Sometimes I over-simplify things; sometimes I over-complicate things. With that in mind, I'm going to very briefly share what I think God's ultimate deal is for us. I hope you can give me grace.
God is not a TV pitchman. This isn't a Two-fer. He's not like the fast-talking guy who names a price for something, then says "But Wait! There's More!", before finishing with "Just pay separate Shipping and Handling."
But He does have the most incredible deal ever for us. It's His best deal and you'll never see another one like it.
He set all of this creation up and put us in it for something, and it wasn't so that He could be forever disgusted and pained to the depths of His heart by the presence, horrors, and activity of all that is evil. Evil and all that it has wrought WILL come to an end. God's justice and judgement WILL prevail. Scripture is extremely clear about ALL of that. But that's not the point of this Post.
This is. Here is His deal for those who are His Redeemed. It's in my words, of course, but I deeply imagine Him saying it. It's really so simple.
God is saying, "Tell you what. You love Me with all you've got, I'll love you with all I've got, and we'll go down this path together."
That's His deal. It's for you. It's for me. And I want it, more than anything. This deal is the Pearl of Great Price, and I will sell everything I have for it.
There's a lot of theology behind this, and I'm not discounting the necessity of that: Mankind is fallen; Jesus came, died, and rose again to redeem us and provide the only path to salvation; those who want to be truly right with God recognize their falleness, repent, come to faith in Jesus, are bought by His blood, their sins are forgiven and their names are written in the Lambs Book of Life...
But the 10 second summary of this deal wraps everything up with God saying to you, "Tell you what. You love Me with all you've got, I'll love you with all I've got, and we'll go down this path together."
God is not a TV pitchman. This isn't a Two-fer. He's not like the fast-talking guy who names a price for something, then says "But Wait! There's More!", before finishing with "Just pay separate Shipping and Handling."
But He does have the most incredible deal ever for us. It's His best deal and you'll never see another one like it.
He set all of this creation up and put us in it for something, and it wasn't so that He could be forever disgusted and pained to the depths of His heart by the presence, horrors, and activity of all that is evil. Evil and all that it has wrought WILL come to an end. God's justice and judgement WILL prevail. Scripture is extremely clear about ALL of that. But that's not the point of this Post.
This is. Here is His deal for those who are His Redeemed. It's in my words, of course, but I deeply imagine Him saying it. It's really so simple.
God is saying, "Tell you what. You love Me with all you've got, I'll love you with all I've got, and we'll go down this path together."
That's His deal. It's for you. It's for me. And I want it, more than anything. This deal is the Pearl of Great Price, and I will sell everything I have for it.
There's a lot of theology behind this, and I'm not discounting the necessity of that: Mankind is fallen; Jesus came, died, and rose again to redeem us and provide the only path to salvation; those who want to be truly right with God recognize their falleness, repent, come to faith in Jesus, are bought by His blood, their sins are forgiven and their names are written in the Lambs Book of Life...
But the 10 second summary of this deal wraps everything up with God saying to you, "Tell you what. You love Me with all you've got, I'll love you with all I've got, and we'll go down this path together."
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