Reader,
is anything more sad then someone who tries all their life to please God, and they try to keep the 10 commandments, and they are water baptized, and then they die one day and go directly to Hell.
How many Millions are in Hell right now who lived a good life, tried to be a good honet and caring person, tried to keep the 10 commandments, and went to church for years and years and years. Maybe they were even a Pastor or a Deacon or a Worship Leader.
Only God knows how many millions of these found out in the end that their good works and their self effort only paved their road to Hell.
So, lets look at Christ's Divinity and apply it towards our understanding of God's : "Gift of Salvation."
One of the best ways to realize Christ's Divinity is simply to understand that God wrapped Himself in Human flesh and was born of a Virgin.
This means that God became one of us to offer Himself to all of us...: as "The Gift of Salvation" The Gift of Righteousness", the "Blood Atonement", and "Eternal Life".
The thing that "trips up" the minds of most Christians, is that they dont understand that only God Himself can meet His own requirements for holiness and righteousness and truth.
We can't and that is why Jesus had to die on The Cross to SAVE US.
So, God had to offer His Salvation and His own Righteousness to us as a "GIFT", so that we can have them.... forever.
Carnal people can't stand this, and want to try to do it for themselves....and that is why their religious emotions fight against God's Salvation and kick against God's Grace...... and try to do it their way, which is to try to perform for it, which insults The Cross of Christ and the Grace of God.
Paul teaches....."to them that worketh NOT, but believeth on God who justifies the UNGODLY.... = Their FAITH is (counted by God) as (Christ's) Righteousness".......given to them as "the Gift of Salvation".
is anything more sad then someone who tries all their life to please God, and they try to keep the 10 commandments, and they are water baptized, and then they die one day and go directly to Hell.
How many Millions are in Hell right now who lived a good life, tried to be a good honet and caring person, tried to keep the 10 commandments, and went to church for years and years and years. Maybe they were even a Pastor or a Deacon or a Worship Leader.
Only God knows how many millions of these found out in the end that their good works and their self effort only paved their road to Hell.
So, lets look at Christ's Divinity and apply it towards our understanding of God's : "Gift of Salvation."
One of the best ways to realize Christ's Divinity is simply to understand that God wrapped Himself in Human flesh and was born of a Virgin.
This means that God became one of us to offer Himself to all of us...: as "The Gift of Salvation" The Gift of Righteousness", the "Blood Atonement", and "Eternal Life".
The thing that "trips up" the minds of most Christians, is that they dont understand that only God Himself can meet His own requirements for holiness and righteousness and truth.
We can't and that is why Jesus had to die on The Cross to SAVE US.
So, God had to offer His Salvation and His own Righteousness to us as a "GIFT", so that we can have them.... forever.
Carnal people can't stand this, and want to try to do it for themselves....and that is why their religious emotions fight against God's Salvation and kick against God's Grace...... and try to do it their way, which is to try to perform for it, which insults The Cross of Christ and the Grace of God.
Paul teaches....."to them that worketh NOT, but believeth on God who justifies the UNGODLY.... = Their FAITH is (counted by God) as (Christ's) Righteousness".......given to them as "the Gift of Salvation".

