Is God vulnerable?
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let me elaborate a little:
does God feel pain? Yes
does God change his mind? Yes, but not His promises
does God think, or is God just action? I think that with God, thoughts are actions
does God have a soul? mmno, a soul is something within man that makes us humans
can God be weak? He can make himself weak , Jacob fought God
can God cry? Yes, Jesus did
can God mourn? ---
can God express emotion? ---
can God experience new things? hmmmmm, difficult one, since God is all- knowing
does God feel pain? Yes
does God change his mind? Yes, but not His promises
does God think, or is God just action? I think that with God, thoughts are actions
does God have a soul? mmno, a soul is something within man that makes us humans
can God be weak? He can make himself weak , Jacob fought God
can God cry? Yes, Jesus did
can God mourn? ---
can God express emotion? ---
can God experience new things? hmmmmm, difficult one, since God is all- knowing
S
Is God vulnerable - thats a tricky question
Jesus is probably the vulnerability of God in human form.
Does God feel pain, does He mourn, yes He does I believe this is evident in His love for us. Do we grieve His heart of course we do we are fallen people constantly fighting our fleshly desires and mistreating each other - it must be awful for God to always witness our human failings.
But I know He always delight in us when we walk in His light and treat each other with love and compassion as Jesus Christ did.
Reading the Bible reveals many of these quailities that you question about God.
It reveals that HE can change His mind when we humble ourselves. He does express emotion also evident in reading the word especially the OT.
Hope this helps a little I'm sure there are many others that can bring more enlightenment on this subject , this is just my 10 cents worth
Jesus is probably the vulnerability of God in human form.
Does God feel pain, does He mourn, yes He does I believe this is evident in His love for us. Do we grieve His heart of course we do we are fallen people constantly fighting our fleshly desires and mistreating each other - it must be awful for God to always witness our human failings.
But I know He always delight in us when we walk in His light and treat each other with love and compassion as Jesus Christ did.
Reading the Bible reveals many of these quailities that you question about God.
It reveals that HE can change His mind when we humble ourselves. He does express emotion also evident in reading the word especially the OT.
Hope this helps a little I'm sure there are many others that can bring more enlightenment on this subject , this is just my 10 cents worth
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All those that believe in a resistant being called the Devil believe God can have a real tangible resistor. Is there a tangible resistance to God as a being?
Did God die on the cross?
The answer to both is of course - no.
God is eternal and the only thing against him is something he created and wants to allow - human freewill.
Jesus, God's SON, died on the cross. God cannot die.
Did God die on the cross?
The answer to both is of course - no.
God is eternal and the only thing against him is something he created and wants to allow - human freewill.
Jesus, God's SON, died on the cross. God cannot die.
Define your terms.
What exactly and specifically do you mean by vulnerable?
If we aren't going to define terms, then we can make anything mean anything.
But, as far as a common usage of the word vulnerable, I would say that God the creator is invulnerable, and yet in the person of Christ he "made himself" vulnerable for a short period of time, for a very specific reason.
What exactly and specifically do you mean by vulnerable?
If we aren't going to define terms, then we can make anything mean anything.
But, as far as a common usage of the word vulnerable, I would say that God the creator is invulnerable, and yet in the person of Christ he "made himself" vulnerable for a short period of time, for a very specific reason.
S
God is what God wants to be. And in that He has no vulnerability. God transcends our definitions and thinking. It's true He sent His son to teach, suffer, and die on the cross for us. However, He rose from the dead! So I guess my answer is its really a best guess scenario since the mind and emotions of God are incomprehensible to humans. But my opinion is no He is not in any respect.