This theory just got blown out of the water.
http://catdelveworld.blogspot.com/2008/09/thoughts-on-nature-of-god.html
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
Sin
Something JD just mentioned on KLOVE struck a chord.
Roughly quoted, if you've strayed so far off the path and you're thinking you can't walk all the way back, you don't have to. All you have to do is turn around.
To God, the tiniest little sin is the same as the lifetime of sin of a serial rapist. But Jesus has already paid for it all. You're not racking up a debt; you don't have a sin credit card that you have to pay off. There's no bill due at the end of the day. Jesus has already paid for it all. You just have to trust Him.
God has no shades of grey, it is either a sin or it is God's own truth. Humans introduce shades of grey, and we try to dispense punishments commensurate to the crime. But the difference betwen crime and sin is more than mere semantics. Crime is a human thing, a piece of the world that is a symptom of its brokenness. You can sin and commit no human crime, and vice versa. A judge tallys up your crimes and punishes you with a sentence he or she deems suitable to the transgression. Jesus paid for all your sin, past present and future, 2000 years ago in a single stroke and opened your way to heaven. All you have to do is take His hand and trust Him.
Roughly quoted, if you've strayed so far off the path and you're thinking you can't walk all the way back, you don't have to. All you have to do is turn around.
To God, the tiniest little sin is the same as the lifetime of sin of a serial rapist. But Jesus has already paid for it all. You're not racking up a debt; you don't have a sin credit card that you have to pay off. There's no bill due at the end of the day. Jesus has already paid for it all. You just have to trust Him.
God has no shades of grey, it is either a sin or it is God's own truth. Humans introduce shades of grey, and we try to dispense punishments commensurate to the crime. But the difference betwen crime and sin is more than mere semantics. Crime is a human thing, a piece of the world that is a symptom of its brokenness. You can sin and commit no human crime, and vice versa. A judge tallys up your crimes and punishes you with a sentence he or she deems suitable to the transgression. Jesus paid for all your sin, past present and future, 2000 years ago in a single stroke and opened your way to heaven. All you have to do is take His hand and trust Him.
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