“…People want what Jesus offers without meeting His demands. They want the love but not the wrath. They want the mercy but not the holiness. They want to heed the call of grace but not the call of obedience. They want the life without the death. But they’re fooling themselves because you can’t have one without the other. This is no Savior without Lord. There is no salvation without sanctification. There is no love without obedience. People must examine and evaluate whether the Jesus they believe in is the Jesus of the Bible or just their Jesus idol.”
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Yep, we want the Love and not the wrath…that is the entire premise of Salvation. And did you actually put your own words in quotes?
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Love without wrath..For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Who said this, and may I share it?
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i think: that is kind of the extrem end product of, so called, cheap grace mentality_ interpretation.
Glory without the Cross.
modern mininalism christianity….? -
That’s good preaching! I have said something similar many times. For those who are doubting the concept of Jesus having wrath they should just look at the Revelation picture of the rider on the white horse.
People do not have a balanced view of Jesus because they only look at him as the Lamb of God and not the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
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We want a Full-Time God for a Part-time effort.
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