What exactly is Redemption? Did the Lord die in my place? How does ‘God balance mercy and justice’? What does it mean that the Lord became sin? Or that He became a curse?
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Living Hope: Living in the Hope of the Resurrected Christ
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What happened through the Resurrection that can change how I live? The Resurrection takes away our fear of tribulation, sin and death, and gives us power over everything. We live in the hope, the expectation of newness and restoration…
This article is a bit heavier on the quotes, contrary to the ‘about’ section, my apologies in advance!
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Don’t blame it all on God. Back to basics: Origins, Free will, and Sin.
We have to be very careful not to attribute causality to God when typically the reason for anything is our whole fallen world that we all work in. What God does is use the evil that we do to work good from it, but He certainly doesn’t will for any of these things to happen.
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If He died for our sins, what’s the problem with sinning?
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Q: If Christ died for the sins of this world, why is it not okay to sin?
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