She-bears and the IFB pastor

[Jeremy]

(02-12-2012 07:15 PM)myotch Wrote:  I would posit that God's rules are God's rules for us, not Him.

If I tell my 6 year old not to light my Zippo, when I light the Zippo, I'm not a hypocrite, nor am Ifailing to live up to my own standards.

Right. There are age-appropriate rules in place with kids. Analogous to how God has certain responsibilities and powers as the Ruler of the Universe that are not available to us. I get that. However, he is still subject to basic right and wrong because he created right and wrong as a manifestation of his nature. So if he went against his nature he would be contradicting himself. The commandment, even in the OT, is "be holy as I am holy," vice "do as I say, not as I do." So just because God has all power and sovereignty doesn't mean he can go off on a whim and do whatever fallen human beings would feel like doing were we in his shoes. Nor does it mean that we can't hold up standards of right and wrong to actions attributed to God, as a test of whether they REALLY come from God or not.

If we worshipped a god who followed his whims regardless of right and wrong we would be worshipping a pagan deity for no other real reason than to accrue good fortune as a result of pious acts.