you said it all when you said hitler could make it to heaven. Holocaust<not being a christian.
The whole point is that you are talking about god as if he was a human, he has human concerns (do as i say etc), he is jealous, he is like a parent, sounds like something a human cooked up no? If god knows the past present and future, this is all pointless, eternity negates purpose. It's so silly, it's so childish, if god exists he is nothing like us, I know this because I wouldn't drown the entire world when i already knew the outcome. He allows people to make their own decisions, then decides, nah fuck it I will start over, what sense does that make? why would he interfere at all?
Despite even Hitler having the potential to become a Christian he was clearly not a Christian.
Hitler even claimed to accept and associate with Christianity (as do many), but his works clearly reveal otherwise.
James 2:14-25Faith without Good Deeds Is Dead14 What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? 15 Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, 16 and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?
17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.
18 Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.”
19 You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God.[a] Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror. 20 How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?
21 Don’t you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete. 23 And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” He was even called the friend of God. 24 So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by faith alone.
25 Rahab the prostitute is another example. She was shown to be right with God by her actions when she hid those messengers and sent them safely away by a different road.Hitler may have claimed Christianity, but he clearly lived in opposition of Christ. In the end, the Lord knows the contents of our hearts.
Those who object to God tend to approach him with the notion of “why does God need”. Once you begin forming opinions from that perspective you do so in error. God needs nothing, but he certainly desires a relationship with us.
Within scripture we anthropomorphize God so that his infinite, divine nature is relatable to our finite, human nature.
Yes, God’s nature is divine. God expresses that divine nature in the form of three persons in a trinity: Father, Son and Spirit. The second person of that trinity – God the Son – entered into the world and became incarnate. His nature then became a dual nature in that he is both divine and human. Christianity defines this as the hypostatic union. Jesus Christ became flesh and dwelt among man so that we may truly understand and relate to the God we serve.
What is the divine jealousy of God? Is it the petty jealousy expressed in mankind in which we covet those things that don’t belong to us? No. God is jealous for all that belongs to him and there’s nothing wrong with that. Like a husband that becomes jealous of another man that makes advances upon his wife. That type of jealousy is completely appropriate.
God’s foreknowledge, sovereignty and will for our lives is fully compatible with our ability to choose.
Foreknowledge does not mean the choices have been made for us. Many posit that God could create any number of universes to satisfy a specific circumstance, but I believe he has created the perfect universe already using his foreknowledge of our future free choices. In doing so he provided the opportunity for his own creation to eliminate evil and suffering via their choice for Jesus Christ. He fashioned the world in such a way that our choices would be upheld and he didn't force us to choose one way or another (one exception in that we do have to choose whether to accept or reject God). Yes, his foreknowledge comes before the actual free choices we make, but his creation was contingent upon those future free choices and was perfectly fashioned to uphold them. He allowed the contingency and therefore remains sovereign. When one considers God's predetermined will we should also consider whether or not his will has also been pre-executed. If that were the case then the biblical notion of free will would be meaningless as we are merely puppets. He knows the outcome, but he allows events to play out however based upon our choices. Within that period of choices he desires to guide and direct us back to his will so that our choices – our will – align with his will for our lives.
Why did God “drown the world”? Was it a capricious action? What type of world was drowned? Simply put, the whole of mankind was reprobate and had fully rejected God. He handed down judgment upon the entirety of the world that was completely shrouded in evil and heinous behavior. How many generations of children would continue to be corrupted if he allowed this behavior to persist? How many people would be forever separated from his goodness? It also displayed for future generations the reality of his law and the repercussions for ignoring that law. God never interfered in their lives, but when the all hope for goodness had been eliminated he pronounced judgment upon the reprobate world and saved the small remnant of his people that remained. The world wasn’t restarted….it continued on. Although the reprobate population then entered eternity and remained separated from God as they had chosen to be.
Why would you want a fully evil and hopeless population to continue on?
