Man’s duty to God

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Man’s duty to God; it show what the duty of men
Topic Started: Dec 3 2005, 11:35 PM (79 Views)
Fouad	Dec 3 2005, 11:35 PM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 267 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: October 19, 2005	Man’s duty to God Man was created by God as the crown of all his creation, in God's image and after His likeness (holy, righteous and good), with a reasonable soul, to rule on God's behalf over all creation. Man forfeited this high privilege on account of his sin and the breaking of the covenant of works. Thus man became blind and ignorant; God had to speak to him in order to instruct him and bring him back to a right knowledge of God and his will. The Bible therefore is a redemptive message: it shows man his duty to God, now that he is a sinner in need of redemption. Naturally, the first and primary duty is for man to repent, to turn to God from idols to serve the living and true God (1 Thessalonians. 1:9). God commands all men everywhere to repent (Acts 17); a repentance that is genuine and credible by having good works. "Bring forth fruit in keeping with your repentance." Repentance is man's duty; he is held responsible to repent, though in his fallen state, he cannot repent or convert himself unless God convert him (Jeremiah 31:18; Lamentations 5:21). Joined with repentance and inseparable from it is faith, without which it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6). "This is his commandment, that we believe in the Name of the Son of God, and love one another, as he gave us commandment" (1 John). Likewise faith is a gift from God, instilled in us by exercise of the Holy Spirit. Where there's faith and repentance a man is in a right relationship with his Maker. He will realise that his duty is to do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (Colossians 3:17), even though it be such "trivial" things as eating and drinking (1 Corinthians 10:31). Man was created for God's glory, that God might manifest himself and be magnified in, through, and above his creature. Augustine's sentiment, "Thou has made us for thyself and our hearts are restless unless they find rest in thee," though not a quote from Scripture, is wholly scriptural (cf. Matthew 11:2. Solomon's search for meaning in life came to this all-embracing conclusion: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man" (Ecclesiastes 12:13). To wrap up man's duty to God, I find no better sentence, more comprehensive and far-reaching, than Paul's statement in Romans 11:36 "For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen." Source Uknown
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Marrakoshi99	Apr 7 2008, 02:37 AM Post #2
Member Posts: 28 Group: Members Member #140 Joined: December 23, 2007	Fouad said: Man was created by God ... in God's image and after His likeness (holy, righteous and good), with a reasonable soul, to rule on God's behalf over all creation. God /allah is unlike man. There is NO thing common between the two !! Not ALL men are (holy, righteous and good)! Man DOES NOT rule on behalf of God. God is not absent to be replaced! God always rulez His creatures. Fouad said: .... God had to speak to him in order to instruct him and bring him back to a right knowledge of God and his will. To His will ?? !! No!! Man is always under the will of Allah/God. Allah rules his creatures and everything go under His will ! fouad said: ... Naturally, the first and primary duty is for man to repent, to turn to God from idols But Christ-worshippers have given Allah / God an image of a man called Jesus Christ of Nazareth !! They are idolm- worshippers! He said: to serve the living and true God (1 Thessalonians. 1:9). but you claim that your supposed God died __ he ceased to live for 3 days !! Fouad said: .... Repentance is man's duty; he is held responsible to repent, though in his fallen state, he cannot repent or convert himself unless God convert him (Jeremiah 31:18; Lamentations 5:21). But Christ worshipers say that the only way to clean oneself from sin is the belief in the so-called " crucifixion" !! So why repênt ? Fouad saiod: ....Man was created for God's glory, that God might manifest himself and be magnified .. No!! God / allah created man so that man worship him. God was glorious before creating man; and He is glorious after he created man Fouad said: Solomon's search for meaning in life came to this all-embracing conclusion: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man" (Ecclesiastes 12:13). That's right ! God craeted man to worship ( keep comandments anf fear Him)
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Fouad	Apr 14 2008, 08:45 PM Post #3
Administrator Posts: 267 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: October 19, 2005	God/ allah ? why not say God if the translation from arabic to english of word allah is God, so you agree then that the God in the christianity is different than the one in islam , tha is good you admit it . So u said God is unlike men who said God is like men we said God creat men in image but not like Himto be equal to Him ? A man is always under the will of God, so the angels and all the creation is under the will of God if the purpose of God to creat us just to serve Him and worship Him so the nagels did be4 He Created men so why He made men special than angels ? and also he order in the quran angels to bow down to adman , so how cna God order a creation to bow down to a creation ? we bow don only to God , and respect cab be shown not by bow dowing they are many ways you can show ppl respect without bow down to them ? so in the quran allah made himself equal to men cause the wxay he asked the angels to bow down to adam , think about it . what is repentance mean to you ? you said : (That's right ! God craeted man to worship ( keep comandments anf fear Him) ) wish commandments do you mean ?
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