The
fact that the Son of God was found lying in a manger tells you
volumes about the divine love that is your only hope of rescue.
Our
need is so desperate an idea, a thing, a law can't help us. It took
one thing, the gift of gifts, God in the flesh, to rescue us.
In
Jesus' coming, sin would be defeated, life would be given, that's why
the angels sang that glory song to the shepherds.
God
greeted real life-destroying sin with real life-giving grace, in the
person of the Son of Man, Son of God, Jesus.
Creation
(God makes beautiful things), Fall (Sin messes them up) Redemption
(God in grace restores) is the plot of the Bible and your life.
Whenever
you defend what God says is wrong, you tell yourself that you're
smarter than God and that you don't need the grace he offers you.
Our
rebellion is so deep and our inability so comprehensive it's only the
transforming grace of a powerful Redeemer that can rescue us.
Your
job is to obey, God's promise is to enable, so get up with joy and
get at it.
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