The Gospel

We all have sin in common, but the death and ressurection of Jesus has redeemed us.

That sin that we all have in common makes us enemies of God. It makes us the object of God's vicious wrath. But the great mercy of God has washed us. Ephesians 2 says that God is rich in mercy. I picture the Niagara Falls, and the 6 million cubic feet of water that fall there every minute. That is rich. It is a picutre of God and Him being rich in mercy.

I have met many people who live in the understand that they have screwed up, but it seems as though there is a large leap to fully embracing the second half of the gospel. We are so completely loved and accepted by this God who we have wronged. We are no longer objects of wrath but objects of love. The God who is rich in mercy and grace and kindness is expressing them all to you.

Look around you today for expressions of mercy and grace and kindness. When you see them breath and take refuge in your Father.