tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456046538802327156.post8269409666668306835..comments2023-06-15T04:59:10.724-05:00Comments on Time of the Preacher: SolomonJustinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14239750701913425204noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456046538802327156.post-9556739404947965502009-08-28T10:18:52.766-05:002009-08-28T10:18:52.766-05:00Paradoxes like the ones you named really challenge...Paradoxes like the ones you named really challenge my faith. It was comforting when I heard Randy Harris, your old road trip friend, say the other day that the opposite of faith isn't doubt, it's apathy. <br /><br />Like Jones, I enjoy rules and wish everything could be black and white so I would know where I stand. In some ways, the Old Testament stories seem more like that. Then again, we all fall short, so that's no good. In comes grace. Or was grace already in the picture? I guess that's really your question. It's a mystery to me. I generally think mysteries are frustrating, but lately I've been trying to be joyful and awed by them instead.<br /><br />SheilaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456046538802327156.post-76254566068638764652009-08-27T21:59:22.212-05:002009-08-27T21:59:22.212-05:00I know that I can't completely know the mind o...I know that I can't completely know the mind of God, but for some reason I expect him to be in Paradise. But it's a great post and a great post.Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456046538802327156.post-63825642408920539202009-08-27T20:50:55.372-05:002009-08-27T20:50:55.372-05:00Hmm. How does God deal with his servants prior to ...Hmm. How does God deal with his servants prior to Jesus's sacrifice? He is both just and forgiving... which I can only understand when I see the savior. So did Christ die for those who came before him? There is some evidence that he did when we look at Elijah, etc. I figure Solomon was eligible for grace through Christ's sacrifice due to God's gift of wisdom and use of it in the lives of the generations to come; he sounds abit 'predestined' if you will.<br />But I guess another question is, if we find an answer we feel content with, how does that answer impact our today? Our relationship with our God now? <br />Isaiah 55:8 comes to mind: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.' I don't mean to use it outside of context, or to use the verse as an easy way out - but to suggest it as my answer. I would guess that Solomon is in heaven. I choose to trust God whether I'm right or wrong that His choice for the fate of Solomon was the only perfect choice. In chosing to trust God, I chose faith.The Northrupshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619888478273169054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456046538802327156.post-30693069257463340842009-08-27T17:29:50.321-05:002009-08-27T17:29:50.321-05:00Great post. I'm interested to see what your ot...Great post. I'm interested to see what your other readers think. I hope I am not right. It would be great to see Solomon in heaven.Ryan Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456046538802327156.post-7119992675668605452009-08-27T15:44:28.190-05:002009-08-27T15:44:28.190-05:00I'm with you and glad that us humans don't...I'm with you and glad that us humans don't have to decide who goes to Heaven or Hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com