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61 | question # 1 | Gen 1:2 | TheCurtMan | 92098 | ||
OK, so I was close. I had the right neighborhood, but the wrong church, it happens. | ||||||
62 | in GEN.1:26 who is GOD talking to? | Gen 1:26 | TheCurtMan | 97973 | ||
Who was God talking to?? Himself. The Godhead is made up of three separate but distinct individuals. God the Father: God the Son; and God the Holy Spirit. Go back to Genesis 1:1 and do a study on the word God. Then compare it to John 1:1 and Gen. 1:2, you’ll get the impression that there was more than a single individual present at creation. Gen. 1:26 is one of those verses that Christians use to show that the Godhead is triune. God in Three Persons. The CurtMan |
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63 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | TheCurtMan | 92726 | ||
Good Morning Sal, I just read the discussion you had with RM2 on God creating evil. Now I understand the purpose of the question regarding different translations. The question that I have is this: How do you interpret James 1:13-16?? |
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64 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | TheCurtMan | 92948 | ||
I personally have a hard time swallowing the fact that God created evil and called it not just good, but very good. Genesis 1:31. I keep looking at Gen. 2:17 and what I see is that God created a Tree of Knowledge. Knowledge if used correctly is a very good thing, but if used incorrectly, it can be an evil thing. I personally believe that it is possible to take something that is intended for one purpose and use it for another. I believe that evil is the result of bad decisions. I once bought a teenage friend of mine a parallel bible. A big thick hardback bible, that looked like your average Webster’s Dictionary. Now the bible in itself is good correct?? One day during a conversation that we were having, she informed me that her boyfriend was not listening to her. I jokingly suggested that she take that bible I bought her, climb a stepladder, and drop it on his toes. I told her that at that point she would have his attention. I took something that was good, and used it for something it was not designed for. The Tree of Knowledge was good, but God knew that when we misused that knowledge, evil would be the result of it. I have a hard time believing that evil is something that God created knowing that it would disrupt his creation of the planet Earth, disrupt the people that is on Earth to a degree that He, Himself would have to destroy everything with a flood, sacrifice His Son, and send people to the Eternal Lake of Fire. Try this one on for size. God is supposed to be a Just God. He’s going to create evil, and when I partake of His creation, I’m going to be eternally separated from Him, and that’s justice right?? So what do you think Sal?? Any of this making sense?? The CurtMan |
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65 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | TheCurtMan | 93057 | ||
Sal. If after tossing this question around no one has given you a solid scripture to indicate, at least in your mind, that God did not create evil. Then like everyone else, all I can offer you is my own personal beliefs. I make serious attempts to try to understand the other’s perspective on any given issue. I think that I understand yours. Col. 1:16 indicates that God created everything. He did create Lucifer, He created the Tree of Knowledge, the serpent in the garden, then there’s that verse over in Isa. 45 that you can’t seem to get around. All in all I think I see your point. I admire the fact that you’re standing firm on your beliefs, I’ve seen too many Christians who didn’t know what they believed, and ended up following every doctrine under the sun. You know what you believe and without solid evidence, you maintain your belief inspite of everything said. I disagree with your beliefs, but I admire your stance on the matter. This question I have to ask for the record. Have you tried praying on this matter? According to the first nine chapters of Proverbs, Wisdom is looking for you, seek her and ye shall find her. And what about your Spiritual Teacher, have you consulted with Him on this thing. Take a good look at 1 Cor. 2:9-16. The knowledge that the Holy Spirit has for you on this matter comes with the wisdom to understand it. No one on this forum can explain it to you to your understanding like the Holy Spirit can. Now if you don’t mind me picking on your post, there are two small points I’d like to make. The first one is, according to Gen. 2:1-2, everything that God was going to create, was created in chapter 1, which means that the Tree of Knowledge was called good along with the rest of creation at the end of chp. 1. The second point I’d like to make is something that I know you’ve heard before. I do not believe that God needed evil to accomplish His will, I can’t see the All-Sufficient God needing anything. I believe He used evil to His good. Take a look at Romans 8:28. I’m presently doing a study on Joseph. If there is anyone that I think would be a perfect example of Romans 8:28, Joseph would be the one. Hated by his brothers; sold into slavery; accused of a crime he didn’t commit. In my opinion, one of the best parts of the story is how a man, committed of a crime that was punishable by death, was pulled out of jail and placed second in charge over all of Egypt. AND THE MAN WAS A HEBREW. Are you familiar with the culture of that day? Now if that isn’t the perfect example of God using evil to His glorification and to Joseph’s elevation, then I don’t know what is. Just out of curiosity, where did Joseph acquire the Administrative Skills to run Egypt?? ALL THINGS work together for the good of those who love Him. God used evil, He didn’t need evil. The CurtMan |
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66 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | TheCurtMan | 93059 | ||
Yes, I've read this. I've even made copies of it and took it home. The CurtMan |
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67 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | TheCurtMan | 93430 | ||
