Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!stanford.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: 3at@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Raphael Martelles) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The missing body/Empty tomb Message-ID: Date: 28 Apr 91 22:00:55 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Purdue University Lines: 61 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu >> Think about it now: that which is perfect cannot be subject to change, or >> else it could not have been *perfect* from the beginning! Huh? As I sit here, I feel compelled to introduce logic into this... :-) First, let me start out by saying that God Is. Any questions? No? Good. Second, if God Is, and God Is All that Is (or is) then God Is Perfect. Third, God Is Love. So--(seeing as how none of my arguments above relate :-) here I go: If X is perfect, does that imply anything not X is not perfect? Or can Y be perfect, too? God is dynamically perfect. He Is all, and He created all. He loves His creation, and even when we don't see this (Job, Israel getting bashed upon) His love is still present in everything. How morally GROSS Israel would have become if the Lord had not reproved them! So, even though the world would call Israel's rape/enslavement evil, the Lord was actually giving them the highest good there was! Paradox, huh? But who claims to understand our Father? Who knows His ways? All I'm aware of is His love... So, now that I've hit soapbox #1, let's get back on track... If a creation of God is perfect, and it grows a new appendage, does that mean it was incomplete before? NO! It means it has a new appendage! If Christ, as a perfect man, learns Calculus (assuming He as the son of man didn't know it,) does that mean He was incomplete and imperfect before? If X is perfect, and X turns into Y, does that mean that Y is not perfect? No. Of course, it might. But who really knows, huh? GOD DOES!!! So, why should we even bother to worry about it? If my Father in heaven knows, the Almighty God of All who has loved me enough to call me His friend, if He knows, why should I worry? I'm perfect in Christ, and so are you, and let's go out and spread the word, huh? What is perfection? God! How do we become perfect? We don't. It is Christ in us that is perfect. He shed His blood and gave His life so we might be clean. Amen? Perfect might be able to change. Then again, it might not. Who cares whether we sit in a grave or go straight to heaven? Who cares if we aren't saved? I *know* that I am. And even if I DO somehow end up in hell, what better place to lead a prayer meeting? Think about the MISSION POSSIBILITIES!!!! :-) If God is your friend and Father, the rest will fall into place. That's why I don't worry--all I do is for the love of Jesus my Savior, Jesus my friend. Even when I sin, I know that He still loves me, that it was all taken care of. C'mon, guys--there's so much argument on this net. Yuk! All I can realy ask is that you make sure that it isn't >From pride, but rather from an interest in the furthering of your neighbor's relationship with our Lord. Of course, I always figured that a spiritual path MUST be walked alone with Christ, and so I just prayed. Try it.... Love in Christ, the Almighty God, the Prince of Peace, the Holy One, the King of Kings, the Messiah, the Morning Star, but (the one that really makes me cry) most importantly, MY FRIEND, Raph. -- Raphael Dominic Martelles <>< 3at@sage.cc.purdue.edu IX0YE "Christianity isn't a crutch, it's a stretcher. You can't even hobble into heaven!"