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b'In today\\u2019s episode, we respond to a listener question: They ask us to elaborate on how we interpret a couple of passages from Mark, John, and Romans. Tune in to hear our answers and why we think it\\u2019s not good to be distracted from the hard questions with all of these snippets of verses.\\xa0\\nWe then queered the text from 1 John 4:7-21, which ties in neatly with today\\u2019s listener question. We talked about how we all need to unhook our fear of an angry God or Hell. We are regarded as \\u201cgood\\u201d just as we are and that there is nothing we can do for God not to love us anymore. We are called to do the work, be part of the community, love other people as a response out of love and not out of obligation.\\xa0\\nKey takeaways:\\n\\nLife and societal updates [0:50]\\nListener question about sins and it is wiped clean by Christ [6:24]\\nNo snippy soundbites [8:35]\\nThe assumption that you can weave different passages together [10:20]\\nThe arcs throughout scripture [12:35]\\nWhat does it mean to have faith in Christ? [16:35]\\nWe are invited into the work [19:57]\\nQueering the text: 1 John [21:31]\\n\\u201cAgape\\u201d on Brian\\u2019s wrist and the story behind it [23:24]\\nHow the verse is full of God\\u2019s love [25:31]\\nDifferent phrases, different meanings [26:05]\\nA couple of points to ponder on [27:05]\\n\\nLinks mentioned:\\nChristianity Checklist?\\nIs It All About Getting Into Heaven?\\nIf you want to support the Patreon and help keep the podcast up and running, you can learn more and pledge your support at patreon.com/queertheology.\\nIf you’d like to be featured in future episodes, email your question or Bible passage suggestion to connect@queertheology.com.\\xa0\\n1 John 4:7-21\\nDear friends, let\\u2019s love each other, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God. The person who doesn\\u2019t love does not know God, because God is love. This is how the love of God is revealed to us: God has sent his only Son into the world so that we can live through him. This is love: it is not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as the sacrifice that deals with our sins.\\n \\nDear friends, if God loved us this way, we also ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God remains in us and his love is made perfect in us. This is how we know we remain in him and he remains in us, because he has given us a measure of his Spirit. We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the savior of the world. If any of us confess that Jesus is God\\u2019s Son, God remains in us and we remain in God. We have known and have believed the love that God has for us.\\n \\nGod is love, and those who remain in love remain in God and God remains in them. This is how love has been perfected in us, so that we can have confidence on the Judgment Day, because we are exactly the same as God is in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear expects punishment. The person who is afraid has not been made perfect in love. We love because God first loved us. Those who say, \\u201cI love God\\u201d and hate their brothers or sisters are liars. After all, those who don\\u2019t love their brothers or sisters whom they have seen can hardly love God whom they have not seen! This commandment we have from him: Those who claim to love God ought to love their brother and sister also.\\n\\n \\nPhoto by Emmanuel Phaeton\\xa0\\nThe post Unhook From The Fear of Hell – 1 John 4:7-21 appeared first on Queer Theology.'