21 Jun '17 12:49>1 edit
I have been accused of giving false hope to some who profess to be atheists. Let us assume that those who make this accusation are correct. Then there are two kinds of false hope being promoted here:
1. The kind which people say I am guilty of
2. The kind which people like sonship and like minded believers {the OSAS types] are guilty of.
1. My Kind of false hope - I believe that Jesus will welcome into his Kingdom all those who live righteously. Why? Jesus said so, first and foremost. Also in Romans 2, Paul dealt with the issue of people with no law. Some of these people follow their conscience and some are able to live righteously.
2. OSAS - this promotes the idea that Christians who profess their faith, and who continue with sin can still enter the Kingdom of God. This doctrine ignores the statement by all the Apostles which say that Christians who are guilty of this lifestyle are in a worse off position that if they did not know of Jesus in the first place, and ignores all the warnings that they will be destroyed.
So is God a God of righteousness or a God of sin and evil. Paul answers this by proclaiming that sinful Christians:
- make Christ a minister of sin
- are enemies of the cross of Christ
- mock God with their evil works
- are like dogs returning to their vomit
- are like swine wallowing in the mud
- crucify Jesus over and over
- are like the traitor Judas Iscariot lacking in loyalty and faithfulness.
- will be destroyed
Two questions :
- How can any of this be good news for Christians who continue with sin?
- How can what I say to encourage atheists to live good and righteously be constured as something bad?
Sadly some Christian doctrines are truly messed up.
1. The kind which people say I am guilty of
2. The kind which people like sonship and like minded believers {the OSAS types] are guilty of.
1. My Kind of false hope - I believe that Jesus will welcome into his Kingdom all those who live righteously. Why? Jesus said so, first and foremost. Also in Romans 2, Paul dealt with the issue of people with no law. Some of these people follow their conscience and some are able to live righteously.
2. OSAS - this promotes the idea that Christians who profess their faith, and who continue with sin can still enter the Kingdom of God. This doctrine ignores the statement by all the Apostles which say that Christians who are guilty of this lifestyle are in a worse off position that if they did not know of Jesus in the first place, and ignores all the warnings that they will be destroyed.
So is God a God of righteousness or a God of sin and evil. Paul answers this by proclaiming that sinful Christians:
- make Christ a minister of sin
- are enemies of the cross of Christ
- mock God with their evil works
- are like dogs returning to their vomit
- are like swine wallowing in the mud
- crucify Jesus over and over
- are like the traitor Judas Iscariot lacking in loyalty and faithfulness.
- will be destroyed
Two questions :
- How can any of this be good news for Christians who continue with sin?
- How can what I say to encourage atheists to live good and righteously be constured as something bad?
Sadly some Christian doctrines are truly messed up.