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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
I disagree.
If you are saying that a person's eternal damnation is a byproduct of His Character, then in essence you are saying that the Sovereign God can't control His desire to see justice carried out on the wicked.
Through the scriptures I have support to believe that the eternal damnation of the wicked does not have to happen because of God's Sense of justice. God can and has shown Himself to hold off on His Own Sense of judgment, in the OT through His Sovereignty and in the NT through His Son.
The eternal damnation of the wicked will not happen because God does not have a choice.
Still, God does not send anyone to hell.
He gives us the power to choose.
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I'm really trying to follow your questions here, but it just sounds like repitition and haggling on semantics so small that they are hardly noticeable.
God is Holy. Rebellion and disobedience demand justice (a good Character of God). We rebel, and are thus damned. We aren't just damned because we are rebellious or disobedient. But because God's holiness and justice demand such.
The NT doesn't reveal God holding back justice. It reveals a God who came himself to receive the due justice that we deserved.
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