Saturday, April 19, 2014

Scandalous: Judgment or Grace

Which is more scandalous and remarkable?

That God judged and wiped out the world of Noah, Sodom & Gomorrah, and the Canaanites? Or that God gave them many years and even centuries in which to repent from their wickedness?

It was God's love and grace that He became human and gave Himself so that those who believe and rely on His redemption and grace would spend eternity with Him. It is a scandal of God's love and grace that He didn't wipe me off the face of the Earth the first time I sinned but am instead a beneficiary of His love and grace.

A Reason Why God Doesn't Show Himself? Maybe?

James 2:19 makes an interesting statement: You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. Satan and demons know for certain of God's existence, and are forced by that knowledge to believe in God. But it doesn't save them from their rebellion.

Were God to manifest Himself to humans so that His existence, majesty, power and love were undeniable, would that then make impossible salvation through faith in Jesus's death and resurrection?