what these four, biblical passages mean:
denying God’s own words in the Bible ...
Genesis 2:7 “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
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Job 33:4 “The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.”
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Ecclesiastes 11:5, RSV “As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of the woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.”
deceiving God's followers ...
Mark 9:42 “And whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believes in me to stumble, it is better for him that an ***’s millstone were hanged on his neck, and that he were thrown into the sea.”
2006-09-06 14:59:13 · 7 answers · asked by sunsworth1975 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What it means is that you really don't have a clue what the Bible is about. Taking 4 verses out of context and plopping them down at YA R&S is not 'rightly dividing the Word of God', but more closely resembles the hacking technique used by the blab-it-grab-it televangelists which many accuse Christians of being, but they are not.
The Bible is THE Book about Jesus Christ. It outlines His will, His work, His purpose, and His salvation. Jesus even refers to it as the 'volume of the Book written of me.'
God's Word, the Bible, is also called the Sword of the Spirit. Learn how to use it as it was given, before you hurt yourself flailing it about wildly.
2006-09-06 15:41:10 · answer #1 · answered by claypigeon 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Genesis 2:7 This is pretty straight forward, God formed man from the dust of the earth and breathed life into him. He made man in a special way, personally forming him because man was made in God's Image with what is called here a "Living Soul". That is a Soul that will live on in one place or the other, after death. Either in the presence of the Creator or in Hell.
Job33:4
Job is just stating that all life and creation comes from God, who is Spirit and then job refers back to the passage in Genesis that refers to the breath of the Almighty that has given all men eternal life, one place or the other.
Ecclesiastes 11:5 This is just stating that man's knowledge of how life is formed is unreachable, unattainable. Man may know the details of how these things works but not how to do it himself. Even cloning starts with what God has already begun.
Mark 9:42 This text is just stating that anyone who leads another person away from the path of salvation that it would have been better for them that they were killed. God will judge the motives, heart, mind and actions of men and for non believer this will not be a good day.
2006-09-06 15:18:40 · answer #2 · answered by J-Artist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like the fundamentalists are actually going to look at inconsistencies and say, "Gee, the things that I so want to believe and need to believe, are perhaps subject to doubt if you apply logic to them in an unbiased way and I can certainly give up my bias long enough to do that, can't I?"
2006-09-06 15:10:34 · answer #3 · answered by Grist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 & 2 mean He created us.
3 means you can't understand God's works if you don't understand His puposes.
4 means people aren't supposed to hinder children's natural draw towards God. If they do, their punishment will be worse than drowning.
2006-09-06 15:06:30 · answer #4 · answered by azar_and_bath 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must die if you don't believe. Please believe me it's all about love, if you don't believe me I will kill you. Is that the point your trying to get across?
2006-09-06 15:05:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I'm not sure what you're asking.
2006-09-06 15:06:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is your question?
2006-09-06 15:02:26 · answer #7 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