Why would God create an imperfect world? In a word, for the sake of love; for the sake of people like me; the sake of love manifests as life transformation,, empathy, compassion, humility, agapē; love manifests in creating a better world and even building up the very kingdom of love...
my Saviour, but I give my life to you to do with as you will. Thank you, that Jesus died for me and that when He shed his blood on the cross and gave His body as a sacrifice; it took care of the punishment of all my sins.' Then the demands of God's justice have been met....
” the Lord says through Samuel to Saul in 1 Samuel 15:22. To obey God is better than offering a sacrifice. To obey God, to “heed” the Lord and listen to His words, is better than “the fat of rams.” What God is saying is that, even if you give rams and their fat (the ...
There are a number of different ways God could have allowed the Messiah, Christ Jesus, to die physically – stabbing, beheading, etc. – and still deliver us from our bondage to sin and death. So why did God want it to happen on a cross? Was God speaking something more to mankind thr...
Why did Jesus have to die in order to forgive us? There is another reason which is often overlooked. Satan tried to use God's perfect righteousness as a reason why God should not save sinners. Satan accused God of being a self-serving Judge, saving man for God's own benefit. Thus it...
He’s conflating the ascension, which is what Jesus did where he goes into heaven by his own power and the assumption where Mary is taken up by the power of Christ into heaven. When we talk about our resurrection the last day, when we will God willing be body and soul with Jesus in...
One of the things about the Ark of the Covenant and the presence of God is that it was serious business. You couldn’t just enter the Most Holy Place any way you wanted to. If you did, it meant certain death. Here is God’s warning to Aaron: “The Lord spoke to Mo...
See also:Evidence for Jesus,Did Jesus Exist?[2][3],Why I am not a Christian(a must read), theChristological Argument, Hitchens –Core of the Jesus mythandChristianity is Immoral(both must watch). “Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you...
Mark had a different focus. While he did understand Jesus as the Son of God, he typically made sure that people understood his humanity as being a part of the unique personhood of Jesus. Jesus is not half human and half God. The human part was as important as the God part. For...
For all who bear the burden of suffering, consider that God’s plan of happiness did not exempt His Only Begotten Son from suffering. This universal sacrificial love allows us to individually bear our sorrows with the hope of ultimate healing. ...