KingJ
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Prophets who knew God really well, better than you or I, defined Him as follows:
1. 1 John 1:5 that God is light with no darkness in Him at all
2. Psalm 145:17 God is righteous in all His ways
3. 1 John 4:8 God is love and whoever does not know love does not know God
4. Psalm 136:1 God is good and His mercy endures forever
5. Job 34:12 it is unthinkable that God do what is wicked or pervert justice
And yet, we have many today that do not care how they interpret scripture. How they misrepresent and incriminate God to the weak and lost.
A. Because scripture says eternal ''fire'', they are fine with leaving the weak and lost to assume God must be monstrously evil for all eternity.
B. Because scripture says He is omniscient, they are fine with leaving the weak and lost to assume there is no free will,
C. Because scripture seems to suggest one can lose their salvation, they teach it as fact and are fine with leaving the weak and lost to assume He must be unjust as the criminal next to Him on the cross only needed repentance for eternal bliss.
Well scripture has a clear warning for all who are beyond correction and do not care to continue misrepresenting God to the weak and lost.
Matt 18:6 If anyone causes one of these little ones those who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
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Going forward, please 'be better'.
A. Jesus explains the A-Z of fire in Luke 16:19-31, it is not torturous for a spirit. Luke 13:28 explains that weeping and gnashing of teeth is from separation anxiety.
B. The first five verses show us that God chooses to be good and righteous in all His ways. Meaning free will is real at the same time as Him being omniscient. He is as good as He is great.
C. Job says in Job 34:12 that it should be unthinkable that God pervert justice. Man can assume he is saved, but God, God is not man Num 23:19. God knows who are His and whom He has justified Rom 8:30. So please be very careful to teach that non-OSAS is only true from our point of view. We are not God.
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There are many contentious scriptures that when read in isolation / cherry picked, incriminate and misrepresent God. Just pay a visit to the Christian section of any atheist forum and you will find plenty examples.
It is a Christians 'one' job to properly represent God to the lost.
2 Cor 5:20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
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Conclusion:
Examine what you teach. If it incriminates and misrepresents God, goes against the scriptures given above, keep quiet and pray for insight.
You are welcome to disagree with many on many things. We can all make mistakes. But... your point of view is only valid if it does not incriminate and misrepresent God.
1. 1 John 1:5 that God is light with no darkness in Him at all
2. Psalm 145:17 God is righteous in all His ways
3. 1 John 4:8 God is love and whoever does not know love does not know God
4. Psalm 136:1 God is good and His mercy endures forever
5. Job 34:12 it is unthinkable that God do what is wicked or pervert justice
And yet, we have many today that do not care how they interpret scripture. How they misrepresent and incriminate God to the weak and lost.
A. Because scripture says eternal ''fire'', they are fine with leaving the weak and lost to assume God must be monstrously evil for all eternity.
B. Because scripture says He is omniscient, they are fine with leaving the weak and lost to assume there is no free will,
C. Because scripture seems to suggest one can lose their salvation, they teach it as fact and are fine with leaving the weak and lost to assume He must be unjust as the criminal next to Him on the cross only needed repentance for eternal bliss.
Well scripture has a clear warning for all who are beyond correction and do not care to continue misrepresenting God to the weak and lost.
Matt 18:6 If anyone causes one of these little ones those who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
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Going forward, please 'be better'.
A. Jesus explains the A-Z of fire in Luke 16:19-31, it is not torturous for a spirit. Luke 13:28 explains that weeping and gnashing of teeth is from separation anxiety.
B. The first five verses show us that God chooses to be good and righteous in all His ways. Meaning free will is real at the same time as Him being omniscient. He is as good as He is great.
C. Job says in Job 34:12 that it should be unthinkable that God pervert justice. Man can assume he is saved, but God, God is not man Num 23:19. God knows who are His and whom He has justified Rom 8:30. So please be very careful to teach that non-OSAS is only true from our point of view. We are not God.
---------------
There are many contentious scriptures that when read in isolation / cherry picked, incriminate and misrepresent God. Just pay a visit to the Christian section of any atheist forum and you will find plenty examples.
It is a Christians 'one' job to properly represent God to the lost.
2 Cor 5:20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
------------
Conclusion:
Examine what you teach. If it incriminates and misrepresents God, goes against the scriptures given above, keep quiet and pray for insight.
You are welcome to disagree with many on many things. We can all make mistakes. But... your point of view is only valid if it does not incriminate and misrepresent God.
