Nadiine
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I agree w/ your post
The problem is, we are focusing on us being "good" people & have ideals of what love means (when it comes to God - but we often ignore His attributes of holiness, justice, wrath & righteousness to embrace the attribute of love).
We're also not focusing on our depravity and capability for evil. We also tend to think of sin on a scale & compare ourselves to worse people than us to decide how good we are - we also justify our actions and make them to be lesser than they really are in reality.
"Gee, I don't go out mass murdering other people like Charles Manson, so I must be good", "Gee, I give to charity and do good to my friends & family,... I Must be a good person, not deserving of such a place eternally". "Gosh, I only cuss and tell some lies, how is that deserving of hell?"
Until we learn the concepts of God's Holiness (what God expects of us), our utter depravity and the necessity of blood for atonement of sin, we won't think we deserve hell or that a loving God could send us there.
The truth is, all active sin is either atoned for (paid & forgiven), or it remains active to work against what is Good & righteous. If God doesn't send unpaid sin into "quarentine" where it cannot "escape" to harm His recreated kingdom, you won't have any end to active evil and death/disease/pain/suffering will always continue like it does. It'll be like it is on earth forever. (which would make God evil for not ending it).
It's got to be paid & punished or it's active. (this is the same law of the OT - demanding life for life. Blood sacrifice. Only Jesus' blood can atone for our sin - completely removing it.
Leviticus 17:11
'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls;
for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.'
Hebrews 10:4
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Matthew 26:28
for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
Romans 3:25
whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith
This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;
(prior to Christ, sin was overlooked w/ blood sacrifice; not removed until His death on the cross)
The problem is, we are focusing on us being "good" people & have ideals of what love means (when it comes to God - but we often ignore His attributes of holiness, justice, wrath & righteousness to embrace the attribute of love).
We're also not focusing on our depravity and capability for evil. We also tend to think of sin on a scale & compare ourselves to worse people than us to decide how good we are - we also justify our actions and make them to be lesser than they really are in reality.
"Gee, I don't go out mass murdering other people like Charles Manson, so I must be good", "Gee, I give to charity and do good to my friends & family,... I Must be a good person, not deserving of such a place eternally". "Gosh, I only cuss and tell some lies, how is that deserving of hell?"
Until we learn the concepts of God's Holiness (what God expects of us), our utter depravity and the necessity of blood for atonement of sin, we won't think we deserve hell or that a loving God could send us there.
The truth is, all active sin is either atoned for (paid & forgiven), or it remains active to work against what is Good & righteous. If God doesn't send unpaid sin into "quarentine" where it cannot "escape" to harm His recreated kingdom, you won't have any end to active evil and death/disease/pain/suffering will always continue like it does. It'll be like it is on earth forever. (which would make God evil for not ending it).
It's got to be paid & punished or it's active. (this is the same law of the OT - demanding life for life. Blood sacrifice. Only Jesus' blood can atone for our sin - completely removing it.
Leviticus 17:11
'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls;
for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.'
Hebrews 10:4
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Matthew 26:28
for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
Romans 3:25
whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith
This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;
(prior to Christ, sin was overlooked w/ blood sacrifice; not removed until His death on the cross)
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