I am gangster meme4/15/2023 So God sends his son Jesus, who lived the perfect life without sin, and died in our place to pay the price for sin. We would still be evil in the eyes of God and deserving of death. Such that even if we were to keep the laws of God from the time we were old enough to understand. Then declaring that we are sinful before we can even speak. This does not seem a fair and just system, God is establishing a set of rules that are impossible for mankind to keep. So in this thinking, even a new born baby is guilty before God and deserving of death and eternal punishment. It even goes so far as to say that we are sinful from the moment we are born (original sin). The bible shows us that it is not possible for any man (woman) to live without sin, and as such everyone is guilty of sinning against God. It could be breaking a law such as God’s commandments, or it could be just falling short of the perfection that God expects of all mankind. Sin is basically doing anything that God does not like. I am not sure if this is too much of an oversimplification, but I think it is a good enough sketch to discuss some of the issues I have with the whole idea. Now all we need to do is believe in Jesus and we will have eternal life.God rose Jesus from the dead to show he had power over death.God sent his son Jesus (who was without sin) to die in our place to pay for our sin, then 3 days later.We have all sinned against God and the punishment for sin is death (or hell) however,.The Christian message as I understand it is can be summarised as follows: This is a little like a gangster selling a shop owner insurance from fire, where if the owner does not take up this kind offer, the gangster will burn his shop down. God’s “free” gift of salvation seems a little less authentic when you consider that you are being saved from God. Although this meme is probably intended to just be a blind stab at the gospel message, it raises an interesting issue.
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