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Again many teachings and doctrines are considered heresy, depending on what one believes. Most Christians consider teaching that Christians are bound to Mosaic law and the Old Covenant to be total heresy and false teaching.
How are you so certain that it is not you that has been deceived? You keep talking about and railing against something you do not understand, and I would bet have never read one book about what Christian Universal Redemption/Salvation is about and what it teaches and why we believe what we do. All I see is fear that if you are not 100% correct on all that your tradition teaches you will go to “hell” and there are no second chances. Trust me that is not thinking from God that’s from the enemy, he wants you to think of our Father as one who is angry and can’t wait to drop the hammer on those who would dare not follow his every whim , the enemy what’s you to think that God hates his creation and if you don’t have Jesus in between you and God he will torture you forever. Well that’s not God , he is a loving Father who will stop at nothing to have all his creation safe in his arms, he would even become human and live a sinless life and be beaten beyond recognition and die on the cross, saying to those killing him Father forgive them they don’t know what they are doing. That’s the God of scripture and the God I follow.
People think I believe in UR, when I'm uncertain about it, simply because I took some time to learn about it. They probably think I'm promoting it because I'm always having to correct their misconceptions.
Thanks for being intellectually honest. I do not believe we should be divided because some of us believe that the God of Love , life, and light in whom is no darkness, will pursue all his creation even after their mortal body dies. Do I believe that ECT is degrading to God and that it is from the enemy, yes but we should not be divided over it. The early church did not divide over this and we should not either. Can we have spirited debate? Yes and it’s good , one man sharpening another, but building walls NO. We are already opposed by the world if we follow Jesus , we don’t need to shoot each other. Many years ago I heard some one say “ Christians are the only army that shoots it wounded” I personally don’t see anyone as the enemy, do we all have thinking that is not of God , YES but we are all mortals seeking God with a sin infected brain and see through a glass dimly, so we will not all agree in this age but we must be united. Jesus prayed that we would be one as he and the Father are one, I believe we have failed on that .
So Nick wins, and poor God, there's just nothing He can do. Yeah, He can speak the universe into existence, but the beings that He has created can thwart His plans at every turn. So much so that people for whom He suffered humiliation and torment to save, will live forever in agony, and There's Nothing He Can Do.
