Does Sin SEPARATE You From God? | Challenging Penal Substitution | Joshua Tongol

Does sin SEPARATE you from God? Is there a great chasm dividing humanity and God because of sin? Is there something a person must do in order to remove this separation?

Many Christians have been taught that sin separates us from God. In fact, when some people share the Gospel (GOOD NEWS), they begin with the idea of man being separated from God first. But is this where one should begin?

Moreover, this whole idea of “separation” is one of the building blocks of the Evangelical penal substitutionary theory.

Problems with SEPARATION?

-It’s not Christian -Rooted in pagan dualism and not the Scriptures -Has caused many Christians to suffer mentally and emotionally -Denies the purpose of the incarnation and the finished work of Jesus Christ

Recommended resources:

“Stricken by God?” by Brad Jersak and Michael Hardin “The Jesus Driven Life” by Michael Hardin “A New Kind of Christianity” by Brian McLaren “Jesus and the Undoing of Adam” by C. Baxter Kruger “Parable of the Dancing God” by C. Baxter Kruger “Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus” by Robert Farrar Capon “Razing Hell” by Sharon Baker

Soundtrack: “Perpetual Tranquility loop” by Trix-Music