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Tue, 13-Aug-13 20:36:23
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Proteus wrote:I just want to iron out as many details as we can.
Proteus wrote:Maybe I should have first asked instead, "Is G-d personal?"
Proteus wrote:Is G-d more a Who, or a What?
Exodus 3:14(JPT) - God said to Moses, "Ehyeh asher ehyeh (I will be what I will be)," and He said, "So shall you say to the children of Israel, 'Ehyeh (I will be) has sent me to you.'"
Proteus wrote:To whom or to what does one pray? Does G-d hear? listen? answer?
1Kings 8:28-29(JPT) - (28) And You shall turn toward Your servant's prayer and to his supplication, O Lord my God: to hearken to the song and to the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today. (29) That Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place which You said, 'My Name will be there;' to listen to the prayer that Your servant will pray toward this place.
Psalms 65:3(JPT) - You, Who hearken to prayer, to You all flesh shall come.
2Chronicles 7:15(JPT) - Now, My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
Psalms 99:8(JPT) - O Lord, Our God, You answered them; You were a forgiving God for them but vengeful for their misdeeds.
Psalms 102:18(JPT) - He has turned to the prayer of those who cried out, and He did not despise their prayer.
Psalms 118:21(JPT) - I shall thank You because You answered me, and You were my salvation.
Proteus wrote:Does G-d have a mind? Does G-d think? Does G-d have emotions, will, intention?
Exodus 34:6-7(JPT) - (6) And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed: Lord, Lord, benevolent God, Who is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving kindness and truth, (7) preserving loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and rebellion and sin; yet He does not completely clear [of sin] He visits the iniquity of parents on children and children's children, to the third and fourth generations."
Micah 4:12(JPT) - But they did not know the thoughts of the Lord; neither did they understand His counsel, for He gathered them as sheaves to a threshing floor.
Psalms 92:6(JPT) - How great are Your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep.
Psalms 40:9(JPT) - O God, I desired to do Your will and [to have] Your law within my innards.
Psalms 51:20(JPT) - With Your will, do good to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.
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