10.27.2005

appeared to them as nonsense

Don't even bother reading this. First, it purports to answer questions about Heaven, which is impossible speculation. Secondly, rather than actually answering any questions, he begins almost every answer with an "I think" or "I suppose". Why bother writing a Q&A if you have no definitive A? Most egregiously he answers the most important question about Heaven completely wrong:

33. How do you get to Heaven?

This is the most important question anyone can ask. The answer has already been given: It is free. "Let him who is thirsty come, let him who desires take the water of life without price" (Rev. 22:17). Faith is the act of taking.

It sounds crazy, too good to be true. But it makes perfect sense. For God is love. Love gives gifts, gives itself. God gives himself, his own life, membership in his family. We are made "partakers of the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4). For God is pure love, and pure love has no admixture of stinginess in it.
You quote Scripture without saying anything about the Son? And you even say it is the most important question and yet list it 33rd? Really, why even bother, luke? Why even bother?

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