Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: harry@atmos.washington.edu (Harry Edmon) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Love vs. holiness (was Let's end...) Message-ID: Date: 18 Jul 90 07:41:26 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article gilham@csl.sri.com (Fred Gilham) writes: On the other hand, we have only one message, the ``Good News.'' So often it seems that Christians feel the need to preach the bad news of condemnation to prepare people for the good news. But the conviction of sin is the job of the Holy Spirit, and if he is not preparing the way it does no good to try to prepare it for him. The best we can do is to announce the fact that actions are meaningful, that they have consequences, and to insist on the eternal significance of our neighbor. We have the duty to preach both the "Good News" (Gospel) and the "Bad News" (Law). After all, the Good News is not "Good" unless the Law is properly understood, i.e. what we deserve for our sins. The Church has a prophetic responsibility to call all to repentance, and if you read the O.T. prophets, most of that message is Doom and Gloom. What seperates us from those prophets is our sure knowledge of God's great forgiveness in Jesus Christ. -- Harry Edmon INTERNET: harry@atmos.washington.edu (206) 543-0547 UUCP: uw-beaver!atmos.washington.edu!harry Dept of Atmospheric Sciences, AK-40 University of Washington