(June 6, 2016 at 9:06 pm)Socratic Meth Head Wrote: God is supposed to be all powerful, and it's made clear if god is with a certain group of people, they will win.
Deuteronomy 20:1-4
1 When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you
And yet...
Judges 1:19
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
The somewhat laughable part is the verse below,
Joshua 17:18
but the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron and though they are strong, you can drive them out."
So, Christians, can god stop Iron Chariots?
The proper question is: Can God stop iron chariots through Judah?
The answer is: Yes, but only if Judah has enough faith to show up for the fight.
This is a recurring theme in scripture. Sometimes it's spelled out. Sometimes it isn't.
A clear example is when Israel sent 12 spies into the promised land, and 10 came back saying that the land couldn't be conquered.
An example that isn't so clear (as with the iron chariots) is:
Mark 6
4 But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.” 5 Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.
It's not that Jesus had less power in one geographic area, or that he is somehow powered by human faith. It's simply that Jesus would go to a place and people would bring the sick to him in faith that he would heal them. In a place where people lacked faith, they didn't bring the sick, and so Jesus didn't do many miracles there.
