Why are humans god's favorite?

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jkalyna

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:) THANK YOU FOR THIS QUESTION. IT MADE ME DIG INTO THE WORD. WE ALL NEED TO LET THE HOLY SPIRIT REVEAL ALL TRUTH UNTO US FROM THE WORD. MATTHEW 10;29 DESCRIBES THE LORD'S LOVE FOR HIS CREATION THAT HE KNOWS WHEN ONE SPARROW FALL TO THE GROUND. LLUKE 12;7 HE CLOTHED THE GRASS IN SPLENDER AND NOT EVEN THE KING SOLOMON'S ATTIRE WAS AS BEAUTIFUL. HE USED A DONKEY TO TALK. HE USED A FISH TO PLACE A GOLD COIN IN IT, AND HE CALLS US A WORM. IN ISAIAH 41:10 FEAR NOT THOU WORM JACOB. A WORM HAS NO HANDS, AND IS HELPLESS IT IS VULNERABLE AND WEAK AND HELPLESS IN WHICH IT MAKES IT'S HOME IN THE MUCK AND THE MIRE OF THE EARTH. 1 CORINTHIAN 4; 7 FOR WHO MAKETH THEE TO DIFFER FROM ANOTHER. IF WE LOOK AT OUR NATURAL STATE ANYTHING MORE THAN BEING JUST THAT WORM IS BRINGING NOT THE RIGHT SPIRIT WITHIN ONE. GOD'S LOVE IS EQUAL TO HIS CREATIONS. HE CREATED THE SUN TO BATH THE EARTH IN WARMTH, AND THE FIELDS TO GROW. THE RAIN TO FALL UPON THE EARTH, FOR THE FOWLS AND ANIMALS TO DRINK, AND WATER FOR US. SAMSON JACOB, AND ALL THE MIGHTLY WARRIORS WERE NOTHING BUT MERE WORMS, HELPLESS CREATURES, JUST AS WE WERE WITHOUT THE LORD. IF THE LORD GOD IS WITH US , THERE IS NOTHING WE CANNOT DO, THROUGH HIS POWER. DAVID WENT BEFORE GOLIATH, GOD DID NOT FAVOR HIM BUT ALLOWED A LAD TO CONQUER HIM, BECAUSE DAVID SAID, I GO IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. MATT; 10: 29 WHERE THE LORD SPEAKS IN REFERENCE THAT WE ARE OF MORE VALUE, THAN THE SPARROWS, IS THAT OUR MIND THAT THE LORD CREATED HAD BROUGHT CORRUPTION UPON MAN AND THE EARTH. MAN'S IGNORANCE, AND MISCONCEPTIONAL IDEAS OF GOD IN QUESTIONABLE THOUGHTS BROUGHT ON BY EVIL. THE SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS,{ IT GRIEVED GOD THAT HE CREATED MAN, FOR HE CONTINUALLY HAS EVIL IN HIS EARTH.} WE ARE NOTHING BUT A WORM, AS JACOB WAS CALLED BY GOD. WITHOUT HIS PRESENCE, AND HIS SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES, AND OUR BORN AGAIN NATURE, WE ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH. THIS SAID, I WILL STAY WITH GOD'S THEORY OF HOW HE LOOKS AT MAN IN ISAIAH 41:10 THOU WORM JACOB. WE MUST REMEMBER WE ARE NOTHING, THREE IS NO GOOD THING WITHIN US, SAVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. THIS WILL KEEP US WHERE WE SHOULD BE IN A HUMBLE ATTITUDE.:cool:
 
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Can you not see that this one is seared in the mark...
 
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jkalyna

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ISAIAH 4: 10 THOU WORM JACOB. THE CREATOR KNOWS WHERE WE CAME FROM, THE DUST OF THE EARTH. WHERE THE WORM ABIDES. IF WE REMEMBER OUR ORIGINAL STATE, THIS WILL BE VERY GOOD FOR OUR SPIRIT, TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOTHING, WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WITHIN US. LUCIFER HIMSELF CREATED BY GOD, THOUGHT HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY THAN THE OTHERS, AND FELL BECAUSE OF HIS PRIDE. WE ARE LIKE THE WORM OF THE EARTH, HELPLESS, AND WERE HOPLESS WITHOUT THE REDEMPTION OF GOD'S LOVE TOWARDS US THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR REDEEMER. :p:) AMEN.
 
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:) FORGOT LUKE 12:7 HE KNOWS THE HAIRS ON OUR HEAD. MATT. 6:25 THE EARTH IS CLOTHED AND ADORED IN HIS SPLENDAR. AMEN. THANK YOU LORD JESUS CHRIST FOR YOUR REDEMTIVE LOVE TOWARDS US, AND THAT YOU HAD NOT FORSAKEN THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS LOVING CREATOR, WHO IS NOT PARITAL NOR DIVIDED IN THOUGHT. ALL CREATION CRYS OUT TO YOU LORD, WE ARE HELPLESS AS A WORM WITHOUT YOU AND LET ME REMEMBER WHERE WE CAME FROM, AND WHERE YOU BROUGHT US FROM, AND WHERE WE ARE GOING. AMEN. :)
 
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We were / are made in his "image", possessing both a spirit and the ability to discern good and evil. That separates us from other living creatures. :)
 
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In the beginning it was so. After the fall things were not so simple. Through the power of the Holy Trinity sight is restored.
 
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kenisyes

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Maybe the question needs to be, why does God love us so much in spite of everything [proved by Jesus], that we feel like we must be His favorites?
 
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i know we are the apple of God's eye. He loves us with an everlasting love. why? dont know. certainly we dont deserve it. Imagine God himself dying for you so that you will be saved. only somebody who really loved you would even attempt something like that...greater love has no man than this, than when a man lays down his life for his friend. and we're talking King of Kings here!! we're really special.

the angels are God's creation too but they cannot experience the redemptive love that we can. if they sin, they fall and thats it. God didnt give satan or those fallen angels a second chance...in fact hell (which was not prepared for any man) was created for them.
 
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Blain said:
I cannot help but wonder why we are god's favorite creations, it seems to me angels are so much better, i am not trying to anger god i am just curious what is it about us he loves so much?
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This a semi-Intelligent question.

Though, It is quite silly to worry about "Angering God" as if your God is that petty and Cruel...


So the Verse in Genesis that talks about "God" creating Man is quite Interesting...One reason is because the Original Hebrew Word for "God" was many times PLURAL...as in Gods...which is quite interesting.

"Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness, and let them rule over the [TABLE]
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[TD="class: btext, colspan: 2"]fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." ~ Genesis 1:26

Notice the US and OUR. Clearly it is speaking about Plural 'Gods'.


I find problem with the Judeo-Christian Idea that Humans are the 'Favorite' creation,and that we have the Right to basically Destroy the Earth...Which is what has been happening.

If a Divine Intelligence, a 'Creator' did indeed create all of Life in the Universe...One would assume he has created Higher Beings than Humans (You mentioned Angels)
One could also assume that Since every living thing was Created that God does not favor one over the other and loves all of Life.



If Man was "God's" favored creation...Why do so many Organisms posses Longer life Spans, even here on earth? Why do Plants many times have Favored Qualities like Regeneration, while Humans do not?
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EvanOak

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The Original Hebrew word For "God"(or Gods) was ELOHIM by the way.

I would edit my post but this forum has about the silliest format Ive ever seen. I don't know why there is a Box around half of my post for instance.


^(Check the Meme I posted too)
 
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EvanOak

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The Bible is the only book that tells man he is 'God's favorite'...

Yet also Tells you are that you are Unworthy, Disgusting, sinful Dirt, and God basically hates all of you except the ones that Worship him...(The Elect.) Indeed in the bible it is quite clear "God" doesn't "Love Everyone"

Yet of course "God" is quite Capricious in the Bible, and sometimes he "Loves the World" and sometimes he Hates the world and burns People with Fire from the sky and Floods the Earth with Water.
 
