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Individuals vs The Majority
- Thread starter JLG
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NoAre these from a devotional?
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- My answer :
- We should be careful when we speak !
- If it was true, it would mean God’s creation is imperfect !
- If God’s creation is imperfect, then God is imperfect !
- Which is a total nonsense !
- Saying such a thing is like cursing God !
- On the contrary, Adam and Eve lost perfection !
- And Jesus had to die and repurchase this perfection thanks to his offering of his perfect life so we may get back to perfection !
- And we must be grateful to God for permitting it !
- My answer :
- We should be careful when we speak !
- If it was true, it would mean God’s creation is imperfect !
- If God’s creation is imperfect, then God is imperfect !
- Which is a total nonsense !
- Saying such a thing is like cursing God !
- On the contrary, Adam and Eve lost perfection !
- And Jesus had to die and repurchase this perfection thanks to his offering of his perfect life so we may get back to perfection !
- And we must be grateful to God for permitting it !
56)
Adams path was before perfection had come, as the bringing in of the better hope of Christ is our perfection..
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Adams path was before perfection had come, as the bringing in of the better hope of Christ is our perfection..
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
59)
- My answer :
- Read carefully Genesis 3:2,3: first she answers correctly the devil!
- Who looks at the fruit!
- Who sees something good to eat!
- Who sees something good to see!
- Who sees it as something desirable to get wisdom!
- It's a process!
- Same for Adam!
- Same for any human being when he knows something is wrong but finally he does it!
- Same for the angels when they go down and get married with women and became demons!
- Man is not a child!
- Deceit is one thing!
- If you let it go into your brain then you do it the wrong way!
- When you are alone and you know there is something you will never do!
- But when you become part of a group and you do it, you are responsible!
- Lot was told to go away from Sodoma and Gomora!
- If he hadn't fled, he would have died!
- His wife was more interested with what she left and she disobeyed and turned back and died!
- it's a choice!
- Eve and Adam rejected their mistakes on somebody else!
- And they were perfect!
- The majority always does the same!
- the majority doesn't listen to the warnings!
- And the Bible is full of examples!
- It has always been so, same with the Israelites!
- But individuals can use their free will to get away from the way of the majority!
- It is probably not easy!
- But faithful servants of God did it!
- Of course not many, but some, that's what is important!
- And some will do it again before it's too late!
- My answer :
- Read carefully Genesis 3:2,3: first she answers correctly the devil!
- Who looks at the fruit!
- Who sees something good to eat!
- Who sees something good to see!
- Who sees it as something desirable to get wisdom!
- It's a process!
- Same for Adam!
- Same for any human being when he knows something is wrong but finally he does it!
- Same for the angels when they go down and get married with women and became demons!
- Man is not a child!
- Deceit is one thing!
- If you let it go into your brain then you do it the wrong way!
- When you are alone and you know there is something you will never do!
- But when you become part of a group and you do it, you are responsible!
- Lot was told to go away from Sodoma and Gomora!
- If he hadn't fled, he would have died!
- His wife was more interested with what she left and she disobeyed and turned back and died!
- it's a choice!
- Eve and Adam rejected their mistakes on somebody else!
- And they were perfect!
- The majority always does the same!
- the majority doesn't listen to the warnings!
- And the Bible is full of examples!
- It has always been so, same with the Israelites!
- But individuals can use their free will to get away from the way of the majority!
- It is probably not easy!
- But faithful servants of God did it!
- Of course not many, but some, that's what is important!
- And some will do it again before it's too late!
61)
- Of course not!
- Look at Genesis 3:5!
- The devil said it you will be like God!
- And he added: knowing good and evil!
- He didn't say you will be God!
- And he connected it with knowing good and evil!
- She would become independent from God and away from him!
- Opposing his will!
- And thus doing evil!
- Of course, there is only one creator !
- A creator the creation of which is constantly recreating itself as the universe renews itself constantly, as living creatures can give birth !
- It is a perpetual movement and God and Jesus as Jesus says keep working !
