Part 3
Summary:
- The Old Covenant Law (defined in Part 1 of this Chapter), and the Christian/Catholic "gospel," (defined in Part 2 of this Chapter) are based on the same principle, which states; Your experience of redemption from God depends on you. Make no mistake, "it depends on you" and "the law for righteousness" are synonymous.
- If God redeemed everyone by grace, through Christ, then "Christianity" declaring otherwise is not according to God; it is according to human nature (the flesh) under the law. This makes perfect sense because man's mind under the law, which we are all subject to (Chapter 1), can only produce ideas consistent with the law!
Ironically, but not surprisingly, the "Christian" solution to sinful human nature is itself a product of sinful human nature. - If redemption is because of Christ alone, then believing "it depends on you/them" is anti Christ.
- We played no causal role in becoming a sinner under the law, (Chapter 1), and we played no causal role in our redemption from being a sinner under the law. (Chapter 2 )
- The gospel is "God redeemed everyone by grace (promise,mercy), in and through Christ." Therefore, preaching God saves only those who choose to repent and believe is a false gospel; it is the law for righteousness (Moses) all over again.
God is cause; we are effect. Human nature reverses the order. Today’s Christianity/Catholicism reversed the order. Every religion, self-help prescription, therapy session, new age formula, and expression of secular wisdom designed to help us find meaning and ease our discontent reverses the order, and that's why your sense that somethings missing never goes away, and never will.
God is the cause of redemption, not our response to God.
You Have Nothing To Do With It