Because so many of you look at the number denoting Chapter and verse and assume they were orginally included in the orginal texts and that these numbers denote complete thoughts. thus allowing you to take far too many precepts out of context.
lets look at this in context.
11 The LORD said to me, Israel was not faithful to me, but she had a better excuse than unfaithful Judah. 12 Jeremiah, look toward the north and speak this message:
Come back, you faithless people of Israel.
This message is from the LORD.
I will stop frowning at you.
I am full of mercy.
The LORD says, I will not be angry with you forever.
13 But you must recognize your sin.
You turned against the LORD your God.
That is your sin.
You worshiped the idols of other nations.
You worshiped them under every green tree.
You did not obey me.
This message is from the LORD.
This is a call to repentance. god's anger is conditional here. In that if they can repent for being adultrous then He will forgive them.
This is not even an accurate repersentation of the Chapter and verse it is quoted from.
4 You will lose the land I gave you.
I will let your enemies take you to be their slaves.
That is because I am very angry.
My anger is like a hot fire, and you will be burned forever.
Even so this is what happened when Juda did not repent as they were called to do in Jer 3
Again not an accurate repersentation of the scripture quoted.
31 If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true. 32 There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. 33 You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved.
Christ here is explaining the the culture in which He lives, and is pointing to the work of john the baptist as being his 'wittness.'
13 The Pharisees therefore said to Him, You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true.
14 Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from and where I am going.
Here Christ is explaining because He is God, what He says about Himself is true because He know Where He came From and Where his Path leads. He is above the culture and Above the understandings of men. Even, so for the sake of the culture and the understandings of men He was given John the baptist as his 'witness.'
after the crucifition the dynamic of the world had changed. Christ conquored death and the devil and He takes control.
this was before the crucifition, and the Devil did rule.
39 And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.The word here in the orginal greek is: κρίμα krima it means to levy a judgement or sentence.
the word for judge here is κρίνω
krinō it means to preside and determine right and wrong/judge over or rule over.
I do not believe any other explaination is needed.
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
This one is appearent already. In that Chirst does not speak of the dirt that makes the world but the people in it.
This speaks to the people who love the things of this world.
13 You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
14 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
"Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven." (Matthew 6:1)
6 Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 3 But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.[
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the difference being one is done as the need arises no matter who is looking and the other is done only as a spectical to draw attention to what a good person you are.
The word we need to look at in this text is ראה ra'ah it means to have foresee or to have a vision
"No man hath seen God at any time." (John 1:18)the word here in the greek ὁράω horaō itmeans to see with your own eyes.
We should fear God (Matthew 10:28)
actually this is a false repersentation of Mat 10:28
Only unbelievers are to fear god:
27 Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
We should love God (Matthew 22:37)
There is no fear in love (1 John 4:18)
these two verses are meant for believers and not those who hate God.
these are terriable examples of contradictions. Look at how many times the one very specific view is required or how many times the context was actually changed to make the supposed contradiction work. I hope this helped, next time maybe read a little more of the context before you assume the worst.