- How would it be possible to compare anything to God which makes no mistakes compared to man who can only build things and who keeps repeating the same mistakes all the time !
- Of course, man’s tradition pushes him in this direction like a magnet !
- But if we want to make progress, we must make mistakes and learn from our mistakes !
- Of course not!
- Look at Genesis 3:5!
- The devil said it you will be like God!
- And he added: knowing good and evil!
- He didn't say you will be God!
- And he connected it with knowing good and evil!
- She would become independent from God and away from him!
- Opposing his will!
- And thus doing evil!
- Of course, there is only one creator !
- A creator the creation of which is constantly recreating itself as the universe renews itself constantly, as living creatures can give birth !
- It is a perpetual movement and God and Jesus as Jesus says keep working !
- How would it be possible to compare anything to God which makes no mistakes compared to man who can only build things and who keeps repeating the same mistakes all the time !
- Of course, man’s tradition pushes him in this direction like a magnet !
- But if we want to make progress, we must make mistakes and learn from our mistakes !
JOSHUA
JOSHUA CHAPTER 1
- Moses has died!
- Now Joshua is the new leader of Israel!
JOSHUA CHAPTER 2
- Joshua sends 2 spies to the city of Jericho!
- And they enter into the house of the prostitute Rahab!
- So the king of the city sends men to get the two spies!
- And she hides them saying they have gone away!
- In exchange she asks for protection for her and her family when Israel attacks the city!
- But she must tie a cord of scarlet thread in a window so the israelites will protect her!
JOSHUA CHAPTER 6
- Then Jericho is destroyed and with all its inhabitants except Rahab and her family!
- And Joshua becomes famous!
JOSHUA CHAPTER 1
- Moses has died!
- Now Joshua is the new leader of Israel!
JOSHUA CHAPTER 2
- Joshua sends 2 spies to the city of Jericho!
- And they enter into the house of the prostitute Rahab!
- So the king of the city sends men to get the two spies!
- And she hides them saying they have gone away!
- In exchange she asks for protection for her and her family when Israel attacks the city!
- But she must tie a cord of scarlet thread in a window so the israelites will protect her!
JOSHUA CHAPTER 6
- Then Jericho is destroyed and with all its inhabitants except Rahab and her family!
- And Joshua becomes famous!
JOSHUA CHAPTER 7
- It doesn’t matter who the leader is, the Israelites as a people are a catastrophe!
- It is in their DNA!
- It is like evil inside!
- But once again mankind is not better!
- Some individuals are incredible!
- But the majority is a shame to humanity!
- People can blame the devil but people can only blame themselves!
- Adam and Eve are the worst examples of humanity because they were perfect!
- And Adam is the worst because he chose to follow Eve being afraid of losing her!
- It also shows how they were one!
- But Adam acted selfishly because he didn’t think about his descendants!
- Because of him they would have to walk in the “desert” like the Israelites who paid for their errors!
- It doesn’t matter who the leader is, the Israelites as a people are a catastrophe!
- It is in their DNA!
- It is like evil inside!
- But once again mankind is not better!
- Some individuals are incredible!
- But the majority is a shame to humanity!
- People can blame the devil but people can only blame themselves!
- Adam and Eve are the worst examples of humanity because they were perfect!
- And Adam is the worst because he chose to follow Eve being afraid of losing her!
- It also shows how they were one!
- But Adam acted selfishly because he didn’t think about his descendants!
- Because of him they would have to walk in the “desert” like the Israelites who paid for their errors!
JOSHUA
CHAPTER 7
- The Israelites don’t obey regarding what they were supposed to destroy about Jericho!
- God is angry against them!
- After Jericho, the Israelites are supposed to attack the city of Ai!
- But the Israelites are defeated!
- Joshua rips his garments and falls with his face to the ground!
- And God tells Joshua that the israelites have sinned against him!
- They have violated God’s covenant!
- They have taken some of what was devoted to destruction, stealing it and secretly putting it among their own possessions!
- If they don’t destroy what was devoted to destruction, they won’t be able to stand against their enemies!
- And Achan took an official garment and money and he hid everything inside his tent!
