When G-d gave the laws in the five books of Moses, did he make a mistake? He gave us laws we couldn't do so he had to send his son to rectify the problem?
Or was he being sadistic by giving us laws we couldn't follow and made us suffer with them for over 1300 years?
Or is he not omniscient and didn't realize we couldn't keep them?
2006-06-08 10:22:55 · 22 answers · asked by Quantrill 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
According to Christianity the laws are impossible to keep that is why G-d sent Jesus.
2006-06-08 10:26:59 · update #1
I don't think you're being a sheep, I think you are asking perfectly valid questions that are actually outside of the box. Some people just can't think outside of that box.
Seeing as I'm thinking you're Jewish, you probably don't have that King James version of the bible to look at, so you probably want to skip that one too.
We're just asked to do the best we can with what we've been given. We're human, we're going to make mistakes. As far as the higher power's son, well now that's really the question of debate here, isn't it?
2006-06-08 10:36:38 · answer #1 · answered by Allison L 6 · 1⤊ 6⤋
He had a plan to redeem the world of their sins. He gave the law only to the Nation of Israel and the other nation never had the law but by nature knew the things in the law. Romans 2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:Since nobody could keep the law (which was God standard) we all needed someone to keep it for us. The Lord Jesus Christ was the only man that ever lived that was able to keep the law. He also died for our sins. He was buried and took our sins away and rose again the third day for our justification. God does not make a mistake, He knows the future.
2006-06-08 17:32:00 · answer #2 · answered by Ray W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Originally, there was only one law: "Don't eat the fruit." Had this law never been broken, there would have been no need for the law of Moses; man would have lived in innocence. When man sinned and fell, God said OK, if you want to do it on your own, this is how it has to be done. God made it easy, but man chose the hard way. Then God in His infinite mercy sent Jesus to give man an escape from the consequences of his horrible choice. No, God did not make a mistake; man did.
2006-06-08 17:29:04 · answer #3 · answered by ACDixon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God gave the laws to them because they were basically a brand-new nation with no laws or standards at all. The Apostle Paul explains in the New Testament that the law is the school teacher; it points us in the right direction, but it cannot replace common sense.
2006-06-08 17:27:21 · answer #4 · answered by cirque de lune 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first thing you have to decide on is which laws were handed down. There are 3 versions in the Bible. Which one is right?
And the people who assert that god does not make mistakes, how do you account for the three versions? Perhaps he is trying to deceive or confuse us? Why would he want to do that?
2006-06-08 17:30:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're wrong on several points. Adam and Eve could've kept the laws...but they ate the fruit anyway. Does that tell you something? The laws were there for us to follow, we just won't! You could read the whole bible and try to actually look into it without a preconceived idea...You'd find all of this there.
2006-06-08 17:27:50 · answer #6 · answered by LiRona 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Sir. God was proving a point. The point was that only He is Holy and Perfect. The point was that knowing good and evil does not give one the power to follow good. Only God, by His Holy Spirit, can empower one to do so. He showed to all man that we aren't as sophisticated as we may think. That we cannot survive on our own. That we are destined to destruction without Him.
That is why salvation through Christ, (who is the Son of God and His image) brings the Father such infinite glory. The phenonena of sinners being cleansed by Christ's blood and turning to righteousness testifies of the perfection and holiness of the Father. It proves the Father was right all along. He is perfect, and we are wicked and destinged to damnation without Him.
2006-06-09 21:45:02 · answer #7 · answered by man_id_unknown 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God did not make a mistakes, for he does not make mistakes.
The laws were for the Isrealites to follow; simple rules. But even those rules were too complicated for everyone to follow. So to rectify the situation, God sent Jesus Christ to die for the sins of humnaity.
2006-06-08 17:26:04 · answer #8 · answered by mthtchr05 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he did, the mistake was to give us Free Will. That mistake allowed us to disobey him, thus creating sin, Sin is when we stray from his Will...
This is Why we needed a Savior, to save us, Because we could not follow God's Will any more, than a camel can fit through the eye of a needle...
2006-06-08 17:29:58 · answer #9 · answered by rob_h_hodges 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He gave us the laws for us to follow. If we do not follow them, it is OUR fault, not his. An example is, we have laws that forbids you to kill someone else. Because there are people who do kill people, does that mean that we should just let people murder without punishment?
2006-06-08 17:27:17 · answer #10 · answered by ginaforu5448 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the "laws" are guidelines...he knows we are not perfect and we do have our agency to choose what we will...sending christ to die on the cross was not to rectify the problem, but to make it so that we can be forgiven...
God doesnt make mistakes.
2006-06-08 17:37:04 · answer #11 · answered by your mom. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