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whitefield
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Reading this book made me look at myself in a new light. I saw that I had always felt uncomfortable with certain things regarding the atonement, but didn't know why. I appreciated the Socratic method used with the pastor who admitted he would crucify Christ himself. I began to remember things I have done in my life which I did to save myself, and in doing that someone else suffered. I reviewed times when I did not repent until I suffered some calamity that would bring me to repentance. I went over what could have been transgression compared to sin in my lifetime, and there is both. I started to realize more compassion for transgressors and sinners.
I tried to think of how it would be possible, and not abominable, to love Satan. I think one way to do that, which is not such a strange thought after all, is that it happens automatically when we truly love God. Because if we love God, we must love our brother, our enemy, and our neighbor as ourselves.
Quote:1 John 4:20 JST: "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?"
In the following scripture, Jesus clearly rebuked Peter and called him Satan.
Quote:Mark 8:35 JST: "But when he had turned about and looked upon his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou savorest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of man."
"Satan" is not simply another word for a fallen angel, but also a title. Therefore, people can also be a Satan, and when we love our enemy, we may be loving a Satan, which ability to love is what makes us perfect. Sometimes people who are close to us, and who we have tender feelings for are a Satan for one reason or another (like Peter at that moment). I think that we can not kid ourselves -- most of us have probably been a Satan at times also --any time we are an accuser of our brethren.
It seems to me at this point, that when we love God by loving our neighbor, our brother, our enemy, we also love Satan in that sense. We do not love the works and fruits of Satan - it is quite a strange compound-in-one to wrap the brain around.
Quote:2 Nephi 2:11 "For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my firstborn in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one..."
Yes, a strange thing godly love is. God seems to be bringing to pass His strange work, His strange act. Helping us to hear and know things we have never considered.
Next, I wanted to read the book, "The Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: Making Your Calling and Election Sure" but I do not see it in digital format, but only on amazon.com as a paperback. My problem is that I live in Brazil, and so I am not able to order a paperback from amazon in Brazil, ironic as that is. Is there a way to read the book digitally? Please help.
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