truth with them, nor Jesus to the Pharisees, and He knew what the price would be, but that did not prohibit Him, nor did He offer any apologies, why?? If it's remotely possible, I'm interested in a one on one with you in reference to spiritual matters. Your perspective on matters is one that I appreciate. The CurtMan |
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56 | firstfruit vs. tithe | Is 1:13 | TheCurtMan | 87863 | ||
Well golly gee, You ever consider that God might use man to give this person the answer that they might need. I mean isn't this the purpose of Pastors and Ministers, for the edification of the body, to help the children of God to know the things of God?? As a matter of fact, alot of my answers to prayers came through a PERSON that was open to the leading of the Lord. |
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57 | firstfruit vs. tithe | Is 1:13 | TheCurtMan | 87906 | ||
Apology accepted. Sometime I don't think we're aware of the tone of our posts. It happens. I also extend my apologies to you if I offended you in the way I came across. | ||||||
58 | What is the glory of God? | Is 42:8 | TheCurtMan | 87444 | ||
I hope you didn't take my question about God waking me up in the morning the wrong way. It was an example from the perspective of someone that doesn't acknowledge nor give God the 'glory' He desirves. Just for the record, that someone isn't me!! After reading John's answer, I agree with you, God's glory is alot deeper than my difinition. But just outta curiosity, suppose I couldn't define God's glory from a christian's perspective; or God's attributes, how would you explain these things to say a child of ten years of age?? Is it possible to explain the things of God in simple terminology?? Or is there any need because everyone on this web site is a mature christian?? Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not trying to be funny or smart, it's just that simplifying the word of God has always been a very deep and compassionate concern of mine. I just believe that the discussion of the Word of God should be simple enough that even a child could follow it. Just in case there is a 'babe' present and following it. So what do you think, that maybe I should sign off and take my concerns elsewhere?? |
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59 | What is the glory of God? | Is 42:8 | TheCurtMan | 87593 | ||
K.I.S.S?? I like that!! Learned something new today, thanks, The CurtMan |
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60 | handling relationships as a Christian | Matthew | TheCurtMan | 86061 | ||
Dear Gab, Trust me when I say I know how you feel. You must now handle this situation in a mature christian fashion. You pray about the situation. God is the only one who have the answers and the ability to heal your hurt. Just know that His soultion may not meet your expectations. Have you taken the time to read Matt. 13:1-23?? It's a parable about three soils. The explination to this parable is founded in v.18-23. Within the explanation, you will probable discover the reason why your girlfriend is acting the way she is. My prayers will be with you. The CurtMan |
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