To: Dr. Eckleburg
-- 1 John 4:10... "Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." [Mat 20:28]
Maybe 1 John is not the one John who wrote the Gospels. I don't know. But he and Matthew are not saying the same thing.
From the Old Testament we know that God neither condoned sacrificing one's own, nor that anyone can atone for someone else's sins.
5,779 posted on
01/13/2007 7:59:07 PM PST by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
To: kosta50; Blogger; xzins; HarleyD; wmfights
From the Old Testament we know that God neither condoned sacrificing one's own, nor that anyone can atone for someone else's sins.Are you saying Christ does not atone for our sins?
5,851 posted on
01/13/2007 11:36:08 PM PST by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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