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on God & His Attributes
# | Subject | Contradicting statement | Contradicting statement |
1 | God is love or war ? | God
is a man of war--he is fierce and angry.
Jeremiah. 13:14 "I will not
pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy." Exodus 15:3
"The Lord is a man of war."
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God
is a god of love and peace.
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2 | God’s
image ? Did God created men like his image or not ? |
Genesis
1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness. Genesis 3:22 "And the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil." I John 5:7 "And there are three that bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." It does no good to claim that "Let us" is the magisterial "we." Such usage implies inclusively of all authorities under a king's leadership. Invoking the Trinity solves nothing because such an idea is more contradictory than the problem it attempts to solve. |
Deuteronomy
6:4 "The Lord our God is one Lord." Isaiah 40:18 To whom then will ye liken God? Psalm 89 :6 For whom in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? Jeremiah 10:6,7 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, |
3 | Can God been seen ? | God
CAN be seen: Exodus 33:23"And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my backparts." Genesis 32:30 ""For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Exodus 33:11 "And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend." Isaiah 6:1 "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple." Job 42:5 "I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee." Seeing God's face will preserve your life. (Genesis 32:30) see also in Exodus 24:9-11; Amos 9:1; Genesis. 26:2; and John 14:9 ;Genesis 12:7, 17:1, 18:1, 26:2, Exodus 3:16, 6:2-3, Numbers 12:7-8, 14:14, Amos 7:7-8, 9:1 |
God
CANNOT be seen: John 1:18"No man hath seen God at any time." Exodus. 33:20"And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for there shall no man see me and live." 1 Timothy. 6:16"Whom no man hath seen nor can see." Note : 1John 4:12 God is not seen. No one can see God's face and live. No one has ever seen him. John 6:46 "Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God [Jesus], he hath seen the Father." I John 4:12 "No man hath seen God at any time."
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4 | Known & unknown ? | Genesis 2:4, 4:26, 12:8, 22:14-16, 26:25 God was already known as "the Lord" (Jahveh or Jehovah) much earlier than the time of Moses. | Exodus 6:2-3 God was first known as "the Lord" (Jahveh or Jehovah) at the time of the Egyptian Bondage, during the life of Moses. |
5 | Does God knows Everything ? | Genesis 4:9 God asks Cain where his brother Able is. | Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah 16:17, 23:24-25, Hebrew 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view. |
6 | God is Love or Vengeful ? | Genesis
4:15, Deuteronomy
32:4, Isaiah
34:8 God is a vengeful god. Exodus 15:3, Isaiah 42:13, Hebrews 12:29 God is a warrior. God is a consuming fire. Exodus 20:5, 34:14, Deuteronomy 4:24, 5:9, 6:15, 29:20, 32:21 God is a jealous god. Leviticus 26:7-8, Numbers 31:17-18, Deuteronomy 20:16-17, Joshua 10:40, Judges 14:19, Ezekiel 9:5-7 The Spirit of God is (sometimes) murder and killing. Numbers 25:3-4, Deuteronomy 6:15, 9:7-8, 29:20, 32:21, Psalms 7:11, 78:49, Jeremiah 4:8, 17:4, 32:30-31, Zephaniah 2:2 God is angry. His anger is sometimes fierce. 2Samuel 22:7-8 (KJV) "I called to the Lord; ... he heard my voice; ... The earth trembled and quaked, ... because he was angry. Smoke came from his nostrils. Consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it." Ezekiel 6:12, Nahum 1:2, 6 God is jealous and furious. He reserves wrath for, and takes revenge on, his enemies. "... who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and rocks are thrown down by him." |
2Corinthians
13:11, 14,
1John 4:8,
16
God is love. Galatians 5:22-23 The fruit of the Spirit of God is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Romans 15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. |
7 | God's
defeat Did the Joshua conquered Jerusalem and or not ? |
Joshua 10 :26 Joshua 10:23 Here it is said that Joshua won the war | Joshua 15:63
As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah
could not drive them out Note : According Joshua10:42, God came to fight with Joshua, So if Joshua could not capture Jerusalem even with the help of the God, then it is a personal defeat for the God ? Think well !! |
8 | God Changing mind ? | God does
change his mind.
