What if the true nature of God will surprise us?

[enoob57]

[AnOrangeCat]

On 5/24/2022 at 8:32 AM, Amigo42 said:

So, what really is the truth?  The truth might surprise us and may not jive with what we have learned.

Depends on what we've been learning from. If the learning has come from the Bible and a personal relationship with God then no, we're not going to be surprised by anything except maybe the depth of God's goodness going beyond anything we expected. It's like Paul said in Corinthians, we're seeing through a glass darkly, but face to face.

On the other hand if we're learning from man made teachings that have no basis in scripture then yeah, there's room for surprise and probably not a good one. Jesus said there would be people saying "Lord, Lord" when judgment time comes around, and they're going to be legitimately surprised when Jesus says He never knew them.

[kwikphilly]

2 hours ago, enoob57 said:

Uh oh,this bunny better get outta here!He's chasing wabbits!!!!

[enoob57]

23 minutes ago, kwikphilly said:

Uh oh,this bunny better get outta here!He's chasing wabbits!!!!

yup that's our Fudd

[Amigo42]

On 5/25/2022 at 2:31 PM, B-B said:

....I'm afraid @Amigo42... I truly don't want to, or mean to offend...but I'm always a little suspect of folk who feel the need to let others know of how 'spiritual' they are. Just because one spends alot of time fasting & praying, does not mean that others should take their new spiritual revelations seriously..everything must be tested against Scripture.

Muslims, here in England, have just recently finished fasting and praying from sunrise to sunset for a month, however, I wouldn't pay mind to any new spiritual revelations they may have had as a result of their spiritual exercises....

Food for thought...

Ironically, some Muslims have found Christ during Ramadan.

[Amigo42]

On 5/25/2022 at 6:28 PM, TheBlade said:

What if.. well not something I like to dive in to.. speculation is fun but... It is amazon is it not what we as man know about a GOD that has always been. Sometimes I get stuck on that word "GOD" how does that describe Him? What I always ask myself almost ever time I use that word as of late. There is a truth to man being blinded yet we all have His laws written on our hearts and yes creation..every day we witness our GOD. I agree man is without excuse. One can say blind since what JESUS are we talking about? JW SDA MORMON CATHOLIC.. then mine.

For me and I am sure for all once you start to really think about Him GOD the great I am and Christ and the sweet holy Spirit in general. When I think I know something He shares just a tad more and.. really? Now I have even more questions then I did before haha. For me again like many others I am sure.. I never had a real father so.. 

Very thoughtful.  Indeed, God is much than we can imagine and his mercies are more than we can know on earth.  Even Christians try to put him in a box and say he's only for us, but he has compassion on the rest of his children also.  In the end, I think God looks at did we exhibit his character which is love.

[B-B]

13 minutes ago, Amigo42 said:

Ironically, some Muslims have found Christ during Ramadan.

I don’t doubt this 😊 … However your missing the point of my point…

(I have Sikhs, Muslims, Roman Catholics, Agnostics/Athiests in my nuclear family)

Edited May 28, 2022 by B-B

[Amigo42]

On 5/26/2022 at 7:22 AM, B-B said:

Scripture declares that we can get to know the Lord, His Character. In fact, He desires that we do get to know Him, here in these mortal bodies 😊 . However, the knowledge that we gain, or have already attained of our Lord, will never contradict His written word... 

So, therefore, I believe that those of us who are earnestly seeking the Lord and to walk in His ways, and to know His true nature/Character, already have access via the Scriptures & Holy Spirit dwelling within us. (And the Holy Spirit will never contradict the written word).

I agree, however, there are 66 books that comprise the Bible.  It's not a singular written word of God.  How do we know every book is 100% literal?  The book of Esther doesn't even mention the name of God even once for example.  My point is let's worship the Creator not the book.  Some people get tripped up in "Bible worship" and forget that only God is perfect.

[Amigo42]

On 5/26/2022 at 7:40 AM, Alive said:

Jesus Christ expressed God’s nature.

A God who became human to suffer as He did to redeem us…His Creation, which had rejected Himself.

Meditating on this……

That is the epitomy of love assuredly.

[Amigo42]

On 5/26/2022 at 8:42 AM, Alive said:

Is it possible that scripture itself was forced to anthropomorphize God in order to convey His nature, yet as a pale picture?

We understand things like love, compassion and judgement as principles because we are made that way and surely to a degree are thus imagers…yet that level in the natural, is a world away from Himself. And yet again, we aare being changed from one degree of glory to another, In Christ and by Christ.

So then, is our apprehension improving?

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Interesting thought.