(June 19, 2018 at 6:38 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: "Agape (Ancient Greek ἀγάπη, agapē) is a Greco-Christian term referring to love ... as it embraces a universal, unconditional love that transcends and persists regardless of circumstance." ~ Wikipedia
And yet God cannot accept me as I am. Doesn't sound like agape to me.
Supposedly it's because of justice, yet the supposed king of agape said:
"If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also."
Something is amiss here.
What if "you" are not just you?
What if you are an amalgamation of several different things/beings?
What if you were made up of a body/mind, Spirit and Soul?
What if one or more of those things belong to satan?
Meaning what if by being born you body/mind were born into slavery/sin.
Mind/Body being the corporeal aspects of your being. the measurable anchor/avatar or physical host we have in this world and the mind is the physical device used to control the body.
Spirit=being the avatar's/physical host's primal will. a human being natural inclination, it's instinct it's logic it's corporeal reasoning.
The Soul= being the aspect or level of consciousness and understanding assigned to us by God. it is the part of us that has ultimate control over our avatars or bodies. it is the ghost in the machine it is the consciousness in the cloud that get up loaded into new hardware once this model is damaged or upgraded.
So again what if the body and mind belong to satan when we are born unto this world, and because they are corrupt they also infect the Spirit who then like a zombie turn the soul against God.
So then who are you really? Jorge or a zombie snake monster looking to strike out and devour what you perceive as an enemy?
At best our souls say I do not want to sin, and demand our spirits to identify and resist sin to a degree. but according to Paul out bodies/minds are slaves to sin and will be till we die. one we die the bond sin has on use is over, so then upon our resurrection our min body spirit and souls call all live in unison. (That is all for God or All against God) but until then we are only at best 2/3 ourselves with 1/3 belonging to sin no matter what we do. If you are all against God now how much more when Satan will be present fueling the hatred you now have? Why should God love someone like that? do you love the idea of ISIS do you seek to love radicalized ISIS fighters? how different will you be to God once Satan fuels your hatred?
Today, All God is asking that 2/3's to make the commitment to him by standing against the sin we are slaves to. he know we can not live sin free lives, but at the same time we can not love or embrace our sin either we must live in opposition to it. And let Jesus' atonement carry us the rest of the way.