Exodus 32:14 "And
the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his
people." See also II Kings 20:1-7,
Numbers 16:20-35, Numbers 16:44-50. See Genesis 18:23-33, where Abraham gets God to change his mind about the minimum number of righteous people in Sodom required to avoid destruction, bargaining down from fifty to ten. (An omniscient God must have known that he was playing with Abraham's hopes for mercy--he destroyed the city anyway.) |
God
does not change his mind.
Malachi 3:6
"For I am the Lord; I change not."
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9 | Discord ? | Genesis 11:7-9 God sows discord. | Proverbs 6:16-19 God hates anyone who sows discord. |
10 | God's partiality ? | Genesis 4:4-5 God prefers Abel's offering and has no regard for Cain's. | 2Chronicles 19:7, Acts 10:34, Romans 2:11 God shows no partiality. He treats all alike. |
11 | Can anyone hide from God's vision ? | Genesis 4:16 Cain went away (or out) from the presence of the Lord. | Jeremiah 23:23-24 A man cannot hide from God. God fills heaven and earth. |
12 | Is God author of confusion ? | Genesis 11:9 At Babel, the Lord confused the language of the whole world. | 1Corinthians 14:33 Paul says that God is not the author of confusion. |
13 | Sacrificial offering | Genesis 15:9, Exodus 20:24, 29:10-42, Leviticus 1:1-7, 38, Numbers 28:1-29, 40 God details sacrificial offerings. | Jeremiah 7:21-22 God says he did no such thing |
14 | God's another defeat? | Genesis 17:1, 35:11, 1Chronicles 29:11-12, Luke 1:37 God is omnipotent. Nothing is impossible with (or for) God. | Judges 1:19 Although God was with Judah, together they could not defeat the plainsmen because the latter had iron chariots |
15 | God's broken promise | Genesis 17:8 God promises Abraham the land of Canaan as an "everlasting possession." | Genesis 25:8, Acts 7:2-5, Hebrews 11:13 Abraham died with the promise unfulfilled. |
16 | God is everywhere ? | Genesis 18:20-21 God decides to "go down" to see what is going on. | Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah 16:17, 23:24-25, Hebrews 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view. |
17 | Graven Images ? | Exodus 20:4 God prohibits the making of any graven images whatsoever. | Exodus 25:18 God enjoins the making of two graven images. |
18 | Love or destroy ? | Mathew 5:39, Mathew 5:44 Do not resist evil. Love your enemies. | Luke 19:27 God is likened to one who destroys his enemies. |
19 | Love your enemies | Mathew 5:39, Mathew 5:44 Do not resist evil. Love your enemies. | John 1:9-11 Shun anyone who does not hold the proper doctrine. |
20 | Love thy Neighbours | Mathew 5:43-44, Mathew 22:39 Love your enemies. Love your neighbor as yourself. | Mathew 10:5 Go nowhere among the Gentiles nor enter a Samaritan town. |
21 | Temptation | Genesis
22:1-12, Deuteronomy 8:2 God tempts
(tests) Abraham and Moses. Judges 2:22 God himself says that he does test (tempt). 1Corinthians 10:13 Paul says that God controls the extent of our temptations. James 1:13 "Let no man say . . . I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." |
James 1:13 God tests (tempts) no one. |
22 | Jacob or Israel ? | Genesis 35:10 God says Jacob is to be called Jacob no longer; henceforth his name is Israel. | Genesis 46:2 At a later time, God himself uses the name Jacob. |
23 | God's instructions | Exodus 3:20-22, Deuteronomy 20:13-17 God instructs the Israelites to despoil the Egyptians, to plunder their enemies. | Exodus 20:15, 17, Leviticus 19:13 God prohibits stealing, defrauding, or robbing a neighbor. |
24 | Did God destroyed the cattle or not ? | Exodus
9:3-6 God destroys all the cattle (including horses) belonging to
the Egyptians. Exodus 9:9-11 The people and the cattle are afflicted with boils. Exodus 12:12, 29 All the first-born of the cattle of the Egyptians are destroyed. |
Exodus 14:9 After having all their cattle destroyed, then afflicted with boils, and then their first-born cattle destroyed, the Egyptians pursue Moses on horseback. |
25 | God to see | Exodus 12:13 The Israelites have to mark their houses with blood in order for God to see which houses they occupy and "pass over" them. | Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah 16:17, 23:24-25, Hebrews 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from God. |
26 | Intermediary ? | Exodus 20:1-17 God gave the law directly to Moses (without using an intermediary). | Galatians 3:19 The law was ordained through angels by a mediator (an intermediary). |
27 | Good man will be.. | Proverbs 12:2, Romans 8:28 A good man obtains favor from the Lord. | Timothy 3:12, Hebrews 12:6 The godly will be persecuted. |
28 | Will children inherit their parent's sin ? | Children
are to suffer for their parent's sins.
