Subject: Is John 3:16 for real? |
Bible Note: Dan, I have been following this very interesting thread. The question you are wrestling with is one that every Christian comes to at some point I believe. I like what Steve Indiana Jones has given you from Romans, Hebrews and Jeremiah. I am a minority voice on the forum coming from a Catholic perspective. But the questions you raised in this particular post to Jensen, makes me think you will find the following link of interest since it address some of the very questiosn you raise. It is from the Council of Trent addressing the question of Justification and how we are called and justified by grace. I think you will be surprised to see how it follows the line of your questions, although you may disagree on some but I doubt many of the points it makes. http://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/TRENT6.HTM#1 I have also alway found the following quote from the Catechism pertinent to the discussion of this matter. "Although in ways known to himself God can lead those who, through no fault of their own, are ignorant of the Gospel, to that faith without which it is impossible to please him, the Church still has the obligation and also the sacred right to evangelize all men." Hebrews 11:6; 1Cor 9:16 Emmaus |