God talk

  taken from;  https://pixabay.com/vectors/golden-rule-shiny-metallic-1321410/ Before I continue with Bavinck, I want to say something very simple. God is pure love and He wants us to love our neighbour.   We are in fact commanded to love our neighbour.   This is not something only found in the Christian religion. It is found in every major religion on planet earth and it is known as the Golden Rule;                 12  “In everything, therefore, [ a ] treat people the same way you want [ b ] them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7 12 NASB Sometimes you will hear it as ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’ Here are two places I found on the internet! This Wiki looks at a lot of religions on the Golden rule; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule   Or if you want it just as a list of sayings try this from the Norman Rockwell Museum; https://w...

  14 th 12 2020 As we have seen Herman Bavinck the master theologian takes us to look at the human situation after the fall but before conversion.   This person is spoken of as the ‘natural man’.   Spiritual death never means according to Bavinck ‘nonbeing’.   God created man gave him a soul and a spirit and they can do all the things anyone can do.   The problem however is that the relationship with God has been broken.   This cannot be fixed by man and no one can fix it themselves.   We are annihilated from God for all eternity and we cannot save ourselves.   Every facet of the person has been affected by the Fall and Bavinck gives many scripture references to show this.    I went for my long walk today and I was pondering about the situation of the ‘natural man’ who finds himself in the predicament.    One may argue that he/she is not in this predicament because he can do what he wants.   I would say that the wor...