Exodus 20:5 "For
I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation."
(Repeated in Deuteronomy 5:9) see also in Numbers 14:18, Deuteronomy 5:9, Isaiah 14:21-22 |
Children
are not to suffer for their parent's sins.
Ezekiel 18:20
"The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father."
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29 | Reside in Heaven .. | Mathew
5:45, 7:21
God resides in heaven. Mark 13:32 The angels reside in heaven Acts 7:55, Hebrews 12:2 Jesus is at the right hand of God, in heaven. 1Peter 1:3-4 Believers will inherit eternal life in heaven. |
Mathew 24:35, Mark 13:31, Luke 21:33 Heaven will pass away. |
30 | God reside | 1 Samuels 5:8-9 God causes "emerods" (hemorrhoids or tumors) amongst the Philistines (who have captured the Ark of the Covenant, where God was thought to reside). | |
31 | Temptation | Mathew 6:13 God might lead us into temptation and it is better avoided. | James 1:2-3 Temptation is joy. |
32 | Temptation | Mathew 6:13 Jesus' prayer implies that God might lead us into temptation. | James 1:13 God tempts no one. |
33 | Thought for tomorrow. | Mathew 6:25-34, Luke 12:22-31 Take no thought for tomorrow. God will take care of you. | Timothy 5:8 A man who does not provide for his family is worse than an infidel. (Note: Providing for a family certainly involves taking "thought for tomorrow.") |
34 | Judging is ... | Mathew 7:1-2 Do not judge. | Mathew 7:15-20 Instructions for judging a false prophet. |
35 | Seek it will be given | Mathew 7:7-8, Luke 11:9-10 Ask and it will be given. Seek and you will find. | Luke 13:24 Many will try to enter the Kingdom but will be unable. |
36 | Justified by works or not ? | Mathew 7:21, Luke 10:36-37, Romans 2:6, 13, James 2:24 We are justified by works, not by faith. | John 3:16, Romans 3:20-26, EP 2:8-9, Galatians 2:16 We are justified by faith, not by works. |
37 | God on killing .. | Exodus
20:13, Deuteronomy
5:17, Mark
10:19, Luke
18:20, Romans
13:9, James
2:11 God prohibits killing. Genesis 34:1-35:5 God condones trickery and killing. |
Exodus
32:27, Deuteronomy
7:2, 13:15,
20:1-18
God orders killing. 2Kings 19:35 An angel of the Lord slaughters 185,000 men. (Note: See Atrocities section for many more examples.) |
38 | on Adultery | Exodus 20:14 God prohibits adultery. | Hosea 1:2 God instructs Hosea to "take a wife of harlotry." |
39 | God is Everywhere | 1Samuel 8:2-22 Samuel informs God as to what he has heard from others. | Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah 16:17, 23:24-25, Hebrews 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees and hears everything. |
40 | on killing | Exodus 23:7 God prohibits the killing of the innocent. | Numbers
31:17-18, Deuteronomy
7:2, JS
6:21-27, 7:19-26,
8:22-25,
10:20,
40,
11:8-15,
20,
30-39,
Judges
11:30-39, 21:10-12,
1Samuel 15:3
God orders or approves the complete extermination of groups of people
which include innocent women and/or children. (Note: See Atrocities section for many other examples of the killing of innocents.) |
41 | God's promise broken | Exodus 34:6, Deuteronomy 7:9-10, Titus 1:2 God is faithful and truthful. He does not lie. | Numbers 14:30 God breaks his promise. |
42 | God condones | Exodus 34:6, Deuteronomy 7:9-10, Titus 1:2 God is faithful and truthful. He does not lie. | 1Kings 22:21-23 God condones a spirit of deception. |
43 | God deludes | Exodus 34:6, Deuteronomy 7:9-10, Titus 1:2 God is faithful and truthful. He does not lie. | 2Thessalonians 2:11-12 God deludes people, making them believe what is false, so as to be able to condemn them. (Note: some versions use the word persuade here. The context makes clear, however, that deception is involved.) |
44 | God is good or evil ? | God
is faithful, holy and good.
