HatGuy
Some guy in a hat
- Jun 9, 2014
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Our guilt is we tried (and try) to have a righteousness like God's. Remember the tree of knowledge of good and evil and how Adam and Eve desired to be "like God, knowing good and evil". That "knowing" is related to "discerning"'. There is a sense in which human beings have wanted to decide good and evil for themselves and set up their own righteousness. But we were always meant to live in God's righteousness, not our own.No creation is capable of God's righteousness, not even angels or any other possibly existing beings. But our limitation is not our guilt.
A guilt must include our choice to do something unrighteous. A cat is not guilty that it cannot drive a car. Guilt is related to knowledge and capability.
It's not our limitation that is our guilt. It's our refusal to live in our limitation and be human that is the real problem.
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