(November 9, 2011 at 8:21 pm)Faith No More Wrote: If no one is worthy, then why save us at all?
If God didn’t save anyone then one of this attributes would go unexpressed and thusly un-glorified, He expresses His justice through those that are unsaved and His love and glory through those He saves. We see this in the contrast between Pharaoh and Moses, God builds Pharaoh up just to destroy Him and His kingdom displaying His justice and power. He then gives someone as small as Moses saving grace displaying His love and grace towards His children.
Quote: Except in this situation he allows some to earn a pardon while simultaneously denying others any chance at all. When you add to that the they are being denied this chance because of reasons beyond their control that he created(place of birth), God's idea of justice is being randomly applied.
So you are saying every criminal deserves the chance to be pardoned? I am not so sure I agree that is required in order to preserve justice. Everyone that God wants to give justice to hears the gospel and responds to it positively. So I really don’t see the distinction between someone who hears the gospel but rejects it simply because their heart was never redeemed and someone who never hears the gospel simply because they live in South America. There has never been a person who would have accepted the gospel if they had just had the opportunity to hear it. This does not stop us from doing mission work though because we believe there are sheep in other countries and God has chosen to use us as His means of getting the good news to them.
Quote: Except this does not apply because these people are being punished for something they did not choose(place of birth again).
No, they are punished for their sins, not the fact they were born in a particular place. There is not a single person on earth who does not sin in some fashion; this is what they are punished for.
Quote: Yet you believe god has given you the opportunity but he denies it to others. Something obviously has to set you apart from those who have no chance.What sets me apart is solely in God, not in me. He chose to save me because it serves His greater purpose not because I did anything to earn it. I think one of Christianity’s greatest strengths is the fact that it is completely unique in its view of man. All other religions seem to glorify man in some way or another which is exactly what I would expect from man-made religions, but why would man create a religion that made him look like a complete wretch utterly incapable of doing anything good on his own? We even see this when Christians introduce doctrines that are not in line with scripture, they always glorify man in some way, or increase his sovereignty in some way.