How can God be unclean?
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“How then can man be righteous before God? How can he who is born of woman be clean?” Job 25:4 RSV
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If Jesus was born of a woman, he is unclean. How can you refer to God as unclean?
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Why is Jesus being presented to himself?
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“And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord” Luke 2:22 RSV
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If Jesus is God, why is Jesus being presented to himself?
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How can God be filled with fear and sorrow?
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“My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death …” Mark 14:34 NIV “And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.” Luke 22:44 NIV
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Can a God be filled with sorrow? Can he be afraid/distressed of what’s going to happen next?
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God needs an angel to give him strength?
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“Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and gave him strength.” Luke 22:43 NRSV
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Why does God need an angel to give him strength, can’t he get it himself?
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How can God be tempted by Satan?
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“He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.” Mark 1:13 NRSV
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How can God be tempted by Satan? “…for God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself tempts no one;” James 1:13 RSV
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Is God not aware of the seasons of figs?
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"The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry."
"Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs." Mark 11:12-13 NIV
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How can a God be hungry? Surely he has control over his body and can control his hunger. He went to see if the fig tree had fruits and when he approached it there was none. Wouldn’t God have known this beforehand and even know the seasons of the fruits which he created?
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Is Jesus speaking to himself?
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“… My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46 RSV
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Jesus is on the cross, who is he shouting out to? Himself?
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