Thursday, October 27, 2011

God's acquittal

Romans 8: 31b-39--"If God is for us, who can be against us.  He did not spar his own Son but handed him over for us all...."  From time to time we go through  experiences worried about being reprimanded, rejected, judged, and/or accused of coming up short or, in fact,  doing something judged "horrible" or unacceptable.  And many  times we are our own worst critic.  In this "courtroom of life" sits God, who handed His Son over to the accusers to saved us from all in life of which others, or we ourselves, reject us, question us and, yes, at times  condemn us.  With God on our side, with God as our judge, no human verdict separates us from God's love, God's compassion, God's mercy and God's acquittal.  What makes us feel alienated from God and others, many times, is our own condemnation.

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