No. I do not believe God would tell me to kill my neighbors.
But if He did?
You don't believe He would, but you can't be sure. He has given orders like that before. He told Abraham to kill his son. He told Deanna Laney to kill her children. Why wouldn't He tell you to kill your neighbors? Maybe He'd have some higher purpose for it that we'd be unable to explain. Maybe He'd test you to see if you would obey Him and (maybe) stop you just in time, like He did Abraham. (Sorry to say, He didn't stop Deanna Laney.)
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You don't believe He would, but you can't be sure. He has given orders like that before. He told Abraham to kill his son. He told Deanna Laney to kill her children. Why wouldn't He tell you to kill your neighbors? Maybe He'd have some higher purpose for it that we'd be unable to explain. Maybe He'd test you to see if you would obey Him and (maybe) stop you just in time, like He did Abraham. (Sorry to say, He didn't stop Deanna Laney.)
To compare the father of the seed of Israel, who had walked with God all his life, to a crazy woman who's God was satan no doubt, its insanity.
I don't know God's voice like Abraham did, so no, I wouldn't kill my neighbor. God would have to do some super powerful convincing - kinda Moses and the Burning bush type stuff before I would even start considering what I heard was God. And even then, I have instructions otherwise so I might disobey and hope for grace
He asked Abraham because his son was the most precious thing in his life, yet he willingly would give it up to serve his God.
If you doubt SO much of the scripture, how can you believe ANY of it? I believe the original manuscripts were divine and perfectly correct. I feel our translations aren't very far off base, but might indeed contain some err. But if I felt like ANY of the obviously stated material was not true, I couldn't believe ANY of it. That kinda defeats the whole purpose. Taking what you like, or what makes sense to you isn't.
I do understand where you come from, and how easy it is to feel the way you do. It's just not correct to pick and choose what you believe - if you claim to be apostolic.
We know from the temptation of Christ, that Lucifer knows the scriptures... If he knows from scripture that his destiny is the lake of fire, why does he continue to deceive and rebel against God? I am referring to the time he is loosed after the 1000 years and goes to deceive the nations of Gog and Magog once again. Why doesn't he repent? Is repentance not available to him?
I would admonish you in one item, you gave the bugger honor by spelling his name correctly and capitalizing it.
You gave him too much credit.
Besides, his nature was changed and an individual cannot change their own nature. Someone or something would have to advocate on his behalf, and there is no one or no thing that would stand in the gap for old loosefur.
To compare the father of the seed of Israel, who had walked with God all his life, to a crazy woman who's God was Satan no doubt, it insanity.
She's a Pentecostal. What makes you think she's crazy? She heard God's command and obeyed. (OK, I don't really believe that. But a Pentecostal has no reason to disbelieve her claim. God speaks to them all the time!)
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I don't know God's voice like Abraham did, so no, I wouldn't kill my neighbor.
Glad to hear that you wouldn't kill your neighbor. But:
John 10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
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God would have to do some super powerful convincing - kinda Moses and the Burning bush type stuff.
And hope you're not just hallucinating!
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He asked Abraham because his son was the most precious thing in his life, yet he willingly would give it up to serve his God.
Yes, that was my point. God could give someone that test even today, couldn't He? (Again, a Pentecostal should believe this, though I certainly don't.)
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If you doubt SO much of the scripture, how can you believe ANY of it? I believe the original manuscripts were divine and perfectly correct. I feel our translations aren't very far off base, but might indeed contain some err. But if I felt like ANY of the obviously stated material was not true, I couldn't believe ANY of it. That kinda defeats the whole purpose. Taking what you like, or what makes sense to you isn't.
I do understand where you come from, and how easy it is to feel the way you do. It's just not correct to pick and choose what you believe - if you claim to be apostolic.
I'm not Apostolic. You must not have read very many of my posts.
But there very well could be some truth in the Bible, and some error. Is every modern book either 100% correct or 100% wrong? Why couldn't the Gospels (say) be correct, but Exodus wrong, or parts of it? Who says the folks who decided the canon got it just right: nothing there that shouldn't be, and nothing missing that should be?
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To compare the father of the seed of Israel, who had walked with God all his life, to a crazy woman who's God was satan no doubt, its insanity.
That's an interesting statement..."who had walked with God all his life..." Seems to me his encounter with God was at around 75 years old and he was told to get out of his country and separate himself from his kin, yet he took his nephew with him. He started out in disobedience, birthed Ishmael along with a lot of other "stuck on stupid" events.
The at about 100 he staggard not at the promise...
Why doesn't he repent? Is repentance not available to him?
Repentance is a gift from God.It's not just something we decide to do.
No one can come to God unless God draws him. (John 6:65)
God has not granted repentance to Lucifer.
He is the ultimate reprobate.
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