Father Jake brings up the issue of soteriology again, an issue near and dear to my theological heart. I've brought up before the anointing story in Luke. It's a fascinating story to me because it has so much to do with the question of salvation, and that question is: is salvation earned? Or is it offered?
And if it is offered, if it is a gift,it cannot be condition on an exchange. Otherwise it is not gift, it is an economic transaction, a result of a barter, an exchange. It is not fundamentally different, then, from a deal with the devil, who in folklore always bargains for one's soul. The only difference would be that, in this case, we are not bargaining with a trickster god.
Do you see where soteriology leads you when you start taking it too seriously?
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