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Comment on What are some reasons we don’t truly rest? by jacobbradley

jacobbradley — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:55:43 +0000

it seems that our natural inclination is like the “do it yourself” mentality. Our whole world is based on the idea that “the harder you work, the further you go.” this is impressed into us since we were born. So, to come into God’s kingdom, which is like the total opposite, (the more you rest/trust, the further you go) so most the time i think it is just habitual that we “strive” in our own efforts to get things accomplished. but striving in our own efforts to get things done ends up in us getting the glory instead of the Jesus way of rest and trust where we depend on and completely “let go” and “Let God” then we walk in a “thine is the kingdom, thine is the glory” mentality.

Comment on How does God continue his promise to the Hebrews in the story? by Timmy G

Timmy G — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:51:54 +0000

Krisnan,

You are hitting on a key point. Jacob was even more of a sinner then you have documented here, he was definitely a schemer and a liar, and worse. And yet God did not give him his just deserve, but pursued a relationship with him. The same treatment God gives us in Christ.

Comment on How does God continue his promise to the Hebrews in the story? by Krisnan

Krisnan — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:19:25 +0000

It is quite shocking to read God blessing Jacob though he schemed with his mother. Why would God bless such a lier.

Married Leah and Rachel. But slept with their two maids. Yet God blessed him. Where are the moral issues?

We cannot question God’s “sovereign will”. We coined the words as I don’t see the words in the Bible.

Comment on When we rebel against authority, who/what is our idol? by Caesar

Caesar — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:54:40 +0000

I agree with Matt. I so often want to manage the knowledge of good and evil (right or wrong) for myself, thus acting like I am God…but I suck at being God :0/

Comment on When we rebel against authority, who/what is our idol? by Matt

Matt — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:47:39 +0000

I’d think that when we rebel against God, it’s like we’re making ourselves god.

Comment on What do we learn about God in this story called Beginnings? by Simon

Simon — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:14:53 +0000

that God is the only person in the story who always does what is good, right and perfect.

Comment on At this point in the story, how does God feel about humans? by Josh Elsom

Josh Elsom — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:03:17 +0000

God is sorry that He ever created man. In the Hebrew the word typically understood as Repent it is Shuwb. It means to turn away from or to revoke or reverse. This is not the word used in Genesis 6. Instead the word used is Nacham. Nacham means to be sorry, to greave. It means to draw breath forcibly, to pant. Do you remember as a kid sobbing so badly that you found it hard to catch your breath? That is Nacham.
God was so upset that it was as though He was unable to catch His breath.

Genesis 6 also tells us that “It grieved the Lord” This is the Hebrew word Atsab. It means to carve. The disobedience of the people that He had given so much was like a knife carving His heart.

God is truly grieved by my sin.

Comment on How did God make humans unique among his creation? by YeshElsm

YeshElsm — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:48:49 +0000

He gave humans self-awareness, choice in obedience, authority over the rest of creation.

Comment on What is God’s perspective on pain? by Scott Rees

Scott Rees — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:10:38 +0000

I think that God’s perspective of pain is one of grief. In the previous story of The Flood we saw that when he saw the sin of the world and decided to wipe out much of his creation he was grieved, distraught. I think the case is the same in the story of Joseph. All these horrible things kept happening to Joseph.

However, I think we miss the point when we think this story is only about pain. I think it is mostly about the empowerment of Joseph. He experienced all these people turning on him, his brothers, his boss’s wife, yet his response was always one of integrity. And as reward for choosing integrity, God made him the second most powerful man in the world. This is a story of Joseph overcoming his pain.

The understanding of pain that we can learn from the story of Joseph is to endure through our pain. To trust in God and to strive for lives of integrity. We will emerge stronger on the other side of our pain.

Comment on How does God continue his promise to the Hebrews in the story? by William Turbyfill

William Turbyfill — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:20:27 +0000

The number of Abraham’s descendents is growing.