Bible Expert (likely Wesley Huff or a co-host closely involved with Biblical scholarship)

Adam brings sin into the world and taints everything. Christ comes into the world and renews everything. And so the gospel message is that you're either going to be found in Adam or in Christ. Yeah. That's it. And God is not going to force you into being under Christ's righteousness. And again, At the same time, I still don't deserve that.

So this is where, like, when I was talking about before, all these religious concepts, it's about the do, the feel, the think. It's also about mercy or justice, right? So I would argue that something like... The Eastern philosophies, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, anything that has a reincarnation, that's just, right? You get what you deserve. The good you do in this life, you get in the next life.

So this is where, like, when I was talking about before, all these religious concepts, it's about the do, the feel, the think. It's also about mercy or justice, right? So I would argue that something like... The Eastern philosophies, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, anything that has a reincarnation, that's just, right? You get what you deserve. The good you do in this life, you get in the next life.

So this is where, like, when I was talking about before, all these religious concepts, it's about the do, the feel, the think. It's also about mercy or justice, right? So I would argue that something like... The Eastern philosophies, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, anything that has a reincarnation, that's just, right? You get what you deserve. The good you do in this life, you get in the next life.

The bad you do in this life, sort of. There's a difference between reincarnation, Hinduism, and Buddhism. But that aside, it's like just, right? But we wouldn't necessarily say that it's merciful, right? You do get what you deserve. Oh, yeah, it's not. Then there are other religious systems.

The bad you do in this life, sort of. There's a difference between reincarnation, Hinduism, and Buddhism. But that aside, it's like just, right? But we wouldn't necessarily say that it's merciful, right? You do get what you deserve. Oh, yeah, it's not. Then there are other religious systems.

The bad you do in this life, sort of. There's a difference between reincarnation, Hinduism, and Buddhism. But that aside, it's like just, right? But we wouldn't necessarily say that it's merciful, right? You do get what you deserve. Oh, yeah, it's not. Then there are other religious systems.

And to a certain degree, I would pin Islam in that group because every chapter of the Quran, bar one chapter, starts with the bismillah, God the most merciful, the most benevolent. So in that sense, the God of Islam forgives, but somewhat arbitrarily. And it's at the expense of his justice. So if you, if God will forgive you, but the wrong you've done hasn't actually been paid for.

And to a certain degree, I would pin Islam in that group because every chapter of the Quran, bar one chapter, starts with the bismillah, God the most merciful, the most benevolent. So in that sense, the God of Islam forgives, but somewhat arbitrarily. And it's at the expense of his justice. So if you, if God will forgive you, but the wrong you've done hasn't actually been paid for.

And to a certain degree, I would pin Islam in that group because every chapter of the Quran, bar one chapter, starts with the bismillah, God the most merciful, the most benevolent. So in that sense, the God of Islam forgives, but somewhat arbitrarily. And it's at the expense of his justice. So if you, if God will forgive you, but the wrong you've done hasn't actually been paid for.

His law is kind of just winked at. Where Christianity is different is that the punishment that we deserve is taken on God himself in the person of Jesus. And so in that sense, justice is fulfilled. And because justice is fulfilled, his law is accomplished. And now mercy, so justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. And grace is getting what you don't deserve.

His law is kind of just winked at. Where Christianity is different is that the punishment that we deserve is taken on God himself in the person of Jesus. And so in that sense, justice is fulfilled. And because justice is fulfilled, his law is accomplished. And now mercy, so justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. And grace is getting what you don't deserve.

His law is kind of just winked at. Where Christianity is different is that the punishment that we deserve is taken on God himself in the person of Jesus. And so in that sense, justice is fulfilled. And because justice is fulfilled, his law is accomplished. And now mercy, so justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. And grace is getting what you don't deserve.

So because you don't get what you do deserve, which is the punishment, mercy happens. God forgives you, but he doesn't actually, and you don't deserve that either, but then he adopts you as his child. Yeah. That's grace. That's getting what you don't deserve. Yeah. Right?

So because you don't get what you do deserve, which is the punishment, mercy happens. God forgives you, but he doesn't actually, and you don't deserve that either, but then he adopts you as his child. Yeah. That's grace. That's getting what you don't deserve. Yeah. Right?

So because you don't get what you do deserve, which is the punishment, mercy happens. God forgives you, but he doesn't actually, and you don't deserve that either, but then he adopts you as his child. Yeah. That's grace. That's getting what you don't deserve. Yeah. Right?

And so when I look at something like comparative religious studies, what I see is all of these systems of the survival of the fittest that I talked about before, Christianity is the fittest stepping down and sacrificing himself for the survival of the weakest, right? And that changes things in that mercy and justice are not pitted against each other. It's not justice at the expense of mercy.

And so when I look at something like comparative religious studies, what I see is all of these systems of the survival of the fittest that I talked about before, Christianity is the fittest stepping down and sacrificing himself for the survival of the weakest, right? And that changes things in that mercy and justice are not pitted against each other. It's not justice at the expense of mercy.

And so when I look at something like comparative religious studies, what I see is all of these systems of the survival of the fittest that I talked about before, Christianity is the fittest stepping down and sacrificing himself for the survival of the weakest, right? And that changes things in that mercy and justice are not pitted against each other. It's not justice at the expense of mercy.

It's not mercy at the expense of justice. They're actually accomplished together in the act of the cross where the self-volunteering of Jesus going to the cross, right? He says, no one takes my life from me. I give it of my own accord.