Wrong. The good news is that Christ by his perfect life and his substituuonary death have fully paid the debt we owe and it is offered to us freely. He has absorbed the just wrath of Gid in our place, and we get the just reward he earned--eternal life.
"The chastisement that brought us peace was laid upon him; by his stripes, we are healed."
Theology is not a subcategory of anthropology (or psychology).
The existence of God is clear from creation and conscience (despite those who repress this knowledge).
The law of God, written on our hearts, manifest in our conscience, reveals our true need for Christ.
Christ walked this earth and told us of this need, and then--wonder of wonders--met our need. He proved his identity with supernatural wonders including his own resurrection. That validates his message. The tomb is empty.
These are historical facts, not the byproducts of an immature father-hunger. They happened. "Under Pontius Pilate--it is all in order" as Lewis put it.
Yes! I am grateful to him, Peter Jones, and even Michael Horton, for pointing this out.
I'm not hiding behind anything, friend. I believe in order to understand. Belief is always the ultimate starting point of knowledge--"I believe in order to understand," as St. Anselm famously put it.
A thing can be clear in and of itself (perspecuity) even though a given subject is unable clearly to see it (perspicacity). So how do the scales come off?
Yes, the subjective difference is faith. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God, which is precisely why I am sharing it--in hopes that others will believe as well.
"All the riches of wisdom and knowledge are in Christ."
...that's wordplay, friend. He is *the* Son of God, and said he is the *only* way to the Father, as quoted above. His name is exalted--pedestalized, one might say--above all other names, as quoted above. He said *I am* the Light of the World--not *we are* the light of the world, if you'll just realize that you're god too."
Christians are sons by adoption through propitiation. He is the Son by eternal generation.
Choose your Karl:
Marx ❌
Menger ✅
Choose your fighter:
Hal Finney ✅
Hal Lindsay ❌
...hm that's one I've not heard before. What's the connection between gnosticism and dispy?
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The Current app had promise -- first nostr client I saw with an integrated wallet and one-touch zaps. Very slick UI to boot.
Gnosticism is bunk--literally the oldest lie in the Book.
Do you know it when you see it?
>In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
[John 1:1-5](http://blb.org/kjv/jhn/1/1-5/), KJV
>Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
[John 14:6](http://blb.org/kjv/jhn/14/6/), KJV
And, perhaps especially:
>...Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
[Philippians 2:5-11](http://blb.org/kjv/phl/2/5-11/), KJV
Gnosticism is the Serpent's hiss.
Christ is not a gnostic. He is not merely a human who "achieved a higher consciousness," he is the eternal Son of God incarnate. See [John 1](https://esv.org/John+1), [Colossians 1](https://esv.org/Col+1), [Hebrews 1](https://esv.org/Heb+1), etc.
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“We’re all God in disguise. Jesus found that out, and they crucified him for saying so.”
— Alan Watts 
Not so. Let gnosticism stand or fall on its own merits without falsely marshaling Christ for the cause. ✌🏼
DID THE LITTLE ORANGE DUDE MAKE IT ON THE THIRD TRY?? NO I NEED RESOLUTION
A man created in the image of God, once lost to sin, now redeemed by the one mediator between God and men, the man, Christ Jesus.