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Thursday, October 14, 2010

The Real Good News!


We Believe the Bible Declares That God Loves You
Unconditionally, Period! Without One String Attached.

- God Gives the Gift of Belief.
- God Gives the Gift of Repentance.
- God Gives Gift of Faith.
- God Gives the Gift of Your Physical Life.

God gives you All of these things in His Timing and for His Purposes. These are not gifts we have to choose to receive. God must even give us the willingness to receive these gifts. (For you theologians out there, No, we are not Calvinists. Please read further.) Since He has given these to some, He will give them to all. If not in this age, then He will do it in the ages to come. The teaching of the God of the Ages is one of the most neglected teachings of the Bible. We will more thoroughly discuss the often overlooked biblical doctrine of the ages a little later.
The following is where we agree with traditional teachings:

We confess that Jesus is the Son of God. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through Him. He died for our sins and was resurrected on the third day, according to the Scriptures. The original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts are the Holy Spirit inspired Word of God.

However, we also believe Scripture when it declares that when Jesus was raised up, He drew all men to Himself. We believe the Father will draw all men to Jesus. We believe every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. We believe that as all people died in Adam, even so will all people be made alive in Christ. Jesus is the Savior, not only for our sins, but for the sins of the whole world. He is 100% victorious and worthy to be praised! God is no respecter of persons. His mercy is everlasting.

We believe it is reasonable and consistent to come to an understanding from Scripture, church history and common sense, that God would never everlastingly torment anyone, but when it is necessary He will use suffering in different degrees, for different people, as a means of His kindness, to win everyone to new life in his Son, through the cross. Just like He did for many of you reading this.
Or… do you think there are people who are just too prideful, evil or stubborn to save, or too prideful, evil or stubborn to turn to God. Unlike yourself. You weren’t beyond saving. You weren’t too prideful, evil or stubborn. You were smart enough to turn.
Unless You are Able to Think for Yourself, This Blog is Not for You.

If you think in all things spiritual, that your pastor or elders or bishops or cardinals would always know better than you, then please don’t read any further. This book is for those who are able to think for themselves.

It is our hope in reading this book that you will learn to more completely rest in what our wonderful Heavenly Father has accomplished for us!

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!How unsearchable His judgments, and His paths beyond tracing out!

(Romans 11:33, NIV)

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