Casting lots

C R F said:

Most think casting lots was a kind of gambling or like the roll of the dice. When you come before the Lord, according to your heart, the Lord gives you understanding. Your ability to provide the means for people to obtain righteousness is given by the Lord and this is your countanance and substinance and this is your Lot. So when they cast their lots in the book of acts it was to show whome the Lord had chosen to be part of the ministry of the twelve, along with the other eleven disciples. This is also what it meant with the Roman's casting lots for the robes or rainment of Jesus. It is like they all sat there and explained what it was they learned from the Lord. It has nothing to do with gambling. The Lord doesn't leave his pasitions of ministry to the roll of a dise.

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Aces High said:

Yes, and your point here is?

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riverrat said:

As per C R F: Look at me, see how righteous I am. I know what everything means in the Bible. Give me a break!

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C R F said:

Most think casting lots was a kind of gambling or like the roll of the dice. When you come before the Lord, according to your heart, the Lord gives you understanding. Your ability to provide the means for people to obtain righteousness is given by the Lord and this is your countanance and substinance and this is your Lot. So when they cast their lots in the book of acts it was to show whome the Lord had chosen to be part of the ministry of the twelve, along with the other eleven disciples. This is also what it meant with the Roman's casting lots for the robes or rainment of Jesus. It is like they all sat there and explained what it was they learned from the Lord. It has nothing to do with gambling. The Lord doesn't leave his pasitions of ministry to the roll of a dise.

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DamianWarS said:

I don't think anyone accused the 11 remaining disciples of gambling when they "cast their lots" to determine Judas' successor. It says in Proverbs 16:33 "The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD." I like how the NLT says as it is more contextualized for today "We may throw the dice, but the Lord determines how they fall.". However we also cannot forgot that all of this was done before the power of the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples. If this was post-Pentecost I am not so sure they would have relied on the power of "the dice" to determine their position instead probably taken the matter into prayer and acted as the Holy Spirit directed them. They don't seem to have this sort of hesitation and immaturity after Pentecost.

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