I have 4 questions, please help!

[GodSeeker1]

Hi all! I have been going through a lot of events these past few weeks, some very unexplainable ones. But I have a few questions I would like answered if possible.

1. About Adam and Eve: It says they knew they were naked and were ashamed of it... How did they know they were naked? Isn't that something they just kind of adapt to over time after seeing other people clothed? The other day I got completely undressed in public and I did not feel ashamed at all, but it was the other people that seemed to be offended. What is up with that?

2. My older brother has a mark on his forehead, almost like the one Harry Potter has, but it's not a lightning bolt... but more so a straight mark. (He fell on a heater when he was young) I am easily convinced by his views on the world, which also go against Christianity, could this mean anything? And if so, what?

3. I also have a scar on my right hand, it's about a quarter of an inch in diameter, and was wondering if it meant anything either. I do not remember how or when I got this mark, it just happened to occur to me not so long ago.

4. I have been following God's will to my fullest potential until just recently it has been seeming that God wants me to be as free as possible, and it seems that God is allowing me to sin. I have been following what God has been trying to show me He wants me to do, so why does it seem like God is now sending me in the wrong direction? What is going on, I don't understand why God would do this. Does God want me to be that free? Is His love that strong to where He allows me to sin?

Thank you for all your help, it is very much appreciated!!!

 

[ebia]

Hi all! I have been going through a lot of events these past few weeks, some very unexplainable ones. But I have a few questions I would like answered if possible.

1. About Adam and Eve: It says they knew they were naked and were ashamed of it... How did they know they were naked? Isn't that something they just kind of adapt to over time after seeing other people clothed? The other day I got completely undressed in public and I did not feel ashamed at all, but it was the other people that seemed to be offended. What is up with that?

Its a narrative that needs to be allowed to work on its own terms. With disobedience to God comes loss of innocence.

2. My older brother has a mark on his forehead, almost like the one Harry Potter has, but it's not a lightning bolt... but more so a straight mark. (He fell on a heater when he was young) I am easily convinced by his views on the world, which also go against Christianity, could this mean anything? And if so, what?

It might mean you listen to your brother too much.

3. I also have a scar on my right hand, it's about a quarter of an inch in diameter, and was wondering if it meant anything either. I do not remember how or when I got this mark, it just happened to occur to me not so long ago.

It probably means you scratched your hand on something sharp.

4. I have been following God's will to my fullest potential until just recently it has been seeming that God wants me to be as free as possible, and it seems that God is allowing me to sin. I have been following what God has been trying to show me He wants me to do, so why does it seem like God is now sending me in the wrong direction? What is going on, I don't understand why God would do this. Does God want me to be that free? Is His love that strong to where He allows me to sin?

Thank you for all your help, it is very much appreciated!!!

Real freedom is not "do whatever I feel like".

 

[UnionJack]

1. They were not ashamed of it and did not even think twice about it.........until they ate the forbidden fruit, the fruit of knowledge. After this they became self conscious. We are not animals, we are intelligent enough to manufacture clothes, and hopefully to wear them too.

2. No. Especially not if it's a birth mark, but even if it's not, still no. The mark of the best which occurs during the tribulation will be given out by the antichrist. So unless the antichrist gave your brother this mark, it means nothing.

3. Not a question really....but no. Means nothing, unless you voluntarily let the antichrist or his workers give it to you during the great tribulation.

4. God gave you free will, like he did to all other 6 billion people on earth. This is clearly evident as He did not force the religion of Christianity upon people at birth. They have to choose for themselves. So yes, He allows people to do whatever they want. This includes sin.

"Is His love that strong to where He allows me to sin?"
His love is strong enough to send his only Son to earth to be murdered by his own creation, so that you can be forgiven of your sins. But God will not physically prevent you from sinning (at least not all the time). Why? Because whats the value of doing good if it is forced upon you? You're just a robot carrying out the actions.

 

[GodSeeker1]

One more thing... I stumbled upon the concept that we are all God living separately through human beings. If we are all God, then there can really be no such thing as sin... can there be?

It just kind of bugs me that it says God is all-knowing, all-powerful, all-good, and loving, yet he created Lucifer. That means He knew that Lucifer was going to try to gain control, and He also knew that He was then going to release Lucifer into the world... But why would a God of infinite love do such a thing? Something just seems a bit wrong with this whole picture, if you ask me.

I'm just looking for answers.

