Random Thoughts on the Really Good News

"For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sin according to the Scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:3) "He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross..." (1 Peter 2:24) The bible does not say sin is a debt that needs to be paid to God, but a result of bad behavior. All die as the result of sin - there are no exceptions, not even Jesus. But Jesus did not die for his own sin, but “for our sins" . He “ bore our sins in his body on the cross".  Jesus IDENTIFIED himself with sinful men to demonstrate God’s love for sinners. "God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."  (Romans 5:8). In the resurrection of Jesus God has revealed that the death of a sinner will be "swallowed up in Victory"  when resurrected - a free gift. "The wages of sin is DEATH but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our LORD.”  (Rom...

The church in which I was raised has a meeting each Sunday morning which is called “Sunday School”. It is assumed that we attend to study the Bible. However, the truth is that it is a place where the denominational beliefs are studied and various bible verses are read to attempt to prove that doctrine. This teaching method is true of every church group I have read about, whether Catholic or Protestant. We are not taught to think and reason with regard to the truth, but to simply believe what we are told is the truth.  "Thinking and reasoning" about what we read in the Scripture is very rare among Christians today. If people would actually think logically about what they are told is truth we could eliminate the horrible false doctrines in our churches. The following is an example: The doctrine of “substitution” is taught in most churches. We are taught that Christ Jesus is our substitute in regard to judgment for sin.  It says Jesus paid for sin so we do not have to pay fo...