Jesus forgives all sins: The Son of man has the authority on earth to forgive sins. [Matthew 9:6] Islam believes that God Himself only forgives those sins committed against Him. If you avoid the major sins which you are forbidden, We will remove from you your lesser sins and admit you to a noble entrance (into Paradise). [Al-Quran 4:31] The belief that Jesus can forgive all sins is fraught with moral peril. Some fifteen hundred years after he lived, Protestant reformer Martin Luther, writing in the spirit of Jesus statement, taught: Be a sinner and sin vigorously; but even more vigorously believe and delight in Christ who is victor over sin, death and the world.... It is sufficient that we recognize through the wealth of Gods glory the lamb who bears the sins of the world; from this sin does not sever us, even if thousands, thousands of times in one day we should fornicate or murder (letter to Philip Melanchthon, August 1, 1521). Humorist Jules Feiffer has bitingly satirized Luthers position: Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:46:31 +0000
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