Comments on: God for a Day http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/09/25/god-for-a-day/ Fear God and keep His commandments; for this is the whole duty of man - Ecclesiastes 12:13 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:33:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Charles http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/09/25/god-for-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-764 Charles Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:11:23 +0000 http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/09/25/god-for-a-day/#comment-764 Susanne, The point I'm trying to make is that, on some level, God is pleased to let the world exist in its current state. If He were not, it would not be as it is. This is not to say that He is not going to judge the world, or that He likes sin or is pleased by it. The closest example that I can give is from being a parent there are times where I watch Gavin struggling with temptation, and while it is completely within my power to end the scenario and remove him from the situation, there are many times when it "pleases" me to let him struggle with the thing and sometimes even fail. It then "pleases" me to spank Him. Of course it also displeases me that he was so tempted and that he gave in as well, but there is no great contradiction. And this is just my ability to hold seemingly contradictory thoughts in my head. God is infinitely more complex than I am, so I am not surprised that he can be "not willing that any should perish", and yet also clearly willing on some level (because we see that some definitely do perish) Does that make sense? Susanne,
The point I’m trying to make is that, on some level, God is pleased to let the world exist in its current state. If He were not, it would not be as it is. This is not to say that He is not going to judge the world, or that He likes sin or is pleased by it. The closest example that I can give is from being a parent there are times where I watch Gavin struggling with temptation, and while it is completely within my power to end the scenario and remove him from the situation, there are many times when it “pleases” me to let him struggle with the thing and sometimes even fail. It then “pleases” me to spank Him. Of course it also displeases me that he was so tempted and that he gave in as well, but there is no great contradiction. And this is just my ability to hold seemingly contradictory thoughts in my head. God is infinitely more complex than I am, so I am not surprised that he can be “not willing that any should perish”, and yet also clearly willing on some level (because we see that some definitely do perish)

Does that make sense?

]]> By: Susanne http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/09/25/god-for-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-763 Susanne Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:54:27 +0000 http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/09/25/god-for-a-day/#comment-763 How do you know God doesn't think about fixing the world? Ultimately He *will* fix everything. Isn't that what prophecy promises? His days are just not on the same time-frame as ours. The "fixing" comes later - after this earth is burned up and a new one created. Hmm, interesting question. Makes me wonder what God did all those years before He decided to make all these assorted-looking people that now populate planet Earth. I can grasp people living forever and God having no end, but no beginning? That is entirely too much for me to imagine! How do you know God doesn’t think about fixing the world? Ultimately He *will* fix everything. Isn’t that what prophecy promises? His days are just not on the same time-frame as ours. The “fixing” comes later – after this earth is burned up and a new one created.

Hmm, interesting question. Makes me wonder what God did all those years before He decided to make all these assorted-looking people that now populate planet Earth. I can grasp people living forever and God having no end, but no beginning? That is entirely too much for me to imagine!

]]> By: Charles http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/09/25/god-for-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-765 Charles Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:52:22 +0000 http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/09/25/god-for-a-day/#comment-765 <i>If you mean before “The Beginning,” i.e. a clean slate as it were, we cannot perceive a universe different than ours because we are a product of that, both physically and spiritually.</i> that's kind of what I was getting at. There were a couple of thoughts I had, one of which was that there is a limit to our ability to think about being God. We are bound by all the things you mention. I also wanted to try to invoke the idea that our thought is to "fix" the world. What is interesting is that this is not God's thought. Such things are always interesting to me. Thanks for the read! If you mean before “The Beginning,” i.e. a clean slate as it were, we cannot perceive a universe different than ours because we are a product of that, both physically and spiritually.

that’s kind of what I was getting at. There were a couple of thoughts I had, one of which was that there is a limit to our ability to think about being God. We are bound by all the things you mention.

I also wanted to try to invoke the idea that our thought is to “fix” the world. What is interesting is that this is not God’s thought.

Such things are always interesting to me.

Thanks for the read!

]]> By: R. Sherman http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/09/25/god-for-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-766 R. Sherman Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:56:10 +0000 http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/09/25/god-for-a-day/#comment-766 There are multiple questions here: If you mean "right at this moment as I'm keyboarding this comment," I could think of nothing which would ameliorate the effects of sin, both original and otherwise, inasmuch as I would be constrained by the universe as it exists. Otherwise, I would go back to the Garden and take a hoe to the snake. If you mean before "The Beginning," i.e. a clean slate as it were, we cannot perceive a universe <b>different</b> than ours because we are a product of that, both physically and spiritually. And we get a headache, if we try. :) Cheers. There are multiple questions here:

If you mean “right at this moment as I’m keyboarding this comment,” I could think of nothing which would ameliorate the effects of sin, both original and otherwise, inasmuch as I would be constrained by the universe as it exists. Otherwise, I would go back to the Garden and take a hoe to the snake.

If you mean before “The Beginning,” i.e. a clean slate as it were, we cannot perceive a universe different than ours because we are a product of that, both physically and spiritually.

And we get a headache, if we try.
:)

Cheers.

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