On Dec 6, 4:02 am, Lee Douglas <[email protected]> wrote: > Ahhh the old blood of Christ huh. > > This makes no sense to me at all. >
Naturally.... "A natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised" (1 Corinthians 2:14). > When you consider that the bible tells > us we are made in God's image, what do you think this means? > The world is full of people who do not look the same, so are we talking > abou God's physical image? No that can't be right, can it? > Perhaps them we are made in the image of a being who has morality, could > that be it, we are moral creatures like our creator? > Well this fits far better, to my mind anyway. > We were made in His spiritual image, of course! Since God is indeed a spirit. > Then as a moral creature, I would not require a blood sacrifce, nor indeed > a death, for me to 'save' any of my children, I would just do it, out of > love. > For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life (Leviticus 17:10) > Do you suggest then that we created humans have higher moral priciples than > God? No that can't be right either, can it? > It isn't right. Period. But don't fret too much.... you'll have all eternity to figure it out. :) <snip> --
