To: Forest Keeper; jo kus
Justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is NOT getting what you deserve So, then, those who are saved receive injustice -- i.e. they receive God's mercy; they are pardoned. For surely none can be saved by receiving what he or she deserves. There would be no salvation.
Thus, if God is just, as we believe He is, then His justice, by which we are saved, is mercy and not judgment we deserve.
4,631 posted on
04/12/2006 3:02:00 PM PDT by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
To: kosta50; Kolokotronis
While looking at spirituality sites, I found this one interesting and thought you guys might enjoy it, as it touches on something that disagrees with what "qua" says about Eastern Christian mysticism coming from Platoism.
It is titled "Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism", and contains a LARGE number of papers on various themes. Enjoy
http://www.marquette.edu/maqom/
Brother in Christ
4,642 posted on
04/13/2006 9:23:39 AM PDT by
jo kus
(Stand fast in the liberty of Christ...Do not be entangled AGAIN with a yoke of bondage... Gal 5:1b)
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