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The "World"

Jarthur001

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webdog said:
My meaning of the word is how you, the calvinist, use it to demean God's character.
as you used it...for as you said..

Originally Posted by webdog
If hate (murder), sin = the opposite of holy
God hates (murder), sin = the opposite of holy
God is not holy
God is not God.

Either your understanding of "hate" is greatly flawed, or God is not God.

What did you mean by hate??????
 

Jarthur001

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HankD said:
As to God "murdering" eeek!

We are His creation, He can do with us whatever He pleases with us.

Proof text
Genesis 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Genesis 7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Sodom and Gommorah?
Again, it is His right as creator but not for us except for the following:

Genesis 9
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.​


HankD




It seems like Hank believes God is really God. I agree Hank...He is God and can do as He pleases
 

Jarthur001

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webdog said:
I'm done with the games, James. I answered you already.
The thread is open for all to see. No answer was given...for webdog knows it is the end of the road. Another strawman with a blank clipboard. :)
 

webdog

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Jarthur001 said:
Please share one english Bible that does not use the word.

2nd...if you change the word as you would have it, it does not fit context..and changes the "proof" text as we shall see once we get there.
Please show one Hebrew or Greek Bible that has the english word "hate" in it.

In regards to Romans 9, it is your definition that changes context, as Romans 9-11 is in regards to jews and God's sovereignty.
 

webdog

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Jarthur001 said:
The thread is open for all to see. No answer was given...for webdog knows it is the end of the road. Another strawman with a blank clipboard. :)
Post 97. Please stop being dishonest, James.
 

HankD

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Are you saying God can kill someone based solely on hating him...but still calling it sin?
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Biblical common sense 101:

1. God cannot sin:
James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

2. God "kills", "slays" people for their sin.
Genesis 38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.

3) God kills, slays people and nations (Sodom and Gomorrah) and even the whole world (except for Noah and those on the ark) and yet He does not sin by doing so.

HankD​
 

Jarthur001

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webdog said:
Post 97. Please stop being dishonest, James.

the proof....

Please notice Israel asking...

Wherein hast thou loved us?
Wherein hast thou loved us?


Israel is saying...I do not feel you God do love us. Show me where you loved us. PROVE IT GOD!!!

And God said...Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau,

That sounds like proof to me. :)

If it is anything other then hate, it makes no sense.

Malachi 1

1The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

2I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

4Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
Wherein hast thou loved us?
Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau,

sane ....used as>> hate 136, enemies 3, enemy 2, foes 1, hateful 1, mis

No "love less" ...or not like as much.

every English Bible claims it. Every Hebrew claims it. Will you change it to fit your doctrine?

Wherein hast thou loved us?

will it be the Calvinist that changes the meaning...or will you?

My guess it will be you
 
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Jarthur001

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HankD said:
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Biblical common sense 101:

1. God cannot sin:
James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

2. God "kills", "slays" people for their sin.
Genesis 38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.

3) God kills, slays people and nations (Sodom and Gomorrah) and even the whole world (except for Noah and those on the ark) and yet He does not sin by doing so.

HankD​

I agree. This does not make God a sinner. Nor does it mean God made sin. My view of sin can be seen in my column...Paths of Life

http://lincolnstandard.com/main.asp?SectionID=26&SubSectionID=301&ArticleID=705&TM=74674.59
 

johnp.

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Hello HankD.

I'm sorry johnp but I cant accept Calvins word on this one except to say that IMO he confounds repentence on God's part from sin and repentance on God's part from having made man and the grief man's sin caused Him.

That's no problem. Of course Calvin explained the alternative. "Oops!" Says God. :)

Also we are told in the NT through Paul to "grieve not the Holy Spirit of God"

Your argument is based on your perception that Calvinism makes us puppets but that is far from the truth. We are animated and real beings. God works through us as the complex beings we are. Grieving the Holy Spirit can be fun. Catch Him by surprise a? :)

Why then did God need to be propitiated? Was He not offended by Adam's sin, our sin?

I don't think Christ died for sin but sin was put there for Christ to die for. Christ dying comes before the reason. Christ dying was the reason for creation. :)

I think perhaps some folks ought to put down Calvin's Institutes and pick up their Bible.

I quite agree with you but he does say things better than I do and has his uses on occasion.

About God's emotions. I would not judge God's emotions as I judge men's. When He says He is angry I believe it to be anger. The joy in Heaven is His not the angels. For God to repent, as we use the word, is a change of mind. This is one thing God never does and conflicts with scripture. It must be modified away or scripture falls.

john.
 

HankD

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This is one thing God never does and conflicts with scripture. It must be modified away or scripture falls.
Yes, it would seem a conflict but nevertheless the Scripture plainly declares that He does repent (apart from repentance for sin which He obviously has no need):

Genesis 6
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.​

What other way can this be taken than God was sorry He created man?

Either way, as you say, to reject what this passage in Genesis is plainly saying would cause Scripture to fall.

And many other passages.

Personally, I really don't care what any Systematic Theology says or Calvin or any other man.

