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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: You wrote: "What I am saying-is that God the Father delegated running of things here on earth-to Jesus! And that Jesus delegated running of things here on earth-TO US! So, who is supposed to be running things here on Earth? WE ARE!" And this is the blasphemous result of getting God all wrong. We suddenly become "little Jesuses" who are no different at all from the Son of God. We are Christ's ambassadors, his empowered representatives. However, Christ is still the ACTING head of the church (Ephesians 1:25, 5:23; Colossians 1:18): "Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God." --Colossians 2:18-19 Listen, I know from your profile that you claim to have been a Christian for less than two years. Do you really think that in such a short time you have mastered the truth regarding God, that you have it all figured out? I have been a Christian for two decades, and after years and years of study I still have so much to learn about God. However, I do know from what I have been taught through the BIBLE is that suffering is not a mistake, it is not something beyond the control of a weak and impotent God, and that it is something that the apostles rejoiced in and we are commanded to endure. You may close your Bible, lock it up in a safe, cover your ears, close your eyes, and repeat, "I do not believe in the 'suffering doctrine'" all that you like. It will not change for one second what the TRUTH about God is, and the God you are claiming to worship is NOT the true and living God as revealed in the Scriptures. What you are guilty of is idolatry, and do not think for one moment that God will not hold you accountable for rejecting His revelation in favor of a made-up "God." --Joe! |