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To: kosta50

God does not just "pour out blessings" God is also a God of anger and wrath. He is a judge.

And again - you are the one who doesn't get it. You missed a word I said several times. "IF" If God wanted to reconcile man to himself THEN he would have to do so in a way that did not violate His nature.

Scripture says that the Holy Spirit is grieved by our sin. Christ Himself took our punishment by suffocating on a cross with spikes driven through his body. And God isn't hurt by our sin?

Our unjustness isn't the matter. It is God's justice. God will always be true to His nature. He can not violate who He is.


5,955 posted on 01/14/2007 11:00:34 PM PST by Blogger
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To: Blogger
God is also a God of anger and wrath

Anthropomorphism. God is unchanging. So, either He always send love or wrath, not both. Our perceptions change depending on our spiritual state.

Scripture says that the Holy Spirit is grieved by our sin

Anthropomorphism. The Holy Spirit is not subject to passions.

Christ Himself took our punishment by suffocating on a cross with spikes driven through his body

In His human nature.

And God isn't hurt by our sin?

No, He is not. We are.

5,963 posted on 01/14/2007 11:17:11 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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