Today, points are shared fitting together the ideas of death, divinity, forgiveness, sin, and spirit. Meat, rather than the “sincere milk of the word,” is presented to provide a more developed perspective on now familiar ideas. Benefit, duration, and quality are added to life through intimate relationship that supplies such elements as acceptance, hope, humility, forgiveness, gratitude, joy, resilience, unselfish giving, sacrifice, truth, and wisdom. Divine law does not destroy sin, yet, through sacred law sin is exposed and made an object in consciousness that may be overcome through operations of the imparted, indwelling Spirit received in baptism. Where life may be depicted as movement that results from unwanted change and inconsistency (directing all that exists toward recovery of balance, completeness, order, peace, perfection, stability, and unity); sin must be depicted as chaotic and random motion directed to confusion, emptiness, non-existence, perpetual ruin, and the unfruitful stillness that is death. Divinity continues to value the Creation of heaven and earth that has been put forth as an expression of exalted being, eminence, grace, and sovereignty. Therefore, provisions have been established that see death undone through resurrection; and sin may be “undone” through salvation, rebirth, and renewed godliness. A
fighter at “Yahoo! Answers” using the ID “Hashim” (Level 2 with 560 points, a
member since May 12, 2015) posted the following:
Why do Christians believe God needs to die
to Forgive our Sins...?
Is sin more powerful than a God's life,?
THE GOLDEN ARROW: (For until
the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not
sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him
that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift.
For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and
the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded
unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the
gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift
is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man’s offence
death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the
gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as
by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even
so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto
justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners,
so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law
entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much
more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign
through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 5:
13-21, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Saved by
His Death? (05/13/2015); Getting It Right About Angels (05/10/2015); How Can One
Man Die? (02/09/2015); When Is A Law The LAW? (03/25/2014); Saul of Tarsus
(03/26/2014); Jesus and the Pharisees (07/14/2013); How Could Angels Fall?
(07/15/2013)
“Hashim”, to correctly understand the character,
nature, and processes of divinity, a person must carefully assign value to (we
say, judge) many profound themes and transcendent truths that describe multiple
subtleties (i.e., barely visible differences; hidden shifts in meaning and
value) of life experience. In general, our finite tools for managing emotion
and intellect (e.g., logic, mathematics, philosophy, science) are not sufficient
to immediately apprehend the full range of ideas that clarify the meaning of
“spirit”, and that maintain the peculiar awareness, consciousness and knowledge
generated by spirit as an active power. There are more points to
consider than I may list here, however, the following should be useful for your
further study:
(1.) GOD is a spirit—not a mere abstract idea—who
displays recognizable attributes (e.g., active presence, authority, glory,
holiness, immortality, immutability, person, purpose, purity, wisdom,
wrath against sin) that allow divinity to interact within relationships among
created beings and living creatures.
(2.) The framework of time and space present life
as temporal—experienced as disconnected, discreet episodes, events and
occurrences. For the living, lasting significance and eternal value must be
established using a different framework. Therefore, life experience also
includes birth, death, loss, maturation, rebirth, sacrifice, sharing, and
suffering.
(3.) Sin is no material thing having measurable
dimensions (e.g., depth, height, length, weight); is no living thing; does not
express love or show preference; and contains no spirit substance from
divinity. Even so, sin has direction, effect, and presence; and may dominate
awareness and self-will (we say, will power) within created beings and living
creatures. The operations of sin appear as natural and normal aspects of ones
inner being, therefore, they are not recognized as contrary to ones nature,
foreign, and strange until damage and loss become undeniable. While sin opposes
the continued existence of divine law and does not obey the divine will, sin can
not control, influence or manipulate divine will.
There is far more to be said, correctly understood,
and spiritually taken into account. (For example, (4.) Sin may not be simply
eliminated or removed from the earth without catastrophe, devastation, and
upheaval throughout the entire universe. Sin threatens the destruction of
things unknown and unshared among men, and angels that can never be replaced.
Through the ministry of GOD appearing in the flesh as Jesus Christ (we say, the
Incarnation), the sacred essence conveyed through the mechanism of blood is
applied for atonement, redemption, and salvation. Included are such aspects of
spirit as breath, comfort, promise, prophecy, the spark of life, truth, will and
word. The living may receive fresh deposits from the makeup of Deity that allow
them to recognize, reject and resist sin.) Even so, I trust this fragment will
be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith and spiritual
maturity.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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