Dear CrazyDiamond7,
Great to hear from you again.
CrazyDiamond7 writes:
LEF — If I AM died for all then all died. -- It is I AM who buys the entire person and it has nothing to do with paying a price for one's debts.
To
buy something is to inherently assume there is a price to be prayed for whatever is being bought.
If the Great ‘I Am’ did not ‘
pay’ the ‘
price’ for our ‘
debts’ than what was owed to whom?
According to the Bible man incurs a debt to God (The Great ‘I Am’) when he/she commits ‘sin’ (rebellion against the Creators perfect and Divine Will for their lives).
The cost of ‘Sin’ is death
1. This is a debt owed to God by man for their sin. This Law of sin and death
2 has existed since the beginning; when God told Adam and Eve not to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
3.
God does not change, nor does his view of ‘sin’; therefore the price of ‘sin’ will always be required to be paid.
Again, according to the Bible, Jesus freely (of His own will and volition {No one forced Him}) paid that price {i.e. the cost of our sin} in our place at the cross.
The ‘cost’ of my rebellion against the Great Creator is eternal separation from Him {Death}; Jesus took upon Himself the penalty of my rebellion {He took my place} and died so that I could be reconciled to The ‘Great I Am’.
The Item was ‘Sin’ {rebellion against a Holy God}
The ‘Price was eternal separation from the Eternal God eternally {Death}
God’s Justice could allow no less punishment.
Jesus ‘paid’ that ‘price’ for my ‘sin’. {Romans 6: 23}
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1. Romans 6: 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1989, S.)2. Romans 8: 2 For the law of the Spirita of life in Christ Jesus has set you b free from the law of sin and of death. (The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1989, S.)3. Genesis 2: 17
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a Or
spiritb Here the Greek word
you is singular number; other ancient authorities read
me or
us