Introduction
This section deals once more with "being". We show that faith in God is positive primarily for God Himself, but also by the gift of eternal life for us also. (For what other reason is there for belief in God? We would merely need to eat, drink and be merry!)
Likewise we explore the nature of a "universal" being that may reason not only in our place, but of the perspective of God toward us also. This "being" (or Holy Spirit) strictly requires that we hold to consistency in our beliefs, (or L(G)) as likewise He ensures that the promises of God toward us are also consistently delivered, or "communicated" toward us.
Equivalence Revisited
We revisit our equivalence relation on "beings" and replace it with a new operator cogx(y). We see immediately that there is some evidence for the belief that God may grant eternal life, as well as requiring of us some mechanism by which men can reason as God and God can reason as men.
Reasoning As A Universal Being
We introduce another identity "U" - a universal being that may reason so perfectly as to show that the definition of God is correct if and only if it is consistent. U takes the form of the Holy Spirit in mediating between God and men, (prophets, if you prefer.) Our relation '~' is given another airing.
Positively Correct - We Know What We Worship
We begin to separate out the nature of God between one faith and another. We indicate that it is entirely reasonable to require submission to obedience of God, though we be often unable. In God giving His commandments we affirm that different faiths are not compatible with Christianity, and there is but one God, one Christ and one people of the Lord.
Intercession In The Heavens
We begin to tie together our model of the trinity with the redemption of mankind found in Jesus Christ. We now have the prerequisite knowledge to conclusively treat people as positive properties in Christ - that we may assure ourselves that we are highly valued by God. There is a caveat though - for we may slip out of favour if we do not show favour to others.
The Least In The Kingdom
A little departure here, in that the law is not strictly dispensable to the believer - it is very useful as to bringing men towards the requirements of God (that he desires us to be men of virtue): The law may not be done away with, it is every bit as relevant as it has ever been. Those who would teach that the bedrock of the law may be even in part done away with, break the whole of the law - and in the ears of others they permit licentiousness rather than the virtue which may have been their intent!
The Resurrection - Three Bare Record
This page takes a brief look at a somewhat cryptic passage in 1John Ch5 that always took me by surprise: we should note that we are called by God to have faith on a sure foundation, that left to us from God Himself; whether before or after Christ. The redemption of His people leads us to acknowledge that the one true God has indeed assured us of eternal life, and that this promise is made in a unique fashion that will not be repeated by another God.
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