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Subject: What is the Bible's take on sacriments? |
Bible Note: "For me to suggest any other particular manner would in itself be a pointless attempt to limit God." Well, as my good buddy Calvin said, "Finitum non capax infinitum." However, God has revealed how He is limited in certain chracteristics. If He is, as one of my catechisms says, "infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth," then by definition He cannot be foolish, impotent, unholy, unjust, evil, or a liar. "We know what He willed, but that does not mean God could not have willed another manner that would have satisfied Himself in all His attributes." Perhaps, but it would seem unkind to include His own Son if were not necessary. What we do know from God's self-revelation is that death is what serves as justice for violation of His law (Genesis 2:17; Romans 6:23; Hebrews 9:22). So whatever just satisfaction was to be made had to include death. And since Christ was put forth as a propitiation (i.e. a sacrifice to appease God's infinite wrath), I think it is safe to assume that such a propitiation was also necessary; God simply couldn't shrug His anthropomorphic shoulders and say, "Oh, no big deal." God responds to our sin with wrath, and that wrath has to "go somewhere." Therefore, I think I am on safe ground by sticking with St. Anselm on this one. But, you are right: no matter the possible worlds, the one we have is the one He made! --Joe! |