Bible Question:
Sorry Congreationalist, yes your right I didn't answer the following question of yours. But will now reply. "If murder is a sin (and I gather you would agree with me that it is), then does foreordaining murder makes God the author of that particular sin?" Is murder a sin? - I believe so Does God foreordain it? - I don't think so I believe God FOREKNEW that people would murder. Even unbelievers can choose to either murder or to not murder. So having said that, let me ask you this: Is abortion murder? Does God foreordain abortion? If what you say is correct, that God foreordains murder, which I disagree with, then please answer the following questions Why do Christian's picket abortion clinics, if God foreordains abortion, which also is murder. Wouldn't that be the same thing as fighting against God? |
Bible Answer: Dear New Creation, Deut 13:1 "If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, Deut 13:2 and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them,' Deut 13:3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Deut 13:4 "You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him. Deut 13:5 "But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has counseled rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to seduce you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from among you." God purposes all things after the counsel of his own will (Eph 1:11). Our job is not to second guess God's purposes in his control of a fallen and evil world, but to obey his commands concerning the sin and evil we face. We are to hate sin and act against evil. One verse that comes particularly to mind is Eph 5:11, "Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them." Hence, our fight against abortion. Peace, |