Post by Archangelwolf on Apr 4, 2004 19:12:57 GMT -5
So what about the future? What about the Day of Judgement? How does this fit into God's story?
Remember in part I the analogy of Jesus as the parent calling His baby, Creation, from across the room? Remember that as we are focused on Jesus's loving arms, we slowly evolve and grow stronger without ever realizing it? Finally we come to those arms; and then what?
Let us imagine that every thought and action throughout our lives is imprinted upon God's memory like a giant photo album. Then, let us imagine that as we stand before God, He not only sees as as we are then, but He sees us throughout our whole life. He sees a complete composite picture of us. Every emotion, thought, and action that we have ever experienced is combined into this one moment for God to see. Then, court is called into session. We are to be judged.
There is no sugarcoating. We are held accountable for every evil thought or action we have ever done; and God knows all of them. All of our sins represent who we are. Our sins as much as our good deeds made us the person that we have become; and yet our sins represent our disobedience to God, our Creator, who we stand before at Judgement.
But, all of a sudden, God also remembers something else. He represents the pain and suffering at the cross. That pain and suffering physically represents the pain and suffering that our sins have inflicted upon God. Because of His pain on the cross, our sins are considered evil and worthless. They are discarded completely. All that is left standing is the goodness and joyfulness that has made us who we are. All of those evil thoughts and actions that God had remembered are forgotten, and suddenly we are pure and perfect before God.
Amazing Grace!
Our sins are forgiven at the cross. It is not of our own actions that we are saved. Because Jesus died for our sins, they are wiped out. We are clean and pure, and we have finally evolved to the perfection that was intended when God said, "It is good." Now we understand why Jesus said, "It is finished." Indeed, it is!
God bless,
Amen.
Arch.
Remember in part I the analogy of Jesus as the parent calling His baby, Creation, from across the room? Remember that as we are focused on Jesus's loving arms, we slowly evolve and grow stronger without ever realizing it? Finally we come to those arms; and then what?
Let us imagine that every thought and action throughout our lives is imprinted upon God's memory like a giant photo album. Then, let us imagine that as we stand before God, He not only sees as as we are then, but He sees us throughout our whole life. He sees a complete composite picture of us. Every emotion, thought, and action that we have ever experienced is combined into this one moment for God to see. Then, court is called into session. We are to be judged.
There is no sugarcoating. We are held accountable for every evil thought or action we have ever done; and God knows all of them. All of our sins represent who we are. Our sins as much as our good deeds made us the person that we have become; and yet our sins represent our disobedience to God, our Creator, who we stand before at Judgement.
But, all of a sudden, God also remembers something else. He represents the pain and suffering at the cross. That pain and suffering physically represents the pain and suffering that our sins have inflicted upon God. Because of His pain on the cross, our sins are considered evil and worthless. They are discarded completely. All that is left standing is the goodness and joyfulness that has made us who we are. All of those evil thoughts and actions that God had remembered are forgotten, and suddenly we are pure and perfect before God.
Amazing Grace!
Our sins are forgiven at the cross. It is not of our own actions that we are saved. Because Jesus died for our sins, they are wiped out. We are clean and pure, and we have finally evolved to the perfection that was intended when God said, "It is good." Now we understand why Jesus said, "It is finished." Indeed, it is!
God bless,
Amen.
Arch.
