"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosever believeth in him will not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16
The goodness of God is, to borrow an often poorly and insufficiently used term, AWESOME! We all know that having been the recipients of all creation, we could not be satisfied with everything but one tree. This placed us at a distance from the Father that was not intended. We became guilty of sin and debtors to righteousness.
God is just and holy and cannot abide sin. Though we are the pinnacle of His creation, His justice and holiness required that a sacrifice be made to place the scale back into balance. Our problem was that we had nothing that could accomplish this. Nothing! Beloved here is where it gets AWESOME! Loving us as He does and knowing that we did not have the ability to bring ourselves back into alignment with Him, He, in His infinite wisdom and love, provided the price through the sacrifice of His absolutely unique son Jesus. It is only through that ultimate sacrifice that we have the ability to be spiritually returned to our original relationship with the Father.
Imagine your mortgage holder selling off its most valuable asset in order to give you the money to pay off your mortgage. Imagine the only requirement to qualify being the willingness to accept the offer. Would it seem ridiculous to not take advantage of such an AWESOME opportunity? Would a reasonable person not want to imitate the kindness of the mortgage company by demonstrating similar kindnesses to others?
You have just heard the gospel.
[Memory verse of the week: Isa 9:6]
In Revival,
Lee
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