Zemirah wrote:
Before watching the video, bahmer,
let me assure you my reason for believing that God is a He is not based on anything other than His own revelation to mankind known as the Bible.
Written in it's entirety through Jewish Prophets, then Christian Apostles, as inspired by God, the Holy Spirit, using the words given Him by Jesus, who is God, the Son; in the Bible, God is never referred to as she or it, but is always referred to as "He."
Because God refers to Himself as He, I refer to God as He.
He, being God, knows who He is.
I did just watch the video, and am disappointed in Dennis Prager, whom I usually admire. Instead of quoting Scripture, he used as references 1) Barack Obama, a self-worshiping deviate, and
2) a Psychiatrist from Harvard University.
IMHO, the goal of the Bible is to provide mankind a solution for their sin-nature alienating them from God, through the crucifixion, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
That does not create a gentler environment, for as Jesus foretold, all the world hates Christians.
Before watching the video, bahmer, br br let me a... (
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Before I watch the video, let me add my two cents too. (It’s time for bed, I’ll watch tomorrow)
First, maleness, in reproduction, has to do with the seed planter. God is a seed planter (John 15:1), His bride (His corporate Covenant people) represent the seed incubator and nourisher (1 Cor 3:9). Satan, an asexual spirit being (Matt. 22:30), is also a seed planter, and is the father of all lies and liars (Matt. 13:27-28, John 8:44)
Second, we have fathers, not so much to establish a patriarchal system, but to pattern and reveal God’s “type” relationship to man and vice-versa. (Romans 1:20)
The people who have a problem with God being identified as a male, simply have a problem with divinely established order: they want their roles and God’s reversed.
Which brings us to the situation with the prevalence of homosexuality today:
“21Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened. 22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.
24Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves, 25who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. 27Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.
28Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, 30backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.” Romans 1:21-32
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Prager is pretty good, but he’s still a Jew, which simply implies he doesn’t have a revelation of who Jesus is and why the covenant that Jesus established-grace and truth- is far superior morally to the Old Covenant of an eye for an eye.
I still like listening to him for the most part though. And I really respect him for hiring Candace Owens!