Obedience

[1137]

Say that God comes to me and tells me to sin. The sin is irrelevant, but let's say he commands me to break one of the 10 commandments. On one hand, I have to obey god. On the other hand, obeying god would lead to me sinning - disobeying god. Is there a solution to this contradiction?

 

[ChristineES]

The God I believe in would not ask me or anyone else to sin. I figure if God would ask me to do something, it would not be a sin. If I do hear a voice telling me to sin, I would assume that it is not God.

 

[1137]

The God I believe in would not ask me or anyone else to sin. I figure if God would ask me to do something, it would not be a sin. If I do hear a voice telling me to sin, I would assume that it is not God.

But what if he did? Perhaps he has a plan we can't lkgicay deduce.

 

[ChristineES]

But what if he did? Perhaps he has a plan we can't lkgicay deduce.

I can't answer it. I don't believe He would. (Did you mean logically deduce?)

 

[Sleeppy]

Consider Abraham; when he was instructed to sacrifice his son, he went through with the command until the angel of God commanded him to stop.--- Take it how you will.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

God would never urge us to sin since it is intrinsically contrary to His nature so this hypothetical situation is illogical at the start.

 

[Glaurung]

Doesn't the story of Abraham and Isaac deal with this?

 

[ChristineES]

Doesn't the story of Abraham and Isaac deal with this?

Not really. God had no intention of letting Abraham go through with it. He was testing him. Some people say that's kind of mean, but I don't think it is.

 

[Glaurung]

Not really. God had no intention of letting Abraham go through with it. He was testing him. Some people say that's kind of mean, but I don't think it is.

That's my point. That God would never actually command sin.

 

[Guiri]

God would never urge us to sin since it is intrinsically contrary to His nature so this hypothetical situation is illogical at the start.

How do you know that it is "intrinsically contrary to his nature"? Presumably anyway the commandments are in order of priority so the first commandment, depending on which version you choose, "I am the Lord your god. You shall have no other gods before me" is supreme and you are probably meant to obey.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

How do you know that it is "intrinsically contrary to his nature"? Presumably anyway the commandments are in order of priority so the first commandment, depending on which version you choose, "I am the Lord your god. You shall have no other gods before me" is supreme and you are probably meant to obey.

God is perfect and holy and His nature never changes, so it's impossible that He would compel someone to sin as that is contrary to holiness.

 

[Guiri]

God is perfect and holy and His nature never changes, so it's impossible that He would compel someone to sin as that is contrary to holiness.

I seem to recall that the jewish god commanded Saul through Samuel to violate the "thou shall not kill" commandment and kill all the Amalekites, men women and children, and when Saul had the temerity to bring back the king alive, it cost him his kingship. Nowadays it would be called genocide.