GOD CARES: God created us, in love, for a life that is full and good -- an abundant life. When evil and brokenness (sin) entered into the world, God did not condemn the world and just sit back and observe the self-destruction of his creation. God came to the garden seeking Adam and Eve for he knew the knowledge of good and evil that they desired would bring them shame, fear, pain, suffering, broken bodies and broken hearts.
God warned them, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden— except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.” (Genesis 2:17)God cared about their suffering even when their suffering was caused by rebellion agains His caring instructions. God cared so much that Jesus died in our place that we could be healed and live freely and confidently in love, joy and peace, both in this life and the next. Jesus voluntarily left a position of highest respect and endless glory because our wounded condition so impacted the heart of His Father that he was willing to pay the price, which was death, even death on a cross, to reconcile us with His Father.
If one man's sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God's gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do! There's no comparison between that death-dealing sin and this generous, life-giving gift. If death got the upper hand through one man's wrongdoing, can you imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes, sovereign life, in those who grasp with both hands this wildly extravagant life-gift, this grand setting-everything-right, that the one man Jesus Christ provides? (Romans 15-17 Msg.) One song says it well: “There was no other good enough to pay the price of sin. He only could unlock the gate of heaven and let us in”.How can I begin to imagine how much God cares?
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