tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985643612405599202.post2432913163278626265..comments2023-08-10T04:06:39.828-04:00Comments on The Proclaimed Word: Does God Get Angry? (Judges 2:11-12, Mark 3:1-6)A.J. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06292984443374812223noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985643612405599202.post-27583311719051188622011-09-08T10:08:16.230-04:002011-09-08T10:08:16.230-04:00Hi anonymous -
Good thoughts here. Indeed, God i...Hi anonymous -<br /><br />Good thoughts here. Indeed, God is love - precisely what I intended in that love is God's reigning attribute. Language is a tricky thing, to be sure!<br /><br />What I hoped to convey in this sermon is that the thing that angers God is when we allow our own stuff to block God's love - <br /><br />1. when we place something else ahead of God, and therefore do not return God's love as fully as God loves us,<br /><br />2. when our hearts are hard and our necks stiff, demonstrating our resistance to God's love.<br /><br />3. when we place our own rules ahead of people, demonstrating ourselves, rather than God's love, to be the superior influence in our lives.<br /><br />Hope that makes sense!A.J. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06292984443374812223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985643612405599202.post-39566370355471794422011-08-24T09:31:23.930-04:002011-08-24T09:31:23.930-04:00Dear AJ,
We must always be working from the start...Dear AJ,<br /><br />We must always be working from the starting point that God is Love. Love is not an attribute of God, in which case it would be that 'God is loving' or 'God has love'.<br />It is difficult for us to appreciate the difference because of the structure of language but I am sure that we must always make the difference.<br />Whenever I think on this subject I replace the word 'God' with the word 'love' and see whether it still makes sense. If it does, and it is what I am trying to say, then <br />I am confident that it is true. <br />Please read the testimonies at the Near Death Experiences Research Foundation nderf.org<br /><br />with loveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985643612405599202.post-8236284143400573532011-02-01T04:47:39.212-05:002011-02-01T04:47:39.212-05:00TLDRTLDRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com