Judges Chapter 7 Discussion Page 6

I apologize for the 'tone' of this message. As I reread it it sounded too personal and was not intended to be. This was written in love.

Im guessing you are a rolling stones fan ? Me too !

The devil is literally evil , he has no heart , he hates u , he hates me , he is a liar and lying to u rn . The devil wants us all to go to hell with him ! He is evil ! And a liar

Isaiah 55:8 is the answer when trying to second guess what God does and why.

Hello, those are interesting questions. If you got a fishtank and stocked it full of fish, but noticed one fish harassing, assaulting, and killing the other fish through relentless mean attacks... would you show mercy to the 99% of the fish (peaceful) and kill the evil mean fish. Or would you show 'mercy' to the evil mean fish, and show no mercy or justice to the 99% of the fish and let them continue to suffer?

Satan is pure evil and destroys countless lives, dragging everyone down. Why should evil be rewarded? Isn't rewarding evil actually harmful to everyone else who strives to do what is right?

Maybe you like your community, like your family, and maybe have precious daughters you love. Let's say your state governor tried to show 'mercy' to a prisoner and let him out and he moved in next door. He was convicted of horrific crimes against young girls and now lives next door. And he's watching as your kids play out in the yard while you're at work. Are you 100% ok with that? What if he then assaults your daughters, are you still ok with that? Because mercy, right?

The point is people often see one side of 'mercy' and don't always acknowlege that rewarding one person's evil can steal from others and harm them- and that's not truly merciful if you're harming others.

So, why doesn't God just create a bunch of robots that are 100% perfect? He loved us enough to give us the freedom to choose. Which is more meaningful to you? If your spouse and kids be forced to say I love you, or if they say it voluntarily and mean it? The latter of course and that's one reason God gave you the freedom to choose to follow Him or not. He won't force you to spend eternity with Him if you don't want to.

Finally, the 'evil' in Isaiah 45:7 means environmental evil like natural disasters, not a moral evil. God is perfect is cannot sin against Himself. He is loving and merciful and loves you enough to give you freewill. Most choose evil, but some choose good.

God bless...

I would be surprised if the word repented in that context meant the same as repented as if for sin. I believe in this context it meant regretted. If someone wants to look at the hebrew I'm sure it could shed light on it.

Why does God have to kill the devil, toss him in the lake of fire? Why can't Jesus baptize the devil, show him a little sympathy?

If Isaiah 45:7 states that God creates the evil, then what is God's punishment?

David, may the Spirit grace you with HIS wisdom and HIS understanding.

Psalm 39:5 May my soul be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in the Lord.

Most everyone thinks this is David's words. The traditions of man have done great harm in causing most everyone to stay deceived of the truth in the scriptures. Let's look at two verses in Samuel that will completely change the way Psalms should be understood.

2 Samuel 23:1-2 Now these be the last words of David, David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob said, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,

(vs 2) The SPIRIT OF THE LORD spake by me, and his words we in my tongue.

According to David it was Jesus (the Spirit of the Lord) speaking the words we read in the Psalms.

Now Psalm 35 becomes a prophecy about Jesus Christ. Jesus is talking (or praying, same thing) with his father (his salvation, the one who would raise him from the dead).

Look at the parallels he prophesies about in Psalm 35 (other Psalms also) and other places in scripture that say the same thing.

They persecute me without a cause.

False witnesses rise up against me.

I behaved myself as if they were my brothers (even though they crucified me).

GBU

1 Timothy 2:14 "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."

Hi Sacha,

I do appreciate your search of scripture for my benefit;

But, as I promised the Lord, I will not pursue this any further.

Thank you!

Steve Taplin ,i thought of another one ! King Hezekia ,God told him that he would not recover from his illness ,Hezekia prayed to God and God gave him 15 more years of life .

Hi steve taplin , two other things spring to my mind , in Genisis ,we are told that cain and able offered different sacrifices and that God was pleased with one but not the other ,this could have led to cain being jealous of abel and this jealousy may have played a part in cains decision to murder abel ,in the law given to moses the sacrifices to be offered were the same for everone with very slight variations if you were a very poor person ,this ensures that no one who has more to give actually gives more in case they start to feel pride in their offering and so that poor people who cant give much dont feel inferior to their richer brethren ,also after the sad life and death of saul God promises to never take His mercy away from anyone as He did to saul . If i think of any others i will let you know .

