“And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.” Luke 2:46-47
When God spoke for the first time the cosmos was illuminated with an energy called light. As the will of God was expressed through the spoken Word, darkness fled. The entering in of His Word brought forth light. Everything in the universe exists because of the Word of God. Mount Sinai was the place where God’s word was written down for the first time. God himself wrote with His finger upon tables of stone. The stone, however, was not God’s first choice of where to put His Word. His first
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God’s will was to have a people who possessed His Word in their hearts. However, as Sinai shook with the power of God speaking, Israel stood afar off. Moses was the only one at that time who drew near to where God was. On the top of that desert mountain, God gave Moses His Word. He gave him commandments, ordinances, and patterns by which to live. This began the relationship of God with man through His written word. God began to move on men to pen His Word, to record the uniqueness and realness of God as He spoke. His desire to be a personal, covenant God was seen repeatedly as He spoke His word to the heart of men. Within the pages of the Bible, Gods’ Word, are found questions asked by Almighty God, these questions are posed to people from all occupations. He spoke to every race, gender, age group and sector of society. He has spoken to the highest king and to the lowest sinner. God did not speak without relevance and He did not speak without significance. He did not waste words. He reveals with His Word, He judges with his Word, and has in the past, as well as today, probed the heart of man …show more content…
Another question of profound interest that is found in the New Testament is: “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?” (Acts 9:4) This question was so direct and to the point that it changed the man to whom it was asked forever. Paul later writes with passion: “The Word of God is quick, sharp, and more powerful than any two-edged sword. It pierces, dividing, asunder of soul, spirit, joint, and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. We are naked and open before his eyes. Every creature is made manifest in his sight.”
God 's forgiveness is based on his initiative of mercy, on the riches of God 's grace, and the free gift of God to us is Christ his son, not only Christ as the medium or channel through which the redemption or forgiveness reaches us, surely, Christ is the instrument through whom and whose work God 's forgiveness comes to us, but Christ having in Himself the forgiveness of God to us. God Himself "gave the only begotten Son" to die as a sacrifice for our sins, the forgiveness of God is accomplished
It is impossible to taste the sweet without having first tasted the sour. This is one of the many lessons found within Genesis 2.0 and more specifically the story of Adam and Eve. It is also from this twisted tale of betrayal and deceit that we gain our knowledge of mankind?s free will, and God?s intentions regarding this human capacity. There is one school of thought which believes that life is mapped out with no regard for individual choice while contrary belief tells us that mankind is capable
and theologians have debated over whether it is the devil or a choice to guilt that led all humans to be sinful on
a couple of issues. First, the belief that the word of God is infallible. As the following verse says, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works (2 Timothy 3:16-17, King James Version).” Second, the bible tells us, God is a God of love. With this knowledge, a true God of Love had to give man a choice. Man had to have “Free
Created to Become like Christ teaching that God created us in His image. We are called to shine His image and light into the world. We are similar to God in that we are spiritual, intellectual and relational beings. All people are born with a moral conscious. Christ was sent to restore our image of God and to remind us of why and how we were created. Christ is our connection to God. He is our standard of how we try to grow closer toward becoming more like God. Understanding that we will never reach
Here it was established by Augustine that God’s foreknowledge and freewill are in fact compatible, and that to deny the foreknowledge of God and yet embrace his existence is madness (City of God, Book 5). Yet this is only one side of an ongoing debate, in City of God Book 5 another philosopher, Cicero, makes a very different argument. Cicero believes that if God in fact has foreknowledge of all that is to happen, everything is predestined, therefore free-will is nothing but an illusion and our existence
What is involved in being Faithful to God? There are several ways one can be faithful to God. The most important aspect of being faithful to God is to have faith in that fact that all things will work out for one 's good. Romans 8:28 states, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Having faith in God is essential. Why would one serve God and not think that God has his best interest at heart? The next thing
The best words to describe God, are words that describe how he is beyond description. he is explainable, incomprehensible but yet he is personal. He desires a relationship with the human beings he created. He knew that when he gave humans free will that there would be setbacks. But he wanted them to love him out of a choice and not because that 's what they were programs in a sense to do. Because when loves is forced it is not in its sincerest form. God knew that along with because one loves is
beings that share our same tendencies and desires to defy and liberate. This account of our first fathers gives a great amount of insight where our tendencies of defiance originated. Adam, the first man, was made from the dust thus making him a thanatos creature. I believe both theologians and psychoanalysts would agree that the example of being created from dust would create a line defining us as Thanatos and God, the law giver, as Eros. As the story progresses in this light there are events
The existence of suffering and evil in the presence of an omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent God has proved to be one of the most pressing concerns raised in arguments against the existence of God, since the beginning of Christian traditions and beliefs. In Dostoevsky’s work, The Grand Inquisitor, several chapters allude to thoughts on this topic. In chapter 5 of Dostoevsky 's book we see the link between freedom and human suffering. Older philosophers such as Epicurus also had arguments that
quote in John Milton’s 17th cen. epic poem Paradise Lost, summarizes a separation from Heaven which results in the fall of Lucifer, one of God’s fallen angels. The silent battle between God and Satan, the development of characters and the themes in the epic adds to a better overall understanding of the Milton 's poem. The work is one of literature’s most profound, giving its audience an exclusive look at fate, free will and morality. Paradise Lost contains many elements that consider it an “epic
The Root of All Evil When a man 's downfall is caused by a lack of knowledge of the truth, his actions are often justified by phrases such as, "He didn 't know" or "If he had known the truth, then maybe…" But what happens when a man has complete knowledge of the truth and continues to make the same mistakes as someone whose ignorance is what causes them to fall into temptation. The actions of such a man cannot be justified by lack of knowledge, so what exactly is the cause of their mistakes? While
Milton’s theodicy is shown as a way to explain why if God is all loving, why he lets bad things happen to us. His basic concept is that because Eve partook of the forbidden fruit, many consequences came after. For example children dying of cancer. Many times in our lives things happen that we don’t think are good necessarily, but good things come from bad things. The choices we make have consequences and, but sometimes we are given trial for, what we believe, is no particular reason. This has been
Exploring Chance In Pushkin's the Queen of Spades It is said in The Bible that God has given Man 'free will.' Unfortunately for Man, The Bible does not entail exactly what 'free will' is. Some speculate that there is a force called Chance. These people believe that through a serious of coincidence, luck, and their own choices, they can control their future. Others believe in a force known as Fate. With this line of thinking, everything has a goal, and those goals will be met eventually. This
All things are a gift. All gifts come from God. Life is a gift from God. Life is precious yet life can go past right before our eyes “Life is like a vapor.” There is nothing we have done to be alive yet we are created and sculpted by the master sculptor made in the image of God. Our response should be gratefulness. Based on beliefs related to Christian faith my position on sanctity of life is: human life has an inherently sacred attribute that should be protected and respected at all times. There