"What is The Algorithm for Alienation from God?
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- Do you feel alienated and estranged from God? Do you long to be reconciled to him and have fellowship with him? Join Dr. Tim Earle for this five-minute episode of The Ancient Theologian, as he explores the issue of alienation from God in a cinematic and artistic video entitled, "What is the Algorithm for Alienation from God?"
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That was a wonderful message to those who don’t know Christ as my Savior for I alway wondered where the old man in me went
Thank you so much, Emmet, for your very kind words. I really appreciate it. I'm glad that you were blessed by this video. May the Lord continue to bless you as you serve him!
You raise many more questions than you answer my friend!
I am interested in what you think about the story of Adam and Eve and the Garden -- is it meant to be understood as literal/historical, or as symbolic/figurative/metaphorical? More specifically:
1) Did the two of them start out as fully-formed, immortal adults?
2) Did other forms of life exist outside of the Garden -- and outside of immortality, prior to "The Fall"? Were there other humans, or humanoids (like Neanderthals)? Or was all life initially part of the Garden, and outside of the garden was lifeless, barren rock?
3) What about Dinosaurs? Did they predate Adam and Eve? Were they also immortal, prior to "The Fall"?
4) Do you believe Creation was a singular event, or is it an ongoing, eternal process?
5) If the latter, do you believe that biological evolution is part of the Creation process?
6) Why do you think we are punished because of the choices made by someone else (Adam/Eve)? Explain how you think that could be considered fair or just (to begin life as a fallen sinner by default, before we have any say or choice in the matter)?
7) Are babies/young children thus doomed to hell if they die prior to consciously accepting Christ as Lord? Likewise, what about those adults (of any age) who die before thy have even heard of Christ, much less are given the chance to learn of Him? Are they also doomed to hell? Explain how that is either fair or just?
I'm also interested in HOW specifically Christ redeems us. Yes, Grace is a gift, freely given. But what (if anything) is required of us? Simply acknowledging Him as Son of God (and accepting that gift)? Or is there more that we must do or become, to realize salvation and eternal life with Him?
In a way, it is no easy matter for God to reconcile with sinners- indeed, an algorithm is necessary! God as the moral governor of the universe is under an obligation to draft the law that holds things together, to create beings capable of understanding and obeying the law, capable of breaking the law with the freedom with which He blesses them- then redeem them when they break the law!
The very plan of becoming a man Himself, dying a death for sin He did not owe, and decreeing that this death can be the death of anyone who repents and believes- that is a complicated algorithm!! But it is the way of redemption, and God's own Holy Spirit confirms the truth of it all in the hearts of those who bow down, confess their sin, and receive the forgiveness God offers in the plan!!
Dr Earle says it with the sweet sound of the algorithm's scriptures themselves!!
Well said, my friend. Well said. And thank you for the compliment.