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Okay...Part IV
Doc, the Lord brought a powerful passage to mind just a few minutes ago that speaks eloquently to the last point I made in 138. For example, when Jesus made such stupendous claims that he came from God and that only He has seen God, etc., Jesus was indirectly making a statement about his own character. Check out Psalm 15, for example.
Likewise, when Jesus told his followers that God loves him because he's going to lay down his life, etc, he was, again, making a veiled reference to his own moral character since the OT is very clear on what kind of people God loves.
And when you stop to reflect even more deeply on Jesus words in Jn 10:17, you'll come to realize that not too many people in the OT made that kind of claim -- the one notable exception being, perhaps, king David in the Psalms!
Finally, I would exhort you to read Psalm 91 very carefully. This is another messianic psalm. In fact, a portion of this psalm was quoted by Satan when he tempted Christ! This is how verse 14 reads:
Ps 91:14
14 "Because he loves me ," says the LORD, "I will rescue him;
NIV
So much for the unsupported theory of unconditional love.
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