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God’s intention at the Creation was for man to care for and develop the earth’s resources, including animals, in a creative and responsible way, mirroring how God created the entire universe. The sense of ‘dominion’ in Genesis 1:28, taken in context of the whole of Genesis 1 and 2, is not one of exploitation but good and wise stewardship. A Christian’s treatment of animals, and of creation for that matter should take its cues from the Creation account. Read Full Answer.

This question refers to the account of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4. One way to explain why God accepted Abel’s offering and not Cain’s is to note that Abel brought the ‘firstborn of his flock’ (Genesis 4:4), while Cain brought just ‘an offering of the fruit of the ground’ (Genesis 4:3), implying that Abel’s offering was more costly and expressed truer and deeper devotion (Hebrews 11:4). In a sense, it is not the offering per se that is in question. Read Full Answer.

This is an important question to ask, as long as we ask it with no assumptions – why did God create a situation where man could disobey Him? Why did He create anything at all?

Everything was created to ultimately serve and please God, and we were created with that purpose as well. He gave us the ability to choose to disobey Him, and this was also given to us to serve God’s purposes. Adam and Eve knew God and walk with Him in the garden where He had placed them. They could eat from any other tree in the garden. They chose in a selfish moment to do the one thing God told them not to do (Gen 2:15-17). Thus, Sin was brought into the world.

Adam and Eve did not trust God, even though He had created them. They did not treasure their relationship with Him. They thought they could do better than He. We are similiar in many ways. Do we see our proper position to God?

In the bible, Job 15:7-16 records God speaking to Job to put him in his proper place: “Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom? What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have? The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father. Are God’s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you? Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash, so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?”

We must see God for who he really is. We must trust God in what he says, in His plans and promises. God is good and is sovereign over all things, thus he has chosen things for his divine purposes and for his own glory(Romans 7:7-12, Romans 8:28-29, Romans 9:21, Romans 16:25-27, 1 Thessalonians 1:3-4, 2 Timothy 2:20). It’s really amazing what God has done to bring us back to Him.

While it seems that we would be a lot better off if God could have stepped in and prevented Adam and Eve from eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, it sets up a relationship dynamic He did not intend to have with us. We are made in God’s image, capable of responsibility and choice, to reflect Him. We were not made to be robots or sustained in an infant state where we do not understand the consequence of our decisions. Read Full Answer.

We learn from Scripture that God is holy, just and loving. The characteristic of holiness is hard to condense into a few words but ultimately it means that God is set apart from us, He is pure and perfect; He is the creator and He has set a standard of behavior we call the moral law. To break the moral law is an affront to God and is in effect saying that we know better. Because God is holy and just He will not stand by as his commands are disobeyed, there has to be a response. We are grateful when we think acts such as murder, torture and cruetly will be met with God’s justice but are less excited when we think of acts a little closer to home such as lying, envy and greed. All sin, however, calls for justice. Read Full Answer.

The Bible scholar Graeme Goldsworthy has helpfully summarized the kingdom of God as “God’s people in God’s place under God’s rule”; in short, it is the sphere of God’s reign. While the term does not occur in the Old Testament, the idea definitely does. Jesus talks about the Kingdom of God being here (Mark 1:15), and still to come (Matthew 6:10). Jesus’ coming to earth inaugurates the Kingdom of God on earth, but it will be complete at His second coming. Read Full Answer.

When God created everything, He created it good – without sin or flaw (Genesis 1:31). When Adam rebelled against God, sin entered the world and everything became imperfect.  This extends even to our DNA and genetic code. It is because of this disobedience to God that we are all sinful – not just homosexuals, Read Full Answer.

Some people use this phrase to try and reconcile the fact that God hates sin yet saves us and that we should love others too, in spite of their sin. While this is a correct principle, the phrase does not correctly convey God’s wrath against sinners.

Note these verses. They demonstrate that God’s wrath is not only upon sins, but also on the sinner himself. Read Full Answer.

Unfortunately, sin is the act of separating ourselves from God. That is why God hates it so much. But thanks be to God, Jesus’ death on the cross and His resurrection have the power to reverse the effects of sin. An unforgiven sinner is by definition separate from God. But a sinner who has accepted Jesus’ death and resurrection is by definition never separated from God. Read Full Answer.

In James 1;13-15, we read, “Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
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Homosexuality (and by extension LGBT lifestyles) is a sin because God tells us that it is not the way He made us and it is against His commandments. We must see however that every person, homosexual or not, is separated from God and condemned to hell because we have sinned against God. All people (including homosexuals) must repent from their sin and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Proverbs 16:4 – The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

But if God has purposed that there will be suffering and evil in this world, doesn’t that mean that God is evil? No. God is good even if he wills that his creation do wicked things and suffer. Read Full Answer.

Genesis 4:3-8  “In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very Read Full Answer.

Prior to eating of The tree of the knowledge of good and evil, God had already commanded Adam not to eat of the fruit. Adam knew what God was like, and what God was not. Since whatever is not of God is by definition, evil, Adam already knew good and evil in a cognitive sense. For Adam to be Read Full Answer.

Let us start by reading a number of bible passages:

1 Samuel 15:23  For rebellion is as the sin of divination/witchcraft, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king.” Read Full Answer.

In James 1;13-15, we read, “Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin Read Full Answer.