DiscipleDave
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I stand by what I said in #32 and #37. It does not say God did it.
Could God have prevented it? Yes or No?
Did God allow it? Yes or No?
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I stand by what I said in #32 and #37. It does not say God did it.
The bears did what comes naturally and the children who perhaps mockingly insulted Elisha and his shaven head are a lesson to all who mock the things of God.Could God have prevented it? Yes or No?
Did God allow it? Yes or No?
i have told you the Truth, and it is clear you reject it.
A true prophet of God will be proclaiming only what God has provided them to proclaim . If God has provided the words to say why would the prophet need to be careful ? He would need to speak plainly, that is a given . Elisha and the mocking youth was a spur of the moment thing . Does this mean Elisha had foreknowledge of the event and God had already told him what to say or do prophets of God have permission from God to speak and make things happen ?Elisha was a prophet of God. What he said comes to pass. If He says something, God will make it happen.
Luk 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
1Co 14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
Therefore True prophets of God, should be extremely careful what they proclaim, Because God will make it happen, if they are indeed His prophets.
A true prophet of God will be proclaiming only what God has provided them to proclaim .
If God has provided the words to say why would the prophet need to be careful ?
He would need to speak plainly, that is a given .
Elisha and the mocking youth was a spur of the moment thing .
Does this mean Elisha had foreknowledge of the event
and God had already told him what to say or do prophets of God have permission from God to speak and make things happen ?
If the kids are mocking Dave the person and NOT Dave the prophet you should pity them more than anything . In Elisha's case the youth were mocking Elisha and way Elijah had left this realm which would be mocking God .So then, lets think hypothetically for a moment. i profess to be a prophet of God, and have been teaching since i was a teen, and revealing all those things God has told me. Lets say one day a bunch of kids at Walmart make fun of me, and i rashly say "i curse all of you for doing that wicked thing" And many people who know that i am a prophet, then see NOTHING happening to those kids that i just cursed, then everything i have taught for 50 years is moot, because i have now been proven FALSE, because i foretold something that did not come to pass, And because of that, NOBODY should believe anything that i HAVE said or WILL say again concerning the future.
Now because i am His Prophet, and so that all that God told me does not become moot, God will indeed cause what i say to happen, and so a bunch of birds flying above come down and starting attacking the kids (not killing any of them) And then everything i have ever said is preserved. Not that i will escape punishment from God for rashly doing such a thing, because i will suffer myself for doing something like that.
Are you saying a True Prophet commands Spirits ? If so what Spirits is that ?True prophets of God, should be very careful what they proclaim will happen, because God indeed will make it happen, via the Spirits that are subject to the True Prophets of God.
If the kids are mocking Dave the person and NOT Dave the prophet you should pity them more than anything .
In Elisha's case the youth were mocking Elisha and way Elijah had left this realm which would be mocking God .
Elisha was in the right to curse the youth, don't you agree ?
It's not like that, exactly. True Prophets don't COMMAND Spirits, however what a True prophet proclaims, God will make happen, and usually that is accomplished by the Spirits which are in all living things, even plants. Say for example i proclaim the Trump would win the election. Then God would make that thing happen. Which will be achieved by Spirit that is in all human beings.Are you saying a True Prophet commands Spirits ? If so what Spirits is that ?
If so what Spirits is that ?
True, we should love them and we should Pray for them also .Pity more than ANYTHING? Love them more than anything.
If it was not "right" to curse the youth do you not think it would plainly tell us that in the scripture provided ? Elisha a bearer of Elijah's mantle and now he is doing things hasty and out of line with God ! I think not . Under the law in this time period , not grace .No, i do not agree. He was not right to curse the children because they were mocking him, or Elijah, or God. Is it not written Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord, it is NOT for a person to execute curses upon others. What the Bible does not reveal about that situation is how sorry Elisha was for this happening to the children. What he did, he did because he was grieving, he just lost a person that he loved three days prior, Elijah.
They were making fun of him, and he unjustly cursed them, in his grief. So no i don't think he was right at all to curse them, But on the other hand, i understand why he did, still wasn't right though.
And what i was saying earlier is he is a prophet of God, therefore what he proclaims, will come to pass. Because He is a prophet of God.
Ok, I got an answer to my question from you . I am not comfortable with this Spirit in plants you speak of . How things are accomplished in the spiritual world is up to God .It's not like that, exactly. True Prophets don't COMMAND Spirits, however what a True prophet proclaims, God will make happen, and usually that is accomplished by the Spirits which are in all living things, even plants. Say for example i proclaim the Trump would win the election. Then God would make that thing happen. Which will be achieved by Spirit that is in all human beings.
Is this a hard thing to understand? How is it you don't realize that you can do this as well, even if you are not a prophet?
Mar_11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
This reason this does NOT happen with this generation is because they don't believe it.
Nor this verse either:
Mat_21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
If then, say for example, a person prays to God to get some food for their hungry baby, and that person believes God will do so, Then the Spirits are subject to that person's prayer as well, and they, the Spirits, will make it happen for the person who prayed with that kind of Faith. NOT, that person commanded the Spirits to do it, it is just what they do for True prophets and for those with True Faith.
Do I believe God created all life on this planet , yes I do . But spirit life of plants ? Scripture , please .All living things has a Spirit (or better described as the Essence of the Father). However Spirits that are in humans are NOT like the Spirits that are in all living things. Spirits that are in all living things were never inhabitants of Heaven, but are merely Essence of the Father, without the essence, there is no life. Spirits that are in Humans, even though they are Essence of the Father too, Jesus created them differently, He made them immortal and individually unique. Spirits in living humans are being TESTED, Spirits in all other living things are not being TESTED.
I am not comfortable with this Spirit in plants you speak of . How things are accomplished in the spiritual world is up to God .
How things are accomplished in the Spiritual World is up to God.
Do I believe God created all life on this planet , yes I do . But spirit life of plants ? Scripture , please .
All living things has a Spirit (or better described as the Essence of the Father)
Define Spirits for me the way you are using it here . Who gives the Spirits their orders ?If then, say for example, a person prays to God to get some food for their hungry baby, and that person believes God will do so, Then the Spirits are subject to that person's prayer as well, and they, the Spirits, will make it happen for the person who prayed with that kind of Faith. NOT, that person commanded the Spirits to do it, it is just what they do for True prophets and for those with True Faith.
Define Spirits for me the way you are using it here .
Who gives the Spirits their orders ?