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NASB | Psalm 115:3 But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 115:3 But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases. |
Bible Question: God is supposed to be an all loving God then why did he order so many people killed in the Old Testament? He seemed to get angry very easily. Jesus told us to turn the other cheek with people but God sent the Isrealites out on "Holy Wars" to slaughter whole cities, how do you justify that? Especially to a friend who is questioning your faith? Please help, I really need someones opinion on this. |
Bible Answer: Dear Blonde: BradK has posted a most excellent response to your question. I beg you to read and study it, for it is worthy of careful inspection. ..... Now I would like to address in a brief way what appears to be an anomaly in regard to the wording of your question, wherein a contrast is drawn between the attributes of the God of the Old Testament and the Christ of the New, or so it seems, at any rate. ..... But this is not to chastise, for this erroneous contrast is by no means peculiar to your post, but shares a commonality with many other posts and many other points of view that the God of the Old Testament was militant, vicious and had a mean streak, but that the Christ of the New was peaceful, gentle as a lamb and all-loving. ...... In other words, we find that the two views oppose one another and, what is more, pit God against His Son and Jesus against God. This cannot be. God the Father cannot and does not have attributes which are diametrically opposed to those of His Son, Christ Jesus. .... Jesus said, "Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also" (John 8:19). ..... "I and my Father are one" (John 10:30 .... "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father" (John 14:9). ...... There is a sense conveyed when an attempt is made to compare the God of the Old Testament unfavorably with the God of the New Testament that there are two different deities involved, that, or that the attributes of God changed remarkably and dramatically from one covenant to the other. Scripture lends absolutely no support of either presumption. The Trinity, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit is a unified and immutable whole, one God in three Persons. The Bible says that our Lord is the same yesterday, today, and forever. (See Hebrews 13:8). ..... Finally, on justification, no man has any authority whatever to proceed to "justify" God on any account. We should ever be thankful instead that God by grace extended to sinful man made possible by the gift of His one and only Son a way that we can be justified in His sight. --Hank |