I spend a lot of time on the internet reading debates between non-believers to believers and one of the biggest points from the other side is the true nature of God as revealed in the OT vs the NT. Many non-believers see the God of the OT to be contradictory to that of the NT, and I'm trying to find UR based resources/discussions on this topic.
I hope this question isn't considered disrespectful to Scripture. I am truly on the hunt for reconciling the true nature of God, which I believe to be love, with the descriptions of Him in the OT.
TIA! :dsunny:
Hi Forest ,
I was hoping someone would comment by now , I do not know if this helps you or not , but it did help me overcome some of my own personal fears , when I was still trying to worship the unknown God , God was unknown my me and only had what was taught in sunday schools and preachers etc and heard to work with , very limited understanding fueled by fear .
I am one that does believe the Holy Spirit has to teach you from the heart to grow in truth and grace , any other means is fruitless head knowledge that we all see in the religious circles as man made images of God to worship as idols of the heart . :sigh:
Quote from: Forest on May 03, 2018, 08:33:33 AM
I spend a lot of time on the internet reading debates between non-believers to believers and one of the biggest points from the other side is the true nature of God as revealed in the OT vs the NT. Many non-believers see the God of the OT to be contradictory to that of the NT, and I'm trying to find UR based resources/discussions on this topic.
I hope this question isn't considered disrespectful to Scripture. I am truly on the hunt for reconciling the true nature of God, which I believe to be love, with the descriptions of Him in the OT.
TIA! :dsunny:
First fear driven teaching was God is a consuming fire , old testament scripture and was taught to fear that fire as any one that is still thinking with the carnal nature in tact and ruling the heart that is always a contrary nature of death ruling against the Holy Spirit of Life
Deut 4 Warning against Idolatry
...23"So watch yourselves, that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God which He made with you, and make for yourselves a graven image in the form of anything against which the LORD your God has commanded you. 24"For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. 25"When you become the father of children and children's children and have remained long in the land, and act corruptly, and make an idol in the form of anything, and do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD your God so as to provoke Him to anger,...
It was not until the Holy Spirit taught me somthing about the burning bush that was not consumed , though I had read it before many times , but never understood the depth of its meaning . in Exodus 3 the burning bush is the location at which Moses was appointed by Adonai (God) to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into Canaan.
When it was Gods love as a jealousy over us to lead us from out of the world unto His marvelous Light knowledge of Him
When can take on the true nature of Gods Holy Spirit & fire baptism , that was shown in the old testament as a constant and cleansing consummation that keeps all forma of evil away from the pure and Holy things of God , explaining the fear the devils have with Gods Son and mind of Christ that special anointing of being born again that was in the old testament but so well hidden in the ages till THE LORD JESUS CHRIST COME TO SHOW OPENLY that work of God from the beginning
There is somthing hidden and holy in mankind that evil cannot touch it , like carrying a child in the womb and we do not know what it is being formed in them yet , but hidden from the sight of mankind , our own animal like nature where evil and corruption dwells all around it , as it is like being walled in and surrounded and when the Holy Spirit is set to be birthing the sons of God , that is the being born again of the Spirit of truth and same substance of GODS CHOSEN from the beginning , many in the old testament had the same substance of faith in them but not the full knowledge , this is why we see God as showing the corruptible image and how He is not pleased with it at all , it is idolatrous , making His WORD true as to giving the great whore of the earth Babylon all this time to repent [ Gen 11] but men love to glory in men and call it by name only GOD , But it is not God nor his true nature but the image of the beast ... This is why Jesus Christ come to destroy the works of satan and take death captive , making Him now the Lord of the dead and living [holding everything in HIMSELF chapters 1 & Col 2] , satan does not have the power any longer to accuse of us of sin ,[Jesus actually takes away the sins of the whole world ] When the cross of Jesus Christ and the forgiveness of sins is actually applied by total dependant faith in HIM and not of ourselves it is the gift of God every one will know this in the end for sure , it is just some have not come to this place of full assurance and belief and faith in God yet .. but every knee will bow and every tongue will confess the Lord in their own order , Jesus is the finishing work and rest in this hope that makes us not ashamed to believe in God and will live because GOD IS THE ONLY eternal thing that exist and being a tiny seed of His substance will survive and overcome all things in the end , , the fear of the unknown , become known and to Know Him is to love HIM 100 % till this measure of Holy Spirit is completed in us all ...
This is my shortest ability to explain my own faith and understanding it so far with a clarity I hope makes some kind of sense to you :2c:
doubt/unbelief is a powerful weapon of spiritual warfare , but LOVE/GOD overcomes every weapon formed against him / GOD and if God be for us who can be against us ?
1Cor 3
22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you, 23and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God. We must worship God in Spirit and truth /His Word is Life from the dead ... the dead know nothing of God though they live in the world as free men , not knowing they are slaves to sin and sin is death in the proverbial nutshell :2c:
Quote from: Forest on May 07, 2018, 12:46:20 AM
rosered,
:dsunny: Thank you so much for your insight!!
I thank God for His Holy Spirit teaching us all :dsunny: We are so blessed ! , God bless you so much with more of Him :HeartThrob: