verse of the day
Saturday, 1 August 2020
Likes and dislikes ( Romans 1 v 18 )
We all have our likes and dislikes ,when I was young ,like many children I did not like eating vegetables ,I like them now,often our likes and dislikes,are not important. But of course there are times they are, like how we view race,or women.Lets turn the spotlight on the Christian faith ,many people dislike it when we point out that accepting Jesus is the only way to heaven,even some who say they are Christians,,even though Jesus said that He was the way, the truth, and the life, and that no one can go unto the Father,except by him ( John 4 v 16 ). There are some ,even Christians who dislike the doctrine of the wrath of God,they would argue that it is inconsistent with the Scripture teaching that God is a God of love. So it was that a man called C.H.Dodd who took issue with those who believed in the wrath of God,he believed that the sacrifice of Christ had nothing to do with wrath. He challenged the use of the term propitiation ,which means that God had to be appeased , because God was angry with humanity.because of their sin C.P John 3 v 16 / 36. There are many scriptures that speaks of God being angry,in Psalm 7 v 11 we read that God is angry with the wicked every day..In spite of this C.H.Dodds rejecting this , and sought to make a case against the use of the word propitiation ,it is Leon Morris who points out,'Throughout Greek literature,biblical and non-biblical alike,hilasmos ( Greek) means ''propitiation''. We cannot now decide that we like another better''
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