Psalm 145:9
"The Lord is good to all." |
God
is responsible for evil.
Isaiah 45:7
"I make peace and create evil. I the Lord do all these
things." See "Out of Context" for more on Isaiah 45:7. see also in Amos 3:6 |
45 | God remembers or not? | Exodus 34:6-7, Hebrews 9:27 God remembers sin, even when it has been forgiven. | Jeremiah 31:34 God does not remember sin when it has been forgiven. |
46 | God's prohibitions? | Leviticus 3:17 God himself prohibits forever the eating of blood and fat. | Mathew 15:11, Colossians 2:20-22 Jesus and Paul say that such rules don't matter--they are only human injunctions. |
47 | Lying | 1Kings 22:23, 2Chronicles 18:22, 2Thessolnians 2:11 God himself causes a lying spirit. | Proverbs 12:22 God abhors lying lips and delights in honesty. |
48 | Who inflict sickness | Numbers 11:33 God inflicts sickness. | Job
2:7 Satan inflicts sickness.
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49 | Vows | God
enjoins the making of vows (oaths). Numbers 30:2 "If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath . . . he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth." Genesis 21:22-24,31 " . . . swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me . . . And Abraham said, I will swear. . . . Wherefore he called that place Beersheba ["well of the oath"]; because there they sware both of them." Hebrews 6:13-17 "For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself . . . for men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath." See also Genesis 22:15-19, Genesis 31:53, and Judges 11:30-39. |
Jesus
forbids doing so, saying that they arise from evil (or the Devil). Matthew 5:34-37 "But I say unto you, swear not at all; neither by heaven . . . nor by the earth . . . . Neither shalt thou swear by thy head . . . . But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." James 5:12 ". . . swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation." |
50 | Anger | Mathew 5:22 Anger is a sin. | Deuteronomy 6:15, 9:7-8, 29:20, 32:21 God is sometimes angry. |
51 | Love thy enemies | Mathew 5:39-44 Do not resist your enemies. Love them. | Deuteronomy 7:9-10 God destroys his enemies. |
52 | God's mistake on choosing Saul | 1Samuel 9:15-17 The Lord tells Samuel that Saul has been chosen to lead the Israelites and will save them from the Philistines. | 1Samuel
15:35 The Lord is sorry that he has chosen Saul. 1Samuel 31:4-7 Saul commits suicide and the Israelites are overrun by the Philistines. |
53 | God's mistake | 1Kings 3:12 God made Solomon the wisest man that ever lived, yet .... | 1Kings 11:1-13 Solomon loved many foreign women (against God's explicit prohibition) who turned him to other gods (for which he deserved death). |
54 | Is he near ? | Psalms 10:1 God cannot be found in time of need. He is "far off." | Psalms 145:18 God is near to all who call upon him in truth. |
55 | God's answer | Psalms 22:1-2 God sometimes forsakes his children. He does not answer. | Psalms 46:1 God is a refuge, a strength, a very present help |
56 | Castrate | Deuteronomy 23:1 A castrate may not enter the assembly of the Lord.. | Isaiah 56:4-5 Some castrates will receive special rewards |
57 | Castrate | Deuteronomy 23:1 A castrate may not enter the assembly of the Lord | Mathew 19:12 Men are encouraged to consider making themselves castrates for the sake of the Kingdom of God. |
58 | God's anger | Psalms 30:5, Jeremiah 3:12, MI 7:18 God's anger does not last forever. | Jeremiah 17:4, Mathew 25:46 It does last forever. (He has provided for eternal punishment.) |
59 | Word of God ... | Proverbs
30:5 Every
word of God proves true.
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Jeremiah
8:8 The
scribes falsify the word of God. Jeremiah 20:7, Ezekiel 14:9, 2TH 2:11-12 God himself deceives people. (Note: Some versions translate deceive as "persuade." The context makes clear, however, that deception is involved.) |
60 | God's partiality | Acts 10:34, Romans 2:11 God shows no partiality. He treats all alike. | Romans 9:11-13 God hated Esau and loved Jacob even before their birth. |
61 | Partiality | Acts 10:34, Romans 2:11 God shows no partiality. He treats all alike. | Romans 9:18 God has mercy on whoever he chooses, etc. |
62 | Preaching in Asia | Acts 16:6 The Holy Spirit forbids preaching in Asia | Acts 19:8-10 Paul preaches in Asia anyway. |
63 | How many Gods | 1Corinthians 8:4 There is only one God. | 2Corinthians 4:4 Satan is God of this world (therefore there are at least two gods). |
64 | Tyre | Ezekiel 26:15-21 God says that Tyre will be destroyed and will never be found again. | (Nebudchanezzar
failed to capture or destroy Tyre. It is still inhabited.) |
65 | Stands or Sit ? | Isaiah 3:13 God stands to judge. | Joel
3:12 He sits to judge.
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66 | God alone or with Jesus | Isaiah 44:24 God created heaven and earth alone. | John 1:1-3 Jesus took part in creation. |
67 | God's love | Jeremiah 32:18 God shows love to thousands, but brings punishment for the sins of their fathers to many children. | 2Corinthians 13:11, 14, 1John 4:8, 16 God is a god of love. |
68 | Who will be saved | Mathew 7:21 Not everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved | Acts
2:21,
Romans
10:13
Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Acts 2:39 Those God calls to himself will be saved. |
69 | Does God live in light? |
I Timothy 6:15-16
" . . . the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath
immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach . . ." James 1:17 " . . . the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." John 12:35 "Then Jesus saith unto them, . . . he that walketh in darkness knoweth not wither he goeth." Job 18:18 "He [the wicked] shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world." Daniel 2:22 "He [God] knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him." See also Psalm 143:3, II Corinthians 6:14, and Hebrews 12:18-22. |
I Kings 8:12 "Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness." (Repeated in II Chronicles 6:1) II Samuel 22:12 "And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies." Psalm 18:11 "He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies." Psalm 97:1-2 "The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice . . . clouds and darkness are round about him."
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70 | Does God accept human sacrifice? | Deuteronomy 12:31 "Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods." | Genesis 22:2
"And he said, Take now thy son, into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a
burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee
of."
