colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman) (01/27/85)
> Christians accept that they cannot please God by what they do here on earth. > The law is just too hard for mortal man to obey. But, even in failure, > Christians are assured of God's love and forgiveness. That's not what everybody believes. If I remember _Pilgrim's Progress_ rightly, Bunyan has Moses ("the law") beat Christian up, and then Jesus comes along and tells Moses to lay off; "the law" is no longer to be used to damn all sinners. A modern charismatic would say that God always loves you and is pleased with you, even when your sins displease him. This may be only a semantic distinction. It seems strange to write of "failure" when one is assured of God's love. -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel