November 20, 2011
Somewhere in the midst of degeneration between the fall
and now, we got things really messed up. We blame the fall, we blame Adam and
Eve…truly though, we just play the game they started. They started it yes, but
we’ve been perpetuating it. Like the snowball effect—Adam and Eve ate the
apple, then 10,000 years alter we have traded Jesus for fame and fortune. We
have replaced the love for church with the love of money. We seek first
ourselves and expect to inherit the Kingdom. We pass beggars on the street and
if we’re feeling righteous we pray for them AND THEN we expect God to
answer our every beck and call, but he’s too busy WEEPING because the children
that He so dearly loves that He sent his ONLY unique, cherished, unblemished,
PERFECT son to DIE for them to COMPLETELY turn their backs on Him.
Can you imagine?
If you had 20 children, and you knew that they would all
be taken away, you would never see any of them again BUT instead of that, you
could take the best one, your favored, most precious child and send him to die
a CRIMINALS DEATH and watch every time they hit him, mocked him, spat on
him and ultimately put him to death through suffocation on a cross, and still
keep all 19 of your beautiful children. BUT THEN to have at least 18 of those
beautiful children TURN THEIR BACKS ON YOU. Have them hate you, swear at you, curse you, disobey you in every single way. And they would continue to do this
so that you then have neighbors, who hate you because of your kids, and
teachers hate you because of your kids, and your own grandparents, bankers and
real estate agents hate you because of your kids. Would YOU do it then? Because
I know I wouldn’t. I would send my child to die under ANY circumstance, let
alone the above mentioned.
What amazes me the most though is that God knew. He knew
this would happen. He KNEW the world would turn its back on Him. But He did it.
He endured it for me, for your, for you friends…even for our friends who don’t
know Him. Especially for our friends
who don’t know Him. And EVEN IF I was the only one who ran back to Him, or You
were the only one who came back to Him, He still
would have sent Jesus because He loves us THAT MUCH.
Amazing huh.
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