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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: Excellent series of posts, Joe, in which you allowed the Bible to speak its eternal truth plainly and forcefully about the nature of the sovereign and transcendent God. Having been a Christian for more than five decades, I have seen not only the brands of error being dispensed by electronic media charlatans of our day -- the Brother Bennies and the Sister Joyces -- but I have also seen the seen error, by a different name perhaps but error just the same, being promulgated in a by-gone time in tent meetings and sawdust revivals. We called them the Elmer Gantrys back then. It is painfully obvious to me that the thirst for a feel-good, non-biblical burlesque version of pseudo-Christianity that existed five decades ago exists still. The itching ears of yesteryear that gave audience to false teaching continue to itch still. The need to preach the word was a crying need then and is a crying need still. Joe, the things you have said in this series of posts may fall into disfavor and be called merely your spin or opinion, or your faulty interpretation or your own pet doctrine that somehow is viewed as being under the private ownership of apologistics such as we whose aim it is to direct the searchlight of the truth of God's word to expose the error of man's opinion. In this endeavor I consider this series of your posts a noteworthy monument. --Hank |