Posted on 09/25/2018 10:56:13 AM PDT by OddLane
Despite the fact that God expresses His love for the righteous throughout the Old Testament – Jew and gentile alike – in a new book, one of America’s biggest mega-pastors claims the Hebrew Scriptures portray Him as “unapproachable,” living behind a curtain with love reserved only “for His covenant people,” suggesting He is a different deity than the one portrayed in the New Testament.
It’s the latest shocking suggestion from Andy Stanley, whose suburban Atlanta congregation exceed 34,000 attendees and a national following.
He writes in “Irresistible: Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed on the World,” released last week, that the concept of a loving God is a “uniquely Christian idea.”
In chapter 18 of his book, he cites 1 John: 4:16 with what he calls a “unique” theological statement: “God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”
“John equated God with love,” he writes. “This was novel. This was unique. This would change the world. God is love is a uniquely Christian idea.”
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Gospel Reductionism meets Dispensationalism.
The righteous live by Faith.
No one comes to the Father except by Me.
The Father and I are one.
You whitewashed tombs.
I feel so sorry for Charles Stanley.
Sorry, Preacher, you are not original. They’ve been saying the Jewish Gd is a Gd of Criticism and not Love for a long time, and they were wrong. Same Gd, yes, He loves. And yes, He judges.
Well, except that time HaShem sent Jonah to Nivevah (basically Mosul, Iraq) to witness to the gentiles, and shamed Jonah for not understanding that HaSham loved the Nivehites just like all His children.
And Job, a gentile, whom HaShem singled out as the most righteous and faithful man alive.
And even Egyptians whom he gave plenty of time and opportunities to repent (many of whom did and joined Israel).
And Moshe’s wife.
And Ruth.
And Queen of Sheba.
Such stupidity. I can’t believe this guy purports to be a preacher.
Correct. See my post above.
The Ninivites are basically ISIS today. And He loves them.
Andy is clueless. But, wealthy I’m sure, riding on his father’s name, and even on the name of G-d.
A boy Hillary. Riding on the coat tails of another, to reshape all things into an image of themselves, having possibly nothing to do with G-d and Truth, except for rewriting both.
I know. Honestly, I think it possible that Andy is more a mental case than literate. It’s a pity.
Joe Farrah likes hot titles
This is so alien to me
So many freepers profess Christianity yet are obsessed with Jews and Judaism
I didn’t grow up in a church with this fascination
First I saw of it was Hagee
I think Jews are wary of this petting
Very much so. It would be nice to be treated like everyone else. Alas...
Strange.
What distinguishes Judaism from Christianity is the Christian claim that God became man. (Oops now I’ve probably started another useless 1000+ post “debate” about the Trinity, oh well I won’t be wasting my time on that).
Anyway, *that* is what distinguishes Christianity from Judaism, not to mention every other religion on the planet. Not that God is Love.
I could be wrong and the Jewish FReepers can correct me if so (and should do so if I’m wrong) but I’m pretty sure the Jews believe/d God is the essence of love long before Christ came on the scene. In fact I’d argue that’s what separates them (and us) from the Muslims. They don’t believe He loves at all, rather that He is some vengeful diety who only wants to set up some world government under Islam, by force. Again, as far as I understand.
WND has toned it down over the years.
Allah is not Abba Father, he is a tyrant and we are his slaves.
The only relationship is of a master to a slave.
Amazing isn’t it?
Churches these days love you as you are and embrace your ways. Satan couldn’t beat the church so he joined it - even though the True Church will never be defeated.
Stanley seems to have cut the Book of Jonah from his bible, forgets that Rahab and Ruth are non Jews, and that they are ancestors of Jesus.
Well this topic is a personal obsession for me. Hagee is a nut who believes in “dual covenant theory”. It’s a lie from the pit of hell. Every honest person looking for answers will find it - Matthew 7:7 & Jeremiah 29:13. Jews who seek will find it as well.
All Christianity is, is the extension of Judaism. Sure Jews will say absolutely not, but if you look at the blood trail that history & the Bible shows, the enemy of both Christianity and Israel is the devil and he wants both annihilated completely.
Every Empire that has ever existed with Jews within their sphere of influence has wanted them eradicated & destroyed. Same with early Christianity until the fire of faith took over the evil hearts of men, though that pattern has reversed as of late.
Every single early Christian in the early Church was a Jew.
Salvation is first to the Jew, then the Gentile (Romans 1:16)
True Christians love Jews and want them saved.
Genesis 12:3
Deuteronomy 7:6–8
John 4:22 (Salvation is from the Jews)
Isaiah 27:6
Numbers 24:9
Interesting little stat that most people don’t know is that the greatest percentage of Evangelical converts over the past 30 years or so doesn’t come from the Roman Catholic Church or Islam, but from Jews who are now Messianic Jews.
God is faithful to His remnant (and there has always been a remnant of Jewish believers in Christ since the first century).
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