Nondual Christianity - Question - Can God Choose to Forgive Sin?

Описание: In this video we will explore the question, "Can God choose to forgive sin?"

Option A - No...Perhaps you would say God is not free to choose to forgive sin. The difficulty with this position is that whatever reason you put forth about "why" becomes something greater than God. If you appeal to a value or universal law like Justice, then you have elevated that above God and made God a servant of your definition of that limiting reason. If something is greater than God, then it seems the thing is actually God.

Option B - Yes, but God does Not...Perhaps you say God can forgive but will not or does not for some reason. First, this could be a mind trick you are playing because it can easily be that you are choosing Option A. Second, the difficulty I see with this is that God clearly commands His followers to forgive others. If Christians are commanded to forgive, but God does not forgive, then are we being asked to take a lesser or superior path? If we are being asked to take a lesser path, then why would be be commanded to forgive? If the highest good (God) is to not freely forgive, then why should we? It does not seem possible that we are being asked to take a superior path because that would mean we could behave "more perfectly" than God. Finally, if you say God only forgives when someone accepts it, then that is not forgiveness. Forgiveness is a one way street; if it is conditional then it is something else.

Option C - Yes, and God does...Perhaps you say God can and does freely choose to forgive sin. This seems like the only answer without a difficult inconsistency inherent to it.

However, if option C is true, then how can any part of the death of Jesus Christ be a form of payment for sin? If God can and does choose to forgive sin, then why is there a need for payment? It does not seem possible that any part of the death of Jesus was about payment specifically. There are many other things going on through the death and resurrection of Jesus, but payment does not seem allowable without running into inconsistencies.

This is important to nondual Christianity because one of the main theologies I grew up with was the requirement that Jesus was the only Son of God (unique) because that was the only way God could forgive sin. Only through the perfect sacrifice (payment) of a God-human who did not have a sin nature could God forgive the sins of humans. If the work of the cross was not payment (because God can choose to forgive sin), then it removes the need to insist that Jesus was/is the only God-human allowed to exist.

Finally, if payment is always required for sin, then what type of reality do we live in? It is not filled with grace. If payment is always required, then there is some cosmic law/principle that is more foundational to creation than the divine. At best grace is simply someone paying on behalf of another. However, reality itself must always balance. The truth is that everything must be earned and paid for...is this actually Truth?