- Think of that the people had to pay for one man!
- It is the same with humanity having to pay because of Adam!
- Now think about today and all the corruption because of man’s tradition vs God’s word!
- And it is not because of one man but because of the majority like in the case of the Israelites through all their history!
CHAPTER 7
- The Israelites don’t obey regarding what they were supposed to destroy about Jericho!
- God is angry against them!
- After Jericho, the Israelites are supposed to attack the city of Ai!
- But the Israelites are defeated!
- Joshua rips his garments and falls with his face to the ground!
- And God tells Joshua that the israelites have sinned against him!
- They have violated God’s covenant!
- They have taken some of what was devoted to destruction, stealing it and secretly putting it among their own possessions!
- If they don’t destroy what was devoted to destruction, they won’t be able to stand against their enemies!
- And Achan took an official garment and money and he hid everything inside his tent!
- Think of that the people had to pay for one man!
- It is the same with humanity having to pay because of Adam!
- Now think about today and all the corruption because of man’s tradition vs God’s word!
- And it is not because of one man but because of the majority like in the case of the Israelites through all their history!
JOSHUA
CHAPTER 7
- Finally Achan is stoned!
CHAPTER 8
- Then the Israelites go against the city of Ai another time and destroy it completely!
- After that Joshua writes a copy of the Law of Moses!
- And he reads aloud all the words of the Law to Israel!
CHAPTER 9
- Then many kings form an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel!
CHAPTER 7
- Finally Achan is stoned!
CHAPTER 8
- Then the Israelites go against the city of Ai another time and destroy it completely!
- After that Joshua writes a copy of the Law of Moses!
- And he reads aloud all the words of the Law to Israel!
CHAPTER 9
- Then many kings form an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel!
JOSHUA
CHAPTER 9
- Once again we have an interesting example!
- Most of the kings unite to fight Israel!
- But the inhabitants of Gibeon organize themselves to make an agreement with Israel!
- They send people explaining they come from a distant land with everything worn-out to prove their sayings!
- And even here the people of Israel are equal to themselves that is good to nothing, they look at the provisions but they don’t inquire of God!
- Once again man’s tradition vs God’s word!
- So Joshua makes peace with them and also a covenant!
- After three days they realize they are their neighbors!
- How stupid they are!
- So the Gibeonites will become gatherers of wood and water for Israel!
- So here we have a good example of a minority being more intelligent than the majority (the other kings of the area and the Israelites themselves)!
CHAPTER 9
- Once again we have an interesting example!
- Most of the kings unite to fight Israel!
- But the inhabitants of Gibeon organize themselves to make an agreement with Israel!
- They send people explaining they come from a distant land with everything worn-out to prove their sayings!
- And even here the people of Israel are equal to themselves that is good to nothing, they look at the provisions but they don’t inquire of God!
- Once again man’s tradition vs God’s word!
- So Joshua makes peace with them and also a covenant!
- After three days they realize they are their neighbors!
- How stupid they are!
- So the Gibeonites will become gatherers of wood and water for Israel!
- So here we have a good example of a minority being more intelligent than the majority (the other kings of the area and the Israelites themselves)!
JOSHUA
CHAPTER 10
- The king of Jerusalem asks forv the help of other kings to fight against Gibeon because they have made peace with Israel!
- Then Gibeon asks for help from Israel!
- God tells Joshua not to be afraid because he has given all these kings in the hands of Israel!
- And not one will be able to fight against Israel!
- And God throws them into confusion so israel is able to defeat them!
- When they are fleeing from Israel, God hurls great hailstones from the sky on them and they perish!
- In fact, more die from the hail than from the sword of the Israelites!
- On that occasion, the sun stands still for a whole day so israel can take vengeance on his enemies!
- Then the five kings flee and hide in a cave!
- Then Joshua tells some men to close the entrance of the cave with stones!
- Then Joshua kills the five kings to show all Israel that it is what is going to happen to all the enemies of Israel!
- So Israel must be courageous!
- And Joshua and Israel keep striking all the cities of the region and destroying everything to destruction!
