Comments for Jesus and Compassion http://compassiondave.wordpress.com The Great Commission, the Great Commandment, and the Christian walk Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:42:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on What Were You Hoping For by compassiondave http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/what-were-you-hoping-for/#comment-1634 compassiondave Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:42:34 +0000 http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/?p=778#comment-1634 Thanx bro...thank you for stopping by and God bless you too! Thanx bro…thank you for stopping by and God bless you too!

]]> Comment on What Were You Hoping For by machadoanil http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/what-were-you-hoping-for/#comment-1633 machadoanil Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:17:11 +0000 http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/?p=778#comment-1633 Great article !!! Loved reading it. God Bless. Great article !!! Loved reading it. God Bless.

]]> Comment on You’ve Just Been Told You’re Going to Die by dcmattozzi http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/you%e2%80%99ve-just-been-told-you%e2%80%99re-going-to-die/#comment-1631 dcmattozzi Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:00:23 +0000 http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/?p=775#comment-1631 Thanks and God Bless Thanks and God Bless

]]> Comment on A Word for my Jehovah Witness and Mormon Friends by compassiondave http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-word-for-my-jehovah-witness-and-mormon-friends/#comment-1627 compassiondave Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:37:05 +0000 http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/?p=757#comment-1627 Thank you bro! I certainly understand the quandary and state of perplexity, because I was once there myself. But the further I delved into my faith, or more accurately, the more I utilized the wee faith I had been given, the more I understood how God's perfect righteousness dismantles that <i>seemingly</i> contradictive attribute of Himself. I enjoyed the dialogue--please stop by again. Thank you bro! I certainly understand the quandary and state of perplexity, because I was once there myself. But the further I delved into my faith, or more accurately, the more I utilized the wee faith I had been given, the more I understood how God’s perfect righteousness dismantles that seemingly contradictive attribute of Himself.

I enjoyed the dialogue–please stop by again.

]]> Comment on A Word for my Jehovah Witness and Mormon Friends by Jimbo http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-word-for-my-jehovah-witness-and-mormon-friends/#comment-1626 Jimbo Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:12:18 +0000 http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/?p=757#comment-1626 Thanks for your replies and for sharing your faith. I personally cannot reconcile the contradiction, but I respect your viewpoint. Thanks for your replies and for sharing your faith. I personally cannot reconcile the contradiction, but I respect your viewpoint.

]]> Comment on A Word for my Jehovah Witness and Mormon Friends by Compassion dave http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-word-for-my-jehovah-witness-and-mormon-friends/#comment-1625 Compassion dave Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:44:41 +0000 http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/?p=757#comment-1625 Hey Jimbo, I am appreciating this dialogue! God bless you bro. Amalekites are the descendants Amalek (and Esau) and inherited Esau's hostility towards his brother Jacob. The Amalekites mission, for lack of a better word, was and is the destruction of Israel and extermination of the Jews. This isn't just some family-feud we're talking about, this is hatred similar to that of Hitler (towards the Jews) and his followers, but on the grandest scale. Two things that I have said and are worthy of repeating: God knows the beginning from the end, thus He knows that Amalekitish baby of today (then) is going to inherit the same hatred towards Israel, fail to repent, and likely lead others down the same hellish pathway. In this regard, the Amalekites have come to be an illustration of sin in God's word the Bible. The other thing is that the Book of Revelation speaks of the time when we get to Heaven. At this time, you and I, and everyone else, we'll have our eyes opened to the point that <i>no one</i> will be able to say what God has done was unrighteous. <i><b> "After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God! For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her."</i></b> Revelation 19:1-2 It's not that I disagree with you--this was HARSH, but I believe with all my heart that when I see the bigger picture, the prophecy of Revelation 19 will come true for me, for I will most certainly declare of the Lord, <i>"true and righteous are His judgments!"</i> And so will everybody else. God said it and I believe it! Hey Jimbo, I am appreciating this dialogue! God bless you bro.

Amalekites are the descendants Amalek (and Esau) and inherited Esau’s hostility towards his brother Jacob. The Amalekites mission, for lack of a better word, was and is the destruction of Israel and extermination of the Jews. This isn’t just some family-feud we’re talking about, this is hatred similar to that of Hitler (towards the Jews) and his followers, but on the grandest scale.

Two things that I have said and are worthy of repeating: God knows the beginning from the end, thus He knows that Amalekitish baby of today (then) is going to inherit the same hatred towards Israel, fail to repent, and likely lead others down the same hellish pathway. In this regard, the Amalekites have come to be an illustration of sin in God’s word the Bible. The other thing is that the Book of Revelation speaks of the time when we get to Heaven. At this time, you and I, and everyone else, we’ll have our eyes opened to the point that no one will be able to say what God has done was unrighteous.

