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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:
How can we follow a God that commands people to kill women and children as in 1 samuel 15:3? Sounds too much like militant Islam! Please help me with this one, I'm starting to lose faith. Thanks and blessings, Rob |
Bible Answer: Rob, let me suggest you read Romans 9, especially vs. 20. Also Job 38-42. A book by Philip Yancey called "Disappointment With God" might help you if your faith is flagging. It's easily available in bookstores or on line at Amazon.com and cbd.com for a few dollars in paperback. The book tackles some of the very questions that seem to be troubling you. Additionally, you might be helped by talking to your pastor. You definitely will be helped by talking to God Himself! There is nothing that a child of God should not take to the Lord in prayer. Even weak faith. Read in Mark 9:14-28 the discourse between Jesus and the father of the boy with the mute spirit. Notice what Jesus says to the boy's father in vs. 23 and the father's response in vs. 24. .... Read that magnificant invitation to abundant life in Isaiah 55 and by all means read, mark, learn and inwardly digest the precious words of the following two verses, 8 and 9, from this great 55th chapter of Isaiah: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." .... Rob, I believe that as you feed daily on God's word and grow in faith and sanctification, empowered by the Holy Spirit, you will find that your doubts will melt away like butter on a hot griddle, and you will see clearly that the mighty acts of God are not, and cannot in any sense whatever be, likened to Allah and Islam! Blessing to you. --Hank |