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Legend
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Message 130 of 300 (295121)
03-14-2006 7:31 AM
Reply to: Message 127 by Faith
03-14-2006 3:06 AM


Re: Different meanings of temptation
Faith writes:
OK, yet another shade of meaning to the term, but still not the same thing as tempting one to sin. They tempted God in this case by complaining rather than having faith in Him that He would take care of them. Tempted Him to wrath, to punish them.
it's funny how words get different 'shades' of meaning when Christians are trying to reconcile different parts of the Bible.
In this instance, God can be tempted by having faith in him but also by not having faith in him.. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
lots of other words too, like 'just', 'good', 'saved' etc. seem to change their meaning depending on which passage one is referring to.
oh well, I guess it's just my lack of 'faith' speaking.

"In life, you have to face that some days you'll be the pigeon and some days you'll be the statue."

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Legend
Member (Idle past 5035 days)
Posts: 1226
From: Wales, UK
Joined: 05-07-2004


Message 152 of 300 (295204)
03-14-2006 11:38 AM
Reply to: Message 132 by Faith
03-14-2006 8:36 AM


Re: Different meanings of temptation
Faith writes:
Ever looked in a dictionary? Words customarily have many shades of meaning. It's not a conspiracy of fundamentalists.
it's when words are allocated different, often contradictory meanings, outside any dictionary, that I get really confused.
So, for example, one minute 'tempting God' means "not to put ourselves in danger counting on God to get us out of the jam " (i.e. having faith in him)
The next minute (when the first definition doesn't fit the bill any longer) 'tempting God' means "complaining rather than having faith in Him".
One minute, 'good' and 'loving' means sacrificing his only begotten Son to save us. The next minute it means massacring scores of babies and women who are in the way of His chosen people.
I could go on for a while here but this is getting OT and I'm getting more perplexed.

"In life, you have to face that some days you'll be the pigeon and some days you'll be the statue."

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