Comments on: 主聽罪人的禱告否？ http://blog.theoryspace.com/2009/10/04/does-god-listen-to-sinners/ ~ traversing the many possibilities of life Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:11:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anson http://blog.theoryspace.com/2009/10/04/does-god-listen-to-sinners/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 Anson Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:04:13 +0000 http://blog.theoryspace.com/?p=2564#comment-1255 @Pangus - Yeah, precisely. Christianity is not about how pure and righteous we must become before we can approach God, but how merciful and loving God is in accepting us while we are still sinners. Only on the fundamental basis of God's grace and love, we can then talk about His holiness. Without the sine qua non of grace, holiness only leads to a remote and wrathful God that unless you are "good enough" or "spiritual enough", you don't dare to approach Him. Unfortunately, I observe that some traditions of Chinese Christian piety holds this kind of understanding of God, which over-emphasizes our level of devoutness and commitment to God rather than God's abundant grace and acceptance, and it ultimately leads to poor spiritual self-image, perfectionism, and exhaustion. @Pangus – Yeah, precisely. Christianity is not about how pure and righteous we must become before we can approach God, but how merciful and loving God is in accepting us while we are still sinners. Only on the fundamental basis of God’s grace and love, we can then talk about His holiness. Without the sine qua non of grace, holiness only leads to a remote and wrathful God that unless you are “good enough” or “spiritual enough”, you don’t dare to approach Him.

Unfortunately, I observe that some traditions of Chinese Christian piety holds this kind of understanding of God, which over-emphasizes our level of devoutness and commitment to God rather than God’s abundant grace and acceptance, and it ultimately leads to poor spiritual self-image, perfectionism, and exhaustion.

]]> By: Pangus http://blog.theoryspace.com/2009/10/04/does-god-listen-to-sinners/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 Pangus Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:36:51 +0000 http://blog.theoryspace.com/?p=2564#comment-1254 Didn't the book of Roman say we are all sinners? If God does not listen to sinner's prayer, all those claiming God listen their prayers are either liars, lunatics or idiots.... for all those are sinners just like us. Didn’t the book of Roman say we are all sinners?
If God does not listen to sinner’s prayer, all those claiming God listen their prayers are either liars, lunatics or idiots…. for all those are sinners just like us.

]]> By: Anson http://blog.theoryspace.com/2009/10/04/does-god-listen-to-sinners/comment-page-1/#comment-1222 Anson Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:30:49 +0000 http://blog.theoryspace.com/?p=2564#comment-1222 C.M., 多謝你的留言。每次見到不相識的人看我的 blog 都很高興，因為知道寫 blog 確實可以將不同地域的人拉在一起。 C.M., 多謝你的留言。每次見到不相識的人看我的 blog 都很高興，因為知道寫 blog 確實可以將不同地域的人拉在一起。

]]> By: C.M. http://blog.theoryspace.com/2009/10/04/does-god-listen-to-sinners/comment-page-1/#comment-1221 C.M. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:25:58 +0000 http://blog.theoryspace.com/?p=2564#comment-1221 阿們 阿們

]]> By: L http://blog.theoryspace.com/2009/10/04/does-god-listen-to-sinners/comment-page-1/#comment-1220 L Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:40:20 +0000 http://blog.theoryspace.com/?p=2564#comment-1220 Amen brother! P.S. lovely song :D Amen brother!
P.S. lovely song :D

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