I have a challenge to all Christians in this forum, this is not a debate on who knows God best but rather a opportunity for you to share how you see your God. I base this challenge on these scriptures:
Ex 32:1And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.Ex 32:2And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.Ex 32:3And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.Ex 32:4And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.Ex 32:5And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.Ex 32:6And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Now here is the thought on these verses, Aaron took something and shaped and molded it into a god. very much like what we do, we take what we have heard, what we have read , and even what we have experienced and we shape that and mold it into the God that we serve. keep in mind here they were under Egyptian bondage for over 400 years, we think of ourselves as more righteous than the Israelites here, for how could they see the works of God, be fed by manna that came out of the sky , be freed from their boundage by the mighty hand of God, have water springing out of rocks and make this image of Him, "These be thy gods O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt" keep in mind here, all these people were borned and raise under egyptian religion, with egyptians worshipping their gods that were in this shapes of cows and other objects. true that the israelites taught their kids about the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob all how great a God that He was. But when they wanted a god that they could worship one that they could look on. the image they made was a calf. and we being righteous sit back and think HOW COULD THEY DO SUCH A THING AGAINST THEIR GOD??? so come take my challenge, share with others the form Of God that you have come up with after all your knowledge about Who God is, all the things you have heard about your God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob The God of the Christian religion, what form Is He to you, Christain. share it with those in here so that they can add to their God or even come to know this God that you have formed. now some self-righteous will say preacherman this a blaspheming we can't shape God, but think, isn't that what we do, isn't that the reason there is so much confusion to day about what God wants for His people and how He would have His people worship Him. If you think it wrong of me to say we can shape Him, then we are you going to stop trying to shape God in your image . we were made In His image, not He was made in our image of Him. we were made in His likeness, so what is that likeness??
The lesson I hope we learn here is that God Is a great big God when are we, His people going to recognize Him for that God that He is, and Not the God that we would make Him. melt down that image that you have of God as they did the golden calf and let the true Living God be manifested In your life. So let others see Your God that you serve honor amd worship.
Isa 55:4Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.Isa 55:5Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.Isa 55:6Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:Isa 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.Isa 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Ex 32:1And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.Ex 32:2And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.Ex 32:3And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.Ex 32:4And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.Ex 32:5And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.Ex 32:6And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Now here is the thought on these verses, Aaron took something and shaped and molded it into a god. very much like what we do, we take what we have heard, what we have read , and even what we have experienced and we shape that and mold it into the God that we serve. keep in mind here they were under Egyptian bondage for over 400 years, we think of ourselves as more righteous than the Israelites here, for how could they see the works of God, be fed by manna that came out of the sky , be freed from their boundage by the mighty hand of God, have water springing out of rocks and make this image of Him, "These be thy gods O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt" keep in mind here, all these people were borned and raise under egyptian religion, with egyptians worshipping their gods that were in this shapes of cows and other objects. true that the israelites taught their kids about the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob all how great a God that He was. But when they wanted a god that they could worship one that they could look on. the image they made was a calf. and we being righteous sit back and think HOW COULD THEY DO SUCH A THING AGAINST THEIR GOD??? so come take my challenge, share with others the form Of God that you have come up with after all your knowledge about Who God is, all the things you have heard about your God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob The God of the Christian religion, what form Is He to you, Christain. share it with those in here so that they can add to their God or even come to know this God that you have formed. now some self-righteous will say preacherman this a blaspheming we can't shape God, but think, isn't that what we do, isn't that the reason there is so much confusion to day about what God wants for His people and how He would have His people worship Him. If you think it wrong of me to say we can shape Him, then we are you going to stop trying to shape God in your image . we were made In His image, not He was made in our image of Him. we were made in His likeness, so what is that likeness??
The lesson I hope we learn here is that God Is a great big God when are we, His people going to recognize Him for that God that He is, and Not the God that we would make Him. melt down that image that you have of God as they did the golden calf and let the true Living God be manifested In your life. So let others see Your God that you serve honor amd worship.
Isa 55:4Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.Isa 55:5Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.Isa 55:6Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:Isa 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.Isa 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
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