top of page
Search

10/17/2021 Without the Shedding of Blood ~Rev. Bernie Chung

Unitarianism existed as a church organization from mid second century AD to near the end of the third century AD. Followers of Unitarianism advocate monarchism and do not believe in the trinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Even though the consciousness of monarchy had become unpopular and gradually faded away, the Unitarianism ideology reappeared in the doctrine called Arius in the fourth century. This Arius heresy proclaimed that Jesus Christ was a creature and insisted that Trinity does not exist. The doctrine of Arius was condemned at the Council of Nicea in 325 AD, but the Unitarianism heresy did not stop infecting the faith of the Christian churches.


In the 16th century, Unitarianism germinated again among Roman Catholics in Italy and Poland. In the 17th century, Unitarianism continued to rise in England. By the 18th century, the work of this heretical Unitarianism extended to the United States and became a compromise solution between orthodox Christianity and deism. Not only did Unitarianism attract the support of rationalists, Harvard University also accepted it from the standpoint of original Christian theology in the early days.


Today, all groups that lean toward Unitarianism beliefs have joined the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), which was established in 1961. There may be as many as 500,000 UUA’s worldwide. Their theology is constantly changing. Dana McLean Greeley, the former chairman of Unitarianism, said: "Unitarianism is always changing. We will not be bound by the Bible or anyone, not even Jesus."


Unitarian believe that man should not seek God’s help because he is his own savior, and he has no guilt. What people need for their salvation is to follow good rules and live a clean life. We Christians believe that all man are sinners. Romans 5:19 (NIV) says: “For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.” Unitarians do not believe in Jesus Christ as a savior who sacrificed himself on the cross and completed the sin offering to forgive our sins. They rather accept self-salvation through good character. But Romans 3:24-25 clearly states, "and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice

of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished.”


Old Testament records the uses of sacrificed animals’ blood in cleansing offering rituals. Now God is relying on the blood of Jesus to satisfy his righteous requirements. "The blood of Jesus" refers to the sacrifice of life and the atonement of sin. Brothers and sisters, Hebrews 9:22 says, "In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” We thank God that He will forgive our sins as long as we confess and repent. The grace of God's forgiveness comes to us by Jesus’ blood. We believe that if blood is not shed, sins will not

be forgiven. Thus we rejoice for the Lamb of God’s blood that was shed for us! Amen!


5 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All

我們在逆境中處事態度和反應,正是測試我們對神的認識、信心和忠心。在順境中,享受美好的生活,一切順利,身體健康,感謝神是容易的,服事神是容易的,信靠神是容易的。相反地,苦難在眼前,我們的信心會動搖,憂慮境況會惡化,感到筋疲力盡。我們會怎樣回應這境況?我們的回應正是反映我們對神的認識、敬畏和忠心。 從但以利書三章一至十八節,尼布甲尼撒王命令民眾俯伏敬拜金像,沙得拉、米煞和亞伯尼歌對尼佈甲尼撒王的回應,

假若有人控訴我們奪取了神之物時,很多人也會反問:「我們在何事上奪取了神之物?」因為這確實是一個很嚴重的指控!就如瑪拉基書中的以色列人也同樣發出了這個問題。耶和華便說:「就是在你們在當納的十分之一和當獻的供物上。」 今天的信徒可能會反駁,我們當然有十分之一的奉獻,怎麼會是奪取呢?而我亦相信很多信徒有不止十分之一的奉獻。但是神的家是不是單指我們在金錢上的奉獻呢?現今除了金錢上的十分之一外,神更要求我們

從哥林多前書 13章1-13 節中,我們才得知什麼是愛,什麼並不算是愛。如果這聽起來好像很耳熟能詳,皆因這段文字經常在基督教婚禮裡被人引用。非基督徒聽到第一至第三節這些跟行為和異能有關的描述時可能會覺得很怪。然而沒有了愛,這一切都是無用和毫無價值的。這並非是個什麼新鮮概念,在路加福音 10章17-20 節中記載,當七十二個門徒回到耶穌身邊,門徒們對耶穌之名的力量與及對他們能以施行神蹟之事而感到驚愕

bottom of page