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I'm a miserable failure. I do what I should not do, and don't do what I should. In this I take after the first human, Adam, who represented me at the creation of the universe. The God who is has spoken in the Bible. He has revealed that the consequences of his and my violation of God's will is an eternal death - separation from all of His goodness forever in conscious anguish. But God, who is rich in mercy, sent His own Son to become a Man. He kept the law that I failed to keep. He died the death that was due to me. God accepted His sacrifice on behalf of sinners like me and showed this by raising Jesus up from the grave. Jesus now reigns at the Father's right hand, and His Spirit is present with His people, helping us to fix our eyes on Christ and be strengthened to repent and to walk in new obedience, now that we are adopted as God's own children. Not to prove ourselves, but to joyfully express our thanksgiving for this salvation that has been freely given to us. We continue to fail, and He continues to be merciful in His steadfast love, forgiving our sins, and promising never to leave us or forsake us.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

The Beauty of the King, Part Two

Mfriend asked me this beauty: If all sinners of all religions go to hell, then why don't I?If the Holy God rightly punishes those who hate Him, how can I escape?

What do sinners do in hell? They eternally suffer God's righteous, holy anger against sin AND sinners who all their lives showed themselves to be His enemies. They are in the terrible presence of His wrath. Forever.

Why can any sinner escape hell? Because Jesus went for me. Jesus suffered an eternity of hell, an infinity of hell, on the cross. What I mean is that the cross demonstrates God's wrath most clearly. He could never clear the guilty. Therefore the Just One took on the guilt of the nations. When God first judged the world through a flood, Noah and his family were saved in the ark (a big boat). In the coming judgment, so are we are saved in the Christ. Jesus is all there is, and He is good, true, glorious! I have so much more to say about Him. Flee from God's wrath!

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