Again:
To be sure I am at a loss to explain how this can be since God is Almighty and omni-everything but I don't want to explain it away or assign some euphamism to the choice of words of the Holy Spirit.

I realize that Scripture on occassion appears to contradict itself:

Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.​

Notice it says "I change not".​

So, as a place perhaps of a meeting ground: God repents (apart from repentance for sin) but in His repentance somehow His essential nature remains the same and does not change in spite of the repentance.​

From Strong's:


Repent 5162​


nacham {naw-kham'}​

Meaning:


1) to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion 1a2) to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent 1a3) to comfort oneself, be comforted 1a4) to comfort oneself, ease oneself 1b) (Piel) to comfort, console 1c) (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to be sorry, have compassion 1d2) to rue, repent of 1d3) to comfort oneself, be comforted 1d4) to ease oneself​

I realize that reams of paper (and now electrons) have been written to change the meaning of this word when it comes to God's character.

Also some folks seem infuriated at the fact that the Scripture plainly assigns "hate" and "anger" to God and go to no small length in attempt to rewrite the Scripture:

Psalm 5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.​

This simply cannot be made to say "love less" IMO.

Jeremiah 7:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.​

Does thus saith the Lord GOD have no meaning anymore? He Himself speaks of His anger and fury with no mincing of words here and elsewhere.

However, since it seems so common a theme (God having this ability as well as a capacity of emotion) in the Scripture, I'm fully inclined to accept it without question.


HankD
 

webdog

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1. God cannot sin:
James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Agreed.
2. God "kills", "slays" people for their sin.
Genesis 38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
This is capital punishment, and just. Killing out of hate only is murder.
3) God kills, slays people and nations (Sodom and Gomorrah) and even the whole world (except for Noah and those on the ark) and yet He does not sin by doing so.
Agreed. However, if He did kill for no reason, or out of hate for the person, by God's own law, that is murder. God cannot murder. If God tells man that hating others is murder and sin, He does not hate or murder, the way we know the word "hate" to mean.
 

johnp.

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Killing out of hate only is murder.

Killing in hate might be murder and a breach of the law of God but I have never heard that He is under His own law. You need to prove God is under law. What law would God breach if He hated those He kills and is it better to say He kills in love? A thing He will have to do if He lacks hatred.

He does not hate or murder...

God cannot murder property. Hate, the Greek word, means to detest. God detests Esau. :) That's what the good book says: Just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I detested."
Miseo
to hate, pursue with hatred, detest
to be hated, detested
KJV (42) - hate, 41; hateful, 1;
NAS (40) - hate, 13; hated, 12; hateful, 1; hates, 12; hating, 2;

If God tells man that hating others is murder and sin, He does not hate or murder, the way we know the word "hate" to mean.

Hate means hate webdog why do you say hate doesn't mean hate?

The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.

john.
 

HankD

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If God tells man that hating others is murder and sin, He does not hate or murder, the way we know the word "hate" to mean.
God is not under this law, He is holy, just and sinless as well as merciful.

Psalm 5
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.​

It is His right to destroy those whom He hates and in particular the workers of iniquity.​

But He is also merciful and gives the opportunity for repentance before the destruction.​

Revelation 2
20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.​

He doesn't mince words about it either.​

HankD​
 

skypair

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Rippon said:
Anyone who looks at the various texts in context should be honest enough to admit that the word "world" has a range of meanings.
You needn't go any farther than this statement, rip. Of course, we do NOT live in the age of the "letter of the law" but n that age of the "Spirit" (or "context). Murder is not just killing someone -- it is now also hating someone.

Therefore, world has various meanings, some of which Calvinists have defined beyond even the frame of context. For instance, 1John 2:2 "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.[/quote] "Whole world" here is not just the "elect" nor just the "elect from all the world." There is NO basis in context for making such an application.

skypair
 

webdog

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HankD said:
God is not under this law, He is holy, just and sinless as well as merciful.

Psalm 5
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.​

It is His right to destroy those whom He hates and in particular the workers of iniquity.​

But He is also merciful and gives the opportunity for repentance before the destruction.​

Revelation 2
20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.​

He doesn't mince words about it either.​


HankD​
If He "hates" all workers of iniquity, He hates every human who ever lived. I don't think you have the correct understanding of "sane" and "miseo", the hebrew and greek words we who speak english translate as "hate".

The argument that God is not under His own law is foolish. God's laws are just, holy and righteous, all characteristics of God. If God were to break His own laws to men and requirements, He would not only be a hypocrite, but not God.

Let me ask you all this...could Christ, who is God, have broken the very laws He set forth in stating whoever hates is a murderer? He is 100% God and Man, so if God does not need to follow His own laws He sets forth, does that mean Christ wouldn't be sinning if He commited adultery (lust) and murder (hate)?
 

Helen

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To hate someone is to pass judgment on them. God is entitled to do that. We are not. We can hate what someone does, but we dare not hate the person.
 

webdog

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So what judgment was passed onto Esau before He was born? I don't recall that Esau went to hell.
 
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