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NASB | Romans 5:6 ¶ For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 5:6 ¶ While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly. |
Subject: Not my will? |
Bible Note: With all due respect, you didn't respond to the content of my post at all. Please re-read and address what I wrote. Simply repeating an unsupported assumption regarding election does not make you any more or less right than you were the first time. By the way, I did look at the two verses, and they do nothing to support your original contentions. God is anything but "simple and easy." From the human side of things, our salvation is easy, but it cost Christ a great deal. Furthermore, since God does all the work in regenerating us and causing us to desire to place our faith in Christ, it again is easy for us. Our holy God, however, is anything but simple; and the committed Christian life is one of external difficulty and trials (ask Paul). Our eternal rest comes later. Lastly, one cannot pick and choose from Scripture the attributes of God that we are most comfortable with (well, I suppose we can, but it will not be the real God we will be worshipping). God is loving, but God is also completely holy. Check out Revelation 1 for John's first-hand experience of the utter holiness of Christ. He is also completely just, and will not compromise His justice for the sake of love. He is also a God of wrath toward sin. The God who sent Christ to die for my sins is the same one who destroyed all humanity with the exception of Noah's family. He is the God who will let many spend all eternity in Hell to justly pay the penalty for their sins against Him. Simple? I don't think God is the simple One here. --Joe! |