Does God Have A Weakness?

Jonathan Mathews said:

Sure it does. There's no Scriptures on playing cards. Unjust monetary gain is spoken of in principle, but even then there's no law.

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There is much written in the Bible concerning this.

If not seen clearly so far, look online in the book "Love Not the World". (for scriptural directions concerning that)

Tree of Life said:

Every great hero has a weakness. A way that they might be exploited by the enemy. And every great hero story is about the hero overcoming their weakness in order to accomplish something magnificent.

Superman's weakness - kryptonite.
Ironman's weakness - metal shards in his heart.
Batman's weakness - his principles; he won't kill or use guns.
Jean Valjean's weakness - his dark past.

Feel free to add some heroes of your own along with their weaknesses.

What about God?

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God has no weakness. He is all-powerful. If God has a weakness it would be a point of failure and need on His part and God has no needs and does not fail.

And no the cross was not a defeat at all. That is carnal reasoning and it is unbiblical.

God doesnt have a weakness.

The closest thing to God having a "weakness" is His love for an incredibly flawed and foolish beings as humans.

But even though we are incredibly weak, foolish and prone to error... our failures do not detract from Gods strength or greatness.

In fact it is by His greatness that our weakness is made strength and our foolishness wisdom.

Hmm what you talk about has nothing what so ever to do with GOD. Every hero has a weakness? Then you talk about MADE UP not real things from this world? These things are in a world (made up) where GOD is not real.. you know YESHUA/JESUS Christ? "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"

Sorry you want to be like who? There is no other then the GREAT I AM! Who else is there to talk about watch see hear talk to? So I guess it comes down to.. is He.. is JESUS really real to you? Or some GOD some people talked about in a book.. that if you believe you live for ever.. blood of Jesus

Why do you ask such a question? The question seems disrespectful, and most of the answers are made up in somebody's own heart.

God's only weakness is that He is the God of rightness. He can't just knock Satan in the head and steal the world back, He has to buy it back because that is the right way to do things.

Unnamed Guy said:

He has to buy it back because that is the right way to do things.

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Consumerism?

Tree of Life said:

Batman's weakness - his principles; he won't kill or use guns.

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Batman has killed 15 Times Batman Has Killed People

God is a pushover for repentance.

Anto9us said:

Martian Manhunter's weakness = fire.

Green Lantern's power ring would not work on anything YELLOW
(the Original Green Lantern's ring would not work on WOOD)

I think Paul writes metaphorically of the "weakness of God".

But yes if God did have a weakness it might be LOVE

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I was going to say the exact same thing ...love.

Yes, I guess God's weakness is love. He is willing to do anything to save us including sacrificing his only son.

yeshuaslavejeff said:

God is eternal , unchanging, perfect in every way.

It is idolatry to think of Him differently.

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Read the entire passage with a humble and understanding heart. The OP makes his point.

Calvin_1985 said:

Read the entire passage with a humble and understanding heart. The OP makes his point.

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Listen to your own post.

What I wrote is from the entire Scripture, directly, without change.

(as several others likewise posted before me and after me, in their own words, having learned the same themselves from God, from Scripture)

i.e. we all are to accept humbly, repentantly if needed, God's Word as God Says.

yeshuaslavejeff said:

Listen to your own post.

What I wrote is from the entire Scripture, directly, without change.

(as several others likewise posted before me and after me, in their own words, having learned the same themselves from God, from Scripture)

i.e. we all are to accept humbly, repentantly if needed, God's Word as God Says.

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Can't help but think you're being offended. Why is everyone around here so quick to get offended and jump to defend themselves?

Calvin_1985 said:

Can't help but think you're being offended. Why is everyone around here so quick to get offended and jump to defend themselves?

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No worries here. You made a statement, I disagree. Many disagree.

Look around, on this forum, in the country, anywhere usa. What is seen, is seen.

So we just need to agree with God's Word: FEW are saved. MANY are on the wide road to destruction. "Society is pernicious (death-dealing)" Galatians. "The whole world REFUSES to repent of serving demons" ....

See? So , don't be offended. Don't be wrong. Learn what God Says, with all of us seeking Him, and speak what God says, as Jesus lived, and as Jesus says to do.

I think others have answered this question better than I could, but I appreciate this thought-provoking question!

Anakin Skywalker = Sand

Spiderman - teen angst
Hulk - bad social skills
Ant man - he's the size of an ant

Maybe this has been pointed out, but I think Paul's use of "God's weakness" is hyperbolic comparison to make the point of how vastly superior His strength and knowledge are to human strength and knowledge, and to highlight (in the surrounding passages) how the cross's apparent foolishness and weakness are the very power to save those who believe in Christ.

Philippians 2:1-11 highlights the other-focused humility of the Son in emptying himself and becoming a servant. As with all such passages, this is followed by his exaltation and serves as our model. Of course, emptying yourself to take on the forma of a servant and the likeness of a human is not really a weakness. Gentleness, a fruit of the Spirit, is just that: self-limitation for the benefit of others.

So Jesus's "weakness" is really a superpower/divine attribute that those empowered by the Spirit can now embody in our day to day lives, even when some interpret 'turning your cheek' as weakness.

I'm more impressed that although he could have called an army of angels at any moment, Jesus endured to the end out of love.

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yeshuaslavejeff said:

No worries here. You made a statement, I disagree. Many disagree.

Look around, on this forum, in the country, anywhere usa. What is seen, is seen.

So we just need to agree with God's Word: FEW are saved. MANY are on the wide road to destruction. "Society is pernicious (death-dealing)" Galatians. "The whole world REFUSES to repent of serving demons" ....

See? So , don't be offended. Don't be wrong. Learn what God Says, with all of us seeking Him, and speak what God says, as Jesus lived, and as Jesus says to do.

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You're preaching to the choir.

timothyu said:

Consumerism?

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Well, it's actually called "redemption".

I don't think the fact that Jesus died made him weak. As John 19:30 states, he bowed his head and allowed himself to die. It was His choice. And when we as Christians decide to turn the other cheek it is our choice. It doesn't show weakness. To choose to humble ourselves is the ultimate sign of strength. This is what Jesus' death demonstrates, not that He was weak.