Brother Sal, Too many questions at one time confuses The CurtMan. It puts me in too many different arenas at the same time. However; there were two that tends to stand out in my book; Lucifer and I Cor. 16. Dealing with I Cor. 16. Someone sent you a post on this topic currently under discussion, saying something along the lines, of the things that God created were of matter; of substance. I’m afraid I’m about to mess up someone’s post so allow me to switch tracks and try it from a different perspective. There are some who believe that Wisdom was created. This can not be because if it was true, then at some point and time God would have been without wisdom since He has always exsisted. Wisdom was not created but yet it exsist. My question to you is could Evil fall in the same boat, meaning that it was not created but does exist?? Could there be anything else that might fall into the same category meaning that it wasn’t created but does exit. If you take a good look at Col. 1:16 as well as John 1:3 they specifically say that all THINGS were created by Him. What that says to me is that every matter and substance, rather in Heaven or on Earth; rather visible or invisible. Every MATTER and SUBSTANCE owes it’s origin to Christ the Sustainer; but I think the key word in this case is THINGS. As far as Lucifer is concerned, I personally believe that the whole thing involves a choice. Salvation; Obedience; Life itself. Everything involves a choice. Lucifer didn’t have to make the choice he did, neither did Adam and Eve. By the way, who forced you to except Christ?? God knew that Lucifer was going to become a rual pain, and I’m exceedingly glade that He perpared for such a thing. God could have stoped Lucifer, He could’ve stoped WWI, He could’ve stoped WWII, He could’ve even stopped 911, but He didn’t. And how do you know that even if God DID stoped Lucifer, that some other angel wouldn’t have come up with the same idea. Lucifer convienced a third of God’s angels to go up against God, how do you know that if God stoped Lucifer, some other angel wouldn’t have come up with the same bright idea of kicking God out of His Heaven. Sorry about that, TRYING to kick God out of His Heaven?? The CurtMan |
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68 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | TheCurtMan | 93433 | ||
I must be the only idiot Christian in the family of God to stand up for Lucifer, but you're being unfair to him and biblical principles. It is a biblical principle that we will suffer the consequences of our decision. John 3:16-18 verifies that fact. Lucifer wasn't created to be the devil, he was created to be an Angel of Light. Simply put, Mr. I'm going to take over Heaven, made a very bad decision, refused to repent of it, which landed him in the position he's in. God knew he'd make that decision, but I don't think that God created him that way. That in itself would violate our Freedome of Choice |
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69 | Who created evil? | Gen 3:1 | TheCurtMan | 93598 | ||
I didn't know that the snake that tempted Eve was an Asp. How did you come by that one?? Also, judging from your comment, do you think that it'll be fair to say that evil, in this case was the result of bad decisions?? |
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70 | 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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71 | 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. | ||||||
72 | 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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73 | Why did Eve orginally leave the garden? | Gen 3:1 | TheCurtMan | 93858 | ||
According to Genesis 2:9, there where two trees in the midst of the garden. The Tree of Life, and the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil. The conversation that Eve had with the serpent most likely took place in the midst of the garden. In verse 6 of chp. 3 Eve took of the fruit and ate it. The reason that I believe that they were kicked out of the garden is because they started a sinful chain reaction that can be seen in today’s society. Had they remained in the garden, V.22 says that they might have also stretched out their hands and eaten from the Tree of Life. Which means that they might still be living today to see the magnitude of the damage they’ve caused. Being kicked out of the garden was a blessing to them rather they knew it or not. So what do you think?? The CurtMan |
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74 | 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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75 | 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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76 | Is Satan Jesus' brother? Gen 3:15 | Gen 3:15 | TheCurtMan | 114438 | ||
Hello Tara 1, Please forgive me for butting into this, but I just happen to be skipping through when I noticed your questions. I'd like to take a stab at them if I may. Satan is not Jesus' brother. Gen. 3:15 is a reference between Jesus and satan, but nothing within this verse is relating them two as brothers. Elohim, which is one of God's many names, is also used for Idols-Exodus 34:17-"You shall make no molden gods for yourselves."(NKJV) It is used of Men-Psalms 82:6-I said, "You are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High". It is also used of Angels-Psalms 8:5- For You have made him a little lower than the angels. (FYI: The word angels in this verse was translated from the Heb. word Elohim) Is Satan an Angel?? Yes, he started out as one of God's Mightest Angels high on the Chain-of-Command. He became fat headded, egotistical, prideful. Lost his position, I guess you could say he was 'terminated'. Took a third of the angels of heaven with him. Check out Isa. 12:9-15 and Rev. 12:7-17. And as far as Lucifer's orgin, check out Col. 1:15-18. Hope this helps TheCurtMan |
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77 | 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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78 | Why was Cain's offering unacceptable? | Gen 4:3 | TheCurtMan | 93862 | ||
I’m under the impression that most fruits are grown in trees and not on the ground. When I read this, I get the impression that Cain picked up a piece of fruit off the ground and gave it to God. No consideration in his gift what so ever. Rather Cain picked up the fruit off the ground or not, I still believe that he wasn’t to considerate of his gift to God, I do not believe that his attitude was right. Where is the sacrifice in a piece of fruit?? Able on the other hand gave the firstfruit of his flock with the right attitude. Now THERE is a sacrifice that meets Godly Standards. I really do not think that the bible stipulates why God rejected Cains gift. Fact of the matter is He did. And the writer of Hebrews, how does he know?? “All scripture is given by inspiration of God…” II Tim. 3:16 The CurtMan |
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79 | What is Mark of Cain? Where in the Bilbe | Gen 4:15 | TheCurtMan | 90449 | ||
The bible, to my knowledge does not specifically states what the mark of Cain is. However, there are some who believe that the Mark of Cain is the darkening of the skin, the widening of the nose and lips. None of this is verified through scripture. Mind if I ask how this question came about?? The CurtMan |
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80 | 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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