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Why God's Wrath?

eleos1954

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"If you don't understand or believe in the wrath of God, the gospel will not thrill, empower, or move you."

- Tim Keller

True or false?

false
 
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"If you don't understand or believe in the wrath of God, the gospel will not thrill, empower, or move you."

- Tim Keller

True or false?
Well, that wording may not be adequate, or even helpful, possibly, by itself. It seems so much more helpful to hear from Christ His own Words, to me, than any representations or paraphrases into similar meanings.

Luke 12:5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

Yeah...hearing this and other things Christ Himself said to us, to you and me, from Him....that makes an impact, that any paraphrases cannot. And that power is more complete when we are reading through fully I feel.
 
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Well, that wording may not be adequate, or even helpful, possibly, by itself. It seems so much more helpful to hear from Christ His own Words, to me, than any representations or paraphrases into similar meanings.

Luke 12:5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

Yeah...hearing this and other things Christ Himself said to us, to you and me, from Him....that makes an impact, that any paraphrases cannot. And that power is more complete when we are reading through fully I feel.
So "true" then?
 
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What does it cost your god to love you?

nothing ... He created us in love to love because He IS love ... He created and saw that it was good and one day we will be one with Him in love as that is what He wants ... He knew from the beginning and so it will be. The family of God ... one with Him for eternity.

John 17:21

21 I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you.

So it will be. Amen.
 
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nothing ... He created us in love to love because He IS love ... He created and saw that it was good and one day we will be one with Him in love as that is what He wants ... He knew from the beginning and so it will be. The family of God ... one with Him for eternity.

John 17:21

21 I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you.

So it will be. Amen.

It costs God nothing to love sinners like us? Yawn.
 
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"If you don't understand or believe in the wrath of God, the gospel will not thrill, empower, or move you."

- Tim Keller

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True.
 
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"If you don't understand or believe in the wrath of God, the gospel will not thrill, empower, or move you."

- Tim Keller

True or false?

I don't always agree with Tim Keller, but he is right on this one. True.
 
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Tim Keller=True or false?
False.

Engaging with Keller, a critical review of Keller's ...
www.newcalvinist.com/tim-kellers-false-gospel/engaging-keller-review/
We have seen nothing that convinces us that Keller preaches the true gospel of Christ. By refusing to deal with even the possibility that Keller is a false teacher, the editors of Engaging with Keller have done a disservice to the cause of Christ, and the gospel of Truth.

excerpt:
" Rebranding Sin

In the chapter ‘Keller on Rebranding the Doctrine of Sin’, Professor Iain Campbell, historian and theologian, deals with Keller’s attempt to make the concept of sin sound more palatable. Keller thinks this is necessary because he has ‘encountered a cultural allergy to the Christian concept of sin’.[4]"
 
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False.

Engaging with Keller, a critical review of Keller's ...
www.newcalvinist.com/tim-kellers-false-gospel/engaging-keller-review/
We have seen nothing that convinces us that Keller preaches the true gospel of Christ. By refusing to deal with even the possibility that Keller is a false teacher, the editors of Engaging with Keller have done a disservice to the cause of Christ, and the gospel of Truth.

excerpt:
" Rebranding Sin

In the chapter ‘Keller on Rebranding the Doctrine of Sin’, Professor Iain Campbell, historian and theologian, deals with Keller’s attempt to make the concept of sin sound more palatable. Keller thinks this is necessary because he has ‘encountered a cultural allergy to the Christian concept of sin’.[4]"
Well that site isn't exactly credible.
 
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