http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2009/03/29/will-you-sign-my-bible/ Thoughts on life, art, and religion Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:31:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2009/03/29/will-you-sign-my-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-29926 David Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:04:01 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=452#comment-29926 Thanks for your thoughts, but I am wondering about your question: "Does Christianity make one a better person?" The way you expand upon it is to compare a christian to others around them; that was not the purpose of the Gospel! The gospel is not intended to make us better people, it is intended to make us acceptable to God by the finished work of Jesus Christ,. That will lead to a life consistent with one who is being conformed to the image of His Son, and growing in grace. That should look like a "better life", but the purpose of Christ was to save sinners. Thanks for your thoughts, but I am wondering about your question: “Does Christianity make one a better person?” The way you expand upon it is to compare a christian to others around them; that was not the purpose of the Gospel! The gospel is not intended to make us better people, it is intended to make us acceptable to God by the finished work of Jesus Christ,. That will lead to a life consistent with one who is being conformed to the image of His Son, and growing in grace. That should look like a “better life”, but the purpose of Christ was to save sinners.

]]> http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2009/03/29/will-you-sign-my-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-14983 Stephen Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:38:41 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=452#comment-14983 I agree, such an attitude evidences a fundamental misunderstanding of the Gospel. I agree, such an attitude evidences a fundamental misunderstanding of the Gospel.

]]> http://www.jslweb.com/blog/2009/03/29/will-you-sign-my-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-14974 ToilingAnt Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:44:02 +0000 http://www.jslweb.com/blog/?p=452#comment-14974 Something I just recently read mentioned that Paul never compared himself favorably with unbelievers... he thought of himself as the chief of sinners, even when he was the Apostle to the Gentiles. I think we're on dangerous ground when we lose that sense of our own inherent sinfulness contrasted with God's astounding grace... I agree, Christ is not honored by an attitude of superiority. Something I just recently read mentioned that Paul never compared himself favorably with unbelievers… he thought of himself as the chief of sinners, even when he was the Apostle to the Gentiles. I think we’re on dangerous ground when we lose that sense of our own inherent sinfulness contrasted with God’s astounding grace… I agree, Christ is not honored by an attitude of superiority.

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