In article , Bob Felts says...

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>Matthew Johnson wrote:
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>> In article , Bob Felts says...
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>> >Robert Sutherland wrote:
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>> >> 2. Job rightly puts God on trial through an Oath of Innocence
>> >> demanding an answer to question of why God created that evil.
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>> >Man cannot "rightly" put God on trial, since man has no basis by which
>> >to judge God. God Himself is the arbiter of what is right and wrong and
>> >He is not answerable to anyone but Himself.
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>> And yet, after Job persistently and insistently asked for a trial, God showed
>> up.
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>God is gracious. You'll note, however, that God told Job that he (Job)
>had no case.

Yes, I did _note_ what God told Job, and I 'noted' that He did NOT say what you
said. Are you relying on a tendentious translation?


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Subudcat se sibi ut haereat Deo
quidquid boni habet, tribuat illi a quo factus est.
(St. Augustine, Ser. 96)

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Q. Other translations like the NIV translated Micah 5:2 below. So what I
was saying is not without basis. In fact, origin is one of the main
meanings of mo-tsaw-aw'. This text didn’t say ”without beginning” , that
is your own conclusion, but it tells you otherwise that it has an origin.
You used John 1:1 to prove your point, but John 1:1 only proves that the
Word was with God IN THE BEGINNING not FROM EVERLASTING. The fact is Jesus
is indeed eternal who was from ancient times, from of old , but has a
beginning and has an origin. Proverbs 8 also proves that the created being
here is the personified Jesus Christ. Please see 1 Cor 1:24. Psalms 2:7
also stated that the Son has a beginning, that is why it used the word
“Today”.

Micah 5:2 -
2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
from ancient times.

Q. John 5:26 - For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has
GRANTED/GIVEN also to the Son to have life in himself.

John 6:57 - “I LIVE(meaning have life) because of the Father.

The point of these Bible Texts is that Jesus was GIVEN LIFE by the Father.
Therefore the Source of Life is the Father not Jesus. When you are given