And the reason I asked about the marks, in Q's 2 and 3, is because I hear that the mark of the beast is on the forehead or on the right hand. And I don't quite understand what the mark of the beast really means.

 

[drich0150]

1. About Adam and Eve: It says they knew they were naked and were ashamed of it... How did they know they were naked? Isn't that something they just kind of adapt to over time after seeing other people clothed? The other day I got completely undressed in public and I did not feel ashamed at all, but it was the other people that seemed to be offended. What is up with that?

The nakedness mentioned repersents the loss of Adam's and Eve's innocents. They recognised their nakedness because they saw themselves in a sexual light for the first time.

If you and your mate lived together unclothed all of life together, do you truly think you would not notice her nakedness at some point between birth and death just because you never worn cloths? At the point you first "noticed" your mates nakedness would repersent your loss of innocents. This is what is being described in Gensis. This is what Adam was trying to "hide" from God.

2. My older brother has a mark on his forehead, almost like the one Harry Potter has, but it's not a lightning bolt... but more so a straight mark. (He fell on a heater when he was young) I am easily convinced by his views on the world, which also go against Christianity, could this mean anything? And if so, what?

3. I also have a scar on my right hand, it's about a quarter of an inch in diameter, and was wondering if it meant anything either. I do not remember how or when I got this mark, it just happened to occur to me not so long ago.

I believe you have the wrong religion. Personal Scars from "heaters" or anything else have nothing to do with any part of Christianity (no matter where they are located.)

what God has bee4. I have been following God's will to my fullest potential until just recently it has been seeming that God wants me to be as free as possible, and it seems that God is allowing me to sin. I have been following n trying to show me He wants me to do, so why does it seem like God is now sending me in the wrong direction? What is going on, I don't understand why God would do this. Does God want me to be that free? Is His love that strong to where He allows me to sin?

God's actual will is spelled out in the Bible. God's will as outlined in bible does not lead to sin. If you are following a will that is contary to what is spelled out in the bible, then no matter how you "feel" about it, the will you follow is not of God.

 

[drich0150]

One more thing... I stumbled upon the concept that we are all God living separately through human beings. If we are all God, then there can really be no such thing as sin... can there be?

This is not a precept of Christianity. There are cults who claim the title of Christianity who teach this, but because of teachings like this one (they contradict what is recorded in the Bible) They prove themselves to be Not Christian.

It just kind of bugs me that it says God is all-knowing, all-powerful, all-good, and loving, yet he created Lucifer. That means He knew that Lucifer was going to try to gain control,

Lucifer is not in control of anything, Even though He apposes God, He is still a servant of God. Read the book of Job. Lucifer is only empowered to the limits in which God allows him to have power. Lucifer is not the King or Lord of Hell, He will be sent there to be punished like everyone else.

But why would a God of infinite love do such a thing? Something just seems a bit wrong with this whole picture, if you ask me.

Lucifer only represents the freedom of Choice God has given His creations.

Sin is anything not in the expressed will of God.
Evil is malicious intent to commit sin.

Not all sin is evil, but all evil is sin.

Freewill is the ability to choose something not in the expressed will of God. In other words, Free will is the ability to sin.

Lucifer represents that ability to choose something not in the expressed will of God. Probably because He was the first to be outside the will of God.

We have been given this choice in order so we may choose where it is we wish to spend eternity. either to be with God or to be separated from God. The only thing is that in order for their to be a choice we must have true options. Our options are "God's will" or to be outside of God's will.

Lucifer simply represents what it is to be openly, willfully, and spitefully outside the will of God.

If God is indeed Love in the truest sense, then how could He NOT give us "free will?"

The mark of the beast is a mark one will willingly take in order to buy and sell goods in the last days. It is a symbol of allegiance. a simple scar does not a mark of the beast make.

 

[aiki]

1. About Adam and Eve: It says they knew they were naked and were ashamed of it... How did they know they were naked?

They disobeyed God and ate of the forbidden fruit. At that point, they became aware that they were naked.

Isn't that something they just kind of adapt to over time after seeing other people clothed?

Adam and Eve were the first people. There were no others initially who were going about clothed to influence Adam and Eve to do so, too.

The other day I got completely undressed in public and I did not feel ashamed at all, but it was the other people that seemed to be offended. What is up with that?

Why should they not be offended?

