God Is Holy By David T. Lamb Essay

In his book God Behaving Badly David Lamb examines difficult texts in the Old Testament and tries to answer the hard questions that arise from those readings. In my own examination of Lamb’s God Behaving Badly I will look at a few of the- questions and difficult texts that I found most interesting. Specifically, I will examine Lamb’s response to God 's anger, apparent lack of concern for race and genocide, and violence in the Old Testament, and I will offer my own response. The first question that

He is God Almighty Isaiah 9:6 -- For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 7:14 -- Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel (Prophecy). Matthew 1:23-- "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"-- which

author of salvation but also the author of history, mankind and creation alike. Many people see two different God?s of the bible, the Old Testament God that enveloped justice and judgment of sin and the New Testament God that embodied mercy, truth and grace. What many don?t realize is that both the New Testament and Old Testament God are one in the same. The Jesus of the New Testament is the God of the Old Testament1. There are five ways in which the Old Testament testifies of Jesus which are revealed

with God. Jesus died on the cross to take the punsihment for our sins so that we could be sinless in the eyes of God. If we do not receive the free gift of eternal life by experiencing the forgiveness achieved by Jesus, then we will receive the punishment we

appearance of purity, simplicity, and innocence. He posses human virtues which cannot be explained but* by any other method except comparison to Christ. Yet, while Budd may seem like a "Christ figure" at first glance, he is a far cry from the Christ of the Holy Bible.   Budd is human, and his short comings-his natural flaws and apathy towards others and his work-make it impossible for him to be a Christ figure-one who is blameless from birth until death, has the purpose of humanity's redemption continually

BETHLEHEM SEMINARY THE PRESENCE OF GOD SUBMITTED TO PROF. RICK SHENK IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THEO 6520: CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE 2: CHRIST, HOLY SPIRIT, AND REDEMPTION BY RYAN THOM DECEMBER 10, 2013 THE PRESENCE OF GOD God’s presence can mean a lot of different things to many different individuals. It may mean the warmth that he gets when singing a Christmas song with family, or the tears of joy she gets when she is in prayer with her closest friends. God’s presence may be described

16:30. The answer to this important question is found in the basic aspects of the faith. This is why the doctrine of salvation is so important. No doctrine of the faith is more fundamental than this doctrine. The essence of the gospel message is that God has achieved eternal salvation for all who will receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, believing that He died on the cross of Calvary as the sin bearer of the world. Salvation was accomplished for men by the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ

prophecy) , the Son of God(Matt. 3:17), and also be a prophet like Moses(Deut. 18:15-19). He will be all knowing, a king, (anointed by perfume Matt. 26: 6-7)as well as Lord of the Sabbath(Matt. 12:14-15, 9:4). He will be called the ultimate sacrifice, the light of the world, the New Covenant, greater than the prophets, law, and angels, yet few will recognize Him when He comes. He will be the sinless, perfect sacrificial lamb, who dies for our sake, even though we don 't deserve it. He will be

the Word of God which reveals how man came into existence, man?s purpose on earth and even some of God?s plan for the future. The Bible is God?s primary tool that He uses to show His love and guide a Christian through his life. All religions have some sort of god or figure that is worshipped. Out of all the false gods, none can compare to the God of the Bible. He is the one

| |Chapter one serves as an introduction to the entire prophecy, especially the first section of the book (Prophecies Concerning Judah And | |Jerusalem, chapter 1-12), and provides an example of the messages God wanted Isaiah to deliver. The corrupt condition of the nation and | |city is described and their hypocritical worship condemned (chapter 2-15).Even so, the Lord offers a call to repentance and for those | |willing to cleanse themselves and replace