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NASB | 2 Samuel 12:11 "Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Samuel 12:11 "Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I will stir up evil against you from your own household; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. |
Subject: Doesn't it say that God would cause evil |
Bible Note: I agree with your perspective here. We cannot simply say to believers (or unbelievers) who ask questions about Scripture to "not ask those questions." I fear that that leads to more rejecting the claims of Christianity than any amount of the philosophy Charis so apparently despises. The motive behind this thread was not to "disprove God" or reject the Bible, but rather a sincere desire to understand God as He has revealed Himself in Scripture. Everything He included in His Word he put there for us to know and think about and reason out. Where I disagree with you is in your statement that "that these questions have caused people to lose their faith." What causes people to reject Christ is their rebellious wills. For unbelievers, most often these questions are not made in search of answers at all, but rather they are made under the assumption that there are no thoughtful answers. Once given thoughtful answers, unless God works a change in them, will still be as rebellious as before. Now in the case of professing Christians, it has been my experience that they do not reject the faith based on the QUESTION of evil and an omnipotent, omniscient, perfect God; but many have abandoned it because no one gave them any shred of a reasonable reconciliation of this seeming paradox (especially when you factor in the Calvinist view that all things, including sin, are decreed by God, as we see in 2 Samuel 12 with Absolom's sin). It is not the questions that make people doubt. It is the lack of Scriptural answers given by believers. I think this is what you meant, however. Thanks for your post! --Joe! |