Table of contents1. Proclamation of the victory of Jesus Christ over evil2. A warning to the wicked3. Christ shall vindicate and avenge the oppressedAddendum
J. D. Gallé | Saturday, 19 August 2023
The Lord Jesus Christ usurps every form of evil, Satanic, illegitimate governmental authority. Human rights are rights indeed, having their basis on the creatorship and lordship of Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 19.16; cp. 17.14), Thus, human rights are not ‘privileges’ which may be granted or revoked at the whim of the State or any tyrannical regime, irrespective of the megalomaniacal beliefs of men and women occupying positions of authority.
Allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ carries with it the implication that allegiants, that is, those whose supreme loyalty lies with the King, must refuse to acquiesce, blindly obey, and bow before the unlawful, oppressive dictates of those who, through manipulation, propaganda, terror, deception, coercion, and violence, trample upon the consciences, rights, and dignity of human beings.
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v. 16 For in this manner God loved the world, that he bestowed his Son, the only begotten One, in order that everyone believing into him might not be completely destroyed, but might be having life of the age.
v. 17 For God did not send forth the Son into the world in order that he might pass sentence upon the world, but in order that the world might be rescued through him.v. 18 The one believing into him is not having the sentence passed upon him. But the one not believing even now has had the sentence passed upon him, because he has not believed into the name of the only begotten Son of God.v. 19 And this is the sentence: that the Light has come into the world, and the people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their works were evil.
v. 20 For everyone practising worthless things is hating the Light, and is not coming towards the Light, in order that his works might not be discovered.
v. 21 But the one doing the truth is coming towards the Light, in order that his works might be made visible, because they are having been worked in God.
v. 35 The Father is loving the Son, and has bestowed all things in his hand.
v. 36 The one believing into the Son is having life of the age. But the one refusing to be persuaded by the Son shall not see life – rather, the indignation of God is dwelling upon him.
(John 3.16–21, 35–36, A Remonstrant’s Rendering)
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v. 16 For in this manner God loved the world, that he bestowed his Son, the only begotten One, in order that everyone believing into him might not be completely destroyed, but might be having age-lasting life.
v. 36 The one believing into the Son is having age-lasting life. But the one refusing to be persuaded by the Son shall not see life – rather, the indignation of God is dwelling upon him.
v. 16 For in this manner God loved the world, that he bestowed his Son, the only begotten One, in order that everyone believing into him might not be completely destroyed, but might be having aeon-lasting life.
v. 36 The one believing into the Son is having aeon-lasting life. But the one refusing to be persuaded by the Son shall not see life – rather, the indignation of God is dwelling upon him.
v. 16 For I am not disgraced by the good news of Christ, for it is God’s power resulting in salvation for everyone believing – both to Jew first, as well as to Greek.
v. 17 For in it God’s righteousness is being disclosed by faith, resulting in faith, just as it is has been written: ‘Now the righteous one, by faith, shall live’.
v. 18 For God’s indignation is being disclosed from heaven against every kind of irreverence and unrighteousness of human beings, the ones restraining the truth in unrighteousness.
(Romans 1.16–18, A Remonstrant’s Rendering)
Alternatively, ‘Now the righteous one shall live by faith’.
v. 16 For I am not disgraced by the good news of Christ, for it is God’s power resulting in salvation for everyone believing – both to Jew first, as well as to Greek.
v. 17 For in it God’s justice is being unveiled by faith, resulting in faith, just as it is has been written: ‘Now the just one, by faith, shall live’.
v. 18 For God’s indignation is being unveiled from heaven against every kind of irreverence and injustice of human beings, the ones restraining the truth in injustice.
(Romans 1.16–18, A Remonstrant’s Rendering)
Alternatively, ‘Now the just one shall live by faith’.
And this is the testimony: that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. The one having the Son has the life. The one not having the Son of God does not have the life.
(1 John 5.11–12, DLNT[1])
J. D. Gallé | Tuesday, 3 January 2023
Self-professed Christian counsellors who, whether in theory or practice, engage in sin-levelling, that is, the deceptive art of treating all manner of sins and sinners as more or less equal in nature, are neither wise nor fit to counsel. Human lives are placed in peril with the gross mishandling and misapplication of scripture by ill-qualified, albeit degreed and (possibly) well-intentioned, ‘professionals’.
