Originally posted by Proper Knob
Sorry, you've lost me here.
Looking cool? Saving face? My peers? No idea what you're talking about.
I was pointing out the absurdity in your supposed 'God of love', who will send people to perish in hell for the heinous crime of not believing.
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I was pointing out the absurdity in your supposed 'God of love', who will send people to perish in hell for the heinous crime of not believing.
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God is love is seen in God becoming a man under the curse for your sins. The same acts demonstrates that God is righteous.
There is no forgiveness without judgment upon the sins that we have done. So the cross of Christ shows God's love and God's righteous judgment against sin at the same time.
If you believe into Christ you will be saved. If you reject Christ and not believe in Christ you will suffer eternal damnation.
The power of your own deciding will holds this awesome choice in your hands.
But if you do believe in Christ you have passed from eternal judgment. God must forgive and forget your sins. And He does. He does not because He overlooks them. He does not because He losely and sentimentally decides to let you off the hook. He forgives and forgets because in Christ you were judged.
You should seriously contempate this truth that Christ came to substitute for you. Both God's mighty love and His mighty righteous judgment are manifest on the cross.
If you want to perish eternally and spend eternity crying out that God is not fair, you may do that.
So I would contemplate that His love desires you for Himself for all eternity. And before you sinned He made provision for your salvation. You just need to receive the gift. The Holy Spirit will bear witness in your heart that you have touched reality if you ask Jesus to come into your heart as Lord and Savior.
Sieze the time. You have no garuantee how much time you have to make this choice.