He did preach forgiveness, but he said it like this: "Forgive others and God will forgive you." It's from the Sermon on the Mount."
It sounds very simple and straightforward to me... it simply means we have to change our ways. That whole sermon is about how WE have to change. Nothing about how we don't have to change, and Jesus will take on the punishment for us. Jesus didn't preach that kind of Law.
The Law Jesus taught is God will treat us as we treat others, and if we don't fogive, God will not forgive us. So why do Christians get upset when I simply remind them of what Jesus actually taught?
In most cases my source is http://gospelenigma.com Can't say I agree with everything in the book, but in general, it simply turns the attention from what Paul preached to what Jesus preached. One man even said "Heresy, Heresy!"
So what is it about the things that Jesus taught that gets Christians so upset?
2007-09-03
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