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You know when i posted this question i didn't know god like i do now. I do know this however, It's true that in some ways we are more blessed than angels. Because as posted if an angel turns against god that's it they don't get another chance. But we get another chance everyday, But as i have expressed on this forum many times i have a childlike love for him. So what if that is a key point in us being his favorite creations? Angels serve god but do they have such a love as the one we can have for him? can they sit in his lap, call him Abba and love him like a child? Perhaps this is one of the main reasons he created us, because he wanted a relationship such as this that the angels could not give him
 
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cfultz3

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Blain,
I seem to think that we choose Him freely and because we do, He looks at us in a more of a Fatherly manner, as opposed to angels who were created for the sole purpose of serving Him.
 
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cfultz3 said:
Blain,
I seem to think that we choose Him freely and because we do, He looks at us in a more of a Fatherly manner, as opposed to angels who were created for the sole purpose of serving Him.
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This is true, Angels were created to serve him and it makes sense that free will makes us different than the angels. However i still think he also created us so he could enjoy having a relationship with us.
 
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cfultz3

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Blain said:
This is true, Angels were created to serve him and it makes sense that free will makes us different than the angels. However i still think he also created us so he could enjoy having a relationship with us.
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Cannot argue with that, Blain. Sure proved satan wrong.....I guess created beings can choice to worship Him.
 
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EvanOak

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Blain said:
You know when i posted this question i didn't know god like i do now. I do know this however, It's true that in some ways we are more blessed than angels. Because as posted if an angel turns against god that's it they don't get another chance. But we get another chance everyday, But as i have expressed on this forum many times i have a childlike love for him. So what if that is a key point in us being his favorite creations? Angels serve god but do they have such a love as the one we can have for him? can they sit in his lap, call him Abba and love him like a child? Perhaps this is one of the main reasons he created us, because he wanted a relationship such as this that the angels could not give him
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I see a Problem with your "Relationship with God" in that You are more Concerned with Giving Love to your 'God' instead of RECEIVING...

This sounds like a Parasitic Relationship. Indeed, maybe it is.

Why would an 'All Loving' God Need YOUR Love and Servitude?



Isn't it US that Needs Love?
 
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cfultz3

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EvanOak said:
I see a Problem with your "Relationship with God" in that You are more Concerned with Giving Love to your 'God' instead of RECEIVING...

This is sounds like a Parasitic Relationship. Indeed, maybe it is.

Why would an 'All Loving' God Need YOUR Love and Servitude?



Isn't it US that Needs Love?
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Did someone eat your wheaties

Blain, do not forget about the Lord's approved workman.
 
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Evan oak i was disturbed when i read you think we are Vile dirty and disgusting. And how god hates us except the ones who worship him. This could not be further from the truth, we are dirty until we ask for him to enter our lives and hearts but he loves all of us. He see's every single one of us as a beautiful treasure, even the most cruel people because he see's what we do not. And you know, they way you made my relationship with god was a bit uncalled for. I know the deep love he has for me, it's because of this love that my heart naturally loves him with great intensity as well. Him and I are madly in love with each other
 
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EvanOak

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Blain said:
Evan oak i was disturbed when i read you think we are Vile dirty and disgusting. And how god hates us except the ones who worship him. This could not be further from the truth, we are dirty until we ask for him to enter our lives and hearts but he loves all of us. He see's every single one of us as a beautiful treasure, even the most cruel people because he see's what we do not. And you know, they way you made my relationship with god was a bit uncalled for. I know the deep love he has for me, it's because of this love that my heart naturally loves him with great intensity as well. Him and I are madly in love with each other
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No Blain... I don't think we are Vile...

The bible/Christianity simply insists that Humans are 'Vile and Unworthy'

And that Humans are BORN with 'Original Sin'

Indeed once you Grow older and maybe if you spend more time Examining the bible there are quite a few negative things said about Humans. 'God' in the bible Predestines everything...According to the bible, God has his "Elect" that he Loves and the rest well AREN'T his elect. There are "Vessels destined for Wrath, and Vessels destined for Mercy."


Anyways talking about "relationships" with invisible "Gods" is quite Meaningless...I mean I could personally have a relationship with Athena and Her Owls but that's not really going to Convince you of anything is it...

I posted quite a bit of Info above about your Original Post, check it out.
 
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