2. My older brother has a mark on his forehead, almost like the one Harry Potter has, but it's not a lightning bolt... but more so a straight mark. (He fell on a heater when he was young) I am easily convinced by his views on the world, which also go against Christianity, could this mean anything? And if so, what?

Why should it mean anything at all? Why can't it just be a mark left from an old injury? The "mark of the beast" that you write of in a later post is not an accidental mark like the ones you've described on your brother and yourself.

4. I have been following God's will to my fullest potential until just recently it has been seeming that God wants me to be as free as possible, and it seems that God is allowing me to sin.

God wants you to be as free as possible to live the way He wants you to live. If you sin, it is because you chose to sin; God had nothing to do with such a choice.

James 1:13-16
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.
15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.

I have been following what God has been trying to show me He wants me to do, so why does it seem like God is now sending me in the wrong direction?

How has God been showing you what He wants you to do? Mainly, He communicates His will to us through His Word, the Bible. God will never lead you in contradiction to what He has said in the Scriptures. If you are being so "led," it isn't God's doing but your own.

What is going on, I don't understand why God would do this. Does God want me to be that free? Is His love that strong to where He allows me to sin?

Absolutely not. God wants you to be righteous; He wants you to be pure and holy. To that end, He has made His children "dead to sin, but alive unto God."

Romans 6:1-4
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Romans 6:7
7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.

Romans 6:11-14
11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

One more thing... I stumbled upon the concept that we are all God living separately through human beings. If we are all God, then there can really be no such thing as sin... can there be?

You think you are God? Really? Your idea of God must be very, very, very small!

It just kind of bugs me that it says God is all-knowing, all-powerful, all-good, and loving, yet he created Lucifer. That means He knew that Lucifer was going to try to gain control, and He also knew that He was then going to release Lucifer into the world... But why would a God of infinite love do such a thing? Something just seems a bit wrong with this whole picture, if you ask me.

You don't have the "whole picture" - and this is the problem with your conclusion. God's view of things is far, far greater than your own. He is working on a level beyond what your mind can grasp. Trying, then, to assess what He is doing as though you understand it completely is, well, a bit silly.

Selah.

 

[Sketcher]

1. About Adam and Eve: It says they knew they were naked and were ashamed of it... How did they know they were naked? Isn't that something they just kind of adapt to over time after seeing other people clothed? The other day I got completely undressed in public and I did not feel ashamed at all, but it was the other people that seemed to be offended. What is up with that?

They realized that they had sinned against God, and now had something to hide. Remember, God would physically visit them and take walks with them in the Garden before they ate the fruit.

2. My older brother has a mark on his forehead, almost like the one Harry Potter has, but it's not a lightning bolt... but more so a straight mark. (He fell on a heater when he was young) I am easily convinced by his views on the world, which also go against Christianity, could this mean anything? And if so, what?

3. I also have a scar on my right hand, it's about a quarter of an inch in diameter, and was wondering if it meant anything either. I do not remember how or when I got this mark, it just happened to occur to me not so long ago.

Neither of these have any significance, the mark of the beast is something people will receive after worshiping him once he becomes a political power. It will be worship him and receive the mark, or become an outlaw.

4. I have been following God's will to my fullest potential until just recently it has been seeming that God wants me to be as free as possible, and it seems that God is allowing me to sin. I have been following what God has been trying to show me He wants me to do, so why does it seem like God is now sending me in the wrong direction? What is going on, I don't understand why God would do this. Does God want me to be that free? Is His love that strong to where He allows me to sin?

God doesn't send us in the wrong direction. Going the wrong direction is all us. He still lets us have free will though, we need to keep making the decision to follow him every day. Nobody who was truthful to you said that the Christian walk was easy.

 

[salida]

God doesn't send people in the wrong direction-they send themselves with their free will.

Scars are scars there is nothing more to it.

Adam and Eve were innocent before they sinned. After that they saw they were naked. Being naked in public is offensive-it can cause lust in others. Lust is a sin. God wants us to be modest in our dress thereby it won't cause a distraction and unhealthy desires.

 

[UnionJack]

Again, God's intention is not to create a universe of robots.
He gave everyone free will, including lucifer.

Remember, the Bible says that there is no wickedness in the Lord. God could not do something evil even if he wanted to, because He is the law, and the law cannot break itself. It is not physically or spiritually possible for Him to do evil. You have to trust that.

