satan
satan beyond forgiveness?
08/10/08 23:26
Why is Satan beyond forgiveness? If God loves unconditionally then why is there a condition for Satan?
So maybe he'd never ask for forgiveness but if God truly loved unconditionally he wouldn’t need the request right? Wouldn't it solve a lot of problems if God forgave Satan? Kind of like the prodigal son.
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So maybe he'd never ask for forgiveness but if God truly loved unconditionally he wouldn’t need the request right? Wouldn't it solve a lot of problems if God forgave Satan? Kind of like the prodigal son.
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Did satan fall before creation?
09/09/08 12:35
Questioner (1) the earth was made or before or after God created Adam and Eve, and if the garden of Eden was made perfect, why then was a lying snake allowed in it?
Questioner (2) I would like to see a post on this as well. Because it is often something I have thought about. Also the connection people make to the scriptures in Isaiah that seem to refer to Lucifer being cast down from the heights.
Recently I have had a conversation with someone who does not even believe that the serpent was the devil at all as it says in Gen 3:1 that the serpent was more crafty than any of the beasts of the field. Their view (which I didn't entirely agree with) was that evangelical Christians have tied this to the devil but the text itself does not in necessarily refer to anything other than a creature that was able to talk and was very crafty.
The metaphor that C.S. Lewis builds in the second book of his space trilogy "Peralandra" seems a fairly decent sort of idea involving the possession of the creature by a spiritual force- a fallen angel- that desired to bend the will of Eve against the will of God. What are your thoughts about the relationship between this serpent and fallen angels?
Part of what I find interesting is that the decree not to eat was given in the text to Adam before Eve is created. I am wondering and I think have heard that the order of this part of the text is not necessarily linear is this the case.
Additionally this whole knowledge of good and evil is a very interesting name and idea for the fruit of the tree to produce. Is it really true that the pre-fall Adam and Eve were not to have knowledge of wrong and right? This doesn't seem the case as they were to become the stewards of Eden or is the issue who was to be the judge and sustainer of their souls.
This is very complex and I would like to hear some of your thoughts about this and how it relates to death entering the world. I presume the prohibition of eating the tree of life after the Fall was a good thing as they did not live indefinitely in this new state. Also, when they are kicked out there is an angel set to guard this tree of life so that they can not get "back in" to eat.
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Questioner (2) I would like to see a post on this as well. Because it is often something I have thought about. Also the connection people make to the scriptures in Isaiah that seem to refer to Lucifer being cast down from the heights.
Recently I have had a conversation with someone who does not even believe that the serpent was the devil at all as it says in Gen 3:1 that the serpent was more crafty than any of the beasts of the field. Their view (which I didn't entirely agree with) was that evangelical Christians have tied this to the devil but the text itself does not in necessarily refer to anything other than a creature that was able to talk and was very crafty.
The metaphor that C.S. Lewis builds in the second book of his space trilogy "Peralandra" seems a fairly decent sort of idea involving the possession of the creature by a spiritual force- a fallen angel- that desired to bend the will of Eve against the will of God. What are your thoughts about the relationship between this serpent and fallen angels?
Part of what I find interesting is that the decree not to eat was given in the text to Adam before Eve is created. I am wondering and I think have heard that the order of this part of the text is not necessarily linear is this the case.
Additionally this whole knowledge of good and evil is a very interesting name and idea for the fruit of the tree to produce. Is it really true that the pre-fall Adam and Eve were not to have knowledge of wrong and right? This doesn't seem the case as they were to become the stewards of Eden or is the issue who was to be the judge and sustainer of their souls.
This is very complex and I would like to hear some of your thoughts about this and how it relates to death entering the world. I presume the prohibition of eating the tree of life after the Fall was a good thing as they did not live indefinitely in this new state. Also, when they are kicked out there is an angel set to guard this tree of life so that they can not get "back in" to eat.
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Evil spirits
09/05/07 14:51
I was reading 1 Sam 19 today and here are my questions:
Why would God send an evil spirit to Saul causing Saul to want to kill David (v9) particularly when God had anointed David to be King?
If Saul was "visited" by evil spirit how come he seems to easily prophesy under power of Holy Spirit? (v23 & 1Sam 18:10). I wonder what he was prophesying?Answer...