How to reject the Almighty
Posted on 20 Mar 2007
A good friend of mine said that if he died, still unconvinced of Christ’s position as humanity’s savior, and was judged as a non-believer to be cast into hell, he would be ok with such a fate. Because to him, he wouldn’t want to spend eternity with a being that damned some and accepted others based on their decision to choose the Christian story over others. On the other hand, he would delight in joining a God that loved all despite their faith shortcomings. It seems to me that my friend believes in a God of justice and love, as do I. The Bible says that all have been revealed to God’s existence, or as Pascal says, we are born with a God-shaped hole. So do some simply have the aptitude or experiences to choose Christ and does God judge on such grounds? If so, what a cruddy God indeed. And I am certainly aware that Christ has been remarkably misrepresented through the ages, and to reject Christ because the experiential evidence is lacking–or worse, the evidence is harmful–seems quite reasonable.
According to Paul, a list of things that cannot separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus:
– death nor life
– angels nor demons
– present nor the future
– nor any powers
– neither height nor depth
– nor anything else in all creation
That’s quite a list… have fun stormin’ the castle.
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“Sister“
sarbro
27 Mar 2007 (02:58)
I agree that nothing separates your friend from the love of God, but his love isn’t the issue when it comes to final judgment. Can’t a parent love their children and still allow them to make their own choices? If an earthly father allows his daughter to choose to be with him or to go off on her own, is that father more loving if he forces the daughter to stay with him against her will? He might know it would be better for her to stay with him, but wouldn’t his love grant her the freedom to make the choice and follow through with it? Is God unloving for giving us a choice and then giving us the consequences of our choice? That seems like a selfish view of God to me–we want him to give us a free pass to heaven no matter what we choose. Yes, he loves us regardless of our choices and behavior, but that doesn’t change the consequences of those choices/behaviors.