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• John 6:38 . . I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but
the will of Him who sent me
• John 8:29 . . He that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me
alone; for I do always those things that please Him.
• John 14:31 . . I do exactly what my Father has commanded me.
God is not only Jesus' tutor, but also his role model. For example: the Father
has entrusted all judgment to His son (John 5:22) For that reason, people
really ought to be scared of Christ because he intends to go about the
business of judging no differently than the fire and brimstone practices of
the God of the Old Testament, by whom Jesus has been trained to take the
reins.
• Isa 11:4-5 . . He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the
breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. Righteousness will be his belt and
faithfulness the sash around his waist.
• John 10:30 . . I and my Father are unified.
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• John 6:38 . . I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but
the will of Him who sent me
• John 8:29 . . He that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me
alone; for I do always those things that please Him.
• John 14:31 . . I do exactly what my Father has commanded me.
God is not only Jesus' tutor, but also his role model. For example: the Father
has entrusted all judgment to His son (John 5:22) For that reason, people
really ought to be scared of Christ because he intends to go about the
business of judging no differently than the fire and brimstone practices of
the God of the Old Testament, by whom Jesus has been trained to take the
reins.
• Isa 11:4-5 . . He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the
breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. Righteousness will be his belt and
faithfulness the sash around his waist.
• John 10:30 . . I and my Father are unified.
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This is where I get confused. I thought Jesus died on the cross to save sinners. But it seems no matter what we do, we're still condemned. We can never be perfect on our own - and God knows this - so he sent his son as a sacrifice, as payment for all our sins. And yet, no matter what we do, we can't stop sinning. Once we claim the title of "Christian", our walk must be perfect; if we keep stumbling, that means we are not saved, we don't have Jesus with us, so we're condemned. So it seems to me that Jesus' death on the cross was all in vain, if his sacrifice was not enough to save us. We live in a world full of traps and snares; you may go to church on Sunday, and commit your life to Christ, but there are false teachers everywhere (especially on the internet), bad Bible translations; the world is full of sin, how do you avoid it? Become a hermit? I guess I can decide I will only listen to the Christian radio station, and watch the Christian tv station; maybe I will stop going to my barber, because he's not a Christian, and he might put wrong ideas in my head; I wonder if there is a Christian grocery store in my neighborhood? I don't want to go to Safeway or Kroger and buy products from unbelievers; I hope the person who drives the bus that takes me to work everyday is a Christian, because he might be driving me to hell. And my employer - I know they're not true Christians, because they're pushing the 'woke' agenda. I'd be better off trying to get a job Chick Fil-A or Hobby Lobby.
I used to think Jesus died for the broken, the lost, the hopeless, the widow, the orphan, the poor. The more I read here, though, it seems like died for the righteous, the ones who already have it all figured out, the Pharisees who claim to walk in upright ways. If that's the case, then I am doomed, because I don't claim to be close to perfection; I don't claim to be more holy or righteous than all the heathens I'm surrounded by everyday. In fact, I don't see heathens, sinners, evildoers; I see human beings doing their best to get by.
Yeah, I know, that's not enough.
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