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If so, not a very good stand-in imo. "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.". John 3:17 Christ
by drdeca 11y ago
If so, not a very good stand-in imo.
"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.". John 3:17
Christ didn't come to reward the people already doing good, and punish those doing evil.
Rather, "[...]for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, [...]"
People are not justified by being "good enough" by themselves, but rather, are "[...]justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, [...]".
Your description of "You're punished for evil and rewarded for nice and he's watching you all the time?" is, I think, a very misleading and simplistic idea of Christ.
- upquark 11y agoYeah, the algorithm needs its viral hook: being good enough is not enough, you need to spam 10 people with this message to achieve full redemption.
- drdeca 11y agoNot sure how you're getting that from what I said. I didn't mention evangelism at all? Why would you not include that in the "being good enough" part? I wasn't just saying that "being good enough" isn't enough. I was saying that no one (except Christ) is good enough. That one cannot, of oneself, earn or achieve justification, but that one is given justification, that one cannot deserve, as a gift.