FallentoReason Wrote:Maybe it's my engineering discipline here, but you can't logically assume you're being guided by God if the middle-man, Jesus, never existed. You want the NT to be the link to God and vice versa but without Jesus the NT doesn't have a foothold on reality at all. There's a huge hole that the hearsay of the gospels try to fill in. It's like trying to cross a bridge that has a massive gap in the middle. You can't get from one side to the other. The NT and the idea of God just aren't connected in any way, shape or form.
Jesus going to the cross is the bridge that fills that gap. The OT is a witness to the NT and the message it brings, the disciples used the OT to show the truth of Christ to those they witnessed to and taught. Jesus himself referred to the OT on many occasions.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
