Atheists, divine love, and the love of Christian believers are in view, today. Also, there is more on justice and lawful revenge. A “Yahoo! Answers” writer using the ID “Madyson” (Level 1 with 135 points, a member since December 24, 2013) posted the following:
Christians, do you love us Atheists like God loves us?
THE BATTLE AXE: Lawful Revenge? (01/02/2014)—Many confuse justice with retribution (we say, get back and pay back). Such persons understand equity and fairness as a matter of “sameness” (those who attack or hurt me should suffer the exact same way that I suffer). However, to correctly establish justice is not always a matter of parity. Often imbalance may be removed by a 60/40 or 70/30 solution in place of the 50/50. The violence of a community against transgressors is usually accounted as acceptable given that, where individuals seek to exalt their own will against consensus and law, patterns of extreme and unbalanced emotional and mental functioning tend to appear that cancel productive communication, logic, reason, and interpersonal exchange. Saying this another way: Offenders call forth violence upon themselves by displaying arrogance, lack of remorse, persistence, pride, selfishness and unwillingness to cooperate with, or submit to the law. In divine judgment, grace and mercy come into view as eternal aspects of divinity, divine prerogative, and expressions of the sovereign will of GOD. Thus, those who despise mercy are denied mercy, and those who do not at first submit to GOD willingly must do so by the force of truth revealed as Jesus Christ (see Romans 9: 15-17, James 2: 13 and Revelation 1: 7, KJV).
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; (Hebrews 3: 12-14, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Kicked Out By Parents? (11/27/2013); Before Getting Baptized? (11/28/2013); Salvation for Atheists (06/14/2013); Church is Good (06/15/2013); Foolish For Not Believing? (03/22/2013); Science and the Laws of Nature? (03/23/2013); On Producing Atheists (03/16/2013); The Children, not the Dogs (03/17/2013)
“Madyson”, few Christians achieve their goals for divine love and perfection while still caught up in the many life conflicts and struggles that are part of continuing as carnal, material and social beings upon the earth. Even so, believers are commanded to love as the Father loves, and are endowed with divine spirit that makes possible their godly responses to enemies as well as to intimate dear ones.
The Bible also includes strong warnings against those who are not part of the life and work for Christian believers (see 2nd Corinthians 2: 16 and 2nd Timothy 3: 1-5, KJV). Atheists are not a part of the priesthood in Christ. Therefore, few atheists contain the same divine spirit substance provided by GOD to Christians; and so atheists often frustrate the godly efforts from followers of Jesus. This is true even for acts to show kindness, love, prayer, reflection, sharing, and worship. Many Christians, whose development may be in early stages, become sick in spirit as they deal with daily attacks, indifference and insults made by those promoting themselves as atheists. Where a believer’s proper care for the salvation of others (many say, a burden for souls) is belittled and despised, he or she may feel a great anguish, despair, and sense of loss knowing the darkness a sinner will face without the divine provisions in Christ. Other believers may react with what seems to be anger, or bitterness that, in fact, is the Spirit of GOD appearing as wrath against sin.
There is far more to be said, properly shared, and understood as true spirit content from GOD. For example, every person’s salvation is from divine grace, not from their own desire, passion, and finite will. New relationship to GOD at first comes only by multiple operations and sacred events carried out by the Spirit of GOD. A sinner or unbeliever must experience many sweeping and permanent changes. They must be born again from divine DNA, so to speak, and to receive the divine nature. Once born again and endowed with content from the person of GOD, the believer must “grow up” again, and mature having new knowledge, and new aspects of self-will. Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Grow in grace.
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah 6: 8, KJV)
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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