Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: VRWCmember
God is MORE than Love. He is Love, but He is also Holy. Perhaps you think that God's Love means that He will not condemn man's sin, but if that is the case then there is no reason for Jesus to have died for our sins. If there was no reason for Jesus to have died for our sins, then He would not be God's son, because there would be no reason for God to send His son to us. If Jesus was not God's son, then there is no reason to pay any attention to His teaching, because he was clearly a lunatic -- claiming to be one with the Father, claiming He would rise from the dead, etc.

What is more than Love? I would say that Holiness is part of Love. That Love is Holy. I also think that there is no condemnation or attack in Holiness. I think we will disagree on this as well(g). But I do like logic and so I'll give you my perspective on your reasoning here.

Perhaps you think that God's Love means that He will not condemn man's sin, but if that is the case then there is no reason for Jesus to have died for our sins.

I think that God loves us beyond what we can imagine or comprehend at this time. I think that God wants us to love Him and to love one another. I think that God does not want us to condemn each other but to love each other and help each other. I think that Jesus was crucified because He was sinless and perfectly loving and that the people of the time could not stand that...because they were too enthralled with condemnation and attack to understand a love like Jesus'. Clearly Jesus harmed no one and healed many and was crucified for that and for saying that He was the Son of God. But I look to the resurrection rather than the crucifiction as the heart of Jesus' message. Jesus, through God within Him - overcame all - even death. And for that reason, imo, He has the *right* to ask people to listen to Him(g).

I look to the resurrection not the crucifiction as the crux of the lesson there. That even in the most extreme case - Love overcomes. Jesus has taught us that Love is the most important thing of all and that not even crucifiction kills Love for it is eternal.

325 posted on 05/24/2006 1:02:37 PM PDT by Sunsong
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 311 | View Replies ]


To: Sunsong

As I said before you seemed very confused in your beliefs.

Love is the greatest but NOT the only thing!


329 posted on 05/24/2006 1:17:32 PM PDT by dcnd9
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 325 | View Replies ]

To: Sunsong
I look to the resurrection not the crucifiction as the crux of the lesson there. That even in the most extreme case - Love overcomes. Jesus has taught us that Love is the most important thing of all and that not even crucifiction kills Love for it is eternal.

Wow. The resurrection is indeed victory over death and sin, but without the atonement in Jesus' death even the resurrection is meaningless. I have no idea how you came up with which parts of Scripture you would choose to accept and which ones you would toss out. The Resurrection proves Christ's divinity and the veracity of His message. God's love is beyond comprehension, but that does not mean that His word that outlines and describes that love is full of lies. In one of your earlier posts, you cited Jesus' words "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." Do you reject His subsequent words to the adultress "Go and sin no more"?

If you choose to gamble your eternal soul on the notion that "God is Love so he won't condemn my sin" then you do so at your own peril. Jesus paid for your sin, but it appears that you think He just died because the people didn't understand and couldn't stand Him for His holiness, and somehow believe that there was no need for anyone to pay the price for your sin. If that is the case, I believe you are going to be very surprised when you finally meet Him face to face. (I think we will disagree on this, but on that day Jesus will not really be very concerned with either your opinion or mine on the matter -- only with the Truth that He has revealed in His Word and what was your response to that Truth.)

332 posted on 05/24/2006 1:23:29 PM PDT by VRWCmember
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 325 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson