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Thanks for watching! This is a clip from one sermon, that itself was part of a 3-part series. There are many passages in the Bible that speak to how we should understand the cross and, interestingly, they do not all agree with one another.

@RiverNYC , please name any two verses that disagree with each other regarding the blood atonement; please demonstrate exegetically your opinion. The Old Testament contains many prophecies about this blood atonement, including Isaiah 53:4, 5, 8, 11, and 12, which describe Jesus bearing the sins of humanity; they describe His blood sacrifice, for us.

@@JCs-hypeman Here is a sermon that lays out many of the diverse scriptural passages and themes around Jesus's death: th-cam.com/video/CQ97X2Xr1us/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared Also, the Hebrew Bible (aka OT) was not written with Jesus in mind. Later interpreters creatively used those texts to point to Jesus, but that was definitely not the intent of the original authors or understanding of the original readers.

@RiverNYC , if you read the Bible, you'd know the OT (written in Hebrew) was a foreshadow of Jesus, and that these cross references are written throughout the NT (written in Koine Greek) to demonstrate the prophecy csme true. - Isaiah 7:14 is cross-referenced in Luke 1:31 -Isaiah 9:6-7 is cross-referenced in Luke 1:32-33 -Isaiah 53:4-5 is cross-referenced in Matthew 27 -Isaiah 53:10 is cross-referenced in 1 Peter 2:24 -Psalm 22 is cross-referenced in Matthew 27:46 Matthew 8:16-17 literally quotes "This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "He took our illnesses and bore our diseases." Please stop teaching.

Very true, which is why unconditional love is so radical.

Perhaps! But we may disagree about what kind of sins God was working against here.

Very curious, how do you know? As far as we're aware, none of us knows with 100% certainty what happens after we die. Also, since the early church, there have been diverse viewpoints within the Christian tradition around ideas like heaven and salvation, including the idea that all are saved (universalism).

@@RiverNYC Only the righteousness of Christ imputed to us will save your soul God has to give us a new heart and bring us to faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross.

you are NOT permitted to teach men! so please get out the pulpit & repent of your disobedience! 💯🤡

Thanks for watching! Let’s agree to disagree on this one. There’s a lot we can learn about God from the Bible but “for now we see only a reflection, as in a mirror.”

Thank you for this response! When we really think about it, it’s astounding how interdependent we really are.

Why? God loves unconditionally and wants everyone to love each other in its most authentic and unconditional form while not harming others. So why is this satanic?

@@JM-kc7dq God never says any of that. Satan falsely portrays love this way, God does not. That is what makes it satanic. Twisting scripture to support sin is satanic. You say to remove the fig leaf like it's a good thing? God instead sacrificed in order to cover our sin. Go read Genesis again... You sound like the serpent. The fig leaf was not covering enough! We needed covered more.

​​@@JM-kc7dq Yes, but in his word he clearly said that only man and woman would love dearly to each other and develop a relationship For if a man were to love another man (same thing goes with women) and develop a relationship, it is an abomination and a sin to do so

@@hefkolopolkus the Bible mentions that many many things are sins. We are all sinners as it is also a sin to judge. God loves us unconditionally regardless and in this church everyone is accepted just as Jesus accepted everyone, especially the so called ‘sinners’. That is not an act of Satan, but rather an act of God.

​@JM-kc7dq you are correct Jesus loves everyone. But also says to love him and obey his commands.. we cannot love God if we continue to live in sin. We Jesus forgave sins on earth he commands to "get up and sin no more"

Love for others is different than love for sin, please I urge you to understand that, no matter what others say I love everyone, no matter the gossip, no matter the issues they face, they are humans and I’m just as bad as them. If I don’t love them then I’m a hypocrite. But the day I agree with everyone on everything, and give a blind eye to sin is the day I lost my relationship with the true God of the universe.

Thank you for your willingness to commit to loving others. We don’t believe that being LGBTQIA+ is a sin. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for weighing in with that kind message of love.

@@RiverNYCthere blood is on your hands.

Yes! The radical love of God really is strange and amazing!

Could you please shout a bit louder? We are having trouble hearing you.👂🏼

Agreed! Jesus is all about love - for self, for neighbor broadly defined, and even for our enemies!

Loving your neighbor is not the same as loving the sin in our lives.

Christ true message is against sodomy.

More and more churches are embracing the unconditional, radical love of God! We are excited to be part of this movement!

What do you believe that message to Be? That we shouldn't follow the word of God? The words of Christ himself, the sin of God? That we should let people continue in their sin that brings them to hell? That is so hateful, that you would let a person continue on toward hell and support them. It's just like if you saw a person standing in the way of a semi-truck barreling down the highway at 75mph, and all you do is say "Keep going! I support your decision!" And you know full well it will lead to their demise.

True is absolutely crazy

The few biblical verses around this topic are anything but clear. But the Bible is pretty strict about telling us to love radically!

@@RiverNYC look it up it literally says god created female and male to love each other for the eternity of time

​@@RiverNYCYou are not loving, you are nice. And to be nice is not to be loving when it comes to this. You would let someone jump off a cliff without anything to save them simply because it's 'What they want to so', or 'Their choice' or it's 'Their truth that they won't fall and die a horrible death'. Every sinner you let into your church, and don't tell that they are a sinner and that they need the saving love of Jesus is going to continue.. and they might die in your sin. And you could've helped them, but no, in your selfishness you let them continue until death.

@@RiverNYC how is it that when it comes to issues you wish aren’t true are stated you decide that they’re iffy but when you like them they’re easy to understand? Isn’t it said that the faithful of God will understand the word because God gives them the ability to fully understand otherwise it will go over your head?

Those who do visit us will find themselves loved unconditionally.

@@RiverNYC yes and their sin praised, that is sinful for our pride should be condemned and not congratulated. You should love the person but not the sin, don’t act like they’re the same thing.

@@RiverNYC your job as the church is to lead them AWAY from their pride WITH Jesus, what is your purpose if not to fill the void in our life with Jesus?

Jesus was notorious for spending time with tax collectors, sinners, lepers, foreigners, etc. A church that excludes specific groups of people is not a church based on Jesus's radically inclusive love.