Persons who are properly identified as abusers are exceptionally hardened and evil sinners with exceptionally corrupted minds, who engage in exceptionally evil deception and evil deeds. The character of the abuser is nearer to that of the Evil One than the generality of lost humankind.
In Romans 3.23, Paul the apostle testifies to the reality of universal Jewish and Gentile sinfulness and failure to honour God. Negatively, if one were to follow Paul’s line of thought from chapters one to three in his epistle to the Romans, it should be evident that the apostle is not arguing that all persons who have sinned are equal in terms of the magnitude of their guilt before God, or that all persons are equally morally depraved or equally hardened in their hearts. Such ideas are foreign to the context. Romans 3.23 should not be employed as a proof text, therefore, in service of the view that all sinners are essentially equal in terms of their badness or corruptness.
Scripture neither permits nor demands of us that we divest ourselves of (un)common sense. In summary, of the concept of sin-levelling we may swiftly and unashamedly say no to ‘Christianised’ stupidity.
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Addendum (4 Jan. 2023). I make no personal claim of having either discovered the concept of ‘sin-levelling’ or coining the term. If anyone is aware of, or able to pinpoint via an accurate citation, the origin of the aforementioned expression, please apprise the readers (and me) in the comment section of this article (below).
That said, it is likely that my awareness of the term first arose from the A Cry for Justice blog some years ago. See the link to the following web page:
v. 23 And he, having turned, said unto Peter, ‘You must be getting behind me, Adversary! You are being a cause of stumbling for me! Because you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but the things of human beings.’v. 24 At that time Jesus said unto his students, ‘If anyone is desiring to come behind me, he mustcompletely disregard himselfand lift up his crossand be following me.
v. 25 ‘For whosoever may be desiring to preserve his life shall completely destroy it, but whosoever may completely destroy his life because of me shall discover it.v. 26 ‘For what shall a person be benefited if he may have acquired the whole world but may have suffered loss of his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?v. 27 ‘For the Son of Man is on the point of arriving in the splendour of his Father with his angels, and at that time he shall give back to each in accordance with his practice.’
(Matthew 16.23–27, A Remonstrant’s Rendering)
The Lord is not being unpunctual regarding the promise [of his coming], as some regard unpunctuality, but is being forbearing towards you, not desiring for any to be destroyed, but for everyone to advance to a change in their way of thinking.
(2 Peter 3.9, A Remonstrant’s Rendering)
Jack Warren Cottrell (1938–2022) died on Friday, 16 September 2022, aged eighty-four.
J. D. Gallé | Tuesday, 1 February 2022
v. 16 For in this manner God loved the world, that he gave his Son, the only begotten, in order that everyone believing into him may not be destroyed, but may have life of the age.
v. 17 For God did not send forth the Son into the world in order that he may judge the world, but in order that the world may be rescued through him.v. 18 The one believing into him is not judged. But the one not believing even now has been judged, because he has not believed into the name of the only begotten Son of God.v. 19 And this is the judgement, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their works were evil.
v. 20 For everyone practising worthless things hates the Light and does not come towards the Light, in order that his works may not be laid bare.
v. 21 But the one doing the truth comes towards the Light, in order that his works may be manifested, because they are having been worked in God.
v. 35 The Father loves the Son and has bestowed all things in his hand.
v. 36 The one believing into the Son has life of the age. But the one disobeying the Son shall not see life; rather, the wrath of God abides upon him.
(John 3.16–21, 35–36, A Remonstrant’s Rendering)
[I]t is a false statement to insist that Christ died for your abuser. Christ died for His people, for His elect (see John 17 for instance). […] The god who loves the wicked as much as he loves his children, the god who died on the cross for the unrepentant, habitually and characteristically oppressor of widows and orphans, is in the fact the false god [sic]. (Jeff Crippen, ‘This Is a Very Damaging Teaching That Abusers Love’ [par. 4; emphases added][2])