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NASB | 1 Peter 2:24 and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 2:24 He personally carried our sins in His body on the cross [willingly offering Himself on it, as on an altar of sacrifice], so that we might die to sin [becoming immune from the penalty and power of sin] and live for righteousness; for by His wounds you [who believe] have been healed. |
Subject: How can God let us go through pain? |
Bible Note: Now let's see just how wrong you are about the nature of God Himself. It is so true that our knowledge of the true God affects how we live our lives and worship him, so let's see if you have that right. You wrote: "The primary error of the teaching-is in the primary supposition itself! The supposition that God is running, controlling everything-which is simply not true." Hmmm...denial of God's sovereignty. Big error number one in your understanding of God. The BIBLE says: "But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases." --Psalm 115:3 " The steps of a man are established by the LORD, And He delights in his way." --Psalm 37:23 "The mind of man plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps." --Proverbs 16:9 "Man's steps are ordained by the LORD, How then can man understand his way?" --Proverbs 20:24 "I know, O LORD, that a man's way is not in himself, Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps." --Jeremiah 10:9 "Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father." --Matthew 10:29 "for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His children.'" --Acts 17:28 God is sovereign over every detail of existence. You are worshiping a false God if you say He is not. You wrote: "God the Father is on His throne in Heaven, Jesus is seated there at His right hand and the Holy Spirit is here with us on earth." The BIBLE says that God is omnipresent. No person of the Trinity is confined to time and space. "Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me." --Psalm 139:7-10 To deny the omnipresence of God is to deny the God of the Bible. You wrote: "The Father and Jesus have ALREADY done- All they are going to do until Jesus returns and gathers His saints." What blasphemy! Let's look at the BIBLE. Is the Father doing nothing? Then Paul's prayer is in vain: "For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him." --Ephesians 1:15-17 We already saw in Acts 17 how God holds all things together, but let's see what else the BIBLE says: "yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him." --1 Cor 8:6 Speaking of Christ, "He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together." --Colossians 1:17 The Holy Spirit has His own role within the Godhead, but to say that the Father and the Son are just sitting back, removed from everything, is to deny the words of Scripture. You wrote: "The Father sent the Holy Spirit with the same power and the same gifts that He had provided for Jesus in the earth. Jesus after His resurrection, proclaimed-"ALL AUTHORITY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME!" And then turned around and said that we were to have the same dominion and authority-by the power of attorney-of His Name! The Name of Jesus!" Show me from the BIBLE that all Christians have the same authority that Christ has. It is simply made-up nonsense. --Joe! |