 

[asianangel]

Wow good responses from everyone in this thread. I am blessed just reading this!!

 

[Mr Dave]

I've not read other responses so sorry if this is a load of repetition.

Hi all! I have been going through a lot of events these past few weeks, some very unexplainable ones. But I have a few questions I would like answered if possible.

1. About Adam and Eve: It says they knew they were naked and were ashamed of it... How did they know they were naked? Isn't that something they just kind of adapt to over time after seeing other people clothed? The other day I got completely undressed in public and I did not feel ashamed at all, but it was the other people that seemed to be offended. What is up with that?

Hi, welcome to the site

They became aware of being naked after eating the fruit of the tree of Good and Evil. This does not mean that they were not aware that they had no clothes on (although it might, as they had nothing to compare it to), but that they felt shame, and became uncomfortable in each others presence, where before this they didn't.
I don't know if it's right to ask but what were you doing undressing in public? (I'm from Britain, we don't do that ) Unless it was just getting changed at the beach or a pool / something similar, which is different.

2. My older brother has a mark on his forehead, almost like the one Harry Potter has, but it's not a lightning bolt... but more so a straight mark. (He fell on a heater when he was young) I am easily convinced by his views on the world, which also go against Christianity, could this mean anything? And if so, what?

It means he fell on the heater when he was young and was wounded (so is human just like the rest of us ) It also means you listen to you brother and trust him, so you're a close family.

3. I also have a scar on my right hand, it's about a quarter of an inch in diameter, and was wondering if it meant anything either. I do not remember how or when I got this mark, it just happened to occur to me not so long ago.

Like you're brother you are human and when you were young, you did something to result in injury. It also means you have a very accident prone family, what are you all doing?!

4. I have been following God's will to my fullest potential until just recently it has been seeming that God wants me to be as free as possible, and it seems that God is allowing me to sin. I have been following what God has been trying to show me He wants me to do, so why does it seem like God is now sending me in the wrong direction? What is going on, I don't understand why God would do this. Does God want me to be that free? Is His love that strong to where He allows me to sin?

Thank you for all your help, it is very much appreciated!!!

God allows us all to have free-will, to follow him, or to reject him, to do his will or to sin. It's part of God's love to us that allows us to live freely within his creation. His love really is that strong that He allows you (and me) to sin. God calls us all through the Bible, and particularly in the NT, he never obliges us. It's always a call to come and follow, the response is always up to us. That's where God's love is in this, He is not some totalitarian dictator in the sky controlling our every move, but our friend who asks to be with Him.

One more thing... I stumbled upon the concept that we are all God living separately through human beings. If we are all God, then there can really be no such thing as sin... can there be?

We are not all God, only God is God.
God's spirit lives in God's people (1 John 3:24). The spirit is a guide, a comforter, an advocate... but not a controller.

I'm just looking for answers.

And that is to be commended (see my signature).

And the reason I asked about the marks, in Q's 2 and 3, is because I hear that the mark of the beast is on the forehead or on the right hand. And I don't quite understand what the mark of the beast really means

Don't worry, neither you nor your brother is the Devil incarnate. Loads of people have marks and scars on the forehead or hand.

I don't know of anyone who understands what the mark of the beast really means, people have suggestions, some taken seriously, some not, but no-one really knows.

For the mark of the Beast, read Revelation 13.

 

[Emmy]

Dear GodSeeker1. You had good answers to your questions, except when Lucifer was mentioned. I do not believe that God created the Lucifer, who is generally mentioned. Strong`s Exhaustive Concordance of The Bible, tells us that Satan`s origin is UNKNOWN, and that means that God did NOT create Lucifer/Satan, and we cannot blame God to have done it. Sadly, I see this answer in quite a few replies, GodSeeker. I say this humbly and with love. Greetings from Emmy, sister in Christ.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Dear GodSeeker1. You had good answers to your questions, except when Lucifer was mentioned. I do not believe that God created the Lucifer, who is generally mentioned. Strong`s Exhaustive Concordance of The Bible, tells us that Satan`s origin is UNKNOWN, and that means that God did NOT create Lucifer/Satan, and we cannot blame God to have done it. Sadly, I see this answer in quite a few replies, GodSeeker. I say this humbly and with love. Greetings from Emmy, sister in Christ.

Emmy, without understanding the reason and nature of the creation of the one known as Lucifer by God we cannot fully understand anything, in the bible, or in everyday life. owg