God of Wrath, God of Love

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“The work of salvation, in its full sense, is threefold: first, it is about us as whole human beings, not merely as celestial souls; second, it is about our current present, not merely our one-day future; and third, it is about what God does through us, not about what God does in us or for us.” ~ inspired by N. T. Wright 4
Our God of Love – an Introduction Many Christians believe that God is a “testing God.” They feel that He places painful obstacles and challenges into their lives so that they may then “prove ourselves” to Him. They are certain that He punishes them when they sin. They feel that God, from time to time, gets fed up with humankind and sends wrathful “lessons” to “encourage us” to be better people. … To them, sometimes God is an angry, stern Father. And yet deep down, many Christians want more from their God. Even though they have been taught that God is highly selective and often shunning when it comes to admitting Souls into the Kingdom of Heaven, they want to believe in a Father whose mercy is without bounds and whose acceptance knows no exception … Even though they have been taught that God purposefully places painful obstacles and challenges into their lives that they may then “prove themselves” to Him, they want to worship a God of a more awesome & gentle Grace … Even though they have come to feel that God punishes them when they sin; that God, from time to time, gets fed up with humankind and sends wrathful “lessons” our way in order to “encourage us” to be better people, they want to honor a God of a Compassion more full & more complete. Well my dear Christian Friends, I have a sincere faith that you do indeed want to worship a God worth worshiping; that you do indeed want to worship an all-Loving God – one who refuses to demand petty hosannas & hallelujahs from His followers; one who refuses to condemn minor offenders of “false religions” to an eternity of torment; one who would never “test” his followers by sending them purposefully through times of pain or dis-ease or disconcertion … And as such, I thought it would be a Kind gesture to enable you all to more readily seek – and thereby more easily find – the far greater God who is indeed waiting for you within the Bible‟s texts; the far greater Father who Loves all without condition, and whose Grace is know to truly given freely without end. And it is with this in mind that I humbly offer the following eleven fundamental Truths about the Bible‟s contents – eleven epiphanies that, when read with an open mind and enlivened with a courageous Heart, will help your Scriptures to become reborn with fresh in-Sight & deeper Meaning. Amen … Let it be so! Scaughdt (November 2015) 5
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