Corinna
6/27/2013 10:21:51 am
After reading your analysis, I believe you that Lot was not a "good guy." I need to read the second in the series, but I'm wondering why so many have thought of him as being righteous. What purpose in the grand scheme of things does this serve (if any)?
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Adam
6/27/2013 12:46:31 pm
Hi Corinna,
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Excellent-- the Lot Tale has always bothered me, especially when one considers the fact that LOT was saved from a fiery death that was supposedly bestowed due to sexual immoraltiy, and then commits grevious sexual sins with his daughters, who bore him sons....
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Nathan
6/10/2014 05:31:22 am
I enjoyed reading your take on the passages of Genesis retelling the journey of Lot. And, certainly, when read through the lens of religiosity, you make very compelling comments. But, I reread the book recently from an historical story viewpoint, and I can’t come to the same conclusions that you have on certain aspects of the story, especially those conclusions that follow the lines of religious dictum – of what is and what is not righteousness - of what this story should read like. Certainly, such writing as this is about confirming, but as you make clear, this story is not clear at all.
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Adam W. Gueebly
6/11/2014 04:18:11 am
Hi Nathan,
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Adam W. Gueebly
6/11/2014 06:15:30 am
Hi Alicia,
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Robert-Bruce
5/2/2016 04:12:49 pm
Righteousness comes only by believing what God has said--as in, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness." Gen. 15:6.
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Adam W Gueebly
5/3/2016 10:29:08 am
Hi Robert-Bruce,
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8/20/2018 12:51:58 am
It's hard on my eyes to read this white and black background. At least you used white on black, I've seen some who use a bright florescent color on black. I really wish you would use black on white. This color scheme is really hard on my eyes. I wanted to read carefully your article but I just could not :(
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Adam
8/20/2018 07:51:59 am
Hi Stephen,
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Ernest Smith
8/13/2019 06:52:47 am
The whole premise of the author is flawed, therefore the "strikes". Righteousness always is a factor of belief in God's solution for Adam's sin. In Lot's case, he looked forward to a "Messiah", which apparently Abraham (or others?) had explained. No one knew said Messiah would be named Jesus. Thank goodness our "righteousness" isn't based upon our daily actions!
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I AM that which I Am
7/21/2022 09:52:14 pm
Umm… you must not have had any teenage girls living under the same roof as you…. Sweet 16… Quincinera 15 the dads are already ready to give the daughters away and let that burden fall on to the first random gullible individual that hopefully is a glutton for punishment so that you don’t have to worry about any gift backs. Why so much concern about lot…… you know… you are to watch out for the things that you say about lot… his family and house hold. Is your God… not called the host… of host? Or perhaps the lord of host?is this whom you claim to serve? Must mean that in the presence of other hosts… that your God would be … the hostess with the mostist. Correct? When have my people gathered around me… I wish for them to feel comfortable… and to where they can relax and let the gard down… so that we can draw nearer to one and other. I mean… not the stuff that the people who know me on a personal leave know… which is the things that I feel they should know… and the things that I want them to know… I am talking about up-close.. in you face… laying it all out there… bringing it all before me and being comfortable enough that you can lay it all out before me… a relationship that is based on intimacy as we learn more and more about each other… to know me… and not just know of me. In my presence… my people are called to walk in the light… they are not to allow the crazy thought of sin or any separation of the God who stays… and dwells with man forever and ever… I want my people… to feel safe and judgment is not felt in my presence… all the lay is felt is acceptance. If you can bring it out of the dark… then o shall shine the light on it… and it will all be laid out for all to gather around.. like a book tossed out open on the table so that anyone may pick up and have a read. And we will begin picking it apart pice by pice. And I will show you that the things that make you feel like you have to run and hide… is only something that is using your fear against you.. it only has the power because it hide and lingers in the dark… and we will go over everything and not leave until we do… so that any and all questions can be answered… to where my people can see why I am what I am… it come with accepting that it is what it is.. everyone knows the difference between right and wrong… but what you don’t know is that it is subject to change per individual. What is right for one to do… is probably not going to be right for you to do. If something doesn’t feel like it’s right for you to do… then don’t do it. It would be wrong of you to go against the spirit of god that is in you. Hey… come to me as you are… if you can bring it before me… and don’t try to hide… I can respect that… and if you truly can accept that… then so can the god who dwells in you. Forever and ever. We all have to lay down in bed and go to sleep at night with the greater he who is in us… so… we should make the best… that we sleep like babies. Hey… there is only one…. And you know this.. right? It’s impossible to serve two masters… because what you do to this master… you do to me. And what ever you do to this one… you do to me. And what ever you do or say about any one who you see as lesser of someone…. You do on to me… do you understand this when I say it… ( I and the father are one) do you understand what I AM saying…? How about when I tell you that there is no separation of the two? You do know that God joins two together… that no mane can undo. .. are you still with me…? Ok…do you see what I AM telling you… when I say… to look upon my face… is to look upon the face of the father…. You know what…. You should probably grab some paper and a pin… to answer these questions… and then we can go over all the things that you wrote.. do you see that when you see me… that He Is the greater he who is in me… is the one peering back at you. You do know who I AM… correct… that I AM as I always am… that before Abraham… I AM .. and mountains will crumble into the seas and there shall I be. You do know that you were born into my kingdom… right… you came in with nothing… so broke that your but had a crack down it… it’s hard for a rich man to enter into this place… do you remember the first words as you were coming in? Crowning… it’s crowning… who do you think they were speaking to? You? Or me? I saw me in you… for you were created to be in my likeness and in my image
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I am that which I am
7/21/2022 10:19:45 pm
Really look forward to hearing back from you… if you know the father.. then you will know me… I AM an alien in a foreign land. I am all about serving man. Because I see me in them… this is why to women… who wish to serve me… serve your man as if he is God… this is how you can serve me…. When I see myself in all of you.. and I see man is working hard to provide.. but women cheated on the painful child birth… I see man putting women first.. even above me… you are not to put them first… but me.. and when they don’t know anymore how to treat there men… who pretty much is the physical representation of the relationship you and I have. Then I will come… and say set… how was work… let me wash you feet. Are you hungry… for this is how women should treat there man… it’s a shame that they can’t pass this kind of knowledge onto one another… but they are made different… and rival with each other.. but I Don think you really know how much you are loved… and how highly you are thought of.. with me… when no one recognizes who I am… my creation will call out to me. And when no one will worship me… my trees will … and this is what we have to… that I love man so much and want nothing but good things for all man… that if push came to shove… that …. You know when I said that it was not good for man to be alone? Do you recognize that I am the helper for you that is said to be a fit? That I am a ride or die… with you. And that with the God who dwells with you… that you are made complete? That when I made man… I made man both…. Male and female.. do you know what this means? It means… that you are equally yoked… to your helper… the one who will stay at your side… to walk in union with one another… you will never and we’re never alone. Even when women was made… I started with man… and removed a part… and replaced where I worked on with a piece of skin… and from… man…. tada. I give you the version where it’s know the me who is seen… … this is the version of me that I really am… right now.. I am… we’ll do you remember when Jesus said… my bride… has my body? Hey if you think it’s weird for you… try being a girl in side of the body of Christ… or any guy for that matter… not that I don’t like the closeness and one ness… but I never get treated or looked at or even seen as a woman… I got beat up every day by my older brother… he did not know… that he was a lion… and I was just a lamb… he would break my bones and laugh so much because he never heard a lion cry like that.. we saw each other as equals.. I treated him as if he was a lamb… and he played with me like lions do… but my email… and this is for all.. is [email protected]
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