Is God bloodthirsty?
Q: Is God bloodthirtsty?
A: No.
While some attempt to explain this, most dont fully explain it well.(1)
Here is what needs to be understood:
The issue has to do with "perfection". God is perfectly holy and we as fallen ones lost perfection when Sin entered thru Adam. The focus [in answering a question like this] needs to be on explaining it from this lense. All Sin = is crime against God. All sin is an assault on God's character and nature, as we as his creation were made in His Image and to live righteously. Since Adam lost that righteous nature at the Fall, we all only deserve death AND damnation (since 1. in eternity; after death, we cannot be in His presence. Though made to have a relationship, a fellowship with God, its impossible both while we are sinners AND after death). 2. God must, as a just Judge, punish criminals. When this is understood rightly, not only does it have to be punished eternal (since we are eternal beings), but because we have to exist somewhere. 3. He made eternal Hell for the fallen angels and so that eternal prison is where people who die in their sins must go.
Without having to, [and while His enemies], God (who is so loving and gracious) went to great lengths & at extreme cost to provide an escape for us...while being fully just in the process (it is legally valid and acceptable), in order to redeem us (from the wages of sin, & from damnation). He provided a substitute to die in our place (who took on the eternal wrath of God on the cross to pay the price on our behalf in order for us to be forgiven and go free).
This was accomplished in Jesus Christ; God manifested in the flesh. He came to earth, put on human flesh, and was the perfect second Adam, (100% God and 100% man). He lived a perfect sinless life, obeyed God the Father perfectly, and carried out the mission of his humanity by bearing their sin on the cross, & dying in place of believers. He died and rose again having victory over death, and lead those (who were formerly captive to sin) to salvation and into righteousness. Restoring what was lost. Thus, Believers are transformed at salvation (given the righteous nature of Christ, given spiritual life, given eternal life, and receive the indwelling Holy Spirit). They now live hating sin, and living in righteousness. They live out the "communicable attributes" of God (the character and nature of God that man can posess) which enables them to follow the Law of Christ: loving God and loving others. They grow in holiness, study Scripture, live out the faith... and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus.
This IS a God [the God] you would want.(2)
We are all called to obey the Gospel.
But you need to know who the true God and true Jesus [revealed in the 66 books of Holy Scripture] are, to do that.
Even though you are a sinner, even though you are already guilty of sin crimes, you can be forgiven and also go free from God's courtroom, if you receive the offer of Christ to pay your penalty/debt/fine in full. If you do, God closes your court case and you are free to go. Not because you earned it or deserve it, but because God is good and just, loving and kind, by the Grace of God he has made a way out - for you to go free.
Those who, with a contrite heart, are burdened by their sins, see the severity and where theyre headed, can (by God, through the power of the Gospel,) repent of their sins & fully put their trust in Jesus Christ. When they do, theyre born again.
They flee from sin Satan and follow Christ in righteousness.
It is an urgent matter to resolve today, tomorrow is not guaranteed(3). So, Turn to Jesus today. Pray to God. Plead to Him 🙏 to save you, as you repent and trust in Jesus.
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*After that, start in Matthew (the first book in the New Testament) and read to the end. Then read it again cover to cover to get a full understanding.
Tip: When you read it, go somewhere quiet and without distraction, to see and grasp what is being said.
*Bookmark this page so you can go through it
Footnote:
(1) While some might not explain it well in a given situation or encounter when discussing Christianity, it doesnt mean it is in vain. Scripture tells us "God's Word will not return void". What they hear is planting seeds of truth or watering what they had understood previously but gaining a bit more understanding.
(2) All other gods are not real and are "corrupted" being made in mans image & immagination including Allah, who is a deceiver as he allows & encourages deception. YHWH [the only true and living God] would never allow sin or corruption nor encourage it. He clearly states in Holy Scripture that he hates lies and all who practice it. He is the same yesterday, today & forever; He reigns in eternity. He is our Creator and to whom our lives are accountable.
(3) You will make a choice today; either to come to Christ or reject Him.
John 3:16-21
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. The one who believes in Him is not judged; the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed. But the one who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed as having been performed in God.”
John 3:36, "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them."
There is no hope for you without Christ [as Savior; paying your debt to God]. There is no other name given to men by God by which we can be saved.
Acts 4:12 "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved."
Hebrews 10:29: "Of how much more severely will someone be punished who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has counted as profane the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?"
You have heard the Gospel, the message that saves. If you reject it, your damnation and punishment will be far worse than those who never heard, and died in their sins.
Do not reject the sacrifice God made for you to have your sins forgiven. Flee to the feet of Christ humbly for forgiveness, and turn from your sins. There is forgiveness offered only through Him.
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