williamhartz.com/blog » Questions needing answers http://williamhartz.com/blog Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:55:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 A question of forgiveness http://williamhartz.com/blog/2009/02/10/a-question-of-forgiveness/ http://williamhartz.com/blog/2009/02/10/a-question-of-forgiveness/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:04:52 +0000 William Hartz http://williamhartz.com/blog/?p=692 I sometimes… ok, often times… like to ask questions that really challenge or make you think about your faith. For me, at least, it helps me to have a stronger foundation in what I believe because I really have to think out and examine why I believe what I believe and what it means in today’s world.

So today I pose a question. I have asked it before in certain small circles, but we never fully let the conversation breathe to it’s fullest. And here it is:

I believe that God always leans in the direction of love and forgiveness for those who are seeking after him. Always. So, if Satan (and I realize the “far-outness” of this scenario) truly repented and sought forgiveness for, well… everything, would God forgive him? And what would that mean? Is the fact that he is made of angelic material and we of earthly change the nature of that forgiveness? And if God would not forgive him, what would that make of his “unending love?”

Also, please don’t just say “yes” or “no.” For me, the “why” is almost more important that the concrete definitives.

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Photo, “Repent Pray Forgive” by Cornelius Zane-Grey

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