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| God loves the sinner and hates the sin: such a [[statement]] is true philosophically, but God is a [[transcendent]] [[personality]], and persons can only love and hate other persons. Sin is not a person. God loves the sinner because he is a personality [[reality]] ([[potentially]] eternal), while towards sin God strikes no personal [[attitude]], for sin is not a spiritual reality; it is not personal; therefore does only the [[justice]] of God take cognizance of its [[existence]]. The love of God saves the sinner; the ''<u>law of God</u>'' destroys the sin. This attitude of the divine nature would apparently [[change]] if the sinner finally identified himself wholly with sin just as the same [[mortal]] [[mind]] may also fully identify itself with the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit Adjuster]]. Such a sin-identified mortal would then become wholly unspiritual in nature (and therefore personally unreal) and would experience eventual [[Death|extinction]] of [[being]]. Unreality, even incompleteness of [[creature]] nature, cannot exist forever in a [[progressively]] real and increasingly spiritual universe.- [[2:6|2:6.8]] | | God loves the sinner and hates the sin: such a [[statement]] is true philosophically, but God is a [[transcendent]] [[personality]], and persons can only love and hate other persons. Sin is not a person. God loves the sinner because he is a personality [[reality]] ([[potentially]] eternal), while towards sin God strikes no personal [[attitude]], for sin is not a spiritual reality; it is not personal; therefore does only the [[justice]] of God take cognizance of its [[existence]]. The love of God saves the sinner; the ''<u>law of God</u>'' destroys the sin. This attitude of the divine nature would apparently [[change]] if the sinner finally identified himself wholly with sin just as the same [[mortal]] [[mind]] may also fully identify itself with the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit Adjuster]]. Such a sin-identified mortal would then become wholly unspiritual in nature (and therefore personally unreal) and would experience eventual [[Death|extinction]] of [[being]]. Unreality, even incompleteness of [[creature]] nature, cannot exist forever in a [[progressively]] real and increasingly spiritual universe.- [[2:6|2:6.8]] |
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− | The divine omnipotence is perfectly co-ordinated with the other attributes of the [[personality]] of God. The power of God is, ordinarily, only limited in its universe spiritual [[manifestation]] by three conditions or situations: | + | The divine omnipotence is perfectly co-ordinated with the other attributes of the [[personality]] of God. The [[power of God]] is, ordinarily, only limited in its universe spiritual [[manifestation]] by three conditions or situations: |
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| *1. By the ''nature'' of God, especially by his infinite [[love]], by [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]]. | | *1. By the ''nature'' of God, especially by his infinite [[love]], by [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]]. |
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| You know that real [[growth]] happens in the [[unseen]], which [[manifests]] in the seen. This is the [[concept]] of [[thoughts]] held in [[mind]], producing after their kind. It is the immutable ''law of God''.. As above, so below. (As within, so without) - [[1999-03-04-Scribbles from Lytske|Lytske]] | | You know that real [[growth]] happens in the [[unseen]], which [[manifests]] in the seen. This is the [[concept]] of [[thoughts]] held in [[mind]], producing after their kind. It is the immutable ''law of God''.. As above, so below. (As within, so without) - [[1999-03-04-Scribbles from Lytske|Lytske]] |
| + | ==See also== |
| + | *'''''[[15.6 The Holy Instant and the Laws of God|The Holy Instant and the Laws of God]]''''' |
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| [[Category: Law]] | | [[Category: Law]] |
| [[Category: Law/TeaM]] | | [[Category: Law/TeaM]] |