CHAPTER 10
- The king of Jerusalem asks forv the help of other kings to fight against Gibeon because they have made peace with Israel!
- Then Gibeon asks for help from Israel!
- God tells Joshua not to be afraid because he has given all these kings in the hands of Israel!
- And not one will be able to fight against Israel!
- And God throws them into confusion so israel is able to defeat them!
- When they are fleeing from Israel, God hurls great hailstones from the sky on them and they perish!
- In fact, more die from the hail than from the sword of the Israelites!
- On that occasion, the sun stands still for a whole day so israel can take vengeance on his enemies!
- Then the five kings flee and hide in a cave!
- Then Joshua tells some men to close the entrance of the cave with stones!
- Then Joshua kills the five kings to show all Israel that it is what is going to happen to all the enemies of Israel!
- So Israel must be courageous!
- And Joshua and Israel keep striking all the cities of the region and destroying everything to destruction!
JOSHUA
CHAPTER 11
- More kings come to fight against Israel!
- God tells Joshua not to be afraid because he is going to give them to Israel!
- Joshua does according to God’s will!
- They are all defeated!
- Then he destroyed all the cities belonging to those kings!
- Everyone was killed without any survivor!
- And Joshua conquers all the land!
- In fact, God pushed all those kings to fight against Israel so they could be annihilated!
- And Joshua gives the land of Canaan as an inheritance to Israel!
- And finally the land was at rest from war!
CHAPTER 11
- More kings come to fight against Israel!
- God tells Joshua not to be afraid because he is going to give them to Israel!
- Joshua does according to God’s will!
- They are all defeated!
- Then he destroyed all the cities belonging to those kings!
- Everyone was killed without any survivor!
- And Joshua conquers all the land!
- In fact, God pushed all those kings to fight against Israel so they could be annihilated!
- And Joshua gives the land of Canaan as an inheritance to Israel!
- And finally the land was at rest from war!
JOSHUA
CHAPTER 13
- Joshua is now old!
- Much of the land remains to be taken in possession!
CHAPTER 14
- This is a really interesting chapter because we are told about Caleb who was among the spies sent by Moses into Canaan like Joshua and like Joshua he was faithful to God!
- In this Chapter Caleb speaks and he is 85 and he is as strong as on the day Moses sent him out!
- And he is still fit for war and for other activities!
- And he asks for a territory as it was promised by God to him!
- And he says he will drive away the Anakim who have great fortified cities!
- So Joshua gives him Hebron!
- AND GOD PRESERVED HIM!
- SOMETHING TO REMEMBER!
CHAPTER 13
- Joshua is now old!
- Much of the land remains to be taken in possession!
CHAPTER 14
- This is a really interesting chapter because we are told about Caleb who was among the spies sent by Moses into Canaan like Joshua and like Joshua he was faithful to God!
- In this Chapter Caleb speaks and he is 85 and he is as strong as on the day Moses sent him out!
- And he is still fit for war and for other activities!
- And he asks for a territory as it was promised by God to him!
- And he says he will drive away the Anakim who have great fortified cities!
- So Joshua gives him Hebron!
- AND GOD PRESERVED HIM!
- SOMETHING TO REMEMBER!
JOSHUA
CHAPTER 17
- The descendants of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh were blessed by God and they became numerous!
- So they asked for more territories!
- But they had to fight for them!
CHAPTER 18
- There were still seven tribes left of the Israelites whose inheritance had not been alloted!
- So Joshua sent men to do it!
CHAPTER 19
- Then they finished dividing the land for inheritance by its territories!
- And Joshua was given the city of Timnathserah, a city he had asked for!
CHAPTER 17
- The descendants of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh were blessed by God and they became numerous!
- So they asked for more territories!
- But they had to fight for them!
CHAPTER 18
- There were still seven tribes left of the Israelites whose inheritance had not been alloted!
- So Joshua sent men to do it!
CHAPTER 19
- Then they finished dividing the land for inheritance by its territories!
- And Joshua was given the city of Timnathserah, a city he had asked for!
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