"Here I am, Send Me."
Douglas R. Larson berean@brookings.net
Wed, 18 Feb 1998 23:16:20 -0600 (00887886980, 00f901bd3cf5$95462c20$c28ff5c0@geek)
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GARY
There are broken people on death row in jails, there on broken people on
death row in their own living rooms watching TV right now. Who will help
them, who will save them? Who will love them?
It is written, Isa 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: "Whom
shall I send, And who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."
LARSON
Yes indeed, WHO will help them, Who will save them? Not to belabor the
point, but the answer is not you, nor any Christian minister, but God
Himself as he states within His Holy and infallible Word. Look them up!
John 17:12; John 17:24; John 18:9; John 6:39; Rom 8:29; Rom 8:30; Eph 1:5;
Eph 1:11 These of course are just but a few of the scriptures that place
this sovereign will of God as decisions that He makes in the lives of those
He professes to love--Would you agree?
In another post of yours, you made this statement, "What is it in human
nature that thirsts for love and
acceptance for just ourselves, who we are, right here, right now? An
unconditional love." It's an extreme oddity, that a Christian of your
magnitude should use the phrase "unconditional love." My Webster's states
that "unconditional love" means, "absolute, without qualifying conditions."
According to these verses, can you say that Jesus Christ expresses
"unconditional love" to all the human creatures He created upon this earth?
Matt 5:21; Matt 5:22; Matt 7:2; Matt 10:15; Matt 11:22; Matt 11:24; Matt
12:36; Matt 12:41; Matt 12:42; Mark 6:11; Luke 10:14; Luke 11:31; Luke
11:32; John 5:22; John 5:24; John 5:27; John 5:30; John 7:24; John 8:16
John 9:39; John 12:31; John 16:8; John 16:11; Acts 18:12; Rom 1:32; Rom 2:2;
Rom 2:3; Rom 2:5; Rom 5:16
Rom 5:18; Rom 13:2; Rom 14:10; 1 Cor 1:10; 1 Cor 11:29; 1 Cor 11:34; 2 Cor
5:10; Gal 5:10; II Th 1:5; 1 Tim 5:24; Heb 6:2; Heb 9:27; Heb 10:27; James
2:13; James 3:1; James 5:12; 1 Pet 4:17; 2 Pet 2:3; 2 Pet 2:4; 2 Pet 2:9; 2
Pet 3:7; I Jn 4:17; Jude 1:15; Rev 14:7; Rev 17:1; Rev 18:10; Rev 20:4;
Nope! Looks pretty much like some HEAVY DUTY CONDITIONS to me--"CONDITIONAL
LOVE!" Unconditional love has no need to place conditions on our love and
allegiance! Unconditional love, thusly, sets no outline in qualifying
conditions placed upon someone we care about. Unlike God, we would never
shorten the lives of our own sons and daughters, nor would we inflict pain
upon their very lives for the wrong doings that we as parents would
commit--let alone their great Grandparents. Would you agree? Another
"condition" placed upon your soul set for "judgment" would be the sin of
"lying." Did you know, that you are misrepresenting *[ lying] *
Christianity by stating that "Jesus Loves You Unconditionally?" Let me give
you a quick example. I'm a loving, caring, nurturing father and husband. I
support my family the best I know how. But I reject your Savior as the true
Savior. When your Savior's judgment day rolls around, will HE love me
UNCONDITIONALLY?
Peace, I am,
Gary Kuehl
Oh, "ego eimi." Nice!
Let me state the same.
Jesus Christ,
Doug Larson