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The Bible tells us we were created in God's image,but it also tells us when we stopped fully reflecting Gods image(Gen 3:1-6). As to the idea that God is tring us,James 1:13-15 should shed light on this idea and also how Adam and Eve came to do what they did.
James 1:13-15
The poster above forgot the fact that Adam & Eve was ignorant of what God is at that time. However, the following are some info about the Epistle of James.
The seven Catholic Epistles, James, First and Second Peter, First, Second and Third John, and Jude, have never been held in very high esteem by the church. Many of the Christian Fathers, rejected them, while modern Christian scholars have generally considered them of doubtful authenticity. The first and last of these were rejected by Martin Luther. "St. James' Epistle," says Luther, "is truly an epistle of straw" (Preface to Luther's New Testament, ed. I524). Jude, he says, "is an abstract or copy of St. Peter's Second, and allegeth stories and sayings which have no place in Scripture."
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James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Can God be tempted?
James 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Has God ever tempted Anyone?
James 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Does hell exists?
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God's creation, the universe, is a result of His power and reflects His ideas. The manner in which the universe works, the so-called "laws of nature" that man has examined, are actually set up by God as a method for the workings of the universe. It is through God's rules that the machinery of the world functions as it does. The things of nature that we understand and the things that lie outside our knowledge are His work. There are examples of His hand in things.
Think on the beginning of everything. Where did all matter and energy come from? He created it. And consider the conversion of matter to energy and vice versa. It is possible to make those conversions, and it is just a part of the way God set up the universe. It is God's handiwork. If one looks at evolution and finds a blank place at the beginning where no evidence can be found for the appearance of life, insert creation there, for it is God who created life. All that we know presents a skyscraper of knowledge and of evidence, but on what is it built? Where did it come from? Everything that is, all we see and have yet to see, all we know and that which we may discover, are His doing.
God has not put Creation on trial. He speaks to us through nature, through all that is around us. He speaks to us through His work, His creation. He has made His case already. The proof is that we exist and that the world and the universe are unfolded around us as they are because it is His will. And it is through faith that we accept what is and what He has done. For that, too, is His law and His will.
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As it turns out, God is not putting His creation on trial. If anyone is putting His creation on trial, it is man. But man is not putting creation on trial. There is debate over the mechanism behind creation as it is not specified (in detail) in scripture and has not been illuminated by science. There always has been debate over theological ideas. Nothing has changed. Why is creation the flavor of the month?
The idea that His creation has been put on trial is a suggestion only, nothing more, and it is based on the actions of zealots and the backlash they encountered. They want "parity" in public schools in the form of the teaching of creationism as an alternative to the teaching of evolution. And they (the zealots) are attempting an end run around Constitutional constraints regarding the mixing of the affairs of church and state. They are putting forward the idea of Intelligent Design and attempting to pass if off as something that is not an extension of religious creationism. Their deceit was so clearly seen for what it is. And instead of being humbled for "bearing false witness" they are outraged. Anyone who puts lipstick on a pig and attempts to pass it off as a debutante - and gets caught - should be ashamed instead of angry.
No links are provided and no further discussion is offered here. The topic is covered (ad nauseam?) in other questions dealing with Intelligent Design and whether or not ID should be taught in public school. You are cordially invited to join the fray. Wear your thinking cap - and your old clothes. It could get dirty when the mud begins to fly.
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God is Love. God created us to share in it. If we cannot freely "love", then we are just robots (think Data in Star Trek), merely serving and not having any free will or choice in the matter. It is this great love of God that first created us (via evolution, if that's how you want to believe it), then gave us free will and instilled in us the knowledge of good - to share in God's life. It is our choice to reject the good, having believed we ourselves are "God". True love is free. We are just living with the consequences of our rejection of love. The angels also had that choice, having been given greater power, but some rejected it and thus we have the devils. As humans, we get multiple chances and Jesus shows us the greatest love of all by becoming human, sacrificing himself for us, and giving himself to us via the Eucharist.
BTW, I heard She's Black.
First answer by Gantgeneva7aol.com. Last edit by SebastianKo. Contributor trust: 2 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 44 [recommend question]
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