Is GOD being just???

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[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica] 1 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: "Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 2 For if you refuse to let them go, and still hold them, 3 behold, the hand of the Lord will be on your cattle in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the oxen, and on the sheep--a very severe pestilence. 4 And the Lord will make a difference between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt. So nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel." ' " 5 Then the Lord appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land." 6 So the Lord did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died. 7 Then Pharaoh sent, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of the Israelites was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh became hard, and he did not let the people go. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica] 8 So the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Take for yourselves handfuls of ashes from a furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it will become fine dust in all the land of Egypt, and it will cause boils that break out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt." 10 Then they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered them toward heaven. And they caused boils that break out in sores on man and beast. 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians. 12 But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh; and he did not heed them, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses. --Exodus 9[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]"BUT THE LORD HARDENED THE HEART OF PHARAOH; AND HE DID NOT HEED THEM, JUST AS THE LORD HAD SPOKEN TO MOSES."[/FONT]


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[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]Now the LORD is hardening the heart of Pharaoh here. Earlier Pharaoh hardened his own heart.
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[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]Is GOD just while HE is hardening the heart of Pharaoh???[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]Brothers and Sisters, what do you think? Heathen remember that you can not fully understand the Word of GOD (1 Cor.). So you are not expected to get the answer right.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]SOLI DEO GLORIA.
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[ArchaicTruth]

God is just, but before that he is all understanding, as he must be so to be a true judge. The bible slaps too many human faces on a God that is beyond any one aspect of humanity, or humanity on the whole.

 

[PassionFruit]

[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]Brothers and Sisters, what do you think? Heathen remember that you can not fully understand the Word of GOD (1 Cor.). So you are not expected to get the answer right.[/FONT]

Right because you know everything about the Bible.

 

[Isambard]

He is being just if you accept the "Rule of tyrants" model of justice.

 

[Beanieboy]

Ah, so if I can't understand the Word of God, then I shouldn't even try?

Way to be a fisher of men. For someone who claims to be the mouthpiece of God, i don't think you would recognize him if he sat next to you on the bus. Your version of God is more like Godzilla, destroying the heathen of Tokyo, why you smile in delight of "those people" deserving what they get, while you, of course, are worthy of God's love and mercy.

You claim to love God, but are full of condemnation, arrogance, false authority, show no mercy, no love, no compassion, no hope, and seemed to get a thrill out of thinking about people "who deserve it" burning in hell. The bible says that if we say that we love God, but hate our brother, that God is not in us.

It is your word, not God's, that I can't understand.

 

[Paulos23]

Heathen remember that you can not fully understand the Word of GOD (1 Cor.). So you are not expected to get the answer right.

So why even bother?

 

[Autumnleaf]

God is like a sovereign ruler. Some of the stuff he says and does is really popular and everyone loves. Other things we just have to live with. The Mothman Prophesy movie did a good job of explaining this perspective. Its like the perspective of an ant looking up at a human. I think too many people look at God and think they are dealing with an equal intelligence when they are gravely mistaken.

 

[ShieldOFaith]

Your version of God is more like Godzilla, destroying the heathen of Tokyo,

LOL!!!

It's a good thing that I was not eating something when I read this.

Good one Beanieboy.

 

[Autumnleaf]

LOL!!!

It's a good thing that I was not eating something when I read this.

Good one Beanieboy.

Is it so hard to think God might be smarter than you?

 

[ShieldOFaith]

Is it so hard to think God might be smarter than you?

NO!

GOD is soooooooooooooo much smarter than even my greatest thoughts of His intelligence.

GOD RULES!!!

 

[quatona]

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[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]Now the LORD is hardening the heart of Pharaoh here. Earlier Pharaoh hardened his own heart.
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[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]Is GOD just while HE is hardening the heart of Pharaoh???[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]Brothers and Sisters, what do you think? Heathen remember that you can not fully understand the Word of GOD (1 Cor.). So you are not expected to get the answer right.[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]
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I don´t know about just and unjust, but hardening an already hardened heart appears to be pointless/redundant/stupid.

However, seeing that your theology comes down to "might makes right", I guess the correct (from within your doctrine, that is) answer is "god, no matter what he does, is just by definition".

 

[quatona]

GOD is soooooooooooooo much smarter than even my greatest thoughts of His intelligence.

Seeing how unintelligent you keep picturing god as that´s certainly a relief.