You would land yourself in some serious trouble if you read the old testament books without proper understanding of the revelation of God in Christ. Heb 1:1-2; "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds."
God has spoken to us now in His Son. The things said by men in the old testament are to be judged by the revelation of Christ and not the other way round. We also don't accommodate all the views simply because they are in the bible. For us to accept it, it must be consistent with the revelation of Christ. For instance...
At I Samuel 16:15,16,23, 18:10 tells us an evil spirit from God came to torment Saul. Yet, James tells us God only gives good and perfect gifts...James 1:17.
At I Kings 22:23, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of the prophets. Yet we know God does not lie nor repent, even from some Old Testament accounts. You will never find this inconsistency in the doctrine of the Apostles. Titus 1:2; Heb 6:17-18. God does not work with lying spirits for there is no fellowship between light and darkness. The devil is not God's errand boy as portrayed by the job story.
Job says, God gives and takes away Job 1:21. This is not the revelation of God in Christ. He gives and keeps giving. There are several Christians hoodwinked already by this inaccurate descriptions of God hence believe God is after them and all they have. Job was in the dark as a carnal man, oblivious of the devil's workings
At Job 2:10, He also says shall we receive good from God, and not receive evil? So funny. This is also untrue. God does not test with evil. How does it even sound, God was playing a bet with the precious lives of His 'servant', in the which he lost all his children, just to prove a point to satan that Job was indeed faithful? Very absurd. Does God discuss with the devil on how he runs his activities? Does God approve his evil deeds? Hear Christ...
Luke 22:31-32; "And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren."
Satan desired to sift Peter yet Christ never played a bet on whether he'd stand or fall. He prayed for him! God is never a party to temptation. Instead, He makes a way of escape...strengthens, upholds, help. We judge everything said about God by what the Son has revealed. This is God...

You can't eat your cake and have it. You're actually the one landing yourself in trouble with an over ambitious assertions like this.

See, I understand your plight, as a sane human, you're definitely not comfortable with the character of God depicted in the old testament. Well, sorry. Unless you just decide to tear them off the Bible, there's absolutely no way you can reason your way around it without insulting intelligence.

Let us consider the example of job. In your claim, Job was not knowledgeable, hence his inaccurate comprehension of God's nature. Well, that's dubious. What transpired in that story was clear enough for any half witted fellow. Your attempt to exonerate God by roping ignorance around job is only laughable.

You could begin to make little sense if you can disprove the biblical account that the devil and God actually ventured into a bargaining spree over the life and property of job. While at that, you can also attempt to show that the casualty of life and property that occurred were merely hoarse and God didn't in any way permit them.

And just for the sidekick, that you're a new creation believer(apparently) doesn't make you any better at believing ludicrudity. For, even in the synoptic gospel account, we've the story of a man born blind just so he can show forth the glory of God. If you don't see the inhumanity in this, then I'm sorry for you. Or, you can attempt to circumvent by claiming Jesus is ignorant too, just like job. I'd actually like to hear you say that.

Ananais and Sapphira comes to mind too?

Joke is on you Bro.

Brigance:
You can't eat your cake and have it. You're actually the one landing yourself in trouble with an over ambitious assertions like this.

See, I understand your plight, as a sane human, you're definitely not comfortable with the character of God depicted in the old testament. Well, sorry. Unless you just decide to tear them off the Bible, there's absolutely no way you can reason your way around it without insulting intelligence.

Let us consider the example of job. In your claim, Job was not knowledgeable, hence his inaccurate comprehension of God's nature. Well, that's dubious. What transpired in that story was clear enough for any half witted fellow. Your attempt to exonerate God by roping ignorance around job is only laughable.

You could begin to make little sense if you can disprove the biblical account that the devil and God actually ventured into a bargaining spree over the life and property of job. While at that, you can also attempt to show that the casualty of life and property that occurred were merely hoarse and God didn't in any way permit them.

And just for the sidekick, that you're a new creation believer(apparently) doesn't make you any better at believing ludicrudity. For, even in the synoptic gospel account, we've the story of a man born blind just so he can show forth the glory of God. If you don't see the inhumanity in this, then I'm sorry for you. Or, you can attempt to circumvent by claiming Jesus is ignorant too, just like job. I'd actually like to hear you say that.

Ananais and Sapphira comes to mind too?

Joke is on you Bro.

thread closed!!!!

hopefulLandlord:


thread closed!!!!

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