Steven Hight

I love the wisdom and weirdness that comes with reading the Bible. Liz is bae 💘❤️😍

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@samlarios BUNCH OF NERDS!!!!

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

Enlighten me on how the Jewish purity laws for women menstruating are about Jesus….

[Dale Partridge @dalepartridge]

The Ten Commandments are not Jewish.

The Old Testament is not Jewish.

The entire Bible is Christian.

Genesis to Revelation is all about Christ.

Jesus literally says, “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.” - John 5:46

Sure these things came from Hebrew people but Moses was Christian. David was a Christian. Daniel was a Christian.

To emphasize that the Ten Commandments or the Old Testament belongs to Jews who hate Jesus is foolish rhetoric.

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@chrisryankugler I think a second issue I see as well is how The Jewish concept of the messiah has been hijacked and re interpreted into a framework that is, at times, the antithesis of who the messiah is and his mission here on the earth.

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@ReformedCaio @rootcausesleuth @DBJ540 So God decrees for humans to sin, but they do so of their own volition, not because of divine determinism. Is that statement correct from your view?

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@ReformedCaio @rootcausesleuth @DBJ540 But the very post you stated says he’s decreed all
Things that come to pass, that would include sin, correct?

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@DBJ540 @ReformedCaio @rootcausesleuth I’m not gonna lie, I think there are too many sub conversations happening within this text and it’s hard to
Keep up. This might just need to be a one on one convo.

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@rootcausesleuth @DBJ540 @ReformedCaio Also, so there’s no confusion, I’m not an Armenian or a Provisionist. My Soteriology more aligns with a messianic Jewish perspective

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@DBJ540 @ReformedCaio @rootcausesleuth The example I would use is the Sinai covenant. God lays out the promises and curses of the covenant and determines the blessings and punishments based off of Israel’s obedience or disobedience. He isn’t causing their behavior, He’s causing the results of their actions.

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@DBJ540 @ReformedCaio @rootcausesleuth I would say there’s a distinction between first cause and determining cause. To me it seems like you’re combining the two distinctions fully where as I see God as having both attributes but the determining cause is circumstantial based on human obedience/disobedience.

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@DBJ540 @ReformedCaio @rootcausesleuth Not necessarily. I don’t think God was the first cause of the fall or the cause of sin that people commit. I think we as humans do that easily on our own without influence.

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@DBJ540 @ReformedCaio @rootcausesleuth However, if you start with God being a Just creator and his sovereignty following suit, then I don’t think you run into that problem of Him being the author of sin… but that’s just my take…

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@DBJ540 @ReformedCaio @rootcausesleuth But again, I’m open to hearing your explanation of this…

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@ReformedCaio @rootcausesleuth @DBJ540 But going back to my initial question, if God both wills and causes humans to sin, then how is he not the author of sin? I genuinely want to hear your perspective on this.

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@DBJ540 @ReformedCaio @rootcausesleuth I guess I’m having an issue with grasping how the decree (Gods will) and His providence (how He accomplishes things) don’t make him the author of sin since He both wills and accomplishes both actions. Or am I missing something else? If so, please explain. Thank you.

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@DBJ540 @ReformedCaio @rootcausesleuth So in essence, God’s decrees are manifested through His providence correct?

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@ReformedCaio @rootcausesleuth @DBJ540 Could you provide a distinction between Gods decree and His Providence?

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@The_Idol_Killer @Jondaphemp See this is where I think the reformed need to take a deeper look. From a Jewish perspective, Gods sovereignty isn’t what governs humanity, it’s his Divine Justice.

[Steven Hight @Super_Steven101]

@lsanger “The real question is whether our doctrine must acknowledge that other entities that we call “gods” exist. Answer: no. Others call them “gods”; we call the same beings “demons.”

Have you interacted with Heisers work regarding demons being disembodied spirits of the Nephilim?