“After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God! For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.” Revelation 19:1-2

It’s not that I disagree with you–this was HARSH, but I believe with all my heart that when I see the bigger picture, the prophecy of Revelation 19 will come true for me, for I will most certainly declare of the Lord, “true and righteous are His judgments!” And so will everybody else.

God said it and I believe it!

]]> Comment on A Word for my Jehovah Witness and Mormon Friends by Jimbo http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-word-for-my-jehovah-witness-and-mormon-friends/#comment-1624 Jimbo Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:55:24 +0000 http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/?p=757#comment-1624 No reply link on your comment below, so I'll have to reply to my own comment. Your explanation is based on non-Biblical speculation and does not address the issue raised. The real issue is that the Amalekites of Saul's day were killed as punishment for sins committed by their forefathers, as the scripture explicitly states. It does not mention their 400 years of failure to repent, which smacks of some sort of collective guilt as opposed to individual accountability. And how exactly does an infant repent? It does not mention their increased depravity. Rather it cites past depravity of their ancestors. It does not cite some future sins which God sees. Incidentally, if God punishes for sins not yet committed, why didn't he kill Hitler and Stalin as infants? A specific reason for the slaughter is given--the fact that their forefathers attacked the Israelites during the exodus. That stands in direct contradiction to Deut. 24:16. No reply link on your comment below, so I’ll have to reply to my own comment.

Your explanation is based on non-Biblical speculation and does not address the issue raised. The real issue is that the Amalekites of Saul’s day were killed as punishment for sins committed by their forefathers, as the scripture explicitly states.

It does not mention their 400 years of failure to repent, which smacks of some sort of collective guilt as opposed to individual accountability. And how exactly does an infant repent?

It does not mention their increased depravity. Rather it cites past depravity of their ancestors.

It does not cite some future sins which God sees. Incidentally, if God punishes for sins not yet committed, why didn’t he kill Hitler and Stalin as infants?

A specific reason for the slaughter is given–the fact that their forefathers attacked the Israelites during the exodus. That stands in direct contradiction to Deut. 24:16.

]]> Comment on Taking Care of Delicate Business by Vicki Small http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/taking-care-of-delicate-business/#comment-1622 Vicki Small Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:54:30 +0000 http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/?p=755#comment-1622 Okay, then; I'll try not to get defensive! :o) Okay, then; I’ll try not to get defensive! :o)

]]> Comment on A Word for my Jehovah Witness and Mormon Friends by compassiondave http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-word-for-my-jehovah-witness-and-mormon-friends/#comment-1621 compassiondave Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:37:45 +0000 http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/?p=757#comment-1621 The explanation is accurate, what we're really talking about is how it pertains to the punishment, ie, the harshness and severity of it. God has before Him (as He makes His judgment) their entire history and because of a) their 400 years of failure to repent, b) their increased depravity, c) and God being able to see the beginning from the end, He calls for their total destruction. Like I alluded to earlier, to most people this seems over-the-top harshness on God's part, but the book of Revelation tells us when we get to heaven, not one person is going to look at these events and declare God was unrighteous. In other words, when we see the whole picture, we're all going to nod in agreement, <i>"God was absolutely correct in everything He did."</i> The explanation is accurate, what we’re really talking about is how it pertains to the punishment, ie, the harshness and severity of it. God has before Him (as He makes His judgment) their entire history and because of a) their 400 years of failure to repent, b) their increased depravity, c) and God being able to see the beginning from the end, He calls for their total destruction.

Like I alluded to earlier, to most people this seems over-the-top harshness on God’s part, but the book of Revelation tells us when we get to heaven, not one person is going to look at these events and declare God was unrighteous.

In other words, when we see the whole picture, we’re all going to nod in agreement, “God was absolutely correct in everything He did.”

]]> Comment on A Word for my Jehovah Witness and Mormon Friends by Jimbo http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-word-for-my-jehovah-witness-and-mormon-friends/#comment-1620 Jimbo Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:53:07 +0000 http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/?p=757#comment-1620 Thanks for the reply. The problem with your explanation is that the scripture clearly says, "I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt," something done by their forefathers hundreds of years earlier. Thanks for the reply. The problem with your explanation is that the scripture clearly says, “I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt,” something done by their forefathers hundreds of years earlier.

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