Why is the Word of God not so Sharp on Forums?

[Eternally-Grateful]

And we are only vessels yes?

AMEN@!!!!!!

 

[Hazelelponi]

AMEN@!!!!!!

What does it mean to you?

 

[Josheb]

Hebrews 4:12 NIV; For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.


I get it; the things of God are Spiritually understood. But that's not what I mean. We're Christians, right? When we use Scripture and Sound Doctrine on each other, why doesn't it work like it's supposed too? Why do people never change for the better; Theologically Speaking? Sure, we can believe differently on things that aren't as important as the Fundamentals and Orthodoxy; but dang it, when it's important we should agree...

I use a 'Shared Belief' tactic. It works; until it doesn't. When I use a shared belief to prove my point, this is when it drives me crazy that people still won't change. Let's say this shared belief is a Bible Verse, or several Verses we agree about their meaning. But when I use them against my dueling partner; all of the sudden, those shared beliefs no longer matter...

So why is it true that the Word of God doesn't change a Christian Poster's thoughts about God honest Truth?

I'd like to add this problem is not unique to Christian discussion boards or modernity.

For example, when God told David that He, God, would build His own temple and He would do so suing a man that would be His son, and a man that would be David's son (or a descendant of David's) David 1) did not fully understand and 2) did not fully believe God. Solomon was not normally the one who would take over David's throne. There were eight or nine men in line in front of Solomon. David picked Solomon, not God. God told David the one who would build His temple would be a man of peace......... so David named his next born male child "Peace" (Solomon means peace). Solomon was not a man of peace. The man who said life was vanity was not a man of peace. He fought many wars before the country he ruled experienced an absence of war and an absence of conflict is not the same thing as peace. God told David to name the boy Jedidiah, but David ignored that instruction. David kept stockpiling materials for the temple even though God does not dwell in houses built by human hands and the temple God wanted was one He would build. Then, many years later, when David was laying on his death bed what he is recorded telling Solomon about God's prophetic direction was completely different than what is recorded in 2 Samuel 7. Daivd changed the words! He was there when God spoke, so David knew David was misrepresenting God. And he wasn't lying to just anyone; he was lying to his own son - a man he believed to be ordained to build a brick temple while also knowing Solomon was not the guy. Everything David did after leaving the presence of God proved to be works of the flesh disobedient works of the flesh, fleshly attempts to make God's word come true as David understood it.

Eventually, and in spite of himself, David began to fathom both God's plan and his personal problem, but he could not extricate himself from the same condition Paul described in Romans 7. We know David understood something more because he is reported in Acts to have spoken about the resurrection.

The same sort of thing happened to Jonah. That guy knew exactly what God wanted, exactly what God would do, told God he knew and yet still disobeyed God (apparently oblivious to the potential for himself to become an object lesson for all God's covenant people. The same sort of thing happened to Peter (as big a vacillator and double-minded man in Christ as has ever existed). It's hard to pin down the sequence of events but Paul and Peter were first allies, then divided, but in the end Peter commended Paul and compared his works to Tanakh (high praise for anyone but for a teacher of the Law to be recognized as a writer of divine revelation was extraordinary, a meaning few non-Pharisees can experientially appreciate). Even pagans screw this op. Cyrus and Nebuchadnezzar were both confronted with God's knowledge of them in a manner that would normally erase any conflict (including that of doubt) but both men persisted in what could reasonable and rationally be called nonsense. Once ol' Neb recovered from his divinely induced insanity and professed the Almighty sovereign his entire country should have been compelled to repent and believe (except for the likelihood that was not in God's plan at that time ).

My wife often asks me about some event in the latest "news" broadcast. More often than not my reply is the same and it occurs so frequently the phrase has become cliche in my household.

Stupid people doing stupid stuff.​

Sometimes we're the stupid people doing stupid stuff, or intelligent people doing stupid stuff. We all have our investments and when any allegiance to a viewpoint eclipses the allegiance to God it results in a stronghold. Some are small and minor. Some border on or become idolatry. We cannot see. This too is a condition I often comment upon.

It's hard to see the picture from inside the frame.​

What is amazing is that we have any agreement at all and the truth is when it comes to core, necessary beliefs when have much more agreement than division but agreement does not make for a very lengthy discussion board thread .

 

[Eternally-Grateful]

What does it mean to you?

it means I am a vessel to God. to be used by him to do what he created me to do

if only I did it perfectly

 

[Hazelelponi]

if only I did it perfectly

Lol .. right?

I full on crashed and burned physically this week, just struggling to hang on. This is when God is closest to me though and I can rest in Him, He carries me through, may His Name forever be praised.