Hey –
I really enjoyed reading your notes on chapter 6. I have read it twice already and the thoughts are good and sobering. The new birth is a very precious experience, and to even know and understand these things is amazing. I really enjoyed the part you wrote explaining that it was God’s plan from the beginning that Jesus be killed and that it was no secret in heaven even while Jesus was alive. And also the scene in the Garden of Gethsemane, and God refusing to allow anyone to see His pain. These are good and clear thoughts and really explain the feelings of that time. And Jesus crying out and getting no answer from his Father when he said “Why have you forsaken me?” Makes sense, now that we see it. It’s really something how if we think we know something, it is automatically inserted into our brains as the gospel. It takes God to help us “un-think” what we thought.
Thanks John. This book is really an eye-opener, and I hope it can help God’s people everywhere to come out from the burdens of christianity. I am thankful that I have been a part of it, and that I can see and understand what is being said. That alone is a blessing. I think it is neat that the Father and the Son are letting us in on what was and is really happening.
Amy