Acts 13:28 In this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins. 39 Everyone who believes n Him is freed from all guilt & declared right w/ God
There's a lot of talk these days about whether there's a hell or not - Time magazine even talk about it in a cover story.
There's a lot of talk about God's love & how "love wins"
I think in all this talk lately we've overlooked one every important fact...
God is not only the essence of love, but is so holy beyond imagining that we would vaporize just looking at Him.
We are not holy.
Holiness & sinfulness cannot co-exist - it like oil & water, to the infinite degree.
It is through Jesus' sacrifice we are made wrtie with God - we are forgiven of our sins - He doesn't see them, doesn't remember them.
And He is "faithful & just to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"
There are those of us who believe in Jesus as the God-provided One who makes all this possible. Therefore, it makes it possible for us who are not holy to co-exist with Him who is infinitely holy.
There are those who don't - so their sins & sinfulness remain intact. Sinfulness & holiness can't co-exist. God does not condemn us to hell. We, through our unbelief, don't make it possible for us to live in the same place as God because we are still antithetical to Him & His persona.
So?
We need to tell people that God has made a way! Because of Jesus, we can be "declared right with God" - iow, we connect with God, because of Jesus.
(Is any of this making any sense? I hope so. Sometimes I think I sink into "christianese" & don't speak plainly enough.)
There's a lot of talk these days about whether there's a hell or not - Time magazine even talk about it in a cover story.
There's a lot of talk about God's love & how "love wins"
I think in all this talk lately we've overlooked one every important fact...
God is not only the essence of love, but is so holy beyond imagining that we would vaporize just looking at Him.
We are not holy.
Holiness & sinfulness cannot co-exist - it like oil & water, to the infinite degree.
It is through Jesus' sacrifice we are made wrtie with God - we are forgiven of our sins - He doesn't see them, doesn't remember them.
And He is "faithful & just to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"
There are those of us who believe in Jesus as the God-provided One who makes all this possible. Therefore, it makes it possible for us who are not holy to co-exist with Him who is infinitely holy.
There are those who don't - so their sins & sinfulness remain intact. Sinfulness & holiness can't co-exist. God does not condemn us to hell. We, through our unbelief, don't make it possible for us to live in the same place as God because we are still antithetical to Him & His persona.
So?
We need to tell people that God has made a way! Because of Jesus, we can be "declared right with God" - iow, we connect with God, because of Jesus.
(Is any of this making any sense? I hope so. Sometimes I think I sink into "christianese" & don't speak plainly enough.)
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