Burn me at the steak
well, medium, rare?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And what is the response of many a believer to the reading of Bill's defense? Well, the first response is not one of continued debate -- at least not for me. It is to close one's eyes for a moment and say, "Thank you Jesus." If any of you think you have struck a cord by accusing us of a form of what can only be called Christus idolatrus --- atrributing to Christ the works of man -- well, go ahead!!!!!! Burn me at the steak or worse. Christ is our all in all. He is the savior - fully and completely -------- all forms of works-salvationism aside.To imagine that any on this site would ever say "He can't take care of our part" is truly beyond me. "OUR PART" HAS BEEN THE PROBLEM FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME. That has been the fly in the ointment since the Garden. And to pretend that God would continue this failure, that His whole plan of salvation rests on any single human effort is an amazing denial of the gospel message.And I will not take time to correct the next rebuttal -- "here goes John with that universalims thing again." No, I am going to leave misconception to the resident pragmatists of TT.thank you JESUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!JDjt: Why the woe? ... I would say Bill that you mischaracterize my position every bit as much as you claim that I mischaracterize yours although you will need to show me how I do this.Did you not write these words: "Jesus did His part ... but we have our part in this also, He can't take care of our part"? How is my statement of dissagreement with you that "it is certainly not because we must do what Christ cannot," a mischaracterzation of your position? Perhaps, Judy, you do not stop to consider how your words might sound.Obedience is the natural fruit of our relationship with our Father. When we come to really know him, we come to see that he loves us more than we love ourselves, and that he wants only what's best for us, and that he longs for our fulfillment with a greater passion than our own." Hence in participation with our Lord, we begin to see that obedience is not only right and loving, it is the only thing that makes good sense. Bill
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