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Re: Is God The Real Author Of The Bible (The Scriptures)?
[Re: Daryl]
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10/24/06 09:31 PM
10/24/06 09:31 PM
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How does this explanation of what will happen at the very end compare with what happened in the early/middle history of Israel?
Galatians 2
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
It is so hazardous to take here a little and there a little. If you put the right little's together you can make the bible teach anything you wish. //Graham Maxwell
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Re: Is God The Real Author Of The Bible (The Scriptures)?
[Re: vastergotland]
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10/24/06 11:05 PM
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I guess it is all about God's justice as well as His compassion and mercy.
In the case of Sodom & Gomorrah we saw both the compassion and the judgment of God in his communication with Abraham.
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Re: Is God The Real Author Of The Bible (The Scriptures)?
[Re: Daryl]
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10/24/06 11:06 PM
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The Scriptures show both the mercy and judgment of God as shown by what God did to Sodom & Gomorrah, but not before his talk with Abraham.
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Re: Is God The Real Author Of The Bible (The Scriptures)?
[Re: Daryl]
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01/22/07 02:08 AM
01/22/07 02:08 AM
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Here's a statement about the destruction of the cities of the plain (of which Sodom and Gomorrah were a part): How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. (Hosea 11:8) Here's a couple of Scripture texts which show that God's justice (or judgment in the KJV) is manifest in mercy: And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. (Isa. 30:18) Thus says the LORD of hosts:
Execute true justice,
Show mercy and compassion
Everyone to his brother. (Zech 7:9)
Those who wait for the Bridegroom's coming are to say to the people, "Behold your God." The last rays of merciful light, the last message of mercy to be given to the world, is a revelation of His character of love.
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Re: Is God The Real Author Of The Bible (The Scriptures)?
[Re: Tom]
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01/22/07 02:21 AM
01/22/07 02:21 AM
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Tom,
How does what you posted relate to this particular topic?
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Re: Is God The Real Author Of The Bible (The Scriptures)?
[Re: Daryl]
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01/22/07 04:49 AM
01/22/07 04:49 AM
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I was responding to posts #80316 and #80317.
Those who wait for the Bridegroom's coming are to say to the people, "Behold your God." The last rays of merciful light, the last message of mercy to be given to the world, is a revelation of His character of love.
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Re: Is God The Real Author Of The Bible (The Scriptures)?
[Re: Tom]
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01/22/07 04:16 PM
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Then, I guess we, myself included, need to get back on topic. 
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Re: Is God The Real Author Of The Bible (The Scriptures)?
[Re: Daryl]
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01/22/07 04:23 PM
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Getting back on topic, here is a link to what EGW has to say about how God speaks to us: http://www.whiteestate.org/issues/rev-egw.htmlThe third paragraph in that link spoke directly to this topic:
The Bible points to God as its author; yet it was written by human hands; and in the varied style of its different books it presents the characteristics of the several writers. The truths revealed are all "given by inspiration of God" (2 Timothy 3:16); yet they are expressed in the words of men. The Infinite One by His Holy Spirit has shed light into the minds and hearts of His servants. He has given dreams and visions, symbols and figures; and those to whom the truth was thus revealed have themselves embodied the thought in human language.
EGW in the above quote started that paragraph by saying that "The Bible points to God as its author..."
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Re: Is God The Real Author Of The Bible (The Scriptures)?
[Re: Daryl]
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01/22/07 04:35 PM
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Elsewhere in the same article she points out that God as a writer, or in terms of logic, is not on trial in the Bible. When we say that God is the author of Scripture, we need to be very careful as to what we mean by that. Here's the actual quote: The Bible is written by inspired men, but it is not God's mode of thought and expression. It is that of humanity. God, as a writer, is not represented. Men will often say such an expression is not like God. But God has not put Himself in words, in logic, in rhetoric, on trial in the Bible. The writers of the Bible were God's penmen, not His pen. Look at the different writers. {1SM 21.1} I had a teacher at the seminary who pointed out that many Adventists have the idea God only inspired thoughts and not words, so that the thought process was purely of God and the writing process purely of man. He pointed out that both the thought process and the writing process were a joint process involving both man and God. This is why we are told that "holy men of old" were inspired, because not just anyone could receive what God wanted to communicate. Even for a great saint like Daniel, it took many years to receive that which God had to communicate.
Those who wait for the Bridegroom's coming are to say to the people, "Behold your God." The last rays of merciful light, the last message of mercy to be given to the world, is a revelation of His character of love.
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