Ask Me Anything About Christianity

[Dan Knight]

27 minutes ago, johann pretorius said:

This is not answering my question.

Gen 3:1  Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 
[Did Adam and Eve sinned BEFORE this?]

Someone said "I believe Adam and Eve sinned BEFORE the eating of any tree..."

my response

Do you have any scriptural support for this?
That Adam and Eve sinned BEFORE the eating?

Now you ask me a question not related to my question, how's this for communication.

Yes I do.

No I don't care to.

[DeighAnn]

Does it strike anyone as strange that to the Serpent there was no command given, nor question asked, but just judgment pronounced?  And what a strange judgment it is.  Cursed above all cattle and beast of the field?  How cursed are they anyhow?  

Genesis 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life

Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.







 

[Sower]

28 minutes ago, johann pretorius said:

...and conviction is from whom?

See below; (thanks for this opportunity:)

54 minutes ago, Sower said:

What is that which enables........? (the spirit within!)

Urgency within, to share the Light, the truth!

The Spirit (not quenched/grieved yet) convicting within every believer...The First Love!
Every believer has or had it, unless swayed by the enemies lies.
The lie that our testimony as a christian saves. Good testimony is good, for sure.
But it does not save any lost.
Salvation is by grace through faith, and Faith comes by hearing! 
The WORD!  How will they hear?  Unless what?

"He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him"

Sow the seed!  A neighbor, the delivery man, the check out clerk, the brother/sister, the enemy, the friend.......anybody/everybody. Ask God to send some one to share the gospel and He will!

And no, not hitting them over the head with a bible and shouting hell fire.
Anther lie/excuse from the enemy!

But weeping, to get the word into their mind, to change their thinking (repentance). Accepting rejection, as God instructs. The world hates. God loves.

And then the spirit takes over....watering the sown seed.....
What data could more important, considering eternity...
All those who have heard the gospel, heard it  from some one who cared enough to tell you, a faithful believer. Pass it on...


 

[Dennis1209]

6 hours ago, Starise said:

Of course, this all leads to more questions, like why was Satan in the garden in the first place? And why was he called a serpent and compared to other beasts of the field, instead of the fallen angelic being he really was? I believe there is some symbology there.

I believe so too! As we wait with bated breath and anticipation for an answer of anything above. What did you get yourself into their Starise LOL!

[Dennis1209]

58 minutes ago, DeighAnn said:

Does it strike anyone as strange that to the Serpent there was no command given, nor question asked, but just judgment pronounced?  And what a strange judgment it is.  Cursed above all cattle and beast of the field?  How cursed are they anyhow?  

Genesis 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life

Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.







 

Good afternoon DeighAnn,

I have some interesting thoughts on that question. But I’m not going to steal anyone’s thunder 😊 Perhaps Starise voluntarily applied for full-time employment with this single thread that I am enjoying. I’ll not bite the hand that feeds me LOL!

This thread has the makings to set Worthy records if it does not get spoiled and locked. I have already noticed Starise needs to submit for plenty of overtime, as he is getting way behind. I still have hundreds of questions on my mind I would like to submit for an answer.

As my old grandpappy used to say, “son, be careful what you ask for, you just may get it.”   

[Dan Knight]

30 minutes ago, Dennis1209 said:

I believe so too! As we wait with bated breath and anticipation for an answer of anything above. What did you get yourself into their Starise LOL!

God began His plan of redemption long before Adam and Eve became. What we see is not all there is. Much more is happening 'behind the scenes ' of which we are not always made aware of.  And some things we are made aware of indirectly. Why?. In some things all we have is Isaiah 55:8-12-

⁸ “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
⁹ “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts."

 

one such 'indirect' way of 'bringing us into the loop' is the story of Job.

why are there no similar questions about the presence of Satan in Jobs life? Why do we not question this event like we do in the event at the garden of Eden? 

Because God gave us a behind the scenes look at Satan going before God,  and God allowing Satan to do what he did. And why it was necessary. 

I  believe, in the spirit, that the same thing happened in the full event of the garden of Eden. 

And why? 

Salvation. 

Edited September 20, 2022 by Dan Knight

[Alive]

What does it mean to be in Christ?

[Your closest friendnt]

2 hours ago, johann pretorius said:

This is not answering my question.

Gen 3:1  Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 
[Did Adam and Eve sinned BEFORE this?]

Someone said "I believe Adam and Eve sinned BEFORE the eating of any tree..."

my response

Do you have any scriptural support for this?
That Adam and Eve sinned BEFORE the eating?

Now you ask me a question not related to my question, how's this for communication.

I am not please when you are crippling my posts when you quote them...

This is not the first time that you are doing this...do you want others to do the same thing to your posting...

Why the need to do that...

I am not telling you what to do, but it's not allowed...it questions your credibility. 

[Your closest friendnt]

4 minutes ago, Alive said:

What does it mean to be in Christ?

Thank you for this question...

It's not a simple one... because Jesus has many books where he writes the names of those that cannot be condemn...

One of the book is of his Servants, his prophets...

Another about the disciples who abide in the vine...another of the disciples who are on and off the vine...another one for the disciples who have given their royalty to their profess group and bow down to them and with their permission to him...according to the book of revelation in the description of the seven churches...

There others who brass him at the side...in this Life...

 

[Your closest friendnt]

3 hours ago, johann pretorius said:

Gen 3:1  Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 
[Did Adam and Eve sinned BEFORE this?]

Gen 3:2  And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 
Gen 3:3  but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” 

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1Now the serpent was cunning, more than all the beasts of the field that the Lord God had made, and it said to the woman,

3 hours ago, johann pretorius said:

5For God knows that on the day that you eat thereof, your eyes will be opened,

and you will be like angels, knowing good and evil." 

****  This is a false statement to say

that God said that you will be like Angels knowing good and evil.

In KJV we read that God did not say that you will be like Angel's...

He said this and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 3:5 KJV 

⁵ For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened,

and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

*****  I genesis 3:22 posted below the Lord God said this.

²² And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

*** it is a heretic statement to call the Lord God the Creator of all and man, who was predestined to be the Lamb slaughter before the foundation of the world for the forgiveness for our sins "an Angel...".

the word in the Gospel of John 1: is not called an Angel, but God from God who created all the Angels and everything that was created and then the man Adam.  

 

Edited September 20, 2022 by Your closest friendnt