Subject: Re: Jesus Plays Favourites? Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 03:22:32 GMT From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Reply-To: Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian In , (Graeme Hunt) wrote: >You obviously have no understanding of the salvation package Nigel. >Salvation has been provided to all who will receive it gratis. It is a >free gift. However, it took a legal process to achieve the possibility >of salvation. This is the whole issue in the doctrine of propitiation. As you know, Graeme, I think you are 100% wrong in this, and therefore disagree with the rest of your post which is based upon this premise. If your faith is based on a legal process, then it is doomed. You have nothing to offer me or anyone else. The Good News of the Christian Gospel is that we are not reliant upon any legal process; past, present or future. God’s love to us in Jesus proves that all is forgiven. If we acecpt his love, then we are saved from the consequences of sin. When we accept his love, it is seen in our lives. Your Gospel is based on an angry God who demands a sacrifice in propitiation. That is why you are so quick to condemn people who live and believe differently from you, eg homosexual people and liberal Christians. In a legal religion such as yours, the emphasis is on ‘getting it right’, and there are dire conmsequences and eternal punishments in store for those who ‘get it wrong. The Gospel I preach is based on a God whose love is above all and in all. It demands that I love others, including homosexual people, liberal Christians, and even fundamentalist Christians, with the same unconditional love and acceptance that God has shown towards me. In a religion based on love the details - what we do, the language we use to express our faith, etc. are secondary. The main question; in fact the only one that really matters, is the question implied by John 13:35. Can all people see the love of God in your life? cheers N+ Nigel B. Mitchell