Exodus 22:29 , Judges 11:30-39 , II Samuel 21:8-14 , Hebrews 10:10-12 I Corinthians 5:7 " . . . For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us." |
71 | Gods favour impartial | Acts 10:34, Rom 2:11, Gal 2:8, Eph 6:9
God
is impartial towards people - |
Rom 8:29-30, 9:11-13, Matt 10:5-6, 15:22-25, Luke 1:30 God is partial towards people - |
72 | God responsible for confusion | 1 Cor 14:33
God
is not responsible for confusion |
Isa 45:7 God is responsible for confusion |
73 | swear to God | Isa 45:22-23
All
will swear to God |
Matt 5:34 Jesus forbids swearing |
74 | can do anything | Mark 10:27, Luke 1:37
God
can do anything |
Judges 1:19, Mark 6:5-6 God is limited in what he can do |
75 | save everyone | 1 Tim 2:3-4, 2 Pet 3:9
God
wants everyone to be saved |
Prov 16:4, Mark 4:11-12, Rom 9:18, 2 Thess 2:11 God does not want everyone to be saved |
76 | God angry | Psa 30:5, 103:9, Micah 7:18
God
is not angry for long |
Num 32:13, Rev 14:11, 20:10 God is angry for a long time |
77 | God lie | Ex 23:1, Num 23:19, Prov 12:22, Titus 1:2
God
never lies and hates lying |
1 Kings 22:23, 2 Chron 18:22, 2 Thess 2:11 God himself lies |
78 | God repent | Num 23:19, 1
Sam 15:29, Mal 3:6 God does not repent (ie. regret an action/change his mind) |
Gen 6:6-7, Ex 32:14, 1 Sam 15:35, 2 Sam 24:16, 1 Chron 21:15, Jer 18:8,10, 26:3,13,19, 42:10, Ezek 24:14, Joel 2:13, Amos 7:3, Jonah 3:10 God does repent (ie. regret an action/change his mind) |
79 | feed and care | Psa 145:15-16
God
feeds and cares for all life |
Deut 28:48, Isa 5:13, 8:21, 50:2 God does not feed and care for all life |
80 | Graven images made | Ex 20:4
Graven
images not to be made |
Ex 25:18 Graven images are to be made |
81 | God is warlike | Ex 15:3, Psa 24:8, Rev 19:11,13
God
is warlike |
Matt 5:9, John 14:27, Rom 15:33, 2 Thess 3:16 Man should be peaceful as God is |
82 | world is god's or devil's ? | Psa 24:1, 1 Cor 10:26, Rev 1:5
The earth is God/Jesus' |
John 12:31, 2 Cor 4:4 |
83 | God dwells ??? | Psa 104:1,2, 1 Tim 6:15-16, 1 John 1:5
God
dwells in light |
1 Kings 8:12, 2 Chron 6:1, Psa 18:11, Psa 97:1-2 God dwells in darkness |
84 | omnipresent | Psa 11:4, Prov
15:3, Job 34:21, Jer 16:17, 23:24, Heb 4:13 God sees everything and is omnipresent |
Gen 3:9-10, 11:5,
18:20-21, Ex 3:8, 19:11, 18,20, Micah 1:3 |
85 | God dwell ??? | Acts 7:48
God
did not dwell in the house (Temple) Solomon built |
1 Kings 8:13 God did dwell in the house (Temple) that Solomon built |
86 | God is near or not ? | Psa 46:1, 145:14, 18-19, James 4:8
God
is always near |
1 Sam 28:6, Psa 10:1, 22:1,2, Matt 27:46 God is not always near |
87 | God's attributes | Job 11:7-9
God's attributes are unknowable |
Rom 1:20 |
88 | Righteous live? | Psalm.92:12: "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree."
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Isaiah.57:1: "The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart." |
89 | Cruel, Unmerciful,
Destructive and Ferocious
or
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"I will not
pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy." (Jeremiah.
13:14)"Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they
have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and
suckling."
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"The Lord is
very pitiful and of tender mercy." (James
5:11) "For his mercy endureth forever." (1 Chronicles. 16:34) "The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works." (Psalms. 145:9) "God is love." (1 John 4:16) |
90 | On judging | 1 Corinthians 3:15
" The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he
himself is not subject to any man's judgment:" (NIV)
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1 Corinthians 4:5 " Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God." |
91 | God takes part in wrestling. | Genesis32:24-30 God takes part in a wrestling match. He wins by injuring Jacob's hip | |
92 | God eats food | Genesis 18:1, 7-8 God eats solid food with Abraham. | |
93 | Obey | Acts 5:29 Obey God, not men. | Romans 13:1-4, 1Peter 2:13-15 Obey the laws of men (i.e., government). It is the will of God. |
94 | God's satisfaction | Genesis
1:31 God was pleased with his creation.
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Genesis
6:5-6 God was not
pleased with his creation. (Note: That God should be displeased is inconsistent with the concept of omniscience.) |
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