Fear God

Okay. This topic is a weird one to write about. First of all let me start off with a prayer.

"Lord, please understand as I know you will that I love you, worship you and obey your every command. I ask questions in search for knowledge and not in search of any type of rebellion. I wish to draw closer to you in my studies and to find ways to bring others closer to you as well. I love you and completely respect you and ask you to guide others to answer my questions as I yearn for a deeper understanding. - Amen."

How come God can do things but if we do it, it's a sin?

I'm going to start off by saying that it is indeed okay for God to do things but not for us and I'll explain why coming up.

For some reason I've been thinking a lot about the flood (Noah's Ark flood) lately. While thinking about it I couldn't help but wonder why some things God does aren't considered a sin. What I'm getting at is that God laid out His commandments... one being "Thou shalt not kill." If I were to go and kill someone, that would be considered a sin (especially out of anger).

However, God has killed LOTS of people out of anger in the Bible. I'm not talking about God "allowing" someone to die but I mean actually causing death out of anger. But He did, however, warn these people many times before they brought this upon themselves. Lets look at some Bible facts:

The Great Flood - Noah warned the people several times but they refused the warnings of God.

genesis 7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained [alive], and they that [were] with him in the ark.

Soddom and Gomorrah - God commanded Lot as well as others to warn the people in the cities but they did not listen (niether did Lot's wife when she was killed).

genesis 19:24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

The list goes on and on.

He has burned 250 people alive (Numbers 16:35) They did not listen.

Killed 42 children (2 Kings 2:23-24) They mocked a man of God even though warned.

Babies along with adults (Exodus 12:29-30), etc... If you listened to God and did as commanded with the blood, they would have survived. Pharoah brought this upon his city and himself.

I can give you at least 87 Bible referrences where God kills someone (usually in large quantities).

How come these acts would be a sin for us but not for God? Read on to find out.

Let me leave you with this VERY important thought...

Fear God (respectfully)

2 kings 17:25 And [so] it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, [that] they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew [some] of them.

In my opinion, God can do these things as He is God. He is the law. He runs the show. For Him and Him alone, killing is not a sin but is considered justice. Our God is a "just" God and knows best. For a man to kill another man is like that man trying to play God, deciding whose life to take and trying to take justice into his own hands. For a man it is a sin, for God it is not. That's what I think.

I brought this up because I just thought it was interesting and I think we all should fear the Lord and respect Him much more than we do.

"Again Lord, I respect you and fear you even more now that I've conducted my studies. I love you and never wish negativity toward your Word. I wish to open the eyes of the people that can't see your power and your place over us."