Incoherent and self contradictory arguments yield faulty dogmas. You can argue for just about anything as long as you do not endeavor to ensure that your argument does not contradict itself and that it is coherent. Then you take pride in the argument rooted in asinine incoherency and self contradicting assertions.
Upon close observation, you will detect stark incoherency and self-contradictory assertions in the arguments of the detractors of Historic Christianity. Being in the season of remembering our Lord's atoning sacrifice on the cross, it is imperative to consider the arguments against the Lord's sacrifice on the cross. Let's consider the Unitarians as a case in point, for they do not believe that Christ died to save you and me of our sins.
Who Are The Unitarians?
They are liberals with a thought process deeply rooted in the relativistic paradigm, "The Unitarians are a community of people who take their religion, or their spirituality, liberally. That is to say, we hold that all people have the right to believe what their own life-experience tells them is true; what the prompting of their own conscience tells them is right."1
Unitarians regard themselves as Christians only from a diluted perspective of living according to the life and teachings of Jesus. Their definition of the term "Christian" is excessively weak and preposterous becausethey do not consider Christ as God, "Unitarians believe that Jesus was a man, unequivocally human."2
They reckon the Bible as not inspired, inerrant and infallible. Unitarians claim that the Bible should be validated by the light of reason and conscience, "Anything in the Bible that Unitarians accept as true is accepted because it rings true in our own humble reflection upon it. We do not accept it just because it is in the Bible."3
Some Unitarians believe that God exists as one person, whereas other Unitarians have a diverse belief about God, "Some believe in a God; some don't believe in a God. Some believe in a sacred force at work in the world, and call it "love," "mystery," "source of all" or "spirit of life.""4
Christ's death on the cross makes sense only in the event of HIS resurrection. Unitarians believe in, or should we say, "not believe in" Christ's resurrection from different perspectives.5 These perspectives deny Christ's bodily resurrection and are predicated on a rigorous denial of attributing any salvific component into Christ's sacrifice. The Unitarians believe that Christ's resurrection was a powerful myth. Alternatively, they consider that the spirit of Jesus triumphed over death and that the church is the physical resurrection, the risen body, of Christ (thereby denying the bodily resurrection of the Lord).
Necessity For Christ's Atoning Sacrifice
Before we begin to briefly unpack the Unitarian view laden with invalid arguments, let us succinctly consider Christ's sacrifice from the Historic Christian perspective.
Atonement is the work Christ did in his life and death to earn our salvation. The Bible teaches that God's love and HIS justice compelled Christ's incarnation on earth and dying for our sins:
John 3:16, NASB: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life."
Romans 3:24-26, NASB: "...in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so thatHe would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus..." (Paul states that God had been forgiving sins in the Old Testament but no penalty had been paid. So people could wonder whether God was indeed just and ask how he could forgive sins without a penalty. So God sent Christ to pay the penalty for our sins.)
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Defending Good Friday; The Necessity of Christ's Sacrifice
SpiritualHow to defeat allegations that Christ's sacrifice was unnecessary? Did Christ have to die on the cross? Groups such as the Unitarians argue against the atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus. How do we respond?