Hello Anji,

I am so happy to hear you are reading the Bible...it can be quite challenging at times. The "Us" you are referring to if the doctrine of the Trinity. You may have also read it in Genesis 1:26 when God says "let us" and "our image". You will read it again in Genesis 11:7 when God says "let us". But the clearest picture of the Trinity and the Godhead is not given until the New Testament: 1 John 5:7: "For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word (Son), and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. God is complex and it can really make your head spin trying to understand everything about Him, but He is triune; three in one; One God. We are made in His image; as such, we are also triune: Body, Soul and Spirit: " 1 Thessalonians 5:23: And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." This is called the "tripartite" nature of man. Much like the divine Trinity, the three parts of a human make one being.

To explain Genesis 3:15, the best way to read the verse in context...meaning understanding what is going in. The Serpent has just deceived Eve, who in turn deceived Adam. Adam and Eve had their eyes opened after eating the fruit from the one tree God commanded them not to eat from. God is now meting out judgement.

Genesis 3:15 "And I will put enmity (animosity) between you and the woman..." The Lord is speaking to the serpent (Satan), "...and between your seed..." (offspring or those who follow Satan) "...and her Seed..." (The Lord Jesus Christ) Christ "...shall bruise your head..." (the Victory that Jesus won at the Cross Colossians 2:14-15) , "...and you shall bruise His Heel..." the sufferings of the Cross.

I hope this helps you. Keep investigating!!

Hello David,

The best way to understand the verse is in context with the whole chapter. Psalm Chapter 35 is a Psalm of David: He is pleading with God for help against those that stand against him (David). Vs. 7 states there are people who are laying traps for him, for no reason. Vs. 9 specifically is David saying his response to God intervening for him will be one of glorifying God.

Context is very important when trying to understand scripture...I hope this helps you.

Are you saved David? Do you know for sure?

SkipVought,

To your reply...Thank you, well said.

However, I will only look to the scriptures and possibly a blessing from God for an answer to this question as I promised.

I want to seek glory and righteousness in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ for all.

Thank you very much!

Steve

Steve,

There's nothing wrong with asking honest questions. Don't allow other people to squelch your desire to learn. Search The Scriptures. Make it a daily, life-long habit.

Jesus said, "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."Joh 5:39

"And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." Act 17:10-11

The Spirit brought me to Psalms 35:9; meditate it over night, having more questions than answers. "my soul shall be joyful in the LORD" no doubt means in the "Word" John 1:1. however "it shall rejoice in his salvation." could mean once we are saved can be rejoice? HOW TRUE? Psalms 35:9 "And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation." My pray is that can some one take me one step further closer to the Lord? Thank you; may I hear from you soon?

Steve,

This is a difficult question.

God is perfect. However, the things that He does have to be communicated to us in terms that the people who first heard His message would understand. So we can't put our 21st century context into The Bible.

There are places in The Bible where it seems that God "repented" or changed His mind.

"And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart." Gen 6:6

The LORD was sorry and grieved in His being. This is repeated many times in the Scriptures

Something similar happened with Jesus at the grave of His friend Lazarus.

"When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, HE GROANED IN THE SPIRIT, ANS WAS TROUBLED, And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. JESUS WEPT."Joh 11:33-35

God has a plan to bring thousands upon thousands into His Kingdom. It involves human beings in rebellion, like you and me, God's Perfect Justice, Love and Grace. It involves God The Father, God The Son and God The Holy Spirit agreeing in eternity past to bring about the redemption of a vast host of unworthy sinners. The process has been long and painful but it will be worth the effort.

"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." 2Co 4:17-18

And in the process God reveals things about Himself little by little over the centuries. These thing were written down by prophets of old like Moses, Joshua, Samuel and Jeremiah, about 40 authors all guided by The Holy Spirit as Peter recorded:

"For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." 2Pe 1:21

Those places seem like God repents or changes, but this is so we can understand.

Hi Shaira,

Thank you so much for responding!

I truly believe in our Lord Jesus Christ and God with all my heart, mind and soul.

