The main purpose of these articles is to help people who do not know ancient Greek understand how wonderful Jesus’s words actually are. A secondary purpose is to expose poor translation of Jesus’s words in our English Bibles. An especially egregious case is the verse,
It’s ironic that they say without the Calvinistic reasoning of an ultimate deterrent of eternal punishment nobody would have the incentive to be a better person. But for the believer, the reward of certain eternal bliss produces precisely the same effect.
Spot on again Gary. Thank you.
It’s ironic that they say without the Calvinistic reasoning of an ultimate deterrent of eternal punishment nobody would have the incentive to be a better person. But for the believer, the reward of certain eternal bliss produces precisely the same effect.
Roger
Strangely enough, I think the Divine put enough deterrents and incentives in our lives, that moving beyond life is the realm of something beyond that.