Confessions of a non-Lutheran....to be erased from your memory if they cause more harm and confusion than good.
While I've worked out a solid soteriology than can hold up to theological inspection and interviews, the "party line" that we find here in Hebrews has always been a problem for me.
The concept that Jesus had to sacrifice himself for us in order for us to be forgiven is a hurdle I just cannot leap. As Hebrews puts it, Christ's sacrifice was "necessary" for our salvation. To my mind, nothing is "necessary" for God except to be fully Godself - to be fully Love.
Paul's tells us that God requires sacrifice for the forgiveness of original sin. And this argument is based on the sacrifices of the Law. But God is God - and is not constrained by "necessary" and "requirements." I believe God chooses to forgive us our sins (individual, corporate, original...whatever) out of Love.
Christ is our Savior because he came to live among us - was incarnate - and taught us who God is and taught God what it is like to be us (as a cube cannot understand a square).
This rambles a bit...and it is incredibly arrogant to refute not only Paul, but a large part of traditional belief. But I'm not the first person to be obnoxiously arrogant in a blog post.
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