Quote by Ty Gibson
[Repost, but needs repeating...]
UNLESS, you get to know God, and not just know Him, but be in an active and a live, daily relationship with Him...
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then you will view the TOTALITY of Jesus, Creator God and biblical narrative as restrictive, rigid, unreasonable, elitist, hypocritical, abusive, enslaving, pointless, fictional, hocus pocus etc....
and as I referenced in my previous post - you might instead, be in error, unaware, punked, lazy or sheep mindset to read the facts , or in spiritual ignorance as to who this God is and how that is in ANY relevance to you, the reader in 2024 or sometime down the track whenever you read this...
and as a CONSEQUENCE to that lack of insight, knowledge, or understanding, then unless you make some critical changes in your tactics and belief systems so you can understand your position in the game of life, understand who this Creator God is and why he wants to get to know you, then you are in risk of losing your SALVATION!!
Salvation, which is the gift of Amazing Grace, that pardons all of humanity, that ever lived from the curse the bible describes as SIN.
[What is sin? you ask fact checker.. see Rom 3:20 and Rom 6:23]
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Remember, God is Love....1 John 4:8
anything that falls out of this foundational principle, would constitute and mean, that it is NOT GOD, the Alpha and OMEGA, the CREATOR GOD of the bible [Godhead: Father, Son, Spirit] but in actual fact, could be a deception to discredit or to mar the character or the idea of the TRUE identity of this Creator God..
In fact, any god that requires a penance or ANYTHING of and from its subjects is a Wrathful God logically speaking, because it entails a metric of appeasement, and appeasement is the opposite of LOVE..
For those asking names of gods and prophets, whatever fits the bill my friend - you are smart enough and wise enough to make draw that conclusion. If it isn't loving, claims to serve self over others or appease the god, then it is wrathful and legalistic..
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Simple illustration - If you are dating someone, and they hold you against your will, and coerce you to comply beyond your will, lock you up and do all sorts of unspeakable things, we in the majority of society would call that an abusive, unloving, narcissistic, mentally unstable and restrictive relationship...
The partner, male or female since we are dealing in the realm of objective reality, would be described as a wrathful and a very dangerous person, and I would advise to LEAVE IMMEDIATELY!
The opposite is also true...If you date someone, who takes the time to get to know you, and makes you get all the good fuzzy feelings, not to mention caters to you, looks out for your best interests, advises and listens to you, uplifts you, respects you, helps you, is kind to you, protects you, listens to you, is your better half in your time of need, loves what you love and lives to cherish that love till death do you part off solid and strong foundational values, instilled in them by Creator God etc...
then we would constitute that as a loving person, a keeper. You would want to reciprocate that love. It is an honour, pleasure and duty for you to do so...right? Therefore It is not legalistic at all, because you both bring something to the table, and you both live to serve and love one another equally, humbly in the only way you can as two individuals bound in common love.
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Don't overthink it, or reinvent the wheel.
Instead, get to know Jesus, understand and know what differentiates Him from all the others...
What makes Him so unique, that logical and sound minds ACTUALLY seem to move from a place of not just theologically knowing Him, but absolutely devoting and putting themSELVES in servitude from mere knowing the character, and the person on paper but, falling deeper and deeper in love with Him on the daily, to where NOTHING, will convince them otherwise that...
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GOD, JESUS, IS anything other than.. LOVE!
Hope that helps!
Shabbat Shalom
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