A couple of Sundays ago I was preaching about how religion is all about transactions and Christianity is about transformation. Early Sunday morning as I was finishing my preparation, I came across this blog by Steve McVey from his wbsite www.gracewalk.org I enjoy reading Steve’s blogs and highly recommend checking out this site.
I wanted to share his thoughts here because some of you asked if I could get you what I read at the end of the message. So, here it is– but understand I got it from Steve McVey and www.gracewalk.org
What if…
What if we’ve got it all wrong about God in the modern church world? What if He is nothing like we’ve imagined Him to be? What if the most basic understandings we have about His nature, His personality and His approach to us completely misses the point?
What if God the Father didn’t didn’t send Jesus the Son to come alone to earth so that the Father could vent His anger over sin against the Son instead of us, but instead so that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit could together come to deal a death blow against sin in order to free us from its grip before it caused us to waste away into eternal nothingness?
What if the work of Jesus on the cross wasn’t to change God’s mind about you, but to change your mind about God?
What if God isn’t nearly as concerned about what you’re doing or not doing as He is about how you see and understand Him?
What if God is smiling as He looks at you right now and you could never do anything to wipe that smile off His face?
What if the coming of Jesus wasn’t God’s reaction to Adam’s sin, but was carrying out a plan that had been made long before Adam was even created?
What if the primary characteristic of who God is has nothing to do with being a judge, but has everything to do with being a gentle, loving, Father?
What if you could never cause God to become angry or even disappoint Him?
What if you didn’t need more faith, but only need to depend on Jesus to express His faith on your behalf?
What if you were the child God always wanted?
What if fulfilling God’s plan for your life didn’t depend on you at all?
What if God loved Muslims and atheists and homosexuals as much as He loves you?
What if you were a part of the inner circle of love shared by the Father, Son and Holy Spirit?
What if?
What do youthink about this? Comment if you’d like.