However, I am a recently born again Christian and read the bible with a lot of concentration and understanding, and have a few questions.

And after I posted the question "Has God ever made a mistake and repented?", I felt sooo bad for taking away from God's glory that I made a promise to him that I would not pursue this question any further.

Sincere regards,

Yes God is good ! God has never sinned ! we humans have sinned, since God is a holy God he cant be around sin so thats why he sent his only Son to die for us ! so through him we may be saved , and whoever loves Jesus u love God, John 15:23

"He that hateth me hateth my Father also."

Exodus 12:42: "It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations."

This night of the LORD passing over (or, passing by) the children of Israel who had the blood of the lamb applied on the lintels & doorposts of their houses in Egypt, & not destroying their firstborn, was to be perennially remembered by them. So, it was a time for celebration of their freedom from their bondage to the Egyptians & is celebrated as an eight-day festival in the early Spring, from the 15th through to the 22nd of the Hebrew month of Nissan, or, in this year, March 27 - April 4, 2021.

Nowadays, for the Jew who turns to Christ for salvation, & also for the Gentile who believes, our Passover Lamb is Christ Jesus ( 1 Corinthians 5:7). His Blood was shed for us so we should not have our blood spilt. His Blood was applied to our hearts by God so that it is God in His great Love that has done the work of Salvation for us & not of ourselves. Whenever the LORD passes by our hearts, he sees the Blood of His Son, His Sacrifice, applied, so that we will never be condemned for our sin, with the World. And we no longer have to wait for the month of Nissan to celebrate this merciful Act of God for us, but we can do it any day, every day, whenever we meet together as believers around the Lord's Table to remember our special day (when the Lord's Spirit met us, saved us, & brought us into God's fold).

Is God perfect?

Has God ever made a mistake and repented?

I am reading the bible for the first time. My question is about genesis chapter 3 verse 22. When God says Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. Who is Us? Also can you exlpain what Genesis chater 3 verse 15 means. I do not understand what this verse means?

Lloyd,

"Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations." Exo 12:40-42

The night to be much observed was the night of the tenth plague on Egypt when the firstborn were killed by God unless the household was identified by blood on the doorposts and lintel.

"For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will PASS OVER the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you." Exo 12:23

This was the night to be observed, Passover.

God called you

from the beginning

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 "But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ." Other verses say, "foundation of the world,"

Ephesians 1:4 "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:" But we were not "in him" until we received him. So, how did God call you by Paul's Gospel before the foundation of the world? Pete says it was "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied." 1 Peter 1:2. elect, and chosen have the same meaning. So, God looked forward in time, and saw all those gentiles who would believe Paul's Gospel, and all the Jews who would believe John's Gospel: John 20:31 "But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name." and Paul's Gospel for the Gentiles. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:" And those are the ones that was Chose before the foundation of the world. Do you see the difference in these two Gospels? Paul's Gospel is for the Gentiles during the Age of Grace, often called the Church age. and John's Gospel in for the Jews before the age of Grace, and the Great Tribulation after the age of Grace. And Believing is the way you receive Jesus as the Christ, the son of God, for the Jews. And believing Paul's Gospel is the way yo

When is "The Night To Be Much Observed" ?

I am trusting you will look and see.

God here is referring to the day of judgment. The body can not live without the soul, but the soul can live without the body. Jesus said "do not fear them that can kill the body, but fear He who can kill both body and soul " I'm paraphrasing.

Thanks for responding but I think, actually I'm sure, the sin in the garden of Eden by Adam and Eve did not separate them from God, that will happen on the last day, but what really happened is a broken relationship between us and our God the one and only creater. Separation from God will be one time and one time only which is eternal death. Do you realize it's only 2 people God created? I'll wait for your response, God Bless

Let me answer my question. The reason Adam did not die that same day is, as mentioned in 2 PETER 3:8, a day to God is like a thousand years. So, if Adam lived to 930 years, Adam was 70 years short of a full day. This is why man's life is between 70 and 120 years which is indicated by the death of 2 outstanding men in the Bible; namely King David and Moses. Incidentally, we match up with Adam, but guess who match up with Methuselah who lived to 969 years? I'll wait for your answer.