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NASB | Job 1:8 The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Job 1:8 The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God]." |
Subject: 1. Is God sovereign? 2.) Free Will? |
Bible Note: Dear Preston, May I offer my input here for your thought. Sometimes it would not be appropriate to simply provide a "yes or no" or "agree or disagree" answer as it is in the case of your question. Because sometimes, people's answer might not be COMPLETELY wrong, yet not answer to the point. If we only seek agreement from others on the forum, it could end up with emotional attitude or "hot" debate (I am glad to see a friendly and willing to discuss attitude in your posts, and I hope we won't head the wrong way despite we are being challenged or disagreed with). That is why the host provides us a guideline of posting that - Postings must be Biblically based. - Postings must not oppose the Bible's sole authority (sola Scriptura). While reading your communication with Doc, I find that your assertion contains no scriptural support. Thus it is hard for us to agree on that. But can I say yours completely wrong, no. However, I believe your assertion "G-d created Satan to give you and I a choice between.... good and evil...simple as that." is only part of those countless means/situations that God decrees for His Glory. So, therefore, as Doc has rightly put and it is in accord with the Orthodox doctrines, God creates everything for His Glory. Sorry that I don't cite scripture in this post because I am in echo with Doc's scriptural citation. Shalom Azure P.S. While responding to your post, I can't help to recall the scenario of working on multiple choices question in examination. There are tricky questions demanding for the "most suitable" answer from those options that seemingly correct :-) |