Up Close and Personal with God

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This paper examines how the sinfulness of mankind has been manifest, certainly, despite the proscriptions to the contrary handed down to Moses on Mt. Sinai and enumerated in the OT Scripture and how the definition of what is sinful has changed and evolved over the millennia, as people have attempted to grasp what God intended for them through an understanding of what is contained in the Bible. Through a review of the relevant literature, it attempts to understand historic debates about what God does and why and how this applies to us personally.

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"Whenever mere humans attempt to interpret and understand the word of God as revealed in the Old Testament, there are bound to be differences of opinion. In fact, the name, "Old Testament," tends to flavor the material somewhat, with the "Old" being, perhaps, superseded to some extent by the "New." This is a natural reaction to the names, perhaps, but this tendency to relate "Old" and "New" in this fashion only serves to add fuel to the interpretive fires as people throughout history have sought to understand God's word and how it applies to them personally. "

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