كيف ترى الله؟

How Do You Perceive God?

إسقاط صورة الإنسان على الله

Projecting the Image of Man onto God

صناعة الله ... كما يتخيله الإنسان

The making of God as man imagines Him

أمثلة

Examples

لازم هايعاقبني لأني لم أصلي /

لأني أخطأت

He must punish me because I did not pray / because I sinned

أنا عملت اللي عليَّ ... صوم وصلاة ... المفروض يستجيب

I have done my part, fasting and praying, so God should respond

ليس لي أي وش أصلي ... بعد اللي عملته

I feel I cannot even pray after what I have done

طلباته كتيرة ... ولا يمكن لي الإلتزام بها...

God asks so much of me, and I feel unable to live up to His commandments

إسقاط صورة الإنسان على الله

Projecting the Image of Man onto God

أمثلة

Examples

ربنا له ناس ناس .... خيار و فأووس !!

God has His own people;

favoritism between the chosen and the insignificant !!

ربنا رفضني / زهق مني / لا يقبل أمثالي / سلبي لا يتدخل

God has rejected me, is weary of me, does not accept those like me, or He is distant and does not intervene

إسقاط صورة الإنسان على الله

Projecting the Image of Man onto God

أمثلة

Examples

هل الله إنساناً فيندم ؟؟

Is God a Man, That He Should Repent??

ليس الله انسانا فيكذب و لا ابن انسان فيندم هل يقول و لا يفعل ؟ او يتكلم و لا يفي؟

(عد 23 : 19)

God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? (Num 23 : 19)

لا يندم مثل البشر ... لكنه ينتظر توبة البشر

God does not repent like humans,

but He is waiting for their repentance

هل يرجع في كلامه..؟!

لا لكننا أحياناً لا نفهم كلامه

Does God ever go back on what He says?

No, but we sometimes fail to understand His word

هل الله إنساناً فيندم ؟؟

Is God a Man, That He Should Repent??

هل الله إنساناً فيغضب ..؟!

لا يغضب مثل البشر ... لكنه يكره الشر المؤذي لأولاده

Is God like man, who gets angry?

He does not get angry, but he hates the evil that hurts His children

هل الله إنساناً فيندم ؟؟

Is God a Man, That He Should Repent??

هل الله إنساناً فيدين ويحكم ..؟!

لا يدين مثل البشر ... لكنه هو الديان العادل

Is God like man, in condemning and judging?

No, He does not judge like people do,

but He is the Righteous Judge

هل الله إنساناً فيندم ؟؟

Is God a Man, That He Should Repent??

مواقف تغير نظرتنا إلى الله

Situations that Change Our Perception of God

آدم و حواء ... المسيح يدفع الثمن

Adam and Eve..

Christ paid the price

قايين ... يأخذ فرص توبة طول حياته

Cain, was given the opportunities to repent throughout his life

إبراهيم يضعف أمام سارة ... ولله يتدخل ويتمم وعده

Abraham weakened before Sarah,

yet God intervened and completed His promise

نوح يخطأ بعد الخلاص ... ولله يغطي على خطأه

Noah, sinned after salvation, but God covered up his mistake

يعقوب يتعامل مع الله Dealer ... باتفاقات بشر ...

و لله يستر على يعقوب بنعمة غير متوقعة

Jacob dealt with God like a dealer, with human agreements, and God covered Jacob with unexpected grace

يوسف يتساءل أين هو الله ... و لله يرد بعد سنوات طويلة

Joseph, wondered where God was,

and God answered, but after many long years

مواقف تغير نظرتنا إلى الله

Situations that Change Our Perception of God

موسى يشك هل إله العبرانيين حي ... ويقابله في الثمانين من عمره

Moses doubted whether the God of the Hebrews was still alive, and he met Him in his eighties

شمشون يخطأ في حق الشريعة ... والله يرتب له آخر حياته

Samson sinned against the Law, and

God still brought order to the end of his life

مواقف تغير نظرتنا إلى الله

Situations that Change Our Perception of God

لكن أحزاننا حملها وأوجاعنا تحملها ونحن حسبناه مصابا مضروبا من الله و مذلولا، و هو مجروح لأجل معاصينا مسحوق لأجل آثامنا تأديب سلامنا عليه و بحبره شفينا، كلنا كغنم ضللنا ملنا كل واحد إلى طريقه و الرب وضع عليه اثم جميعنا.

Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted, But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed, All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

مواقف تغير نظرتنا إلى الله

Situations that Change Our Perception of God

ظلم أما هو فتذلل و لم يفتح فاه كشاة تساق إلى الذبح و كنعجة صامتة أمام جازيها فلم يفتح فاه، من الضغطة و من الدينونة اخذ و في جيله من كان يظن انه قطع من أرض الأحياء انه ضرب من أجل ذنب شعبي. ( اش 53 : 4 – 8 )

He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth, He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.

(Isa 53 : 4 – 8 )

مواقف تغير نظرتنا إلى الله

Situations that Change Our Perception of God

الله ليس انساناً لكنه تجسّد

God is not a Human Being, Yet He Became Incarnate

في كل ضيقهم تضايق و ملاك حضرته خلصهم بمحبته و رأفته هو فكهم و رفعهم و حملهم كل الأيام القديمة (اش 63 : 9)

In all their affliction He was afflicted, And the Angel of His Presence saved them; In His love and in His pity He redeemed them; And He bore them and carried them All the days of old

(Isa 63 : 9)

لأنه في ما هو قد تألم مجربا يقدر أن يعين المجربين (عب 2 : 18)

For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted (Heb 2 : 18)

حاشا بل ليكن الله صادقا و كل انسان كاذبا كما هو مكتوب لكي تتبرر في كلامك و تغلب متى حوكمت (رو 3 : 4)

Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: "That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged" (Rom 3 : 4)

الله ليس انساناً لكنه تجسّد

God is not a Human Being, Yet He Became Incarnate

لا يتباطأ الرب عن وعده كما يحسب قوم التباطؤ لكنه يتأنى علينا و هو لا يشاء ان يهلك أناس بل ان يقبل الجميع إلى التوبة (2بط 3 : 9)

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance (2Pe 3 : 9)

أنتم حسب الجسد تدينون أما أنا فلست أدين أحدا (يو 8 : 15)

You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one (Joh 8 : 15)

الله ليس انساناً لكنه تجسّد

God is not a Human Being, Yet He Became Incarnate

كيف ترى الله؟؟

How Do You Perceive God??

أب لا يخطئ

A Father who does not make mistakes

ضابط الكل لا يعجز أمام أي مشكلة

God the Pantocrator, Who is not incapable before any problem

غافر الخطايا مهما كانت

Forgiver of sins no matter what they are

إله عادل لا يقبل الظلم

A just God, Who does not accept injustice

محب البشر الصالح The Good One, Lover of Mankind