A Tag and a Note

Something from last time that I think deserves being addressed:

Lalaith said that the God of of the OT might have done certain things that the God of Jesus would not have. To be clear, the God of the OT IS Jesus. You know that Angel that came and slaughtered 185,000 soldiers that were about to attack Israel? That was Jesus (many times in the OT, He is referred to as "the Angel of the LORD"). The Angel that came and was killing the Israelites when David sinned in numbering the people? Jesus. To say that the God of the OT and the God of Jesus are not the same demonstrates a complete lack of understanding about Who Jesus is.

Now to the post of today, a short one from Threnody.

There's a logical jump in her thought process when she starts going off the line of thinking that is, "if the Bible is right." She states that if the Bible is right, she was never saved - true. She then states that, since she "sought God" and never was saved, it's logical that she never will be. Which would be true, except that, if the Bible is right, she never SOUGHT God. In which case, there is absolutely no reason to think that God will not save her. She makes this same leap again at the end, switching between what the Bible says and what she believes. She believes she sought God, that she called HIM Lord, and all those other things. But if she's not saved, she didn't. So either she didn't come to drink of the waters of life freely and she's damned; or she did and she's not. It can't be half and half. And since she left, we know she's not; therefore, she didn't. It's my plan not to bring this up any more for a while, so if you notice these types of comments missing, it's because I don't want to be beating a dead horse. Or any horse. . . .

I don't want anyone to believe the Bible in order for them to feel doomed  - that just ruins any life they have here. Why would I want to take away the only life they'll have? I want people to believe the Bible in order for them to be saved. Yes, I do want her to believe that - unless something changes - her eternity is hell and punishment; but not for the sake of it hanging over her head for the rest of her life. Rather, like most people who teach on such things, it's to impress upon people the importance of their need for a Savior. People don't care if they're walking on train tracks if they don't think that the train is ever going to come.

If God were ONLY holy, all would be punished; and if God were ONLY loving, all would be saved. However, God is multi-faceted and the more beautiful because of it (like a precious stone); and in order to display ALL of His attributes, some must be punished and some must go free. It makes perfect sense. If rainbows were only one color, they would be pretty - but the array of colors makes them more marvelous.