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To: virgil283
Your post does not speak to the meaning of the word we are discussing. Nor does the word only refer to God's love for mankind.

I do take exception to this above and beyond what you owed . Christ did not suffer in the least degree or kind beyond what was necessary for salvation. True, He bore our sins in His body on the Cross (1 Peter 2:24), but only that much and no more. Where did you get the idea that He, on my behalf, paid for more sins than my guilt required? How could Jesus die for a sin that did not exist?

And where do you get the concept of "a sea of forgetfullness?" I searched my King Jim concordance and could find no reference to this place.

6 posted on 01/27/2013 11:48:19 AM PST by good1 (Valiant for the Truth)
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To: good1
You are right the phrase "sea of forgetfulness" is not actually found in the Bible, but the concept is. The idea comes from Micah 7:19 which says, "He will again have compassion on us, and will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea." and

Isa 43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Heb 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

As for paying more than enough, Jesus paid for sin whether or not anyone recieves it. For example all the murders of Hitler or Stalin were paid for even though they refused salvation. "How could Jesus die for a sin that did not exist? Why did God make billions of stars we cannot even see? Jesus said if we being evil know how to give good gifts to our children how much more the Father would give us the Holy Ghost: God is more generous than a loving father would be.

On your point #2. of divine love: (a) God's love: to men -This definition IS what my post was about. Jesus was a living example of God's kind of love so much so when He combined loving God and likewise loving your neighbor as yourself the scribes: " after that durst ask him [any question] Mk12:28-34. They were stunned at his example of God's kind of love.

I hope this explains what I awkwardly tried to say and thanks for replying 'V'

8 posted on 01/27/2013 3:29:23 PM PST by virgil283 ( *-“... ego is a hindrance to realizing truth,”-- Roosh ....-*)
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